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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]
The Big Picture, produced by MovieBob, was the first series to be officially relaunched alongside the continued Zero Punctuation. [ 23 ] Following a Twitter exchange with Zoë Quinn over a now-deleted article about Gamergate, Russ Pitts announced he would be taking a "voluntary leave of absence" from The Escapist in February 2019. [ 24 ]
Their firing of The Escapist ' s editor-in-chief in November resulted in a number of contributors at the website—notably Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of Zero Punctuation—resigning and forming a new employee-owned outlet. [20] [21] [22] In July 2024, an unknown number of employees were laid off across Destructoid, PC Invasion, and Dot Esports. [23]
The Escapist's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw stated in his Zero Punctuation review that he could not think of any criticism for Portal, saying that it had "some of the funniest pitch-black humor [he had] ever heard in a game" and concluded that it is "absolutely sublime from start to finish."
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]
In 2008, comedic writer Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw employed the comedically extreme term "Glorious PC Gaming Master Race" in a Zero Punctuation video-review for the role-playing game The Witcher for the online gaming magazine The Escapist. [6]