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Game Commentary, With Funny Added - Zero Punctuation
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is described as a "British-born, currently Australian-based writer and gamer with a sweet hat and a chip on his shoulder." That melange of Python and Steve Irwin has combined, somehow, to produce some of the most hilariously insightful games commentary I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Via Gamers With Jobs I came across Croshaw's first video review on The Escapist site, all about the the Heavenly Sword demo and the Resident Evil 5 trailer. He talks a mile-a-minute, does his own wonderfully primitive animation work, and manages to walk that tightrope between jerk and brilliant with seeming effortlessness. He's slated to put one up every week, and since the first post has released a look at the cult classic Psychonauts , and some cutting commentary on the console war. Go watch, please; just make sure you can a.) use NSFW sound and b.) won't get looked at weirdly for laughing aloud.
Zero Punctuation is the name of the series of videos, dumbass.
It's a standard comedy genre in the UK. Fast delivery, fast edits, initially pioneered by Victor Lewis Smith in the 80's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j39oSM9ppo
These days Charlie Brooker carries the torch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB70wuweyQI
Ben is brilliantly funny, but owes more to these two men than Monty Python.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. --Albert Einstein