Zero Punctuation!

[Strider]

I thought I would start a discussion thread for these hilariously vulgar game reviews, since they are worth talking about. If you have heard of this guy, imagine Jakester talking at a hundred miles an hour, making up inventively vulgar phrases to describe the video games you are reviewing/raking over the coals. Now use that as the voiceover behind simple, yet effective, cutout animation that translates that vulgarity into the visual medium. It's something like that.

Or maybe you should just watch some of the videos and come back here to talk about your favorite new sayings. :D

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation

[Strider]

If you don't know where to start, I'd suggest watching "Console Rundown", "Guitar Hero III", and any video for a game you are familiar with.

Here's some examples of the kind of language you might come across:

"The difficulty curve wavers up and down like the knickers of an indecisive whore before plunging directly into a Sunday stroll down easy street for the last hour or so." (Halo 3)

"I'd like to know how you think gaming is ever going to adapt as an art form if people go out of their way to make original games, but fuckwits like you never actually buy them because they're too busy inhaling furious amounts of dick. If you did buy Psychonauts, please disregard the preceding..." (Psychonauts)

"But all is not well in Whatever-the-Hell-City-This-Is-ville. Everyone below the C-2 demographic has suddenly gone what is medically known as 'batshit bonkers', and have taken to the streets to twat each other with sticks." (Condemned 2: Bloodshot)

[whitetemplar78]

Hahahahahah, omg, I listen to him alllll the time, its become my habit every wednesday to tune in for his lastest ripfest of the next poor game in his sights.... ahhh good times

[Metuzalem]

Yahtzee is a pure joy. He brightens up my day no end. His review of Mercanaries 2 had me in stiches especially the punchline at the end.

Liked the random music they used to use as the intro and outro to every review more though.

The animations are OMG hilarious, especially the use of kittens as striders in the finale of Half life 2: Episode 2.

Stonking great :D

[Strider]

Liked the random music they used to use as the intro and outro to every review more though.I agree. I liked the random music that sort of related to whatever the review was going to say. The first episode with the new intro had a comment about it in the credits: "Whine because I don't want to rip off copyrighted music anymore".

I loved his review of SW: The Force Unleashed this week. The thing ends on a rant about George Lucas, the prequels, and midichlorians.

[Strider]

I just had to share my new favorite quote from Zero Punctuation:

(during the Saints Row 2 review)
"It understands what it's trying to be: pure mindless fun. Like wrestling an excitable dog in a pool full of disembodied breasts."