The first was good. The second is just as good, maybe better. I’m talking about “Zero Punctuation,” a weekly series of mashed-up videos by Yahtzee Croshaw. They’re hosted at The Escapist. What are they? Well, basically, Yahtzee (who is British and lives in Australia) picks a video game (recent or not so) and gives it a review. Simple enough, you might say, but these reviews are all done in a kind of collage-y/cartoon-y style that swings wildly from photographic cut-and-paste to the kinds of stick figures that inhabit Ikea instructions. The combination works brilliantly. Blazing audibly over the visual spectacle is Yahtzee’s narration. After about fifteen seconds of said narration, you realize just why the series has the title it has. He doesn’t seem to breathe. Ever.
So far, he’s done a retrospective review of Psychonauts and a scathing review of the demo for Heavenly Sword(s). Even if you don’t think games are your thing, this is worth the looking. So go. Look.
(And if the two articles at The Escapist don’t provide enough entertainment, visit Yahtzee’s own blog, Fully Ramblomatic.)
