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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.
And that's the problem with having an "editor" like Zonk. Just because the guy talks fast doesn't mean he's not using any punctuation in his sentences--it simply means that he's talking fast. There's a very clear and distinct difference, but it's not one that the guys here at slashdot have ever been able to understand (which makes sense since it's really just 8th grade grammar).
shut up, tool.