ABC,Zero Punctuation,cultural critiquing,4 million per episode,nice hat Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw interview on Not Quite Art

Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw interview on Not Quite Art

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11 months 2 weeks ago • 4733 views

tags: ABC, Zero Punctuation, cultural critiquing, 4 million per episode, nice hat

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"What I find comforting is that they're all old. And old people die first."
Fucking awesome XD

written by darkrowan

| 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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I'm not sure I've ever heard him speak with regular cadence. Quite novel, really!

written by brycewi19

| 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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I thought he'd be more humble to be honest, that was the impression I got from all his self-deprecation in the reviews.
Talking about how his slightest positive comment "moves units" seemed so out of place.
Don't get me wrong, I still love his reviews. It's just the "never meet your idols if you don't want to be disappointed"-thing I guess.

written by Rugil | 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'ABC, Zero Punctuation, cultural critiquing, 4 million per episode' to 'ABC, Zero Punctuation, cultural critiquing, 4 million per episode, nice hat' - edited by rasch187

written by siftbot

| 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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what a pile of teeth! heaven have mercy!

written by bluecliff

| 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Painkiller sales tripled? What's 3 times fuck all? It is a fun game, but it doesn't mean much if 4 million people watch it and instead of 1 sale, they get 3. I always thought his material worked better if you've played the games, but to be honest I didn't think he realised this or perhaps wanted to realise this. Fair dues for seeing it as it is (or at least how I see it, which is the most important thing

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Rugil, it's the interviewer who mentioned "moving units" (2:12). I thought he did come across as reasonably humble (e.g. the novelty of him saying something positive).

written by Quboid | 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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I think he was indirectly pointing out how his audience hangs on his every word.

written by Chaucer | 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Well, I can see how it would have moved sales - considering he pretty much NEVER gives a positive review, that was a big statement for him. Almost every developer out there throws free games to the Penny-Arcade guys knowing how much of an influence they have on the industry. If he really does get 4 million views per video, then there would be no doubt that his reviews are influential.

4 million views is about the same as a Saturday night NBA game. How much do companies spend on advertising for one of those? With a videogame review your demographic is already much more focused - the people you want to sell games to are the ones who click to watch. This is much more focused than the viewers of a basketball game. Really, there shouldn't be any doubt that his reviews boost sales dramatically.

written by Morganth | 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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I'm not questioning whether it's true or not, I'm just surprised he didn't insult the people who would buy a game just because he likes it in an attempt to deflect the underlying flattery.

written by Rugil | 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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*nsfw lang

written by calvados

| 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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This video has been flagged as being Not Suitable For Work - declared nsfw by calvados.

written by siftbot

| 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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>> ^brycewi19:
I'm not sure I've ever heard him speak with regular cadence. Quite novel, really!

Yes, it seems to be a rather boring voice when it comes at a regular interval.

written by Aemaeth

| 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Ok, so
a) I thought that was awesome
&
b) I never find out about these things until after the fact... the ACMI is bloody walking distance from my work

written by spoco2

| 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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>> ^Rugil:
I'm not questioning whether it's true or not, I'm just surprised he didn't insult the people who would buy a game just because he likes it in an attempt to deflect the underlying flattery.

I don't know where you get that from. He was asked by the interviewer directly; it's not as if he brought that up himself to boast.

written by Zyrxil | 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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well I think he's just as fucking cool as I originally thought he'd be in real life. And that's pretty fucking cool. semi-nerd : semi-cool.

written by 8296 | 11 months 1 week ago | CH

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