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Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is described as a "British-born, currently Australian-based writer and gamer with a sweet hat and a chip on his shoulder." That melange of Python and Steve Irwin has combined, somehow, to produce some of the most hilariously insightful games commentary I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Via Gamers With Jobs I came across Croshaw's first video review on The Escapist site, all about the the Heavenly Sword demo and the Resident Evil 5 trailer. He talks a mile-a-minute, does his own wonderfully primitive animation work, and manages to walk that tightrope between jerk and brilliant with seeming effortlessness. He's slated to put one up every week, and since the first post has released a look at the cult classic Psychonauts , and some cutting commentary on the console war. Go watch, please; just make sure you can a.) use NSFW sound and b.) won't get looked at weirdly for laughing aloud.
Huh...? (Score:4, Funny)
Twing-Twang? (Score:2)
WTF is Twing-Twang? And do I really want to see that on my new HD-TV?
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Yes.
Hey for 3 reviews, it is amusing. Admittedly, it is only 3 reviews. Let us see if they keep it up.
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Psychonauts, yay! (Score:3, Informative)
PSYCHONAUTS IS AVAILABLE FROM STEAM REALLY CHEAP [steampowered.com]! If you don't buy it, you have forfeited your right to ever again complain about lack of originality and fun in games.
While you are at it, so is Vampire: Bloodlines, which with the unofficial patches is a really good game these days, the new Sam and Max episodes, and Bioshock, (but if you haven't already heard about the last one and how good it is you are probably dead).
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There corrected. Same goes for Bioshock, Vampire: Bloodlines and Sam & Max.
Add to that if you don't buy the Steam versions you can always sell them on again.
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All right, perhaps you could bother to tell us where then?
I found Psychonauts for $3 in a local bargain bin a year ago, I bought all three remaining copies and gave them away, but most people will not find older games in shops...
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It can also be found directly at amazon, e-bay and via various other obscure stores on this internet thing I hear the young people talking about these days.
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True for all execept bioshock which limits you the number of times you can register the software with the anticopy software drm that comes with it.
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I'm just happy that there are so damn many good PC games available! Perhaps the Steam ad was unnecessary, but as I replied above, if you know of any better, post it. Last time I tried to use Gametap for instance, they just threw a "service not available where you live" error page into my face when I tried to sign up. If they had worded it a bit more nicely, for instance "We are sorry, but we have not been given the rights by the publishers to distribute these games internationally..." it would
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If I want wacky ideas with poor execution, I've got plenty of that scribbled in my sketchbooks. Although I guess I'll buy it eventually; you could say the same about Shadow of the Colossus, which I also own.
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(sorry about that, suffered some brain damage trying to complete that level)
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Or, you could link to his website! (Score:3, Informative)
Mod parent up! (Score:2)
Thank you.
OMG. (Score:4, Informative)
"Go watch, please; just make sure you can a.) use NSFW sound and b.) won't get looked at weirdly for laughing aloud."
Seriously. It took all I had not to laugh out loud about the newest rant about consoles... It's amazingly true and with him speaking so fast and the video actually having content at the same time, it's non-stop funny. (Well, okay, the beginning is a bit weak.)
Oh, and he's right about Psychonauts... That was an excellent game.
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Alas, disappointment.
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Maybe you should be writing commentary instead.
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If you liked this, you may like... (Score:4, Insightful)
These days Charlie Brooker carries the torch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB70wuweyQI [youtube.com]
Ben is brilliantly funny, but owes more to these two men than Monty Python.
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I don't find anything (Score:2)
But I use Netscape, maybe it has some wierd feature that doesn't work. So I then tried the site on Internet Explorer and the Flashplayer comes up. Which is damned funny, because Flash does work in Netscape. So I have no idea why this doesn't
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That guy is greatness. (Score:1)
His Psychonauts is spot on (Score:2)