Zero Punctuation: Wreckateer and Deadlight

[MasterProcrastinator]

Unrelated to the vid (sort of), but does anyone know whether Yhatzee makes writes and records the script AND produces the video. It seems like a lot of work for one man to do every week without fail. Does he get much help with any part of it? Is there a team Yhatzee over there in Oz?

I don't believe it's a team effort; I think the guy does it all single-handedly. But yes, I've always thought that it would have been a lot of work, and quite a strenuous process to get them out to the public on a weekly basis (how does he get time to do anything else with his life?). When he first started out, I think that this probably would have been the case, but over time, I think that he probably would have become faster, more refined, and found ways to make the process more expedient, such as re-using old models, recycling some already-edited images, etc. But, most of all, I just assume that he would have simply become more efficient, like everyone in their respective crafts.

Also, if there was a "team Yahtzee", I'd assume that the delegating of jobs would probably be more work for Yahtzee than simply making the whole video by himself. And, besides, if it wasn't made by a single person, I doubt Zero Punctuation would have the same sense of solidarity and coherence. Team efforts work in games, film, etc. But not in video reviews like this.

 

[Elberik]

Really hope you do more let's plays!
& if not then please say that you're stopping so that I can stop loitering around this page)

 

[Andy Shandy]

Randy Pandy?! My mortal rhyming name enemy!

 

[charliesbass]

If Yahtzee is disappointed with the Summer of Arcade, he should come over to the PS3's indie games for the Playstation Store, with games like Journey, Sound Shapes, Papo and Yo, Dyad and Retro/Grade. Journey and Papo and Yo reflect the Indie spirit. He actually mentioned Journey in the 'FEZ and I Am Alive' video, but never reviewed it. Best game this year in my humble opinion.

 

[thepyrethatburns]

I heard an interesting theory about Deadlight. The theory was that it isn't a zombie apocalypse game at all. The whole zombie thing is just playing out in Randy's head and what he's really doing is murdering people. The theory actually was fairly convincing from the way the author wrote it and took into account a great many of the game's cutscenes as well. Certainly, the pages in Randy's diary that you can read at the beginning make him out to be a raving nutter.

That said, I found the demo boring and I hit delete at the end of the demo.