Remembering Zero Punctuation
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2023
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I've watched Zero Punctuation since it started and was devastated to hear of it's passing. Luckily it'll probably come back in another form, but I figured this is the perfect time to remember Zero Punctuation, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw and all of his dirty jokes, toilet humor and great insights into the art of gaming. The Escapist really let him be whoever he wanted for a long time, but his new channel Second Wind will include Fully Ramblomatic, which Yahtzee says will be very Zero Punctuation-like. Игры
"Let's all laugh at an industry, that never learns anything, tee hee hee..."
That one sure never gets old does it?
Not until said industry stops making it relevant 😁
@@jonskowitzTe he he
I wonder if you're going to get that jingle back, or if he's going to need to make a completly new one for Fully Ramblomatic
@Takintomori it’s a new one!
Lets keep in mind that Yahtzee isnt dead. Him and the rest of the team that quit are working on starting up Second Wind and ZP will continue as Fully Ramblomatic on the new channel
I talk about it in the video!
It’s still the end of an era so to speak, even though everything we were watching on The Escapist is going to get immediately reconstituted
They just uploaded a review of Alan Wake, and Yahtz is taking no prisoners!
@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 def watched already! His voice sounds sounds better like he could narrate a nature documentary
It's like I can still hear his voice..
Tbf they stopped letting him swear awhile ago, so him getting creative control back can only be a positive for the quality of the production going forward. Not letting Yahtzee swear is like taking a dog with no legs for a walk…a total drag
He could only do PG 13 swearing, so ass, hell, and shit were fine
@@lutherholayeahme7449 in australia, cunt is used in common speech, who decides the severity of swear words? Americans?
@@N1rOxwell yeah pretty much cause no other place could care less how their used but definitely think swearing should be allowed
it's worse than that really, they *paygated* his swearing.
@@paultapping9510 bro literally had the swear jar💀
Incase you missed it, the entire Video production team left or was fired. Every RUclips show and stream for the Escapist is now gone. But we can have hope, Nick, Yahtzee and the everyone who left formed an independent group called Second Wind. Yahtzee will be continuing his series under the name Fully Ramblomatic and Extra Punctuation as Slightly Ramblomatic, with a new art style that will start 11/15/23.
> the entire Video production team left or was fired.
It was? I thought only Nick got fired and the rest resigned out of solidarity.
yeah it sounds like they weren't fired, but quit
@pmintertek Nick, the Editor-in-Chief, and Jack Packard, the DM of Adventure is Nigh and (I think) Marketing Strategist (his job was to get sponsorships for the channel), were both fired. Nick was fired for underperforming in metrics and Jack was fired since the corpos above didn't like AiN. A couple of their editors were also fired, leaving Omar as the only full-time editor for ALL of the content on the channel.
Yahtzee, Omar, Frost, and Marty were the full-timers that resigned (I can't remember if JM8 was full-time). Most of the 3MR crew were contractors that Nick brough in, but they chose to follow Nick.
This story is actually hilarious proof that people don’t quit jobs, they quit managers.
Semiramblonatic
The stoic-looking guy was from an art collection in the mid-80s, where people were photographed with the instruction to be as expressionless as possible. This is the photographer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff
back then i thought it was an old job interview photo of yahtzee himself lmao I remember yahtz said he googled the dullest expression and this guy came up.
It's gonna return with its original name is what they said it's called fully ramblomatic, the first 2 he ever made can still be found under that name
I downloaded every last one of his old videos in those one year compilations they put up so I can watch them all the time without giving them any clicks at all.
Finally, the third (technically fourth) installation of Fully Ramblomatic is coming after 15+ years
I loved the sarcasm and the lambasting but there was always something incredible wholesome when a new game he loved came out and he gushed over it. You knew it was special.
My favourite has to be Ride to Hell Retribution. It was so bad that he recommended it just so that we could see the shit for ourselves. What a madlad. I have complete confidence in his new series, Fully Ramblomatic. His tongue is too sharp to ever go dull.
I like it when the algorithm gives me gold like this. You deserve more subs. Take one from me.
thanks so much! I will be following his new series aw well :)
Second Wind is the new channel that will host Yahtzee and a lot of the other content that was on Escapist. Yahtzee’s new video series will be called Fully Ramblomatic
This is a great tribute to ZP. Yahtzee had another series that didn’t live too long but I thought it was brilliant. It was called “Judging by The Cover”.
You should check it out, while we still can
Judging By The Cover, where he judges movies by the poster.
I’ll be binge-watching Zero Punctuation this week because I want those that own The Escapist to think, ‘You see, it’s still giving us so much traffic, everything’s fine’. And then I’ll never go there again.
Diabolical!
Nothing beats retrogaming the PS3 era and then going back to his video on the game to hear what he had to say about it
what do you mean retrogaming on the ps3? oh god
Let's also remember that Zero Puncutation was at the origin of the "PC Master Race / Console Peasant" meme, and created it to mock PC elitists. I believe it was in one of the Witcher game reviews.
The escapist is done without him.
Yeah I only ever opened it for yahtzee
I enjoyed their other videos like Cold Take, The stuff of Legends, Design Delve and Adventure is Nigh. The Escapist is still done because everyone who made those also left and will continue their work at Second Wind
@@arikaaa69Cold Take and a few other series will continue as the writer of that series own's the copyright. Zero Punctuation may have technically ended but I expect that Yahtzee's new series is going to basically be the same style but with just enough changes to get around copyright. Stuff like the character looking different and the background being red rather than yellow or whatever. Aside from that the writing, delivery and editing will remain the same as that was all down to him.
@@itsdanielpaulI was enjoyed stuff of legends and cold take. But, nope! They fucked the fuck up big time at The Escapist.
I've been watching it from the beginning and i still can't believe it. I even bought his game 5 days a stranger way way back in the day.
You don't even have to be that into gaming to enjoy ZP. I fell out of gaming way back in my teens, never pursued owning a console or an up-to-date gaming PC, haven't played a title younger than 2007 and still I haven't missed a ZP episode in all those years. Firstly it has great entertainment value and secondly the period of my life in which I was gaming still left a large imprint on my sensibilities, so it's like keeping in touch with my geekdom. And it's that continued viewership of Yahtzee's content that lead me to check out his books recently, which proved to be a great relief during some hard times
I can remember a time before the generic metal intro and outtro, when he chose semi thematically appropriate pop songs to play instead
Octopus’ Garden for Bioshock is the one I remember the most
Even when I think Yahtzee is talking absolute nonsense and I don't agree with what he's saying, his reviews are so well-written that it's enjoyable and funny anyway, and I think that is pretty much entirely unique to ZP. Can't wait to see what he's able to do without Escapists' restrictions.
If you haven't already, give his personal RUclips channel a visit. His Let's Drown Out videos are among my favorites on this entire platform.
I'll link it in the description thanks for bringing it up!
how the _heck_ did he have time to make these alongside ZP
@@RoamingAdhocrat It was during a time when he was ONLY really doing ZP. He later started doing more Extra Punctuation and Judging by the Cover (RIP) and the Let's Play videos with the Escapist. Back then he'd do ZP and then his Let's Drown Out with Gabe. From what I can recall. He did a few let's plays with his girlfriend now wife too back in the day. Not too many but ya, those were interesting too.
I love how accurate his satirical take on DNF was, that they decided to throw everything at the wall instead of do anything well.
Great vid, well written. I've yet to see too many folks talking about this yet, but I suspect the ripples are coming soon...
thanks man, appreciate it! I hope my tiny video gets caught in the wave lol.
It’s honestly impressive even just how he managed to make several shapes into so many different totally recognizable people. Men, women, strong men, Gordon freeman, Mr. X, little girls, doctors, the list goes on and on.
All good things end, I suppose.
We had a good run, ZP, but now on we'll just follow Yahtzee.
Kind of exactly like before since I didn't really watch any other escapist content lol
I have barely ever played any of the games I listen to Yahtzee discuss on Zero Punctuation, it's very rare that I actually come across a video whose subject matter I am familiar with
There has been more than one occasion wherein I played a video game specifically because Yahtzee reviewed it and it sounded good to me, I'd get to the point where something absurd happens and I nearly burst into laughter realizing he was being dead serious about something I thought was a non-sequitor
Haha well I'm glad you enjoy ZP either way. I have tried to watch videos of games I haven't played and I just don't get it. Like I watched his review of Ride To Hell Retribution which according to him is the worst game ever and I just couldn't relate to anything he was saying cause i hadn't played it and there were no examples, so I didn't find it funny. But then I watched Angry Joe's review of the same game and he played clips and stuff and that video was compelling and funny because I could actually see what he was talking about. Just like with Pitch Meeting pointing out plot holes and stuff doesn't really work (for me) because I would need to have watched the movie to know the plot in the first place.
@itsdanielpaul Fair and valid I suppose, I just come for Yahtzee and not the game he's talking about lol. He has funny turns of phrase and I like imagining what the absolute fuck is going on that made him write what he said
Also the images he puts on screen are fucking priceless and I like taking screenshots of random points during the video because having no context for what the hell he's talking about a month later is funny
Plus the critiques are actually really helpful for deciding what games I do and don't want to play, weirdly enough. Watch his content long enough and you sort of get a feel for "Yahtzee Speak" and can tell whether or not the thing he's criticizing will be a bonus for you
... Or maybe I'm just fucking insane, who knows
Yeah I regret not doing a whole section on how he turned several circles into 1000 different characters lol
I hope during his resignation he turned nd said "I am the escapist" like Palpatine in revenge of the sith.
He lets me remember the parts of games that I had forgotten, the frustration and beauty of games amid an industry trying to profit off of the artistry and mechanics
That guy’s picture that you, “still don’t recognise,” used to be outside photo booths in the UK in post offices, showing people the right and wrong way to take their passport photos.
Damn thank you! Makes perfect sense haha
@@itsdanielpaul : You’re welcome. I doubt many Brits recognise him either, since I recall the image from the late 1980’s. I think he was the government’s notion of Mr Generic. But, being so, “public domain,” he comes free and fits Yahtzee’s idea of Mr Generic.
Yahtzee is actually starting a new show on the Second Wind channel, it's called Fully Ramblomatic and is supposed to debut this wednesday
The pacing, information and comedy are just superb. Fantastic video
Thank you!
Sure the "stoic looking guy" is Michael van Ofen.
Well it’s not dead, it just needed a second wind ;3.
Nice video. I've been watching Zero Punctuation since 2007 and, while I'm sad to see it go, I'm excited for Yahtzee to spread his wings a bit and branch out with Second Wind. Thanks and great video. Comment for engagement.
Dude calling zp the pitch meeting of gaming (or vice versa) is one of the best comparisons I've ever heard
Thanks man! It really is!
Great tribute felt good hearing that end credits theme one more time
🤘🤘
I liked how it’s only his voice. So many RUclipsrs have to get their face all over the videos.
It should be noted that Nick the person that was fired and caused the literal entire video team to leave has actually publicly stated to not boycott the escapist or harass them on social media. Basically he gave the okay to continue rewatching old Zero Punctuation videos. The channel also hasn't uploaded a single video in 2 weeks
Honestly that’s why I added that text about how the writers and stuff didn’t fire him so maybe still watch
The first episode of Fully Ramblomatic hit today. It's the same show with new colors
And a new and improved Yahtzee character model! It’s like when Lara Croft went from Tomb Raider 1 to Tomb Raider 2
@@itsdanielpaulidk, I don't think the glasses work on the avatar. Very glad the show is still going tho.
@Noname72105 I’ll keep that in mind for my “remembering fully ramblomatic” video when he quits that one
I remember the minecraft video being my introduction to ZP. I wondered how someone could review the video game equivalent of a fidget spinner and it did not disappoint.
Have never had any interest in the content from the escapist but I have been watching Zero Punctuation since the beginning.
The escapist didn’t fire him, their parent company did.
The first episode of Fully Ramblomatic is up & Yahtzee back in full form (and uncensored again, too). Definitely recommend it if you enjoyed ZP!
(Oh, he's got a replacement for Extra Punctuation too - Somewhat Ramblomatic or someting lol)
Yahtzee's ZP videos are hilarious and are endlessly rewatchable
Dang I completely forgot about zero! Used to watch so many back in like 2008/9 ❤
The whole drama is a great reminder they’re such good vids
The stoic looking guy appears to be german artist Michael Van Ofen photographed by german photographer Thomas Ruff, probably some time around 1986.
Extra Punctuation wasn't a new series, it was a new *video* series. It'd been a written series for long before then.
I watched Zero Punctuation ecery week since 2098, when clips of it would play on G4's X-Play (way back when there was a G4, and it was at least half-video-game-related), and I was hooked ever since. Watching it weekly on the Escapist's 1st version also introduced me to a bunch of other video series (many of whom are still on YT after leaving Escapist before its revormation into version 2.0). Sucks that they fired their editor, but glad he and pretty much all the Escapist's video staff are forming their own channel (with blackjack and hookers).
I had no idea they played it on G4! Which other video series that started at the escapist do you recommend?
@@itsdanielpaul Just off the top of my head, Jimquisition, Unskippable, Loading Ready Run, Miracle of Sound, and MovieBob movie reviews. Many if these creators have their own YT channels. Further research on who else was on the Escapist may be needed.
The single BEST part of the Duke Nukem Forever review is it actually won the 'best ZP review video ever' that the Escapist ran right before Gearbox picked it up and aimed to get it out the door making DNF the only time there was 3 videos of the same game. Once as the April Fools review, once as the Best ZP Vid and then the final release edition of DNF.
James Willems also fanatical for psychonauts
To answer the question at the end of this video yes there is in fact hope yahtzee joined a new channel called second wind and has his own version of 0 persuasion now referred to as totally ramblamatic and extra punctuation called Semi Ramblamatic, which just aired its first video about difficulty curves
You better believe I’m watching!
Extra Punctuation has been going on for decades though
The oldest one is from last year 🤷♂️
@@itsdanielpaul ah… I was remembering the written articles! From Wikipedia: "From 2009 to 2017, Croshaw authored a column on The Escapist known as Extra Punctuation. These articles were originally published every Tuesday and often supplemented the previous week's review by discussing a certain topic or trend exhibited by that game. Croshaw resumed the series in 2021 in video format."
1st episode of fully ramblomatic dropped on the second wind channel its the legally distinct version of zp
The first of his new vids will be up on Weds it seems :)
looking forward to it! And will def link it here when it's up
Good Thing he is back FullyRamblomatic
There are two videos he made where he spoke about writing advice:
"Is this the most interesting period of our character's life, and if not, why aren't you showing us that?"
I know it's in his Firefall review but I cannot find the other one. Which one is it?
Press F to pay respect...
7:40 - wonderful little audio artifact we don't hear any more. Thanks multi-spectrum frequency communications!
lol!! That used to happen in my car ALL THE TIME. I knew I was gonna get a text seconds before it came through
So is the escapist finished dying now, or will they keep limping on with the team they've got that just echo all the old guys they used to have? And on the other end of it, what flavour of mental illness will Yahtzee suddenly manifest now that he's out of there, like all the others?
I only ever clicked on Yahtzee content
The entire video team left, so they’d need to rebuild a team from scratch if they even want to attempt to make new content under the same IP. I can’t imagine that happening successfully.
Plus, a few of the existing escapist shows were actually creator-owned, so those series have wholly left and may continue at Second Wind.
I never got round to buying a plushie Imp... I'm sad now
Yahtzee lives at second wind and ZP is fully ramblmatic
Also semi ramblomatic!
For a while, before the end of every year, I’d take the time to watch every ZP episode sequentially, starting in I think 2019.
I managed that for about 2 years.
Might try this year if someone throws a new compilation together.
You should put together a top 100 list or something!
@@itsdanielpaul If I can ever find a video editing software I like, I’ll do so after I pirate it.
Davinci Resolve is free!
I used to watch it on my Nintendo 3DS, it shaped my opinions and beliefs around video games.
Nice to see another person who's been following Yahtzee since 2007
It’s been quite the journey
Would love to see him take a break and finish that vidya game!
Pitch Meeting references are Tight!!
was it hard to be the first person to comment on my pitch meeting reference?
@@itsdanielpaul No, super easy, barely an inconvenience 🤣
I might be a bit biased on this, but I feel like your humor in this video is really on brand with Yahtzee.
Haha after watching a bunch of his videos it bled in!
Zero Punctuation is dead, long live Fully Ramblomatic.
Fully Ramblomatic just posted something!
Cant wait for Null Abrevation.
Ha! The stoic looking guy is a stock picture. You won’t find him
Actually another commenter pointed out who it was!
Impressive turn around time on this video
haha thanks
Zero Punctuation is dead.
**Long live Fully Ramblomatic.**
2:15
Somebody should probably tell this man about the mega punctuation videos.
lol what is that
@@itsdanielpaul
A compilation of ZP videos by year, each one averaging 3.5 to 4 hours.
And hello fully ramblomatic
Young gifted psycho/psychic kids forever
good shit!
The ZP reviews for Saints Row 2 and GTA 4 make a great double feature!
Does anyone else remember the serialised "ceritic" narrative from an early zero punctuation series? Or am I berenstein bears inventing it?
Lets not forget the time Yahtzee had to make a quick review of Undertale just saying "Undertale is a good game" just so he could add it to the list of best games of the year. He later made a video stating his love for the game and that he felt bad for criticizing it.
I’m like 2 hours in and part of why I want to finish is because of the ZP video and the Super Eyepatch Wolf video
This makes me feel weird.
I lost my virginity in 1997.
Seeing his game makes me wanna play FTL real bad.
Im going to miss that lovely yellow background.
Why? All The Escapist owns is the name and maybe the music. Not the art style, certainly not the colour yellow.
Zero Punctuation is dead(ish)! Long live Fully Ramblomatic!
it rambles now
Fully
2:15 My favourites are Obra Dinn, Paper's Please, and Just cause 3
Hey. People. Don't forget the Chzo Mythos games. And Yahtzee's tonnes of books.
Thomas Ruff
His best video was the the fake duke Nukem Forever video which still make me laugh.
10:53 Oh sweet summer child
Have you tried doing the same in gimp? For the sake of your mental health, please dont.
Yeah, that's what I like about ZP too. Especially if I had played the game, I agree with his views on what exactly bugged me about the game.
if you miss Zero Punctuation, go check out the new fully/semi Ramblomatic" Yahtzee has not left us! he has only ascended into something even more powerful!
Haha yes! I’ve definitely been watching it made me get Alan Wake 2!
F
REST IN PEACE ZP
I love how uncompromising he is, he doesn't give a score or any conventional structure, he just gives a general vibe of the game and tell the jokes he wants.
I love his concept of "bland games", it helps me seeing beauty in bad games and forgive flaws in small games.
Worst case scenario is ZP becoming the new silenthill with different people trying to imitate him and it becomes even more insufferable with ever iteration.
But Yahtz is free to make whatever with second wind, i'm happy for him.
I stopped watching about 10 years ago I used to watch all the time then started adulting too much and didn’t have time anymore. Loved the series till then
Why did he leave? "Just Cause.... Two"
Not sure the Escapist was ever mainstream
Yahtzee made these videos with love, care and all the humor in the world, so you might as well just keep watching them because what the f*ck are you otherwise going to do? Cry about it like you just lost your pet guinea pig?
Pretty sure he is doing the same sort of video on second wind.
Yeah looking forward to his Alan wake 2 review
I like the ZP artstyle a little more than his new one. The show is pretty much identical otherwise. The new artstyle isn't bad, just different...I'll get used to it.
Yeah the difference is the original Yahtzee was just fucking around and in this one they probably had meetings and stuff about it lol
What if Escapist loses so much money and is desperate enough to recoup their losses that Second Wind is able to buy the rights to their content back.
That sounds plausible af honestly
Commenting for the algorithm, gotta boost the content you want to see in the world...
thanks man!
Jokes on you he used a red background lol
Hahaha I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN