Zero Punctuation guy makes games too

Yahtzee is the guy that made '5 Days a Stranger' and '7 Days a Skeptic'? Wow.

Check 'em both out. They're both pretty cool games, if flawed. I played them both a few years ago, and wasted a few hours completing them. I might have to download the other two games in the series, just so I can say I've completed it. ^_^

Be warned though: these are not top of the range, next gen games. They're drawn in MS Paint.

5 Days a Stranger was great. 7 Days a Skeptic was alright. The third in the series, Trilby's Notes, was also great, which made it all the more disappointing when the series finale, 6 Days A Sacrifice, was a pretentious mess. All IMHO of course. The first three are still worth playing though if you enjoy Sierra/Lucasarts style point-and-click adventure games.

Looks pretty lame. Kind of like this guy's reviews.

I'd just like to say that Ben's first 4 adventure games featuring Trilby are amazing! I sat down and played all 4 in a few days, and was throughly engrossed by the depth of writing and downright "freaky" imagery. (They are horror based genre)

Warning, if you're the kind of guy (or gal), who has to have more than 16 colors on the screen at any given second, or the game "sux0rs", then this stuff probably isn't for you, but if you're someone who can get into a good game with good writing and genuine suspense, check out 5 Days a Stranger. Here's Ben's Disclaimer about the game...

DISCLAIMER

For those of you who have gotten used to me injecting a sense of humor into all my games, prepare to be disappointed. This was more of an experiment in programming and characterization than a humorous effort. So, don't come running to me when you expect a light-hearted runaround, and find instead insane ghosts and people being murdered in nasty ways.

-enjoy

I'd just like to say that Ben's first 4 adventure games featuring Trilby are amazing! I sat down and played all 4 in a few days, and was throughly engrossed by the depth of writing and downright "freaky" imagery. (They are horror based genre)

Warning, if you're the kind of guy (or gal), who has to have more than 16 colors on the screen at any given second, or the game "sux0rs", then this stuff probably isn't for you, but if you're someone who can get into a good game with good writing and genuine suspense, check out 5 Days a Stranger. Here's Ben's Disclaimer about the game...

DISCLAIMER

For those of you who have gotten used to me injecting a sense of humor into all my games, prepare to be disappointed. This was more of an experiment in programming and characterization than a humorous effort. So, don't come running to me when you expect a light-hearted runaround, and find instead insane ghosts and people being murdered in nasty ways.

-enjoy

TRILBY: Art of Theft - AKA: Elevator Action...

Great old-school games and great reviews.

I just finished 5 Days and am working my way through Trilby's Notes, this should be excellent.

I think Yahtzee is one of the funniest humorists on the internet since the days of Lore Sjöberg and Old Man Murray.

I'm expecting a game that is completely original in every shape, form and fashion...wait, it isn't. Not as easy to come up with something fresh as it is to insult others for cookie cutters, eh?

I'm definitely czeching these out when I get home. I trust this guy's opinion on games more than I trust myself.

He's british by birth but now lives in australia, by the way. Not sure if he'd still be considered "british." He moved there when he was twenty according to his site... not that it matters. >_>

Either way, I knew he made games, I've never played then, though. I'll have to take a looksee.

Rather than a critical review, I'll simply post a crudely photoshopped image of what I believe Yahtzee's response would probably look like.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v149/mccomber/yahtzeeresponse.jpg

his review on the orange box shows his true self.. he had the same complaints on half-life that he did on Zelda Phantom Hourglass but slammed that series while kinda just saying, it is what it is for Half-life.. but he then knew what the real truth was.. Portal.

Give the man some cake, Portal GOTY, and my avatar a Mario hat...

i had more fun with 7 days a skeptic than with silent hill 2.
what. it's true, i really mean that.