Fucking hell, he’s been with them for close to 20 years, basically half of his working life. He’s been there through a lot of shit too, and basically kept The Escapist going through setbacks, cuts, and more.
I would have assumed he’d be largely untouchable there, so to make a decision that led him to resign immediately is absolutely wild.
To be fair, I quite liked Extra Punctuation, and I’ve always thought he would now be recognisable enough to either go alone, or actually be in front of a screen without animation. This could work out really well for him.
I don’t like ZP but EP is quite good imo.
I haven’t browsed in years but do I understand correct that Yahtzee does both shows? Is the “actual” punctuation literally him talking slower with pauses and such?
Extra Punctuation was the slower, slightly longer format videos that were more musing about broad industry trends and gaming history. It was great.
Wow, I wish I’d stuck around for those over the years. Thanks.
EP is him doing the same thing, but not as reviews, more generally discussing broad topics regarding games and the industry. I personally prefer it to ZP
Well, props to Yahtz for not being a scab and quitting when Nick got fired, good solidarity there
It would be amazing if his team could somehow join the Outside Xbox, then I could get all of my British accented videogame snark in one place
I never see OxBox called out. I don’t watch much YouTube but I always watch their videos…
So the escapist is closing down soon? Alright then.
I don’t even know what they do except post Yahtzee videos
I stopped watching a long time ago but from what I can tell dude legitimately cares about getting games journalism right, hope it goes well for him
He’s definitely one of those that speaks his mind with little filtering. You get his honest opinion, which is nice in a world of bought reviews. Sure his opinion might not match yours, but that’s not the point is it?
He’s also a pretty good author. I recommend all of his books.
This reminds me of when Jared left Wisecrack, or when literally everyone left Cracked. I felt it coming too, same pattern as many before: the ZP videos started pushing for premium subs with more ads and censoring Yahtzee, and there were more shows with Yatz and a cohost. They always start by pushing the video stars to do stuff with new (cheaper, unknown, less interesting) people because The Company thinks all people are replaceable gears.
Good for the entire video team just quiting, the writing has clearly been on the wall for a while. Maybe he can do work with Stephanie Sterling again? I used to love their team ups!
Props for the reminder. Thank you.
Most people don’t remember that The Escapist was originally a PDF games magazine. It was excellent back then. Great articles, and amazing graphic design.
Soon after it became a website, the only thing I went there for was Yahtzee Croshaw, and honestly I haven’t listened to Zero Punctuation for maybe 10 years.
No more Escapist basically? Oh well.
Well shit that’s the Escapist dead. I was kinda wondering.
Congratulations to some wealthy idiots on their recent purchase of an empty box.
I’m out of the loop. Any reason given for leaving? I feel like I’ve watched ZP on and off since we got a family computer.
Well that’s an unsub. Literally the only thing from them I ever watched
In any case, I look forward to whatever he’s got cooked up. Hope he keeps doing stuff like extra punctuation as well
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Man has consistently been putting out five minutes of good to pretty good content once a week for over fifteen years, it was an incredible run tbh
All while writing books and even narrating the audiobooks. Man didn’t have time for punctuation or sleep.
Right? Essentially half my life. Just dropped out of college when he started up.
He’s practically back in the Maddox.xmission.com, PurePwnage, and Newgrounds days.
I knew him from SA.
I wonder if they’re gonna try getting someone else to take up ZP
Good fucking luck to the next guy. Lol
Shits going down like the Hindenburg.
That would be impossible, since Yahtzee basically is Zero Punctuation, anyone else wouldn’t feel right.
There was an old ZP video where another person tried to do Yahtzee’s style (before being interrupted by Yahtzee himself) and it didn’t really work. But that was kinda the point of the video.
I remember this, the video didn’t match the title, I think the game was x blades.
I looked it up, it started as an X-blades review then it turned into a review for Halo Wars.
