Extra Punctuation returns as a video series, and in this first episode, Yahtzee discusses how Nintendo‘s Super Mario is a brand, not a character.
This week in Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee declares that the open-world video game is dead, at least in the AAA space.
The sad thing about mainstream video games these days is that it’s no longer a craftsman’s industry, really. While the technology was still developing everything had to be built from the ground up. Developers usually coded their own engine, created all the art assets and sounds – I can’t find a source right now but I remember reading that the underwater explosion sound in Quake was created by wrapping a condom around a microphone and sticking it in a bath. That’s a fun story. They made the explodey head effect in the movie Scanners by filling a fake head with dogfood and blasting it with a shotgun. That’s a fun story, too. A lot more fun than “we downloaded it from a library” or “we just used CG.”
This week in Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee examines whether mainstream video games are genuinely becoming more diverse, using old Zero Punctuation videos to collect data points.
This week in Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee examines a recent frivolous award that calls Dark Souls the ultimate game of all time and then more broadly discusses the nature of these “greatest game” or “greatest console” debates.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses his thoughts on Undertale and why he never did a full Zero Punctuation episode on it.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses why bland games are worse than bad games.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses the problem with trying to use the metric of game length as a PR selling point, as seen recently with Techland saying Dying Light 2 contains 500 (or 20) hours to complete.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses how indie hit Unpacking was mercilessly ripped off and cloned and how it is reflective of larger, horrendous trends in the mobile gaming sphere.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses the tired trend of having two factions in a video game that are always authoritarian or libertarian, fascist or nutter.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses why the open world in Elden Ring is such a success — and why so many others still are not.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses four reasons why Aloy ends up having bad characterization in Horizon Forbidden West.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses why the 2017 Prey video game from Arkane Studios was so forgettable.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee dives into the adventure game genre following the announcement of Return to Monkey Island.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee looks at the different ways games tell stories and why he finds immersive narratives so interesting.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee digs into his enjoyment of the Persona series.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee looks at the Silent Hill franchise and whether people should just move on from a franchise that is no longer made by the same people that made it what it was in the first place.
This week in Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee is discussing the anime that he actually enjoys and why.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee admits that maybe he sorta actually misses E3?
This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee explores the cycle of Resident Evil games.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee explores the appeal of "boomer shooters".
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee dives into the choose-your-own-adventure genre and why it's not as innovative as developers think it is.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee explores cozy games.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a deeper dive into the Saints Row franchise and where it wrong along the way.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee explores the age-old question - do games have to be fun?
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee examines the tonal issues of many current AAA games.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a look at audio logs and how games, after all the years, are somehow still getting them wrong.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee looks back at Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and why it's his favorite love story in video games.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee provides an update on the game he's developing, Starstruck Vagabond.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a deeper look at detective games and why letting you fail miserably is all part of the fun.
Yahtzee explores the execution of comedy in games
EP on title subject
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a look at the live service trend and how it may finally be starting to slow down.
EP 3.23.2023
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee has a response for everyone that says he hates video games.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee talks about why he misses loading screens.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee finally talks about why he loves boats.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a look at why chasing realistic graphics all the time is hurting AAA games.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a look at The Science of Video Game Healing
Tears of the Kingdom and Meaningless Review Scores | Extra Punctuation
The Fallacy of "Replay Value" | Extra Punctuation
It's Time to Bang the Game Ownership Drum Again | Extra Punctuation
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee explores... BioWare Face.
I Don't Want to Save the World Anymore | Extra Punctuation
Baldur's Gate 3 Romance Just Isn't Interesting
Bioshock Has the Best Beginning of Any Game Ever
AAA Games Need to Step Up Their Traversal
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee talks about the "walk and talk" sequences that a lot of games like to use.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee discusses the Spider-Man 2 game…no, not that one, the other one.
This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee wonders where all stealth games have gone to.
