Constructive Cynicism

Zero Punctuation Video Game Reviews
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, a highly respected game critic on the internet. His fast-paced, scathing and cynical reviews on Modern games in his Zero Punctuation internet review series is the stuff of legend. Listening to Yahtzee go on a tirade about the blights of gaming is like listening to someone pick apart a work of art, extracting it with a pair of tweezers, holding it up to a magnifying glass and showing it to a room of primary school children and saying, "This is Wrong"

Fast, Edgey, Dry and various other adjectives that would adequately describe a Beer fuelled 4wd his overly harsh reviews truly defines his job as a Game Critic. He isn't paid to like games, he paid to critique them in a somewhat demeaning and often resentful manner. It rarely seems like Yahtzee even enjoys playing these games but I guess that either means he is really good at what he does or he really does suffer for his art.

Here are some of my favourite reviews that Yahtzee has posted

Zero Punctuation Sims 3 review


Zero Punctuation Epic Mickey Review


Zero Punctuation review of Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside story


Check out his Zero Punctuation Video Archives over at the Escapist: HERE

His amazingly written and analytical articles about various issues within Gaming; Extra Punctuation: HERE

His Blog Fully Ramblomatic: HERE

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Also Yahzee is the co-founder / owner / MC of Australia's first Video game themed Bar called the Mana Bar, set up in Brisbane, Australia Yathzee holds Video Game Trivia every TUESDAY. So if you feel like a drink and bit of a play of Super Smash Bros then the next time you're in Brisbane head down to the Mana Bar.

Mana Bar Official Website: HERE

If that isn't enough for a Jaded 27 year old gaming journalist to be doing with his life, Yahtzee is also a co-host on a upcoming gaming show called Game Damage