And that it is all subjective, so there is no reason to get upset by one of his reviews (which I can see the SSB doing). He would probably say Ult Alliance was crap (like jdpatri did), but why should someone not liking something you do hurt your enjoyment of a game? Sometimes, gamers seem to have the thinnest skin in the universe.

I do think he is very honest in his reviews, but more than that entertaining.

Exactly. And even if you happen to love the game he's skewering, you should be objective enough to see that his rants are almost always warranted. Plus, hell, even when he really likes a game he gives it four minutes of ribbing before admitting his adoration... like he did with No More Heroes. He gave that game hell for its repetition and unnecessary add-ons for length but he turned around and said the novelty makes everything okay -- which is spot on. I have the same complaints but I love it nonetheless.

The closest to a positive review i have ever seen him give was his review of Call of Duty 4. Even that had criticisms and was pretty funny.

You haven't seen his review of Portal. That one is all hugs and kisses.

I had actually forgotten about that one. That was even more positive than the CoD4 one.

Funny, he bashes a Nintendo 'favorite' and this thread gets more posts in 24 hours than it has in 5 weeks. He has bashed plenty of games I like:

Halo 3
Assassin's Creed
COD4
Bioshock
Heavenly Sword
Tomb Raider
Turok

...and I don't get my panties in a bunch. I actually like it when he reviews a game that I know/like because I'm more familiar with what he is saying. Hell, I wish he reviewed Crackdown, Oblivion, and Dead Rising too.

Who is getting their panties in a bunch? Most of the posts here agreed with his comments.

He's just pissed that it took a Nintendo game to get discussion going.

As I recall, the most hot topic since then was the talk about "party games needing single player dedication to be able to fully enjoy said party game" which transcends any single game, but something Nintendo is notorious for.

I don't think that's a common complaint in Halo 3, Assassin's Creed, COD4, Bioshock, Heavenly Sword, Tomb Raider, or Turok.

But I could be wrong.

OK, so I just stumbled upon this guy the other day and in the last 48 hours, I've watched close to all of his reviews. I find his criticisms of games not being inventive a bit hypocritical when contrasted with his hatred for Wii-centric controls.

That said, he absolutely nailed the SSBB review (the first one I watched, and oddly enough one of the few Wii games he's reviewed without any motion controls). I absolutely love the game, but I can't disagree with any of his criticisms about the game...or Nintendo's constant rehashing of old franchises for that matter.

His wit and delivery kept me watching for a while, and his absolutely glowing review of Portal has made me want to buy a 360/PS3 just to play it (which would ultimately be cheaper than buying a new computer). I can't wait for him to rip into Mario Kart and its stupid fucking blue shells (even though I plan on picking it up first thing tomorrow morning).

I was pretty unhappy with his Silent Hill 0 review actually. Haven't really watched much since.

God of War: Chains of Olympus this week....

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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...ins-of-Olympus

"Jesus Nonexistant Christ."

:clap:

Yahtzee vs. The Mailbag of Incessant Cry-babies: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...ilbag-Showdown

This one was actually funny... "As a person white enough to own all three consoles..." :lol:

Wow...just freakin' wow. That's some good shit right there.

I'd be a prostitute or possibly a Gamespot employee... :lol:

:lol:

"I'm not a fanboy..."

"Yes you are."

"..."

Heh, that had me too. This was probably one of the funnier episodes he's done, and that's saying something. I hope he does more mailbag stuff in the future.

Maybe I'm odd, but his style of humor has already worn thin. I use to enjoy it, but now, it just seems like he is trying way too hard.

Agreed. He's getting as formulaic as some of the games he reviews.

(I'm not just saying this because of any particular review. I tend to agree with most of his reviews, including the SSBB one; I'm just saying that for me, his style is getting a bit old.)

Still better than the Angry Nerd or the Angry Nerd Ripoff though. I have never found either of them entertaining.

I disagree, especially this week. I love how he corrects all the grammar in the emails. It's his delivery, or maybe the accent, or maybe the one-liners...I dunno, he kills me. I think I watched this week's clip more than any other one. I think he keeps getting better, especially when people piss him off.

I just watched this weeks, it was great. The part where he told the person to go look up objective in a dictionary was brilliant. I think there are a lot of gamers out there who need to look up the word objective when they rant about reviews.

The troll handing out business cards...:lol:

= J

This week is GTA IV

I thought this one was kind of weak compared to last week's.

Yeah talk about disappointing. That wasn't very funny at all. He makes some decent points, but ultimately it was like he was up for the past two weeks playing the game and just spat out this review by pulling an all-nighter.

First real miss for me too, but that's pretty good considering how many of these things he's done so far.

This one didn't really bring teh funny.

Definitely a big drop from last week.

Painkiller this week.

See the postscript at the 3:57 mark?

I foresee another mailbag episode soon :D

new video:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...-Ends-with-You

some shitty Square/Enix DS game

Welcome to PixyJunket's ignore list!

LOL! He pretty much sums up why RPG's are all the same boring crap :) I did play 1/2 of Eternal Sonata though, since it's the only recent RPG to look slightly different...but alas, it was boring.

:lol: This new review is an excellent summary of why I couldn't stand the game and sent it back to Gamefly after a few days. It's just not my bag.

rotfl

This week, Yahtzee Crosshaw <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/75-Oblivion">reviews Bolivian!</a>

OBLIVION added. Ever since the first skit I saw I was hoping he would do Oblivion, but it wasn't all that I hoped it would be.

I liked the review. I hope he does metal gear solid 4.

He said he would do it.

I have a feeling he's gonna rip into the lengthy cutscenes.