Zero Punctuation reviews fanboys

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 7th 2008 at 10:00PM }

Apparently Yahtzee found the fanboy uproar over his Super Smash Bros. Brawl review so irritating that this week's Zero Punctuation is dedicated to reviewing the unpaid console defenders out there. Yahtzee finds his rage again this week and lashes out in a way that many professionals who make their living off the internet wish they could. Not us, of course, we're too heavily medicated and just allow the sea of hate to wash over us in waves of brilliant pinks and purples. Numbness is the first step to professional happiness on the internetz.

Find Yahtzee's NSFW love-letter to fanboys after the break.

Tags: escapist, escapist-magazine, escapistmagazine, fanboys, yahtzee, zero-punctuation, zeropunctuation

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

4MyFriends @ May 7th 2008 10:05PM

Remember kids: Keep the comment section clean ^-^

Zach @ May 7th 2008 10:21PM

Tell that to the fanboi's... Although not like they'd listen anyways.

tmacairjordan87 @ May 7th 2008 10:08PM

This was absolutely brilliant. Nintendo fanboys begged him to review brawl knowing that he's not a big fan of it, and then ran to their houses with earmuffs on to grab their pitchforks and crucify him cause he criticized big daddy N.

This video was pure internet gold, kudos yahtzee.

John McPoop @ May 7th 2008 10:26PM

agreed ...

Let me tell you this tmacairjordan

The amount of hate you get for giving your opinion just validates what Yatzee said about the Brawl players and all idiot fanboys in general ... deep down inside they know what's being said is true otherwise it wouldn't bother them so much and they wouldn't make it their personal crusade to defend it 24/7 ... They know who they are

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ May 7th 2008 10:51PM

"all idiot fanboys in general" agreed. It'd be comical to see him do rants on fanboys for each console. Would be more entertaining than those 3 videos which did countdowns of about 100 items for each console about how it sucked. Those were mediocre.

I guess he wouldn't be really reviewing games then, but hakuna matata.

brandon_r87 @ May 8th 2008 1:45AM

Agreed on awesomeness. I like Brawl, but people just need to let go of their opinions long enough to see he does have valid criticisms of the game. They might not bother you as much, but you can at least have a good laugh about them. Look at GTA IV, it has strange problems, like if you call for police backup, they are sometimes there immediately, along with other non-game ruining glitches and strange things. But you can still enjoy it and realize it's a great game. Those glitches actually become a little bit funny.

Ranus Studios @ May 7th 2008 10:10PM

I was pleased to see that he corrected their spelling and grammar, as well.

finnith @ May 7th 2008 11:06PM

Isn't that ironic?

Neowyrm @ May 7th 2008 11:37PM

No, it isn't. Go look up what "ironic" means.

Mal F4cti0n @ May 7th 2008 11:52PM

It's ironic because he pointed out how he liked that Yahtzee corrected the spelling and grammar, and then had a grammar mistake at the end of his sentence.

2. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

It was ironical that the poster commenting how he enjoyed others being made fun of for bad grammar had bad grammar himself.

Neowyrm @ May 7th 2008 11:57PM

Ah. Okay. I thought that he was using the 'stupid' definition of ironic, a situation wherein he would think it was ironic that a critic of video games also criticizes grammar.

Ranus Studios @ May 8th 2008 12:01AM

I am also pleased to see that my subtle comedy was not lost.

whistlepig @ May 8th 2008 1:22AM

yahtzee = jeanyes

danny. @ May 8th 2008 10:12AM

Is it also ironic that a guy who calls himself zero punctuation focused on punctuation and inserted several periods, commas, and even a semicolon into his video?

Josh @ May 7th 2008 10:10PM

How come he didn't correct the word "contols" in the first hate mail?

Ace b @ May 8th 2008 1:37AM

Glad I wasn't the only one to catch that.
We should send him an e-mail about it or make our own video regarding the fact that if you are going to correct people's grammar,you better make sure you double check it for mistakes or you'll look more like a douche for attempting to correct it than just leaving it be.
or something.

ApolloIV @ May 7th 2008 10:10PM

Loved it, simply brilliant.

markhill66 @ May 7th 2008 10:14PM

Whether you agree with him or not, you have to admit that he is a really funny guy.

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ May 7th 2008 10:14PM

EHhehhEHEHHEHEHehehehEHhehe

I'm generally not huge on Yahtzee, but this was priceless. Especially that bit when he gives the game a 4

Found it comical he made a crack at the Dreamcast sucking, being that you consistently see people come out of the woodwork on here saying how great it is.

mr nimblewick @ May 8th 2008 12:25AM

Suck my phantasy star online!

FOXHOUND @ May 8th 2008 10:31AM

But the Dreamcast was a pretty fun, hack-ready console system... but obviously NOT without its significant faults, like any other out there. Namely that damned controller, the weak battery backup, and the disc-reading noise. It was hilarious in SKIES OF ARCADIA(great game), because you could literally "hear" a random encounter loading.
Hell, sometimes I wonder if it was trying to compete with a 56k modem's demonic screetching when signing online.

...now if I could just find TECH ROMANCER and a replacement for my no-longer-working copy of SWORD OF THE BERSERK, I'd be happy with all of my DC purchases to date.

John McPoop @ May 7th 2008 10:23PM

The descriptions he gave on all three consoles at the end was so true ... I agree 100% and it surmised it perfectly

Ace b @ May 8th 2008 1:25AM

Especially describing the 360.That was pretty damn accurate.

No,I'm not a fan boy.I actually own a 360.

...Of course I never paid for it either......

Amirisme @ May 8th 2008 5:50AM

YEAH! That was SOOO perfect!

The Artist formally known as Jesus @ May 7th 2008 10:23PM

This is my favorite Zero Punctuation video since the Orange Box review.

Vegnagun bwf @ May 7th 2008 10:23PM

Yahtzee to Fernando: "You make my life worse"

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 8th 2008 3:00AM

Fernando to Yahtzee: "I'd answer back but SDF will just downvote me to hell for no reason, so why bother?"

Burnt Meatloaf @ May 8th 2008 3:52AM

Fernando is too busy playing Mario Kart Wii. You know, the game he was anticipating even more than SSBB.

tmacairjordan87 @ May 8th 2008 9:50AM

If you thought his brawl review was harsh just wait and see if he does mario kart.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 8th 2008 10:28AM

Yeah but MK deserves that.

Donald @ May 7th 2008 10:25PM

OHHHH SNAP @ Gamespot (as if they aren't buried enough under the pile of dead dogs).

Antonio @ May 7th 2008 10:54PM

I agree. The Gamespot slam was the best part.

Stephen @ May 10th 2008 3:43PM

"if i put people's ball's in my mouth for a living i would be a prostitute or a gamespot employee"

yeah that was definitely the funniest part.

Kujel @ May 7th 2008 10:39PM

Laughed my ass off.

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ May 8th 2008 7:47AM

Yeah, unavoidabley. Especially that "How about a 4? For FOURK YOU!" Would be nice on a t-shirt. :-)

Paviel @ May 7th 2008 10:42PM

I'm a Nintedo fanboy, I think Brawl is awesome, and I think this review was awesome.

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ May 8th 2008 7:39AM

Indeed. self-reflexive fanboyism ftw. Makes it a lot easier :-)

Odoyle @ May 7th 2008 10:46PM

Had to go for new underwear after "... or a Gamespot employee."

Kujel @ May 7th 2008 10:48PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVAaz9vFdSo&feature=bz301

Michael @ May 7th 2008 10:54PM

"White enough" to own all three consoles? What the fuck does that even mean?

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ May 7th 2008 11:06PM

I understand it's offensive. But everyone of his reviews has been, from start to finish, in all sorts of ways. And now you're offended?

ScottyGEE32 @ May 7th 2008 11:14PM

Its alright when he insults things like nerds, sexuality, xenophobes (more than one occasion), but when he talks about being white enough to do something STOP THE PRESSES!

Will @ May 7th 2008 11:25PM

Actually I was pretty surprised too that he threw in a racist comment.

LameDuck @ May 8th 2008 12:01AM

America is so PC, we're the only ones that get butthurt when someone makes a racist remark. Forget that if you tune to say... BET... there is loads more racist remarks made about the Majority of American than you will find about the minority on mainstream channels.

Thats just my two cents though.

Arttemis @ May 8th 2008 12:57AM

Apparently no one can see the direct relationship of playing more video games to losing one's tan?

Considering his self-deprecating style of humor, calling his skin excessively "white" didn't seem at all racist to me... and that he doesn't go out much.

Mighty Ponygirl @ May 8th 2008 8:29AM

Re: "White enough."

To point out the basic economic inequalities inherent in a racist social structure, even in a wry, sarcastic tone, is not racist. Far from it, in fact. Yahtzee has proven in several of his reviews that he is sensitive to racial issues. His point (and I can't believe I have to explain this) is that being able to own all three consoles is a matter of privilege, and that often economic privilege goes hand-in-hand with skin color.

It's a bit of a false dichotomy, to quote /Bullworth/, a white man has more in common with a black man than he does with a rich man. Or even shorter, there are plenty of poor whites, but not a lot of rich blacks.

GRANTED @ May 8th 2008 9:01AM

OR, to quote /Lupe Fiasco/, "Now the poor ku klux man see that we're all brothers not cause things are the same but cause we lack the same colors, and that's green, now that's mean, he can't burn his cross cause he cant afford the gasoline"

Mutant @ May 8th 2008 11:30AM

The "white enough" comment kind of threw me. Yahtzee makes all kinds of inappropriate comments and even racist slurs but its usually clear he is mocking racism. This one didn't come off that way. I feel there's something funny trying get out but its not funny enough to overshadow the wrongness of the statement.

I don't see this as a racist statement but as a failed commentary on racism. I give Yahtzee the benefit of the doubt on this one.

The rest of it was brilliant so, no worries mate.