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While cruising around the vast space of the interwebs, I was lucky enough to stumble upon sarcastic brilliance in its purest form. Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes and ears on Zero Punctuation: Console Rundown.

Anyone who knows me personally can vouch that I find the rantings of madmen (OK, they don't even have to be mad) all too titillating. If you throw in super fast-talking and a foreign accent, I'm sure to take the bait. In the 80's it was John Moschitta and those blasted Micro Machine commercials that had me glued to the TV during those Saturday morning cartoon marathons. Now it's some crazy Australian guy on the Internet comparing the next "more like current" generation of consoles to one another. It's fast, it's somewhat true-- and it's funny.

If you can manage to disregard the glaring mistake where he talks about Zelda, Metroid, and Mario and then slaps up pictures of Master Chief and Sonic, you should at least find yourself somewhat amused as well by the words of the man who goes by the name of Yahtzee. He's a genius, and he made me laugh at his video.

[Update: Well upon further review, I'm not sure how I missed the irony of the Master Chief/Sonic mixup. It does seem to be done purposely, and I can now appreciate the subtleties of this man's wittiness more than before. Just goes to show that you can indeed "kid a kid." Thanks to everyone that pointed that out in your responses.]

[Via The Escapist]


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Murteira_Nabo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:22
Murteira_Nabo
Err... He was born in the UK. FYI ;)
This is the direct address to his column.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:27
bhive01
Yeah, he didn't sound quite Australian to me. More like a Brit.

Very good little movie though.
mackisawesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:28
mackisawesome
that was actully amazing.
i love playing dodgeball with 2 amputee's
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:29
Necros
I thought that the Metroid/Halo and Mario/Sonic mix-ups were intentional.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:30
Mabec
So true :)
FrogMan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:31
FrogMan
I wasn't sure about this guy until he said that Fantasy World Dizzy is the best game ever. I don't agree, but still a good, obscure choice.
Andrex's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:31
Andrex
i love this since i discovered his video like 2 weeks ago... search for his psychonauts video its really great
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:34
Gameboi
"Like beating two quadruple amputees at swingball"

I totally lost it when he got to that part.
Los Tres Ojos's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:37
Los Tres Ojos
I was cracking up at the "I eat lions" in the gears of war picture
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:45
brainderailment
"Hooting Dickholes" For the lose.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:46
Snaileb
Gameboi I'm so glad they decided to make you editor. This was hilarious.
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:52
Cowzilla3
Best..ever.
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:54
Gameboi
@Snaileb

Me too! Your response sounds like I just got the gig though. I have been around for a while now (yes, I know that you know this already). I just don't get to post as much as the heavy-hitters :-(

When I hit the lottery, I'll devote all my time to Destructoid.
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 10:58
Dale North
loved it, except the part about HD movies (not bluray or HDDVD in particular)
If you can't see the difference, something's either wrong with your eyes or your TV
Doomtrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 11:07
Doomtrain
We need more people like this person. The internet can never have enough intelligent humor.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 11:16
BlindsideDork
Oh no....Jack might come and no one likes Jack!!!

*gasp*
keener's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 11:18
keener
+1 @ necros
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 11:18
BlindsideDork
I likes him!
jerrt's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 11:20
jerrt
simply wonderful. that was great. [:
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 11:28
fetusmilk
AHH dizzys adventure i can still hear the crazy bubbly soundtrack in the back of my head.
Chris Taran's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 11:43
Chris Taran
"If you can manage to disregard the glaring mistake where he talks about Zelda, Metroid, and Mario and then slaps up pictures of Master Chief and Sonic,..."

Yeah, that was actually intentional.
RskimB's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 11:54
RskimB
lol jawsome
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 12:01
Mxyzptlk
As soon as I heard his voice I recognised this guy, always funny. Hadn't seen this video yet though, good find!
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 12:01
RICHARD BLOCKER
Halo is MS's Metroid and sonic is Sega's Mario.
japan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 12:11
japan
fkcing awesome
Racoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 12:29
Racoon
Yea I don't think that was a mistake Gameboi, just a joke.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 12:34
Justice
Yeah he's british isn't he?

Haha Dizzy was a crazy game
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 13:10
Sharpless
He's a Brit who lives in Australia, I believe. I saw his Heavenly Sword demo review and I think he's hilarious.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 13:16
vexed alex
That made me laugh.

The elitists made me sad, though, and the fact that some of you are unable to see that some things are jokes.

"I wasn't sure about this guy until he said that Fantasy World Dizzy is the best game ever. I don't agree, but still a good, obscure choice."

See?
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 13:21
Sharpless
After actually watching it, I LOL'd at the Final Fantasy comparison.

Also, I eat lions.
lvl54spacemonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 13:27
lvl54spacemonkey
If anyone wants to see the Psychonauts one I blogged it last week but no-one cared.
Spykron's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 14:14
Spykron
load of bullshit and chips. good god that slayed me.
Lord_Satorious's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/30/2007 18:32
Lord_Satorious
Oh my god, you have to watch all this guy's stuff, it's fricken' hilarious. I loved the "Heavenly Sword" demo review on "The Escapist" magazine website, and "The Darkness" demo review on the author's own website.
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2007 07:56
Gameboi
@sunami88

Unfortunately, the video was not from the originating site (who doesn't want us to embed, but link to it instead), and had to be removed. Since I loved it so much, I made the needed edits -- however small they may appear to be.

-Alan
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2007 09:27
Gameboi
@sunami88

I made it the very first link...
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