WRECKATEER AND DEADLIGHT (Zero Punctuation)

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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews two offerings from this year's XBLA Summer of Aracade.
Fast-talking Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw reviews a new game each week in this animated series that combines informed critique with cutting humor. Watch the next episode of Zero Punctuation a week early, only on The Escapist.
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[@BlargleWargle]

Two people playing Angry Birds in bed brings new meaning to the term "casual sex".

[@mozxz]

The : Narrated by a guy who has a voice like he smokes entire rolled up carpets, is just brilliant, and I visit this video once in a while, just to hear him say that.

[@SaurAuteur]

"I didn't kill my wife!" "I don't ca-" "Wait... yes, yes I did. Hehe sorry that just totally slipped my mind for a while there. Alright I'll be going to jail now."

[@charlesdunbar4838]

"yeah alright glass houses" lol

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

2:19 Personally, I'd much rather go at a watermelon with a switchblade then play regular fruit ninja.

[@captainhwdie2888]

It took me a minute

[@TheJpmaster69]

+Dick Grayson than*

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

Joao Cardisus Boy, you must be fun at parties.

[@TheJpmaster69]

Dick Grayson damn, you're a fast replier.

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

Joao Cardisus They call me the Quick Draw Kid. And you forgot to capitalize the beginning of that sentence.

[@sammycw2000]

God these are perfection.

[@Dice12K]

ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

[@TerrmediaReturns]

Dice12K teeheehehee

[@sammycw2000]

NorwegianViking Son *tips*

[@sammycw2000]

NorwegianViking Son my fedora m'lady

[@ThePCguy17]

Mr. CHIN CHIN, why don't you have a chin?

[@TheDuckClock]

Came to watch this review after learning about Rime, and its developer being Tequila Works who did deadlight. At first I was intrigued by the fact that it looked like a combination of Ico/Journey/Zelda Wind Waker/Anything with a shadow enemy. Then I heard Yahtzee comparing Deadlight as a mix between Limbo/Shadow Complex/Bastion/Splosion Man/I am Alive/Anything with zombies in it. And now any sort of hype I've had for Rime has now been evaporated, thanks Yahtzee

[@UberMan5000]

This year was also the year that Dust: An Elysian Tail came out on the Summer of Arcade. I'm disappointed that The Yahtz didn't touch upon it, because it has a lot of those ticks from the list around 3:05.

[@tatguy]

this year or the year that this video came out

[@UberMan5000]

tatis tatguy The year this video came out, in 2012.

[@tatguy]

k

[@logangraham3689]

He did do it in his column from The Escapist. It just wasn't bad enough to do an episode about.

[@UberMan5000]

Logan Graham Zero Punctuation doesn't just review bad games. Yahtzee might have gotten quite a kick out of it.

[@Alatreonmaster6292]

T-mobile must hang for their crimes

[@badgerbane]

Urgh, I thought the title was some clever intentional misspelling of recettear. How dissapointed I was to realise the truth. -_-

[@jimnicholas7334]

Well he did eventually mention it. And gave it a back handed complement no less.

[@alexryan8956]

Wait your not supposed to murder people and then forget as often as leaving the milk out. Quick question where did these corpses come from and why is the milk green?

[@CCartman69]

+alex ryan First of all that's not milk. Second, stop stabbing Piccolo!

[@ZonsoAvalune]

i could never get over how op you are

[@semvision]

I think the bongos part had me laughing for 5 minutes straight.

[@Jaceblue04]

"Burping at my gran." lol

[@gruntpsycho]

its like they have bee saving up vids for years and someone finally hit upload

[@Jinseual]

4:28 johnathon crete? i thought that was alan from QI

[@MrJuuberi]

Mid evil is actually a pretty accurate description of medieval time xD

[@arandomguy222]

JAM: an apocalypse with JAM

[@Frankers555]

4:28 LOL, Alan Davies.

[@theBlindDeafMute]

When I first saw the title, I thought he was going to tear one of my favourite games, 'Recettear' a new one. Glad that didn't happen because I can't stand to have someone with a different opinion than me tell me he has a different opinion.

[@potion802]

They pretty much have, if you want to see them so bad just go to their website; new vids every weel

[@aperturesciencegames]

well angry birds just aped those catapult flash games

[@aperturesciencegames]

TheGenerationExtreme TGX that game was awesome, but criminally underrated.

[@aperturesciencegames]

TheGenerationExtreme TGX SAME HERE, if castle crushers went viral then this game would be called out on its shit :P

[@aldxbaran]

aperturesciencegames There have been many physics based launch-something-to-hit-down-something-else games before Crush The Castle...

[@aperturesciencegames]

IHate GooglePlus mostly why I said "catapult flash games" I'm sure there was one before, but that's the one most remember

[@aldxbaran]

aperturesciencegames in fact, I invented that type of game. I used to throw rocks at people and i got points when they fell down

[@ChillblaineFilms]

You dont need to be subscribed to the escapist's youtube channel, you know. You can just remember to check their website every wednesday when a new episode comes out

[@NickStedmon]

Jonathan Creek is a fictional tv detective/private investigator who is indeed played by Alan Davies =)

[@angeldeb82]

So very funny. I chuckled a bit at the funny parts! :D

[@FalconAlpaca]

11/24/2012. A month anniversary. Never forget.

[@PtolemyJones]

Ooooh, a Jonathan Creek reference. Love that show.

[@dewbs815]

3:52 I enjoyed the game up until that point, because then it started doing that thing Limbo did where you can't possibly get past an obstacle until you've died a few times on it.

[@MatchBreakers]

There is a new episode every week on their website.

[@CboTheSecond]

I searching through these for one i havent seen yet

[@NickStedmon]

I totally agree with Yahtzee RE the ending of Deadlight. IGN said that the game had a "twist you'll never see coming" which intrigued me greatly. I played the demo and liked it so I bought it and very much enjoyed the game, but to say that you never see the twist coming makes me think that the IGN review hasn't seen a psychological thriller in the last decade and/or had his eyes and ears closed throughout all the hallucination sequences in the game.

[@Slanoje]

It's been so long since I danced a good old-fashioned Silent Hill Samba...

[@thavidu78]

This misspelling error has ended in a diplomatic and peaceful resolution that helps restore faith in humanity. Carry on, gentlemen. *wipes tear*

[@taburde]

Seriously waiting for him to make a review on Vector.

[@VagueDrake]

I... I kinda forgot about him, since I am subscribed to his own channel and listen to his music there.

[@VagueDrake]

Not just Yahtzee's videos. All the videos from the Escapist Magazine website.

[@CynderFan259]

The audiobook is god-tier.

[@DifDemPort]

may the day jam came out be remembered forever

[@bos7522]

Alan Davies.

[@adamj4759]

Plays Jonathon Creek

[@hoodenmcburg]

Oh my god. I haven't seen this Zero punctuation yet. LIGHT THE BEACONS!

[@TheTLProductions12]

I here by decree that the 24th of every month is zero punctuation marathon day

[@TehLulz4u]

I'll never not laugh when he says 'Ecksblah'

[@habiblova77]

he has his own

[@rs0wner301]

I thought so as well at first, but after watching some of the videos I started especially liking Jimquisition and at some points, even the Big Picture.

[@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth]

yes.

[@couchpotato156]

3 VIDYA"S IN ONE DAY!? WHAT EIS THEIS MADNESS!?!

[@jacci08]

Escapist magazine website. The magic website whitch uploads Zero Punctuation weekly. My god, its like people never figure it out.

[@buzzdful]

i will get my paint brush for the box art

[@JonathanHallShow]

@Joshua Kiryu I try to, but it gets really tiring. Reading in Yhatzee's voice is like flexing a muscle. You can only do it for so long

[@Failtuna]

I always get the feeling I've seen all the Zero Punctuation episodes before, but I only realize I have about 4 minutes in, so I watch it anyway...

[@RoxasKH56]

BAGSY THE COOOUCH

[@Powoga]

So Wreckateer is even more like Crush the Castle than Angry Birds?

[@sherm_]

Yes. This.

[@taburde]

It's a mobile game wherein you're a freerunner escaping a dystopian society. In hindsight, I probably should have said that I was waiting for him to do another mobile bundle review.

[@cengime]

Memento doesn't actually end the way this review implies.

[@Jaceblue04]

If no one ever admitted to having seen Randy's family, that could mean anything, if he occasionally hallucinates them, that could just mean that he misses them, and the I.D. cards with the names of famous killers could have just meant that they're dead. Those 3 things don't automatically mean that he killed them. They certainly suggest that he did, sure.

[@judefonfabre5430]

Oh wow, thank you! ^-^

[@TheSoulchild12]

The videos on youtube are really old, so theyre uploading all the new ones that havent made it to youtube yet right now.

[@finnakalmyself]

he has his own channel you know

[@-LOTO-]

Well, Jimquisition, The Big Picture, Escapist News Wrap and Escape to the Movies are always good.

[@ProfesserLuigi]

I read that in Yahtzee's voice as well.

[@judefonfabre5430]

It's a very good book, very very funny. Also, I got the kindle edition, but you can get paperback off amazon.

[@Avankiri]

Your father owned a shop, and you have to pay back a certain amount of his debt to a fairy every month by buying items at low cost, selling them at high cost, and doing some dungeon exploring with various other characters to find items for free to sell in your shop. Basically, it's a shop management game. And just playing the demo, I didn't think it was a very good game at that.

[@Greg_Ulmer]

I was planning on actually seeing memento one of these days. thanks for spoiling it.

[@SomeGuyWithAFace9]

Its like they have a website where they upload these that isnt youtube

[@spencerkennedy1769]

Two rugby refrences!? I watched and remembered HOLY SHIT I play rugby. Fun moment.

[@Ninjaisms]

Thanks for the ending of Deadlight, I would have been pissed if I played another Silent Hill.........AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

[@zhazha23]

BONGOS!

[@Invisifly2]

That's actually exactly what happened.

[@judefonfabre5430]

*ehem* Although the plot may be hard to follow from time-to-time, and the character seems just as lost as you are, his adventures and modern day language in an otherwise mid evil setting had me rolling on the floor in LAUGHTER. I suppose if you don't like comedy, or laughing, or being human, it's not the book for you. (He's much better than me DX)

[@couchpotato156]

yes i know, i follow TEM.com quite frequently. its just odd that they wouldnt wait for a week at a time to post a new Zero Punctuation

[@judefonfabre5430]

Eh, I don't mind being corrected, I definately know how to spell Medieval now and I surely wont forget it... dear lord.

[@tyniecraft]

my living room lighting must be great because my kinect reacts perfectly. or maybe i am just a ninja, or i am compensating without realizing. anyway, funnest shit ever

[@spaceratALPHA]

kickstarter !

[@HelixGuile4444]

i believe it's called "Deal with it"

[@judefonfabre5430]

Thats why *sob* he's so much better than me, I tend to love my correct punctuation.

[@BoBnfishy]

i wanna read jam. sounds like fun(and i haven't played wow)

[@pyr0m4n]

How did I miss this one??

[@SuperCyberSubzero]

you got pies name good for you bro hoof

[@lucemus1]

One game i really like is The Cave

[@WanderingIdiot81]

Grandmaster Kush Probably shouldn't watch Yahtzee's review on it then.

[@Aaptronym]

Finally.

[@cheezybrotherstudios]

I propose a national holiday

[@bighonkies]

is it a good book and if so is it in book stores or do i have to order online

[@Jonatron101]

It's on Steam, like a JRPG except you're the shopkeeper. Really cool game.

[@TuleRune]

I don't care how old your comment is, I must congratulate you on it.

[@nojust.8987]

so cool

[@ValkryeCayne]

Christ, I've been wondering where the fuck these have been.

[@seriousOmajan]

3:28 LMAO :D

[@deathendz]

its also my birthday, life is fair sometimes

[@Thaevoo]

I've not played Limbo, and the sarcasm is thick enough to cut with a fork. Braid is actually fun if you can get past the pretentious bullshit, which is actually pretty hard to do. But then there is Terraria, Bastion, Minecraft, Mark of the Ninja, Awesomenauts, Jamestown, Magicka, Super Meat Boy, the Binding of Isaac, and correct me if I am wrong, but those are all indie. And that is barely scratching the surface. Indie games also tend to be more original.

[@BoBnfishy]

wait, which one??

[@judefonfabre5430]

Neither have I. ^-^

[@DoctorrDude]

Zero Punctuation: The Who Anyone?

[@herpityderp154]

WHAT A civilized conversation?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@Zangamarth]

What is Recettear about? I've been looking into it, but found so little.

[@Jaceblue04]

How did I get a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ad whilst watching Zero Punctuation

[@geneal65D]

since when has there been 24 months?!?!?!?!?

[@culchiecorner]

why did you forget about miracle of sound?

[@judefonfabre5430]

Dragons, wizards, goblins, knights, adventurers, you know.

[@theBlindDeafMute]

It's a RPG where you run the item shop.