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Zero Punctuation is a series of video game reviews created by English comedy writer and video game journalist Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw. From its inception in 2007, episodes were published weekly by internet magazine The Escapist .
Zero Punctuation is a video-review series Croshaw released every Wednesday on The Escapist [1] between 2007 and 2023. [2] [3] [4] The series began with his review of the demo of The Darkness, which quickly grew in popularity. [5] [6] After one more review covering Fable: The Lost Chapters, Croshaw was hired to continue the series on The Escapist.
Second Wind is a video-based entertainment outlet focusing on video games and other forms of popular media. The group received significant media attention upon its formation, having been founded by former video team members of The Escapist media outlet, including editor in chief Nick Calandra and star talent Yahtzee Croshaw. [2]
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, the star of The Escapist's videogame review series, quits the website in protest.
The Escapist (formerly known as Escapist Magazine) is an American video game website and online magazine. First published as a weekly online magazine by Themis Media on July 12, 2005, [ 1 ] The Escapist eventually pivoted to a traditional web journalism format. [ 2 ]
The series originated on Destructoid's YouTube channel and was later moved to The Escapist ' s channel, before being released on Sterling's own channel. Her main gameplay series are "Jimpressions" and "Squirty Play", where she discussed her impressions of a recently released video game while showing her own pre-recorded gameplay.
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of The Escapist called it "explosively, apocalyptically bad" in his Zero Punctuation review of the game, but drew a comparison to Plan 9 from Outer Space, explaining that the game's issues were entertaining enough to warrant a purchase. [16]
The end of the game was also criticized because there is no direction to the "fulfilling ending" of the story beside using an outside game guide. GameSpot gave the game a score of 2.8 out of 10, [ 104 ] while IGN gave it a score of 2.2 out of 10 for the Xbox version [ 105 ] and 3.5 out of 10 for the GameCube version. [ 106 ]