Zero Punctuation is a series of video game reviews created by English comedy writer and video game journalist Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw.
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14 Facts About Zero Punctuation
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Zero Punctuation has occasionally dedicated episodes to new technologies or milestones in video gaming, such as E3 and the coming of the eighth generation of consoles.
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Zero Punctuation's reviews are intended to be humorous with constant usage of puns, analogies, metaphors, and dark humour accompanied by liberal use of profanity.
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Zero Punctuation opens and closes with a theme song, a rock track composed and performed by Ian Dorsch.
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Zero Punctuation tends to disdain certain overused tropes and conventions in video games, such as quick time events, highly common uses of motion controls, cover-based shooting, an unbalanced emphasis on graphics over story or gameplay, and crafting systems.
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Zero Punctuation disapproves of game franchises that release sequels in rapid succession, such as Final Fantasy, Assassin's Creed, and Call of Duty.
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Zero Punctuation has targeted military-themed first-person shooters such as Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, and Battlefield for being what he believes to be extremely similar in gameplay, poor in ethics, and contrived in story, while using the moniker "spunkgargleweewee" to differentiate them from other styles of first-person shooter game.
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Zero Punctuation often criticizes practices of the video game industry which he deems exploitative or otherwise unacceptable to the quality of the medium, often using Electronic Arts as an example.
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Zero Punctuation opened his review of BioShock by saying "nobody likes it when I'm being nice to a game, " referring to the negative reception of his favorable review of Psychonauts.
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Zero Punctuation expressed respect towards the late Roger Ebert, noting that he "might one day aspire to being his videogaming equivalent".
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Since 2008, Croshaw has created annual, year-end episodes of Zero Punctuation which enumerate his favorite and least favorite games from that year.
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Zero Punctuation claimed to have received a disproportionate amount of hate mail following the review, and dedicated an episode to highlight and respond to various e-mails that he had allegedly received in response to it.
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In 2013, Croshaw came under fire after an episode of Zero Punctuation contained a metaphor that was viewed as transphobic.
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Croshaw's popularity through Zero Punctuation has been credited with the initial success of the establishment.
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