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** He begins his ''VideoGame/{{Mindjack}}'' review expressing disbelief that people have trouble telling whether he recommends a game or not, but acknowledges this trope as the cause.
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* CurseCutShort: He spends the entirety of his 50 Cent reviews carefully wording his criticisms so that nothing can be misconstrued as racist, then ends with:
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* CurseCutShort: He spends the entirety of his 50 Cent reviews carefully wording his criticisms so that nothing can be misconstrued as racist, then ends with:the episode on an inspiring speech, saying people of all creeds and colors should try to put aside their differences and work together to build a better world for everyone, but then punctuates that speech with this sentence:
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: JustForPun, Yahtzee mentioned that [[XComEnemyUnknown X-Com]] shouldn't be confused with "Eggs-com", a site to share recipes... turns out that Eggs.com is an actual site.
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* ButtMonkey: Yahtzee's avatar gets hurt in a variety of ways throughout his reviews.
** the black imp also seems to get a fair amount of pain dealt to him. especially when he gets a nazi helmet, at which point yahtzee will do things like pulling his toenails out with pliers.
** the black imp also seems to get a fair amount of pain dealt to him. especially when he gets a nazi helmet, at which point yahtzee will do things like pulling his toenails out with pliers.
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** Yahtzee's avatar gets hurt in a variety of ways throughout his reviews.
**the The black imp also seems to get a fair amount of pain dealt to him. especially Especially when he gets a nazi Nazi helmet, at which point yahtzee Yahtzee will do things like pulling his toenails out with pliers.
** Yahtzee's avatar gets hurt in a variety of ways throughout his reviews.
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: In the ''Killzone: Shadow Fall'' review, Yahtzee mentions that ''Knack'' "looked pretty spectacular after I fired it out of my clay pigeon launching machine."
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* DoNotCallMePaul: Apparently he hates being called Ben by people on the internet. In one podcast, Yug and Matt of Australian Gamer (his best buds) stated that they don't even call him that in real life. Matt says everyone except his ''parents'' calls him Yahtzee.
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* DoNotCallMePaul: Apparently he hates being called Ben by people on the internet. In one podcast, Yug and Matt of Australian Gamer (his best buds) stated that they don't even call him that in real life. Matt says everyone except his ''parents'' calls him Yahtzee. Summed up best during one of his ''Let's Drown Out'' videos on youtube
--> '''Gabriel:''' His name is Benjamin. Call him Benjamin.
--> '''Yahtzee:''' '''''Don't''''' call me that.
--> '''Gabriel:''' His name is Benjamin. Call him Benjamin.
--> '''Yahtzee:''' '''''Don't''''' call me that.
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** EA games.
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* BaitAndSwitch: His review of ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'', the quote at the start of the page.
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* AxCrazy: Yahtzee (or at least his avatar) tends to kill people from [[DisproportionateRetribution slight provocation]], like setting a ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' fan on fire for refusing to tell him what the game was like until he tried it.
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** Played with during his review of ''VideoGame/WiiSportsResort'', where he attempts to appeal to a fan who'd left when Yahtzee's constant railing on the Wii upset him by sarcastically portraying the game's negatives as positives. He notably skips over two sports that work too well to criticize.
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** the black imp also seems to get a fair amount of pain dealt to him. especially when he gets a nazi helmet, at which point yahtzee will do things like pulling his toenails out with pliers.
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** Creator/{{Nintendo}}, specifically post-''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' for [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks lack of innovation]] and [[{{Waggle}} poorly implemented control gimmicks]].
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** Creator/{{Nintendo}}, specifically post-''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' for [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks "[[ItsTheSameSoItSucks lack of innovation]] innovation]]" and [[{{Waggle}} "[[{{Waggle}} poorly implemented control gimmicks]].gimmicks]]".
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* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: This trope, and the infrequency with which it is played straight, is discussed in his ''MafiaII'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1988-Mafia-II review]].
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* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: This trope, and the infrequency with which it is played straight, is discussed in his ''MafiaII'' ''VideoGame/MafiaII'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1988-Mafia-II review]].
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** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/689-Tom-Clancys-H-A-W-X Don't forget]] Creator/TomClancy's ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} H.A.W.X.]]'' by [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Tom Clancy]].
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** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/689-Tom-Clancys-H-A-W-X Don't forget]] And]] Creator/TomClancy's ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} H.A.W.X.]]'' by [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Tom Clancy]].
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* TheArtifact: Feels that the Vigors, the stand-ins for the plasmids in BioshockInfinite, are this since they're kept around for the sake of retaining a gameplay element for the earlier games, [[PetTheDog an element that he feels is fun to keep around]], but lack the significance to the story the plasmids had.
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--> So in the name of keeping things nice and clear for you touchy sods, let me as unambiguous as possible in this critique: ''MindJack'' is ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FUCKING� FUCKING� FUCKING� FUCKING�]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible BAD� BAD� BAD� BAD.]] DON'T� DON'T� DON'T� DON'T� PLAY IT!''
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--> So in the name of keeping things nice and clear for you touchy sods, let me as unambiguous as possible in this critique: ''MindJack'' is ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FUCKING� FUCKING� FUCKING� FUCKING�]] FUCKING FUCKING FUCKING FUCKING]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible BAD� BAD� BAD� BAD BAD BAD BAD.]] DON'T� DON'T� DON'T� DON'T� DON'T DON'T DON'T DON'T PLAY IT!''
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1924-Shadow-of-the-Colossus review]], Yahtzee says that the female character is the player's girlfriend because she is the only thing with an X chromosome. This is incorrect--males have X chromosomes too, females just have 2.
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* BigBad: {{EA}}, whose abhorrent business practices and representing of all that is wrong with the video game industry he has a habit of going into [[AuthorFilibuster Author Filibusters]] about.
* BigNo: The ''{{Spore}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/218-Spore review]]. Twice. But with a [[DeadpanSnarker twist]].
* BigNo: The ''{{Spore}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/218-Spore review]]. Twice. But with a [[DeadpanSnarker twist]].
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* BigBad: {{EA}}, Creator/ElectronicArts, whose abhorrent business practices and representing of all that is wrong with the video game industry he has a habit of going into [[AuthorFilibuster Author Filibusters]] about.
* BigNo: The''{{Spore}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/218-Spore review]]. Twice. But with a [[DeadpanSnarker twist]].
* BigNo: The
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:[[invoked]] For a number of games he reviews, his viewpoint tends to cast the protagonist in an extremely negative light.
** His first instance of this is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/502-Tomb-Raider-Underworld reviewing]] ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld'', where he portrays Lara as an irreverent, iconoclastic kleptomaniac. Later reviews add "sociopath" to the tally, and he theorizes that Lara is actually a hedonistic thrill-seeker with a murder fetish who only got into the "archaeology" business because it provided the best opportunities for travel, death-defying stunts, and, well, murder.
** Demon Hunter Nero from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/28-Devil-May-Cry-4 coward]].
** Drake of ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/27-Uncharted-Drakes-Fortune portrayed]] as a racist and hypocritical SmugSnake.
** Rubi of ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}'' is an unlikeable and murderous [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/981-Wet bitch]].
** Faith of ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' could "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/457-Mirrors-Edge easily have been a terrorist]]" without changing the game much.
** Rico of ''VideoGame/JustCause'' is an "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1632-Just-Cause-2 immortal, physics-defying wizard]]."
** He [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1528-Heavy-Rain encourages]] viewers to play ''VideoGame.HeavyRain'' whilst pretending that Agent Jayden is from the future.
*** Also, the Origami Killer is a cheap rip-off of [[Film/{{Saw}} Jigsaw]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1569-Final-Fantasy-XIII Vanille]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' either has Alzheimer's or is from space. [[labelnote:Funny about that...]]Yahtzee only played five hours of the game. Had he played on, he'd have learned that [[spoiler:Vanille is from another planet.]][[/labelnote]]
** The protagonists of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games have [[VideoGame/{{Syndicate}} chips in their mind]] and are actually [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3008-Pokemon-White hunting rats]] in a CreepyBasement.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/FableIII'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2652-Fable-3 shagging his dog]].
** Cole Phelps from ''LANoire'' is a robot who's [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3347-L-A-Noire named]] after the fuel he runs on (i.e. Coal [=PH31-P5=]).
*** He's also available for birthday parties.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1007-Mario-Luigi-Bowsers-Inside-Story Bowser]] of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games is a charismatic union leader who defies the upper-class bourgeoisies of the Mushroom Kingdom but secretly yearns for their approval; hence the cockney accent.
** Additionally, Bowser is painted as a multifaceted villain (quoting [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago]] in one review) who ''chooses'' to be evil because he has seen what "goodness" in his world leads to: an airheaded ditz like Peach consorting with a pair of foreigners.
--->"Society calls him evil, but he ''wears'' their label! He '''reclaims''' it! [[RootingForTheEmpire And that is why they will never get him down!]]"
** Jack Slate of ''VideoGame/DeadToRights'' is more murderous sociopath than law enforcement agent.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3872-Catherine Vincent]] of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is a bumbling idiot whose friends only pretend to like him.
** The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise revolves around hordes of [[JustifiedCriminal impressionable, poverty-stricken]] [[StreetUrchin young people]] having [[KillThePoor all their arms and legs broken]] by an [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4915-Batman-Arkham-City extremely rich businessman]]... in his pants![[note]]"In his underwear" for us non-Brits.[[/note]]
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2978-Dragon-Age-II Snarky!Hawke]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is CampGay.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5148-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword Link]] from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is a pathetic drug addict and SociopathicHero who can only function when given an adventure or while absolutely snowblind.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/472-Sonic-Unleashed Sonic]] [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Hedgehog]] is a drug addicted paedophile.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/616-50-Cent-Blood-on-the-Sand 50 Cent]] destabilized the Middle East, leading to the events of ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty 4]]''.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5346-Amy Lana]] from ''AMY'' is an absolute idiot.
** GoichiSuda was the result of a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/33-No-More-Heroes bizarre cloning experiment]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5416-Kingdoms-of-Amalur-Reckoning The Fateless One]] from ''Kingdoms of Amalur'' was actually [[MindScrew pre-destined by fate to become what they became]].
** ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/892-2-5D-Hoedown 'Splosion Man]]'' is a BrokenBird.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/834-Red-Faction-Guerrilla The protagonist]] of ''RedFaction: Guerilla'' is a Norse god wielding the hammer Mjolnir.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5745-Sniper-Elite-V2 The player character]] in ''[[VideoGame/SniperEliteV2 Sniper Elite V2]]'' is either a hallucinating clock tower sniper a la Charles Whitman, or trapped in a combat simulation.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' is actually actively [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5893-Max-Payne-3 looking for trouble]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3801-Call-of-Juarez-The-Cartel Ben]] from ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezTheCartel'' is over-reacting.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5932-Dragons-Dogma The Arisen]] of ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is essentially pimping his/her Pawn.
** Protagonists who activate BulletTime by [[MaxPayne doing]] [[VideoGame/{{Wet}} acrobatics]] have air-cooled brains.
** [[{{Skate}} Skateboarders]] are [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/553-Skate-2 masochistic twats]].
** [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2 Raul Menendez]] is a freedom fighter seeking justice for the murder of his loved ones while the psychotic American military constantly [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6565-Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-2 gets in his way]].
*** Also privileged white people are a bunch of complainers who won't stop whining about being mocked by the people they once oppressed.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6830-Ni-No-Kuni-Wrath-Of-The-White-Witch The main character]] in ''[[NiNoKuniWrathOfTheWhiteWitch Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch]]'' is actually suffering a guilt induced breakdown delusion.
** Ellie, Joel, and pretty much every human being from ''TheLastOfUs'' are psychotic murderers.
** Eric Bane from ''Dark'' isn't actually a vampire; he's either pretending or the other vampires are lying to him.
** Amadeus, the wizard protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Trine}}'', is not a wizard. He merely has access to the level editor.
** His first instance of this is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/502-Tomb-Raider-Underworld reviewing]] ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld'', where he portrays Lara as an irreverent, iconoclastic kleptomaniac. Later reviews add "sociopath" to the tally, and he theorizes that Lara is actually a hedonistic thrill-seeker with a murder fetish who only got into the "archaeology" business because it provided the best opportunities for travel, death-defying stunts, and, well, murder.
** Demon Hunter Nero from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/28-Devil-May-Cry-4 coward]].
** Drake of ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/27-Uncharted-Drakes-Fortune portrayed]] as a racist and hypocritical SmugSnake.
** Rubi of ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}'' is an unlikeable and murderous [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/981-Wet bitch]].
** Faith of ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' could "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/457-Mirrors-Edge easily have been a terrorist]]" without changing the game much.
** Rico of ''VideoGame/JustCause'' is an "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1632-Just-Cause-2 immortal, physics-defying wizard]]."
** He [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1528-Heavy-Rain encourages]] viewers to play ''VideoGame.HeavyRain'' whilst pretending that Agent Jayden is from the future.
*** Also, the Origami Killer is a cheap rip-off of [[Film/{{Saw}} Jigsaw]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1569-Final-Fantasy-XIII Vanille]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' either has Alzheimer's or is from space. [[labelnote:Funny about that...]]Yahtzee only played five hours of the game. Had he played on, he'd have learned that [[spoiler:Vanille is from another planet.]][[/labelnote]]
** The protagonists of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games have [[VideoGame/{{Syndicate}} chips in their mind]] and are actually [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3008-Pokemon-White hunting rats]] in a CreepyBasement.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/FableIII'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2652-Fable-3 shagging his dog]].
** Cole Phelps from ''LANoire'' is a robot who's [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3347-L-A-Noire named]] after the fuel he runs on (i.e. Coal [=PH31-P5=]).
*** He's also available for birthday parties.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1007-Mario-Luigi-Bowsers-Inside-Story Bowser]] of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games is a charismatic union leader who defies the upper-class bourgeoisies of the Mushroom Kingdom but secretly yearns for their approval; hence the cockney accent.
** Additionally, Bowser is painted as a multifaceted villain (quoting [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago]] in one review) who ''chooses'' to be evil because he has seen what "goodness" in his world leads to: an airheaded ditz like Peach consorting with a pair of foreigners.
--->"Society calls him evil, but he ''wears'' their label! He '''reclaims''' it! [[RootingForTheEmpire And that is why they will never get him down!]]"
** Jack Slate of ''VideoGame/DeadToRights'' is more murderous sociopath than law enforcement agent.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3872-Catherine Vincent]] of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is a bumbling idiot whose friends only pretend to like him.
** The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise revolves around hordes of [[JustifiedCriminal impressionable, poverty-stricken]] [[StreetUrchin young people]] having [[KillThePoor all their arms and legs broken]] by an [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4915-Batman-Arkham-City extremely rich businessman]]... in his pants![[note]]"In his underwear" for us non-Brits.[[/note]]
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2978-Dragon-Age-II Snarky!Hawke]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is CampGay.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5148-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword Link]] from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is a pathetic drug addict and SociopathicHero who can only function when given an adventure or while absolutely snowblind.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/472-Sonic-Unleashed Sonic]] [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Hedgehog]] is a drug addicted paedophile.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/616-50-Cent-Blood-on-the-Sand 50 Cent]] destabilized the Middle East, leading to the events of ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty 4]]''.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5346-Amy Lana]] from ''AMY'' is an absolute idiot.
** GoichiSuda was the result of a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/33-No-More-Heroes bizarre cloning experiment]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5416-Kingdoms-of-Amalur-Reckoning The Fateless One]] from ''Kingdoms of Amalur'' was actually [[MindScrew pre-destined by fate to become what they became]].
** ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/892-2-5D-Hoedown 'Splosion Man]]'' is a BrokenBird.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/834-Red-Faction-Guerrilla The protagonist]] of ''RedFaction: Guerilla'' is a Norse god wielding the hammer Mjolnir.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5745-Sniper-Elite-V2 The player character]] in ''[[VideoGame/SniperEliteV2 Sniper Elite V2]]'' is either a hallucinating clock tower sniper a la Charles Whitman, or trapped in a combat simulation.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' is actually actively [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5893-Max-Payne-3 looking for trouble]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3801-Call-of-Juarez-The-Cartel Ben]] from ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezTheCartel'' is over-reacting.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5932-Dragons-Dogma The Arisen]] of ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is essentially pimping his/her Pawn.
** Protagonists who activate BulletTime by [[MaxPayne doing]] [[VideoGame/{{Wet}} acrobatics]] have air-cooled brains.
** [[{{Skate}} Skateboarders]] are [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/553-Skate-2 masochistic twats]].
** [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2 Raul Menendez]] is a freedom fighter seeking justice for the murder of his loved ones while the psychotic American military constantly [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6565-Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-2 gets in his way]].
*** Also privileged white people are a bunch of complainers who won't stop whining about being mocked by the people they once oppressed.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6830-Ni-No-Kuni-Wrath-Of-The-White-Witch The main character]] in ''[[NiNoKuniWrathOfTheWhiteWitch Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch]]'' is actually suffering a guilt induced breakdown delusion.
** Ellie, Joel, and pretty much every human being from ''TheLastOfUs'' are psychotic murderers.
** Eric Bane from ''Dark'' isn't actually a vampire; he's either pretending or the other vampires are lying to him.
** Amadeus, the wizard protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Trine}}'', is not a wizard. He merely has access to the level editor.
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* ChaoticNeutral: Yahtzee claims to be this alignment in his ''{{Spider-Man Web Of Shadows}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/584-Spiderman-Web-of-Shadows review]] and encourages his fans to argue on the forum as to whether he is or not. [[invoked]]
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* ChaoticNeutral: Yahtzee claims to be this alignment in his ''{{Spider-Man Web Of Shadows}}'' ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/584-Spiderman-Web-of-Shadows review]] and encourages his fans to argue on the forum as to whether he is or not. [[invoked]]
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* AssPull: [[invoked]]After playing ''CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' he accuses the writer of pulling the Dracula plot twist out of his "biggest and sweatiest ass".
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* BulletDancing: Why do developers shun the Wii U? Because, Yahtzee explains, Nintendo has a somewhat strained relationship with developers who don't wish to incorporate their horrible hardware gimmicks into the games. We then cut to the Nintendo logo firing a six-shooter at [[ElectronicArts EA]] while barking, "'''DANCE'''".
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** Also done to Jill Valentine in the credits of ''ResidentEvilUmbrellaChronicles''.
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** He's also a fan of first person games that allow a bit of freedom and exploration such as ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', ''VIdeoGame/{{Thief}}'', ''[[VideoGame/SystemShock System Shock 2]]'', and ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: In his review of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', he makes a remark at adventure games making a comeback, and makes up two titles known as ''Nancy Drew vs. Mechagodzilla'' and ''Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu''. By a bizarre coincidence, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes:_The_Awakened the latter actually does exist]].
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* AccentuateTheNegative: Yahtzee's style, to the point where he'll occasionally rattle off a four-minute list of a game's flaws and then sum up by saying how much he enjoyed it. ("But having now whinged myself inside-out, I have to say that I find ''[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky]]'' weirdly [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/271-S-T-A-L-K-E-R-Clear-Sky compelling]].") Presumably this means there are ''some'' positive qualities, but listing them isn't his department and has claimed "people don't like me being nice to a game".
** Lampshaded in his reviews, where he [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5394-Darkness-2 describes his job]] as "ruining the developer's retirement plans." His standard operating procedure after playing a game, according to animation, is to toss aside the controller and boast, "And now to tell the world it sucks".
** In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/37-Mailbag-Showdown response]] to a fan letter saying if he doesn't like a game he points out everything that's wrong with it. "Hands up, you've got me there. I do point out everything that's wrong with a game, but then again, I'm a critic; it'd be weird if I didn't."
** He stated in his ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/767-inFamous review]] that he views his job as tearing the bad and the mediocre games to shreds so that the rare game that could be called great can shine all the brighter.
** In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/926-Batman-Arkham-Asylum review]] for ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' Yahtzee says that he's more of a QA man and that anything he doesn't mention in his review is a good part of the game.
** As he put it in the same review: "You don't call a sewer technician to redecorate your bathroom, and you don't come to me to hear about how a game is good."
** "In fact, I might go so far as to say that ''Creator/TomClancy's {{HAWX}}'' has sold me on air combat games. But that's not funny, so let's find more things to rip on."
** From the ''[[Creator/ValveSoftware Orange Box]]'' review: "If I did have to criticise it -- and I do." [Cue Escapist logo holding up a contract.]
** ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': "I can't think of any criticism for it." [Cue Escapist logo holding up a contract, and Yahtzee's avatar apologizing] and "Absolutely sublime from start to finish and I will jam forks into my eyes if I ever have to use those words to describe anything else, ever again."
** From the ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho'' review: "I could go on listing the stupid design decisions...so I will."
** Even going back to his ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4-BioShock review]]: "If my ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2-Psychonauts review]] taught me anything it's that no one likes it when I'm being nice to a game..."
** Inverted: when he finally got the chance to play ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3581-Duke-Nukem-Forever-for-real-this-time Yahtzee]] was actively trying to like it and ignore the faults, but eventually had to relent because he'd been harsh to games for far lesser reasons.
** Spoofed in his ''GearsOfWar 2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/525-Gears-of-War-2 review]], where he tries as much as he can to hate it, but lists off some of the stuff it does well that prevents him from hating it. It ends with, "There aren't even any quick-time events! Oh, wait, there is ''one''. A little one. I guess that means I have to hate it."
** Retroactively played straight again; he [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4763-Gears-of-War-3 bashed]] the entire ''Gears'' series with the release of ''GearsOfWar 3''.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: At the start of his ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' review, he says that Master Chief spent his four years of absence masturbating to Cortana.
* AlasPoorScrappy:[[invoked]] Yahtzee said during his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/748-Duke-Nukem-Forever review]]" for ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' that the cancellation of the game wasn't the end of the world since it had been overshadowed by other franchises, most notably ''VideoGame/HalfLife''. However, in his Extra Punctuation article, while reflecting on the plans of bringing it out in 2011, Yahtzee admitted that too many FPS have taken the cover-based combat route and he'd like a return to the basics with one guy facing armies all at once.
* AllMenArePerverts: He jokes about being an example himself, but he still expresses dismay at how widespread this trope is in real life, lamenting that all a crappy game has to do to become wildly successful is [[{{Fanservice}} stick a picture of a busty scantily-clad woman]] on the cover.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:[[invoked]] For a number of games he reviews, his viewpoint tends to cast the protagonist in an extremely negative light.
** His first instance of this is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/502-Tomb-Raider-Underworld reviewing]] ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld'', where he portrays Lara as an irreverent, iconoclastic kleptomaniac. Later reviews add "sociopath" to the tally, and he theorizes that Lara is actually a hedonistic thrill-seeker with a murder fetish who only got into the "archaeology" business because it provided the best opportunities for travel, death-defying stunts, and, well, murder.
** Demon Hunter Nero from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/28-Devil-May-Cry-4 coward]].
** Drake of ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/27-Uncharted-Drakes-Fortune portrayed]] as a racist and hypocritical SmugSnake.
** Rubi of ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}'' is an unlikeable and murderous [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/981-Wet bitch]].
** Faith of ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' could "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/457-Mirrors-Edge easily have been a terrorist]]" without changing the game much.
** Rico of ''VideoGame/JustCause'' is an "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1632-Just-Cause-2 immortal, physics-defying wizard]]."
** He [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1528-Heavy-Rain encourages]] viewers to play ''VideoGame.HeavyRain'' whilst pretending that Agent Jayden is from the future.
*** Also, the Origami Killer is a cheap rip-off of [[Film/{{Saw}} Jigsaw]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1569-Final-Fantasy-XIII Vanille]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' either has Alzheimer's or is from space. [[labelnote:Funny about that...]]Yahtzee only played five hours of the game. Had he played on, he'd have learned that [[spoiler:Vanille is from another planet.]][[/labelnote]]
** The protagonists of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games have [[VideoGame/{{Syndicate}} chips in their mind]] and are actually [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3008-Pokemon-White hunting rats]] in a CreepyBasement.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/FableIII'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2652-Fable-3 shagging his dog]].
** Cole Phelps from ''LANoire'' is a robot who's [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3347-L-A-Noire named]] after the fuel he runs on (i.e. Coal [=PH31-P5=]).
*** He's also available for birthday parties.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1007-Mario-Luigi-Bowsers-Inside-Story Bowser]] of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games is a charismatic union leader who defies the upper-class bourgeoisies of the Mushroom Kingdom but secretly yearns for their approval; hence the cockney accent.
** Additionally, Bowser is painted as a multifaceted villain (quoting [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago]] in one review) who ''chooses'' to be evil because he has seen what "goodness" in his world leads to: an airheaded ditz like Peach consorting with a pair of foreigners.
--->"Society calls him evil, but he ''wears'' their label! He '''reclaims''' it! [[RootingForTheEmpire And that is why they will never get him down!]]"
** Jack Slate of ''VideoGame/DeadToRights'' is more murderous sociopath than law enforcement agent.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3872-Catherine Vincent]] of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is a bumbling idiot whose friends only pretend to like him.
** The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise revolves around hordes of [[JustifiedCriminal impressionable, poverty-stricken]] [[StreetUrchin young people]] having [[KillThePoor all their arms and legs broken]] by an [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4915-Batman-Arkham-City extremely rich businessman]]... in his pants![[note]]"In his underwear" for us non-Brits.[[/note]]
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2978-Dragon-Age-II Snarky!Hawke]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is CampGay.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5148-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword Link]] from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is a pathetic drug addict and SociopathicHero who can only function when given an adventure or while absolutely snowblind.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/472-Sonic-Unleashed Sonic]] [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Hedgehog]] is a drug addicted paedophile.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/616-50-Cent-Blood-on-the-Sand 50 Cent]] destabilized the Middle East, leading to the events of ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty 4]]''.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5346-Amy Lana]] from ''AMY'' is an absolute idiot.
** GoichiSuda was the result of a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/33-No-More-Heroes bizarre cloning experiment]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5416-Kingdoms-of-Amalur-Reckoning The Fateless One]] from ''Kingdoms of Amalur'' was actually [[MindScrew pre-destined by fate to become what they became]].
** ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/892-2-5D-Hoedown 'Splosion Man]]'' is a BrokenBird.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/834-Red-Faction-Guerrilla The protagonist]] of ''RedFaction: Guerilla'' is a Norse god wielding the hammer Mjolnir.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5745-Sniper-Elite-V2 The player character]] in ''[[VideoGame/SniperEliteV2 Sniper Elite V2]]'' is either a hallucinating clock tower sniper a la Charles Whitman, or trapped in a combat simulation.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' is actually actively [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5893-Max-Payne-3 looking for trouble]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3801-Call-of-Juarez-The-Cartel Ben]] from ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezTheCartel'' is over-reacting.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5932-Dragons-Dogma The Arisen]] of ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is essentially pimping his/her Pawn.
** Protagonists who activate BulletTime by [[MaxPayne doing]] [[VideoGame/{{Wet}} acrobatics]] have air-cooled brains.
** [[{{Skate}} Skateboarders]] are [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/553-Skate-2 masochistic twats]].
** [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2 Raul Menendez]] is a freedom fighter seeking justice for the murder of his loved ones while the psychotic American military constantly [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6565-Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-2 gets in his way]].
*** Also privileged white people are a bunch of complainers who won't stop whining about being mocked by the people they once oppressed.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6830-Ni-No-Kuni-Wrath-Of-The-White-Witch The main character]] in ''[[NiNoKuniWrathOfTheWhiteWitch Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch]]'' is actually suffering a guilt induced breakdown delusion.
** Ellie, Joel, and pretty much every human being from ''TheLastOfUs'' are psychotic murderers.
** Eric Bane from ''Dark'' isn't actually a vampire; he's either pretending or the other vampires are lying to him.
** Amadeus, the wizard protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Trine}}'', is not a wizard. He merely has access to the level editor.
* AnalogyBackfire:
** His [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4863-Kinect reason]] for suspending judgment on the Kinect. "Pope Urban VIII probably thought ''he'' was very clever when he condemned Galileo, but who got the last laugh there? ...Well, ''he'' did when Galileo died in poverty and dishonour but what I'm saying is [[AnswersToTheNameOfGod I'm basically like the Pope]]."
** Then there's this example from his ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' review:
-->''...men are all directionless tidal waves and women are all dikes built in the path of their raging floods. [[LampshadeHanging Blimey, what a badly worded metaphor]].''
-->'''[[QuoteMine "WOMEN ARE ALL DYKES"]]''' ''[[CreditsGag ~Yahtzee Croshaw]]''
* AndIMustScream: Starts ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: New Leaf'' off describing a hypothetical situation in which a person's mind is locked out of his body, but is still fully concious as his body proceeds to move around on its own... only doing utterly mundane and insignificant things.
* AnnoyingArrows: Averted and Lampshaded in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6964-Crysis-3 review]] of ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 3'' where the guy exclaims to Prophet that for some reason the Bow and Arrow is 12 times more powerful than any gun for some reason.
* AnticlimaxBoss: [[invoked]] One of his {{Pet Peeve|Trope}}s.
* ApocalypseWow: states that if ''NoMoreHeroes'' was combined with [[TrademarkFavouriteFood Branston Pickle]] that the world would end. And it would be [[RuleOfCool AWESOME.]]
* AprilFools:
** In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/645-Halo-Wars 2009]], the hosts of ''{{Unskippable}}'' pretended to stage a HostileShowTakeover and reviewed ''VideoGame/XBlades'' before Yahtzee seized the show back to review ''VideoGame/HaloWars''. Yahtzee also guest-commentated on ''{{Unskippable}}''.
** In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1591-April-Fools 2010]], the usually MotorMouth Yahtzee recited ''Ode to Melancholy'' in a very slow, ponderous manner.
* ArchEnemy:
** [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Lee Drummond]].
** Michael Atkinson.
** [[PressXToNotDie Quicktime events]].
** Creator/{{Nintendo}}, specifically post-''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' for [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks lack of innovation]] and [[{{Waggle}} poorly implemented control gimmicks]].
* AllWomenAreLustful: Brings this up in ''TheWitcher'', but takes it as a sign of the game including {{fanservice}} in attempt to come off as mature.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: A few blink-and-you'll-miss-it examples.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'':
---> "I could talk about how the combat flows, and how the atmosphere is solid, and how the highlights for me were the Scarecrow sections where Batman's perceptions of reality are skewed in favor of a nightmarish introspective delusional glimpse into the darkest recesses of his soul and how jumping on people is cool."
** On a signpost in the ''Witcher'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/22-The-Witcher review]]:
--->SHAME\\
FAILURE\\
IGNOMINY\\
SWINDON
** The list of things George Lucas will never do: Definitely end popular moneyspinning franchise, refuse a second helping of pancakes, admit failure, survive in vacuum, shave.
** In his ''Resistance 3'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4728-Resistance-3 review]], he accuses the game of copying ''Half-Life 2''. Amongst his accusations are identical mechanics, a straight Expy of the Ravenholm level, and "the scientist has a beard." Because, you know, Gordon Freeman and Dr. Breen have beards.
** From his ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/23-Resident-Evil-Umbrella-Chronicles review]]: "Umbrella Chronicles is a heavily cut down retread of three of the major Franchise/ResidentEvil games, starring JohnnyBravo, a prostitute, an idiot, a mullet, a 9 year old boy, a brick shit-house, and [[AndZoidberg Carlos]]."
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1924-Shadow-of-the-Colossus review]], Yahtzee says that the female character is the player's girlfriend because she is the only thing with an X chromosome. This is incorrect--males have X chromosomes too, females just have 2.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: His [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/530-Little-Big-Planet opinion]] on StephenFry in ''LittleBigPlanet'' as well as [[InteractiveNarrator Rucks]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}''; he's a fan of famous voices in general, and feels that having them as {{One Scene Wonder}}s is a waste of potential.
* AskAStupidQuestion: In "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jim-yahtzees-rhymedown-spectacular/8320-Lament-of-a-Murderer Where I Get My Ideas]]", Yahtzee ascribes his writing process to listening to [[EdgarAllanPoe talking ravens]], aliens and leprechauns. We can surmise he gets asked about this a lot.
* AssPull: [[invoked]]After playing ''CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' he accuses the writer of pulling the Dracula plot twist out of his "biggest and sweatiest ass".
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6387-FIFA-13 review]] of F.I.F.A. 13, he keeps getting distracted by downloadable games.
* AttentionWhore: From what we see of the Mario Bros. back in the old days, fixing toilets in Brooklyn, Mario was already a giant egomaniac who shouts "ITSA MEEEE" at any provocation. (''Luigi's Mansion 2'')
* AuthorAppeal: He notes some of this in ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'' with his Creator/StudioGhibli [[http://i.imgur.com/SaqJFwS.png bingo card]].
* AuthorFilibuster: Occasionally.
* AwesomenessIsVolatile: Yahtzee implied this would happen if ''NoMoreHeroes'' were combined with Branston Pickle.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The little Fairy refers to Yahtzee as "Benjamin Yahtzee Sebastian Godzilla Croshaw" in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/93-Haze review]] of ''Haze''.
* {{Bathos}}: On occasion, sometimes overlapping with MoodWhiplash.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A surprising amount of people write in with requests and then get offended when he rips into the game.
* BerserkButton: As someone who is professionally angry, Yahtzee has quite a few. While many are specific to a game (and thus too numerous to list) some recur:
** In the ''[[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1951-Transformers-War-for-Cybertron review]], the mention of ShiaLaBeouf sent him into a barely-restrained seething rage.
** NolanNorth's presence in a game tends to be a sour point for him (especially if he voices the [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed main]] [[{{Uncharted}} character]]). However, he's stated that it's nothing against the man himself, though even cases of PlayingAgainstType will make him hate the character as long as he knows it's him. He did, however, give a glowing [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6021-Spec-Ops-The-Line review]] to ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', in which North plays the protagonist, perhaps because the game is in part a [[PlayingWithCharacterType deconstruction]] of North's usual character type.
** Quick Time Events.
** He seems to developing one over reboots/sequels that [[RecycledTitle share identical names with their predecessors]], such as ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/916-Wolfenstein Wolfenstein]]'', ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3250-Mortal-KombatMortal Kombat]]'', ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5531-Twisted-Metal Twisted Metal]]'', ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1516-Aliens-vs-Predator Aliens vs Predator]]'' and ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7025-Tomb-Raider Tomb Raider]]'', saying it's needlessly confusing to have two identically titled games in the same series separated by nothing but time, even if that time in some cases is a few decades.
** He got really ''pissed'' with viewer accusations that he named ''ModernWarfare 3'' and ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' as joint "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5207-Top-5-of-2011 Worst Games of 2011]]" just because he "doesn't like shooters" as shooters are actually one of his favourite genres.
-->'''Yahtzee:''' Oh you ignorant little ''bastards,'' stick your balls up your ass and clench yourself castrated. I was into shooters when you were sucking on Wiimotes, you cover-loving, health-regenerating, murderer-come-latelies.
** He tries to be fair about it, but he really doesn't like multiplayer in general (because he feels it brings in factors beyond the game's control and thus affect the review), so when he faces a game with executive-mandated shoehorned-in multiplayer (like ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6891-Dead-Space-3 Dead Space 3]]'') he'll get particularly steamed.
** Croshaw has an absolute dislike of games that shoehorn in gimmicks. Since most games made for recent Nintendo systems make excessive use of either motion controls (for the Wii), the secondary screen (WiiU) or 3D graphics (3DS) he'll usually go off on Nintendo as a whole for this. His issue isn't so much that gimmicks exist as it is that they tend to handicap the game more than enhance it.
** Games-as-art products that forget the "game" part. While he doesn't dislike artistic games and indeed is a strong proponent of games being an artform he hates when a game lets being artsy get in the way of being something enjoyable to play.
** The constant vilifying of Russia in many modern military [=FPSes=] is also a bit of a sore spot for him.
* BeYourself: He is strongly against ReviewsAreTheGospel, even regarding his own.
* BitingTheHandHumor: "I made this chart to see how many people visit ''The Escapist'' on days besides Wednesday..."
* BiasSteamroller: Occasionally a topic of jokes.
* BigBad: {{EA}}, whose abhorrent business practices and representing of all that is wrong with the video game industry he has a habit of going into [[AuthorFilibuster Author Filibusters]] about.
* BigNo: The ''{{Spore}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/218-Spore review]]. Twice. But with a [[DeadpanSnarker twist]].
--> "In short: no. In long: nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."
* BilingualBonus: When Yahtzee "quotes" a ZP fan extolling ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'' '':Blood Curse'' to him, said fan starts spouting off about Yahtzee's love of Japanese horror, eventually devolving into random Japanese words: "Watashi wa baka gaijin," which roughly translates to "I'm a stupid foreigner."
** In his ''Sniper Elite V2'' review: "I love Russians! Worked with a Russian girl as an office temp and I imagine we would've gotten along great if I'd understood a word she was saying." And what is she saying? [[StealthInsult "I hate you"]].
* BlackBestFriend: He invokes this in his ''CallOfDutyGhosts'' review, suggesting that the main characters only cared about [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Alex's death]] because [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX they couldn't claim to have a black person on their side any more]].
* BlackComedyRape: When remembering the time he lost his virginity to an obese black woman in his review of ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'', you can see an image of said obese black woman dragging him away by his leg as he is obviously horrified by her. Complete with claw marks on the ground by his fingernails.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Describes [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Lara Croft]]'s support team as "a small team of ethnically-diverse archaeologists who all seem to be wearing digital clocks on their heads counting down". The black dude's readout is nearly at zero.
* BlandNameProduct: In order to avoid mentioning any real gaming webcomics in his review of the genre, he used ''[[PennyArcade Benny Barcade]]'' and ''[[CtrlAltDel Bontrol Bolt Belete]]'' as names instead. This was a ShoutOut to ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', with its [[ThoseWackyNazis National Bocialist Party]] and their boncentration bamps.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Used frequently to show strong emotion.
* BlatantLies: In his HeavyRain review, Yahtzee claims that Scott Shelby is a "fat private investigator, not interesting enough to dwell on", which is only true if you overlook the fact that [[spoiler: Scott is the Origami Killer, and thus arguably the most important character in the game]].
* BoobsAndButtPose: Makes reference to this at the end of his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5394-Darkness-2 review]] for ''VideoGame/TheDarkness 2''
-->'''Yahtzee:''' Darkness 2 is more like an attempt to recreate the comics...[a]nd I've never liked [the] sort of comic...[that features] women proportioned like ice lollies balanced on two chicken drumsticks standing around like God gave them a vicious Chinese burn around their waists.
* BookEnds: Before reviewing ''VideoGame/FableII'', Yahtzee notes that all he needs to do now is review ''VideoGame/TheDarkness'' a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWS9_nrKOPA second time]] then be "[[{{Squick}} sucked into a grown woman's vagina]]" and his life will have been more-or-less symmetrical.
** The [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1815-Prince-of-Persia-The-Forgotten-Sands review]] of ''Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands'' ([[BlatantLies which totally wasn't made to cash in on a movie]]) starts with a TakeThat against RogerEbert's (then-recent) remark that video games couldn't be art. He then ignores it for the rest of the review until the very end when he yells at Ebert again.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick[=/=]FreudianSlipperySlope: The end of the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5-Tomb-Raider-Anniversary review]] of ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary''.
* BringMyBrownPants: Standard procedure for ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}'' and ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''.
** Taken UpToEleven for ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'', where the force of such ''blew a hole through his chair''.
* BRollRebus: Nearly all of the visuals that aren't meant to represent gameplay. His Wikiquote entry even {{Pot Hole}}s some of them for lack of images.
* BrainBleach: It's a favorite reaction by Croshaw.
* BrickJoke:
** The ''NoMoreHeroes'' review opens with the Stranglers song of the same name. However, the song's [[RecordNeedleScratch abruptly cut off]]: "No, no, that's a bit too obvious." This isn't mentioned throughout the entire review. Finally, in [[CreditsGag the credits]], the songs used in the video are listed as normal, except that "No More Heroes" has been thoroughly scribbled out.
** Another one consisted of a spoiler warning in mid-episode, where Yahtzee told spoiler-sensitive viewers to plug their ears and wait for the credits. The credits mini-comic consisted of a series of famous spoilers from other works. ([[spoiler:[[Film/CitizenKane It was his sled]], [[TheUsualSuspects Keyser Soze = Kevin Spacey]], etc.]])
** The [[GroinAttack sausage-slicing machine]] in the ''[[{{Killzone}} Killzone 3]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2915-Killzone-3 review]].
** In his ''QuantumConundrum'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5998-Quantum-Conundrum review]], he makes a reference to his contract with the Escapist, which is represented by a piece of paper with "say [[CountryMatters cunt]] a lot" on it. At the end of the review, naturally, he launches into a [[ClusterFBomb Cluster C Bomb]].
** In the ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5239-Super-Mario-3D-Land-Rayman-Origins review]], he contemplates how a [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/marktronics/843124797/ more faithful depiction of Tanooki]] would work, "in which case it's the [[SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom Thwomps]] [[TacticalSuicideBoss I feel sorry for]]." Later, in the ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' review, he mentions as one of the smugglers' moves being "[[GroinAttack crafty knees to the bollocks]], which [[ForgotHeWasARobot for some reason also works on robots]]. Perhaps they're wearing Tanooki suits."
** A subtle one, in his ''Franchise/MassEffect'' review he explains how he named his character Titty Shepard. Several years later when ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' came out, he refers to Shepard as Titty with no prior mention of the earlier review. It should also be noted that it isn't mentioned in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' review, at all.
*** Also, throughout the ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' review, Shepard is wearing the pink armour that Yahtzee had dressed him in the first review.
** In ''EpicMickey'' Yahtzee talks about his fear of Theme Park Mascots. In Hitman he mentions how he has killed many Theme Park Mascots.
** The "Whipped Cream Genocide Brouhaha" from his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1404-Darksiders review]] of ''{{Darksiders}}'' reappears at the bottom of the list of "build-your-own combos" in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7542-Remember-Me review]] of ''VideoGame/RememberMe''.
* BrokenRecord: "You couldn't get away with releasing a buggy game in the cartridge and cassette days; you'd be trampled under the company Brontosaurus. But I'll tell you the worst part- worst part- worst part- worst part- [[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties *system error*]] [[OrphanedPunchline ...and whistled for a baboon!]]
* BrokeTheRatingScale: ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'' "won" the #0 spot on Top Worst of 2013. This was being charitable, as Yahtzee's reasoning was that "it's [[InsultToRocks not a game]]; it's congealed failure."
** It wasn't just for worst game of 2013 either. It was a reward for worst game that he had ever reviewed and a title that he said that it would hold until an even WORSE game came around.
* BrutalHonesty: Yahtzee definitely doesn't sugarcoat anything when reviewing games. ''Especially'' critically acclaimed games.
* BuffySpeak: His metaphors descend into this while reviewing ''LittleBigPlanet.'' {{Lampshaded}} in the same review -- it was very hot that week and he couldn't think of anything better.
* ButtMonkey: Yahtzee's avatar gets hurt in a variety of ways throughout his reviews.
* ButtonMashing: In his review of ''Videogame/DmCDevilMayCry'', he notes that he always ends up doing this reflexively in action games so moves that require him to pause in the middle of a combo are extremely difficult for him to pull off.
* CallBack: As far as the eye can see.
** "[[HelloInsertNameHere Senor Cockonface and Gareth Gobblecock]] are [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3112-Nintendo-3DS cousins by marriage]]."
*** It turns out that Gareth is a [[ContinuityNod long-forgotten comrade]] of [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Titty Shepard]].
** Plot summary for ''DeadToRights'':
--> "Bang! Punch! Bang! Punch! Bang! Punch! Woof!"
** And [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4694-Dead-Island for]] ''DeadIsland'':
--> "Grr! Kick! Grr! Kick! Grr! Kick! Splat!"
** The phrase "triple-cunted hooker" makes a number of appearances.
** In the ''VideoGame/HardReset'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4784-Hard-Reset review]], Yahtzee compares the game to ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'' by dint of the fact that many who worked on the former were also among the crew of the latter. While praising ''Painkiller'' for its array of creative death distribution implements, the avatar onscreen wields a shotgun that has tits and is on fire -- precisely the phrasing Yahtzee used in his review of ''Painkiller''.
** In the ''SuperMarioBrosWii'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1191-Left-4-Dead-2-New-Super-Mario-Bros-Wii review]] the credits state that Yahtzee only has two friends. Later in the ''VideoGame/NieR'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1703-Nier review]] we find out that this was referring to the imp and the extremely bored looking man respectively, hence why they are the only recurring characters in his videos.
** The "paddling pool full of disembodied breasts" analogy in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/312-Saints-Row-2 review]] returns in an exaggerated form in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5056-Saints-Row-The-Third review]].
** In his ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3443-The-Witcher-2-Assassins-of-Kings review]], he refers to Geralt as "Gerald", which continues a RunningGag that began in his review of the [[VideoGame/TheWitcher first game]].
** In ''DeadToRights Retribution'' he imagines that [[SociopathicHero Jack Slate]] worships "some mad ocelot god only he can see". Years later, in ''[[VideoGame/MaxPayne Max Payne 3]]'', another tortured ex-cop murder spree game, the head of an ocelot appears on screen when Yahtzee says the phrase "the face of God".
** In the ''{{VideoGame/Hitman}}: Absolution'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6586-Hitman-Absolution review]], the ocelot returns to urge Yahtzee to take therapy for his (fictional) habit of killing theme park mascots.
** [=SpunkGargleWeeWee=] seems to have become this anytime he talks about an FPS he doesn't believe should be classified as a Shooter.
** He [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6723-Black-Knight-Sword-Hotline-Miami mocks]] the WordSaladTitle ''Black Knight Sword'' by calling it "Purple Monkey Dishwasher," which is what he called ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' in a previous review. It doubles as a ShoutOut to ''TheSimpsons.''
** In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6695-Paper-Mario-Sticker-Star review]] of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' he calls out the habit of recent Mario games to always have a world order of "[[GreenHillZone grasslands]], [[ShiftingSandLand desert]], [[TheLostWoods forest]], [[JungleJapes jungle]], [[SlippySlideyIceWorld ice world]], [[LethalLavaLand fire world]], boss (nn-ch-nn-ch-nn-ch-nn)." This surfaces again in his review of ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'' in a completely ''non''-Mario context.
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: How he describes Nintendo in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' review:
-->''Yahtzee'': A world without Nintendo would be a far bleaker one than this, and yet there's [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks something]] about them I find incredibly infuriating.
* CaptainMorganPose: Used to deify certain characters in a game, ranging from (most frequently) Yahtzee [[HolyHalo wearing a halo]], to Andrew Ryan in ''Bioshock: Infinite'', to a nutter survivalist in ''{{VideoGame/Rust}}'' who shoots Yahtzee in self-defense after spotting a rock in his hand.
-->"How fortunate this community must be to have a watchman so dedicated to rigidly enforcing the laws against [[FelonyMisdemeanor unlicensed rocks."]]
* CargoShip:[[invoked]] In his ''RedFaction Guerrilla'' review, Yahtzee admitted he pretty much proposed to ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' in his review of it -- complete with picture of him and the game in bride and groom attire, respectively.
** In his ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/878-Silent-Hill-2 retro review]], he lampshades his fondness for "dropping to my knees and wrapping my lips around old titles from time to time", and another review shows him humping the ''Silent Hill 2'' box art.
** He made a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/203-Braid similar comment]] about the ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' series, saying "If I suck that particular dick any harder, it's going to [[{{Squick}} drop off]]."
** The Yahtzee/''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' CargoShip returns in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5595-Silent-Hill-Downpour review]] of ''SilentHill: Downpour'', when he and the game are shown wearing a bridal veil and groom's tuxedo respectively, and he admits that "Yes, maybe I ''will'' marry VideoGame/SilentHill2, shut up!"
* CausticCritic: The {{YKTTW}} for CausticCritic was named "Parent Genre of Zero Punctuation".
* ChainedToARailway: Used as a metaphor for why Andrew Ryan is a sympathetic villain. A DastardlyWhiplash character advises the girl to "maybe not stand there", apropos railroad tracks.
* ChallengeGamer: Sometimes Yahtzee will like a game ''because'' it's murderously hard, as with ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6276-DayZ DayZ]]'' and the hardcore mode in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* ChaoticNeutral: Yahtzee claims to be this alignment in his ''{{Spider-Man Web Of Shadows}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/584-Spiderman-Web-of-Shadows review]] and encourages his fans to argue on the forum as to whether he is or not. [[invoked]]
* ChewBubblegum: A [[ItMakesSenseInContext zombie Duke Nukem]] says "Time to kick ass and chew brains" in the ''BadCompany 2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1546-Battlefield-Bad-Company-2 review]].
* ChildHater: Every so often, he's made it ''very'' clear that he finds children annoying. He's even said that he'd rather commit suicide than to have kids of his own. Granted, this is ''[[CausticCritic Yahtzee]]'' we're talking here, so how much of it is true is up for debate.
* ClipShow: The [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2589-Holiday-2010 Holiday 2010 episode]], after Yahtzee mocks the viewer for showing up when they should know that he gets that week off.
* ClusterFBomb: At least once per episode. One of his most infamous clusters was delivered in the opening to his ''MindJack'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2793-MindJack review]]:
--> So in the name of keeping things nice and clear for you touchy sods, let me as unambiguous as possible in this critique: ''MindJack'' is ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FUCKING� FUCKING� FUCKING� FUCKING�]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible BAD� BAD� BAD� BAD.]] DON'T� DON'T� DON'T� DON'T� PLAY IT!''
* ClusterBleepBomb: Seen in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1732-Monster-Hunter-Tri review]] of MonsterHunterTri, in relation to [[{{H-Game}} 'Japanese Sex Games']]:
--> I waggled my (CENSORED) at her (CENSORED) until her (CENSORED)ed at her (CENSORED) until it started emitting a sorrowful howl.
* TheCoconutEffect: Discussed in his ''Extra Punctuation'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/7726-Boss-Fights column]] on {{Boss Battle}}s.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Referred to by the exact name during his ''[[{{Overlord}} Overlord 2]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/822-Overlord-2 review]].
* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch:[[invoked]] He has accused the ''Zelda'' series of being [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks incredibly formulaic]]. However, he also admits to being very unfamiliar with the franchise. To wit; he's used ''MajorasMask'', ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'', and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' (some argue [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks took the opposite extreme]]) as proof of his point.
* ComplainingAboutThingsYouHaventPaidFor: In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/8031-Extra-Punctuation-Dont-Use-the-Word-Gamer.2 this]] Extra Punctuation blog, Yahtzee announces that there will not be an update next week, and informs anyone who has a problem with this, "Now, you only have a right to complain about this if you are actually paying money to watch and read this stuff. And even then, only because someone appears to be pulling a fast one on you."
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: He observes that ''Beyond: Two Souls'' stealth mechanics come into play only once, "which by [[NeverTrustATrailer staggering coincidence]] happens to be the bit that was in the gameplay trailers." Developer David Cage then creeps behind the sofa wearing one of these disguises while Yahtzee admonishes him.
* ContinuityNod: In the ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' review, Yahtzee's Shepard dons hot pink armor in memory of Gareth [[MeaningfulName Gobulcoque]], his character from ''VideoGame/TabulaRasa''.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/624-Resident-Evil-5 Apparently]] whoever designed the inventory system for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' should be sent to a special Hell where he has to pack shopping for old ladies... or just get punched in the stomach.
** Also says that any developer that holds back stuff for DLC should have their hands cut off, and then put back on after paying 1200 Microsoft points.
* CosmicDeadline: Yahtzee has accused several games of falling prey to this, including ''[[VideoGame/DarkVoid Dark]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1433-Dark-Void Void]]'', ''[[{{Splatterhouse}} Splatter]][[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2544-Splatterhouse house]]'', and of course ''IndigoProphecy'' aka "[[FanNickname Baron von Teapot's Fucking Ludicrous Adventures]]."
* CoughSnarkCough: In his ''LollipopChainsaw'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5977-Lollipop-Chainsaw review]]:
--> "But there are certainly games with worse combat, and games with more offensive depictions of women, [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud cough]] ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' unconvincing-cough."
* CrackPairing: [[invoked]] His ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld'' opens with Yahtzee remarking on the best potential husband for Lara Croft - [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]].
--> "They've got so much in common! They both have an [[{{Sequelitis}} embarrassing amount of adventures]] that all follow an [[StrictlyFormula extremely specific formula]][[note]]Jason's is "Teenagers + [[DeathBySex having sex]] = [[{{Gorn}} death slice bleed wahey]]", Lara's is "[[AxeCrazy Anything + doing anything = death slice bleed wahey]]"[[/note]], they both have an irresistible compulsion to [[AxeCrazy murder God's creatures]], they both spend lots of time underground, and most importantly neither of them will ever ''just fucking '''die!'''''"
* CreatorThumbprint: Platformers and games that don't use bloom and [[RealIsBrown brown gritty graphics]] earn a somewhat higher note in his book.
** "SurvivalHorror is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/696-Siren-Blood-Curse what I call a pet genre]]. A pet I keep in a tool shed and feed with broken glass."
** ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' is one of the few games that pleased him, resulting in a review that sounded like, in his own words, "an overlong wedding proposal" due to the fact that it entertainingly combines RuleOfFun and VideoGameCrueltyPotential.
** He also has a great love for anything that does things differently like ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''NoMoreHeroes''; he complimented ''MirrorsEdge'' for trying something new even after tearing the actual gameplay apart, and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' got [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/16-Assassins-Creed praise]] for being original even though it was let down by highly repetitive gameplay. Similarly, he praised ''DarkVoid'' for being an ambitious failure, and as such, better than "committee-designed sludge". He also [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1651-Silent-Hill-Shattered-Memories liked]] ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'', despite hating ''Franchise/SilentHill'' spinoffs and saying that the monsters and chase scenes weren't scary and the psych test gimmicks weren't enough, for trying something new. He raves about ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' for [[TropeMaker creating]], [[TropeNamer naming]] and [[TropeCodifier codifying]] the ColossusClimb, and ''{{Ico}}'' got a love note from him for making him ''[[VideoGameCaringPotential care]]'' about a CuteMute LoveInterest.
** He also has a taste for SceneryPorn.
** [[CuteKitten Cats]] seem to pop up a lot in his reviews (which [[CatsAreMean sort of]] [[CausticCritic makes sense]]), as do [[PreciousPuppies dogs]]. In fact, he said that one of his three wishes would be a puppy.
** A warped sense of humor is also a big plus for him, as in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series and the aforementioned ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.
** Good writing impresses him as well; the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series has led him to give BioWare a dirt-cheap [[DealWithTheDevil offer of his soul]].
--->"When the bottom falls out of the game criticism market and I have to start prostituting myself to developers, BioWare will be one of my first ports of call, because there are few enough developers in the world who treat writing as an integral part of the game rather than an optional set of colorful tassels to put on the handlebars."
*** In his review for the second game he spends almost the whole review talking about the changes in gameplay, then mentions casually how the writing and characters have gotten better, but because it's BioWare they don't get any points for it.
** Considering his positive mentions of ''[[VideoGame/SeriousSam Serious]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5184-Serious-Sam-3-BFE Sam 3]]'' and his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/57-Painkiller love]] of ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'', along with his positive [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2176-Dead-Rising-2 review]] of ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', Yahtzee also seems to like games that pit the player against large hordes and give them the freedom to just go wild.
** The worse you can act towards Nazis, the better, by his books. Bonus points if it's [[CruelAndUnusualDeath spectacular or amusing.]]
** He mentioned a particular fondness for Shaun of the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series, partly because he reminds him of himself and partly because he often insults [[NolanNorth Desmond]] [[TheScrappy Miles]].
** He has fondness for games that actively embrace VideoGameCrueltyPotential and particularly creative ways of TheJoysOfTorturingMooks.
** He has a thing for large open environments with interesting ways to traverse the world, such as LeParkour or flight.
** His [[{{Eagleland}} distaste of America]] which puts them as overly decadent whiners who try to make a world empire.
*** Quite literally TheEmpire in his review of ''MedalOfHonor: Warfighter'', as one scene involves you controlling a robot against people armed with rocks, reminiscent of [[ReturnOfTheJedi the Empire vs. the Ewoks]].
** Also, [[RuleOfFunny for whatever reason]], he likes to somehow include or feature ''Marmite'' and ''Branston Pickle'' in his reviews, preferably at the most unfitting times. He must be really fond of ''Marmite'' and ''Branston Pickle''.
*** That's the British ''Marmite'' made by Unilever which is sold in Australia as ''Our Mate'', not the New Zealand ''Marmite'' made by the Sanatarium which is sold in Australia as ''Marmite''.
* CreditsGag: The text next to his name at the end. Also, the opening and closing credits each had a clip from a song whose name and/or content was a pun on the content of the review. For example, ''VideoGame/{{Haze}}'', about drug-fueled mercenary super-soldiers, used Afroman's "Because I Got High". This stopped after a while, for fear of lawsuits.
** Music used interestingly in his ''NoMoreHeroes'' review, as mentioned above for BrickJoke.
** Also, the credits themselves have a little minicomic going on, acted out by the little figures he uses in the reviews. The one for ''{{Spore}}'' had a flying saucer alien abducting Batman, who then beat it up and stole the flying saucer. Additionally, there is generally a caption referring to something earlier in the video.
* CrossOver: With the ''MST3K''-esque series ''{{Unskippable}}''. Yahtzee [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/644-Star-Ocean-The-Last-Hope appeared]] in their ''StarOceanTheLastHope'' riff and [[LoadingReadyRun Graham Stark]] of ''Unskippable'' appeared in the first section of the ''Franchise/{{Halo}} Wars'' review to review ''X-Blades'' before running out of things to say and getting kicked out by Yahtzee.
** A throwaway gag, mere seconds into the aforementioned ''Halo Wars'' review, poked fun at ''Eternal Sonata'', which was ''Unskippable'''s premiere episode.
** Furthermore, in the review of both ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' and ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', the Credit Sequence features a short mix-type {{crossover}} of the two reviewed games.
* CrossPlayer: Yahtzee [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/138-Age-of-Conan becomes one]] for ''[[VideoGame/AgeOfConan Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures]]''.
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* CryingIndian: The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/420-Fallout-3 review]] featured a deer crying over the landscape being littered with rubble.
* CurseCutShort: He spends the entirety of his 50 Cent reviews carefully wording his criticisms so that nothing can be misconstrued as racist, then ends with:
-->"Not that they'd know anything about work, the lazy nig-" [END CREDITS]
** From his VideoGame/HalfLife1 review, after bemoaning the lack of any new games to review before Christmas: "at this point there's only one thing I can do, [[ADateWithRosiePalms MASTURBA]]- I mean RETRO-REVIEW!"
* CursedWithAwesome: In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5443-NeverDead review]] of [[VideoGame/NeverDead NeverDead]]:
-->"Bryce is also immortal, capable of regenerating from any injury, having been cursed by the king of the demons 500 years ago, when the king of the demons wasn't entirely sure what the word 'curse' means."
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4137-Deus-Ex-Human-Revolution Wonders aloud]] if ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'''s ending is ''intentionally'' bad, so players will purchase the DLC.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: This trope, and the infrequency with which it is played straight, is discussed in his ''MafiaII'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1988-Mafia-II review]].
* DareToBeBadass: Well, at least "dare to be different", in his ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1871-Super-Mario-Galaxy-2 review]]. In spite of his bashing of it he does admit in the end it ''is'' fun and if people want to play the same games he can't really do anything to stop them, but he does request that those people go out and do one thing they never have before.
* DarkerAndEdgier: [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/759-Bionic-Commando Once a simple story]], "the new ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' has taken the dark and edgy route", illustrated with said commando [[EmoTeen slashing his wrist]] and singing "[[LinkinPark CRAAAWLING IIIIN MY SKIIIN]]".
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy:[[invoked]] A big irk for Yahtzee is games where protagonists are just as (if not more) unlikable than the antagonist, citing ''{{WET}}'', ''KaneAndLynch: Dog Days'' and the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' sequels as major examples.
** He also stated that he found VideoGame/MaxPayne's constant self-loathing and pessimism to be tiring and off-putting.
* DeadpanSnarker: Of course.
** However, most Deadpan Snarkers in games tend to annoy him, notably Nathan Drake of ''Uncharted'' and the Snarky dialogue options of ''Dragon Age II''.
*** Though for some reason, he likes Shaun Hastings from ''Assassin's Creed''.
* DearNegativeReader: Most notably in his video on [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/108-Webcomics webcomics]] and the grandly titled "Mailbag Showdown", though Yahtzee more often than not turns his gun barrel back on himself.
* DeathSeeker: More of a SuicideAsComedy, but noticeable in this line for ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''.
-->"If you are like me: handsome, talented, and secretly longing for death."
** While fielding questions about ''Mogworld'', he mentioned someone recommending a webcomic with a resemblance to his own novel. Yahtzee feigned indifference, but his hand kept spasming upward to point a pistol at his head.
* DeepImmersionGaming
* DelayedRippleEffect: Or, to give his own name for it from his ''[[VideoGame/DarkestOfDays Darkest of Days]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/957-Darkest-of-Days review]], "The ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' rules of Time Travel", where one can change things, "but the timeline is rather easygoing about it".
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** "So you've looked at ''PennyArcade'' seen the massive amount of money, prestige, and money those guys get for nine panels a week, and decided you want in on that." The visuals go a step further: when he says "money", "prestige", and "money" again, ever-increasing piles of cash and swanky clothes appear on the two people meant to represent Gabe and Tycho... and even when he gets to the word "decided" ''another'' layer of largesse is added.
** [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Clive Barker's]] ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/14-Clive-Barkers-Jericho Clive Barker's Jericho]]'' by Clive Barker.
** ''[[VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry Devil May Cry Colon Devil May Cry]]''
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/689-Tom-Clancys-H-A-W-X Don't forget]] Creator/TomClancy's ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} H.A.W.X.]]'' by [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Tom Clancy]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1044-Brutal-Legend And]] ''[[BrutalLegend Brew-tal Legend]]'', a game about JackBlack playing Jack Black starring Jack Black made with [[TimSchafer a guy who looks like Jack Black]].
** From ''Darksiders'', describing the first few games he will review starting in 2010: "[[{{Darksiders}} God of War ripoff]], [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} God Of War ripoff]] (though when he reviews it he admits it's more like ''DevilMayCry''), [[VideoGame/DantesInferno God Of War ripoff]], and God of War... well, ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''."
** "Have I mentioned that I wrote a novel and you can preorder it from Amazon and Amazon.co.uk? Well, I wrote a novel and you can preorder it from Amazon and Amazon.co.uk."
** "''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2435-Fallout-New-Vegas really]] just an expansion pack for ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', and I said everything I need to say about ''Fallout 3'' in my ''Fallout 3'' review of ''Fallout 3''."
** "I've got a second novel coming out. It's called 'Jam' and you can preorder it from Amazon and tfaw.com. It's about an apocalypse, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin with jam in it]]."
** "[[VideoGame/BioShockInfinite Father Comstock]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7105-BioShock-Infinite marks out DeWitt]] as the guy who's going to fuck everyone up, so he's forced to fuck everyone up after they all turn on him for being the guy who's going to fuck everyone up."
* DesignatedHero:[[invoked]] In his ''Extra Punctuation'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/6793-Uncharted-2 article]] of ''{{Uncharted}}: Among Thieves'', Yahtzee portrays Nathan Drake as one, accusing him of massive MoralDissonance.
** The ''ZP'' review of ''MirrorsEdge'' also suggests this: we only have the plot's say-so that the police chasing you are the bad guys, and as far as we know, the packages could be bombs to blow up someone's grandma.
** He has this reaction to the ISA of ''{{Killzone}}'', suggesting that the entire series is basically them being horrible to the Helghast and the Helghast being treated as evil for retaliating.
*** He also believes this about most spunkgargleweewee protagonists, noting "We've got killdroids, they've got rocks!" in his review of ''MedalOfHonor: Warfighter''. In one column, he suggests that this is because they tend to treat a threat to America as self-evidently evil, which he doesn't get, not being an American.
* DespairEventHorizon: Yahtzee's review of ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' is barely humorous, with Yahtzee apologizing for the lack of humor and with a downright depressing wrap-up.
-->'''Yahtzee''': *weary sigh* Remember when shooters were about [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} killing demons from hell?]] Those were good days. Perhaps this is an inevitable part of gaming growing up as our childish fantasies are torn from us, and we are forced to confront consequences in an unfair, uncaring and unavoidable world of ''hatred, misery, and '''death'''''. *[[MoodWhiplash Farting noises.]]*
* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: [[invoked]] It's rare that he experiences any of these, but there have been specific moments in a few games (such as [[{{Mindjack}} a boss too poorly-coded to be defeatable]], [[VideoGame/{{AMY}} a bad AI forcing him to restart a level he was just about to clear]], [[{{Mercenaries}} if not making it outright unwinnable]]) that made him give up on a game outright.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Discussed in his ''AlphaProtocol'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1801-Alpha-Protocol review]]. He also devoted a column to discussing games that have done it well, singling out ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' for particular praise.
* DidntSeeThatComing: At the end of his ''Prototype'' vs. ''Infamous'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/789-Prototype review]] he declared both games to be equally good and couldn't decide which one was better. So he jokingly suggested the two developers (Radical Entertainment and Sucker Punch Productions respectively) to send him a picture of the opposing main character wearing a bra, and whoever made the better one would win. [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/6228-Yahtzees-Prototype-vs-InFamous-Challenge They went with it]]. At the end it was narrow, but Sucker Punch Productions and ''Infamous'' won.
* DiscretionShot: The statement that a premise has been "stretched wider than a catamite's rectum" is accompanied by a black screen with the text "'''IMAGE VERY CENSORED'''".
** The captions in censor boxes are a RunningGag:
---> "Think of something wholesome."
---> "OH DEAR GOD"
---> "Look it up"
---> "Thanks DeviantART!"
---> "NEIN!"
---> "BELIEVE IN CHRIST"
---> "THE BABY IS FINE THE BABY IS OKAY"
** Conversely, he decided to show a fairly, uh, ''graphic'' rendition of [[ConvenientMiscarriage a certain controversial strip]] from a [[CtrlAltDel certain webcomic which shall remain unnamed]] followed immediately by the caption '''THIS IS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER DONE AND I HATE MYSELF FOR DOING IT.'''
* DisposableVagrant: Yahtzee keeps a spare vagrant chained in his basement -- in case he needs to review a co-op game.
* {{Dissimile}}
* DoesNotLikeWomen: A NonSequitur toward the end of the ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims 3]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/800-The-Sims-3 review]], brought on by minor CreatorBreakdown over his girlfriend.
** After Rebecca Mayes' love/hate song that called him out on this he claimed he ''does'' hate women, but only because he HatesEveryoneEqually.
** From the CreditsGag for the ''{{Catherine}}'' review: "I'm not a misogynist, I only hate the bitchy ones".
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Subverted/Lampshaded in the video where Yahtzee takes a tour of Washington, D.C. He makes a few mentions that certain buildings or monuments remind him of something, but goes on to mention something mundane and non-sexual. He then double subverts it while looking at the Washington Monument:
--> '''Yahtzee''': It's really long and tall, has those trees at the bottom from this angle. Kinda like, uh... [[CaptainObvious a big cock and balls.]]
* DorkAge: [[invoked]] Believes the {{First|PersonShooter}}/ThirdPersonShooter and SurvivalHorror genres to currently be in one.
* DolledUpInstallment: Lampshaded in his "Best of 2012" video, noting that neither ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' nor ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' are [[InNameOnly related in any meaningful way]] with their respective franchises.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Apparently he hates being called Ben by people on the internet. In one podcast, Yug and Matt of Australian Gamer (his best buds) stated that they don't even call him that in real life. Matt says everyone except his ''parents'' calls him Yahtzee.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: In his ''MedalOfHonor: Airborne'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/12-MOH-Airborne review]], he refers to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower German flak tower]] as a "doom fortress".
* DopeSlap: Yahtzee's been known to do this to viewers for [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer continuing to buy sequels]] ("Sonic doesn't need another game; he needs help!").
** He also headslapped anyone who chooses to play as [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft the Alliance.]]
** For retrogressing back into a plain villain again, Bowser earned a slap with a rolled-up newspaper.
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** Lampshaded in his reviews, where he [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5394-Darkness-2 describes his job]] as "ruining the developer's retirement plans." His standard operating procedure after playing a game, according to animation, is to toss aside the controller and boast, "And now to tell the world it sucks".
** In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/37-Mailbag-Showdown response]] to a fan letter saying if he doesn't like a game he points out everything that's wrong with it. "Hands up, you've got me there. I do point out everything that's wrong with a game, but then again, I'm a critic; it'd be weird if I didn't."
** He stated in his ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/767-inFamous review]] that he views his job as tearing the bad and the mediocre games to shreds so that the rare game that could be called great can shine all the brighter.
** In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/926-Batman-Arkham-Asylum review]] for ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' Yahtzee says that he's more of a QA man and that anything he doesn't mention in his review is a good part of the game.
** As he put it in the same review: "You don't call a sewer technician to redecorate your bathroom, and you don't come to me to hear about how a game is good."
** "In fact, I might go so far as to say that ''Creator/TomClancy's {{HAWX}}'' has sold me on air combat games. But that's not funny, so let's find more things to rip on."
** From the ''[[Creator/ValveSoftware Orange Box]]'' review: "If I did have to criticise it -- and I do." [Cue Escapist logo holding up a contract.]
** ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': "I can't think of any criticism for it." [Cue Escapist logo holding up a contract, and Yahtzee's avatar apologizing] and "Absolutely sublime from start to finish and I will jam forks into my eyes if I ever have to use those words to describe anything else, ever again."
** From the ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho'' review: "I could go on listing the stupid design decisions...so I will."
** Even going back to his ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4-BioShock review]]: "If my ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2-Psychonauts review]] taught me anything it's that no one likes it when I'm being nice to a game..."
** Inverted: when he finally got the chance to play ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3581-Duke-Nukem-Forever-for-real-this-time Yahtzee]] was actively trying to like it and ignore the faults, but eventually had to relent because he'd been harsh to games for far lesser reasons.
** Spoofed in his ''GearsOfWar 2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/525-Gears-of-War-2 review]], where he tries as much as he can to hate it, but lists off some of the stuff it does well that prevents him from hating it. It ends with, "There aren't even any quick-time events! Oh, wait, there is ''one''. A little one. I guess that means I have to hate it."
** Retroactively played straight again; he [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4763-Gears-of-War-3 bashed]] the entire ''Gears'' series with the release of ''GearsOfWar 3''.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: At the start of his ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' review, he says that Master Chief spent his four years of absence masturbating to Cortana.
* AlasPoorScrappy:[[invoked]] Yahtzee said during his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/748-Duke-Nukem-Forever review]]" for ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' that the cancellation of the game wasn't the end of the world since it had been overshadowed by other franchises, most notably ''VideoGame/HalfLife''. However, in his Extra Punctuation article, while reflecting on the plans of bringing it out in 2011, Yahtzee admitted that too many FPS have taken the cover-based combat route and he'd like a return to the basics with one guy facing armies all at once.
* AllMenArePerverts: He jokes about being an example himself, but he still expresses dismay at how widespread this trope is in real life, lamenting that all a crappy game has to do to become wildly successful is [[{{Fanservice}} stick a picture of a busty scantily-clad woman]] on the cover.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:[[invoked]] For a number of games he reviews, his viewpoint tends to cast the protagonist in an extremely negative light.
** His first instance of this is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/502-Tomb-Raider-Underworld reviewing]] ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld'', where he portrays Lara as an irreverent, iconoclastic kleptomaniac. Later reviews add "sociopath" to the tally, and he theorizes that Lara is actually a hedonistic thrill-seeker with a murder fetish who only got into the "archaeology" business because it provided the best opportunities for travel, death-defying stunts, and, well, murder.
** Demon Hunter Nero from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/28-Devil-May-Cry-4 coward]].
** Drake of ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/27-Uncharted-Drakes-Fortune portrayed]] as a racist and hypocritical SmugSnake.
** Rubi of ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}'' is an unlikeable and murderous [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/981-Wet bitch]].
** Faith of ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' could "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/457-Mirrors-Edge easily have been a terrorist]]" without changing the game much.
** Rico of ''VideoGame/JustCause'' is an "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1632-Just-Cause-2 immortal, physics-defying wizard]]."
** He [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1528-Heavy-Rain encourages]] viewers to play ''VideoGame.HeavyRain'' whilst pretending that Agent Jayden is from the future.
*** Also, the Origami Killer is a cheap rip-off of [[Film/{{Saw}} Jigsaw]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1569-Final-Fantasy-XIII Vanille]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' either has Alzheimer's or is from space. [[labelnote:Funny about that...]]Yahtzee only played five hours of the game. Had he played on, he'd have learned that [[spoiler:Vanille is from another planet.]][[/labelnote]]
** The protagonists of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games have [[VideoGame/{{Syndicate}} chips in their mind]] and are actually [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3008-Pokemon-White hunting rats]] in a CreepyBasement.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/FableIII'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2652-Fable-3 shagging his dog]].
** Cole Phelps from ''LANoire'' is a robot who's [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3347-L-A-Noire named]] after the fuel he runs on (i.e. Coal [=PH31-P5=]).
*** He's also available for birthday parties.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1007-Mario-Luigi-Bowsers-Inside-Story Bowser]] of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games is a charismatic union leader who defies the upper-class bourgeoisies of the Mushroom Kingdom but secretly yearns for their approval; hence the cockney accent.
** Additionally, Bowser is painted as a multifaceted villain (quoting [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago]] in one review) who ''chooses'' to be evil because he has seen what "goodness" in his world leads to: an airheaded ditz like Peach consorting with a pair of foreigners.
--->"Society calls him evil, but he ''wears'' their label! He '''reclaims''' it! [[RootingForTheEmpire And that is why they will never get him down!]]"
** Jack Slate of ''VideoGame/DeadToRights'' is more murderous sociopath than law enforcement agent.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3872-Catherine Vincent]] of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is a bumbling idiot whose friends only pretend to like him.
** The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise revolves around hordes of [[JustifiedCriminal impressionable, poverty-stricken]] [[StreetUrchin young people]] having [[KillThePoor all their arms and legs broken]] by an [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4915-Batman-Arkham-City extremely rich businessman]]... in his pants![[note]]"In his underwear" for us non-Brits.[[/note]]
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2978-Dragon-Age-II Snarky!Hawke]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is CampGay.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5148-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword Link]] from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is a pathetic drug addict and SociopathicHero who can only function when given an adventure or while absolutely snowblind.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/472-Sonic-Unleashed Sonic]] [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Hedgehog]] is a drug addicted paedophile.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/616-50-Cent-Blood-on-the-Sand 50 Cent]] destabilized the Middle East, leading to the events of ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty 4]]''.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5346-Amy Lana]] from ''AMY'' is an absolute idiot.
** GoichiSuda was the result of a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/33-No-More-Heroes bizarre cloning experiment]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5416-Kingdoms-of-Amalur-Reckoning The Fateless One]] from ''Kingdoms of Amalur'' was actually [[MindScrew pre-destined by fate to become what they became]].
** ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/892-2-5D-Hoedown 'Splosion Man]]'' is a BrokenBird.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/834-Red-Faction-Guerrilla The protagonist]] of ''RedFaction: Guerilla'' is a Norse god wielding the hammer Mjolnir.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5745-Sniper-Elite-V2 The player character]] in ''[[VideoGame/SniperEliteV2 Sniper Elite V2]]'' is either a hallucinating clock tower sniper a la Charles Whitman, or trapped in a combat simulation.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' is actually actively [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5893-Max-Payne-3 looking for trouble]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3801-Call-of-Juarez-The-Cartel Ben]] from ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezTheCartel'' is over-reacting.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5932-Dragons-Dogma The Arisen]] of ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is essentially pimping his/her Pawn.
** Protagonists who activate BulletTime by [[MaxPayne doing]] [[VideoGame/{{Wet}} acrobatics]] have air-cooled brains.
** [[{{Skate}} Skateboarders]] are [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/553-Skate-2 masochistic twats]].
** [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2 Raul Menendez]] is a freedom fighter seeking justice for the murder of his loved ones while the psychotic American military constantly [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6565-Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-2 gets in his way]].
*** Also privileged white people are a bunch of complainers who won't stop whining about being mocked by the people they once oppressed.
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6830-Ni-No-Kuni-Wrath-Of-The-White-Witch The main character]] in ''[[NiNoKuniWrathOfTheWhiteWitch Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch]]'' is actually suffering a guilt induced breakdown delusion.
** Ellie, Joel, and pretty much every human being from ''TheLastOfUs'' are psychotic murderers.
** Eric Bane from ''Dark'' isn't actually a vampire; he's either pretending or the other vampires are lying to him.
** Amadeus, the wizard protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Trine}}'', is not a wizard. He merely has access to the level editor.
* AnalogyBackfire:
** His [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4863-Kinect reason]] for suspending judgment on the Kinect. "Pope Urban VIII probably thought ''he'' was very clever when he condemned Galileo, but who got the last laugh there? ...Well, ''he'' did when Galileo died in poverty and dishonour but what I'm saying is [[AnswersToTheNameOfGod I'm basically like the Pope]]."
** Then there's this example from his ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' review:
-->''...men are all directionless tidal waves and women are all dikes built in the path of their raging floods. [[LampshadeHanging Blimey, what a badly worded metaphor]].''
-->'''[[QuoteMine "WOMEN ARE ALL DYKES"]]''' ''[[CreditsGag ~Yahtzee Croshaw]]''
* AndIMustScream: Starts ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: New Leaf'' off describing a hypothetical situation in which a person's mind is locked out of his body, but is still fully concious as his body proceeds to move around on its own... only doing utterly mundane and insignificant things.
* AnnoyingArrows: Averted and Lampshaded in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6964-Crysis-3 review]] of ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 3'' where the guy exclaims to Prophet that for some reason the Bow and Arrow is 12 times more powerful than any gun for some reason.
* AnticlimaxBoss: [[invoked]] One of his {{Pet Peeve|Trope}}s.
* ApocalypseWow: states that if ''NoMoreHeroes'' was combined with [[TrademarkFavouriteFood Branston Pickle]] that the world would end. And it would be [[RuleOfCool AWESOME.]]
* AprilFools:
** In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/645-Halo-Wars 2009]], the hosts of ''{{Unskippable}}'' pretended to stage a HostileShowTakeover and reviewed ''VideoGame/XBlades'' before Yahtzee seized the show back to review ''VideoGame/HaloWars''. Yahtzee also guest-commentated on ''{{Unskippable}}''.
** In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1591-April-Fools 2010]], the usually MotorMouth Yahtzee recited ''Ode to Melancholy'' in a very slow, ponderous manner.
* ArchEnemy:
** [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Lee Drummond]].
** Michael Atkinson.
** [[PressXToNotDie Quicktime events]].
** Creator/{{Nintendo}}, specifically post-''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' for [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks lack of innovation]] and [[{{Waggle}} poorly implemented control gimmicks]].
* AllWomenAreLustful: Brings this up in ''TheWitcher'', but takes it as a sign of the game including {{fanservice}} in attempt to come off as mature.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: A few blink-and-you'll-miss-it examples.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'':
---> "I could talk about how the combat flows, and how the atmosphere is solid, and how the highlights for me were the Scarecrow sections where Batman's perceptions of reality are skewed in favor of a nightmarish introspective delusional glimpse into the darkest recesses of his soul and how jumping on people is cool."
** On a signpost in the ''Witcher'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/22-The-Witcher review]]:
--->SHAME\\
FAILURE\\
IGNOMINY\\
SWINDON
** The list of things George Lucas will never do: Definitely end popular moneyspinning franchise, refuse a second helping of pancakes, admit failure, survive in vacuum, shave.
** In his ''Resistance 3'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4728-Resistance-3 review]], he accuses the game of copying ''Half-Life 2''. Amongst his accusations are identical mechanics, a straight Expy of the Ravenholm level, and "the scientist has a beard." Because, you know, Gordon Freeman and Dr. Breen have beards.
** From his ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/23-Resident-Evil-Umbrella-Chronicles review]]: "Umbrella Chronicles is a heavily cut down retread of three of the major Franchise/ResidentEvil games, starring JohnnyBravo, a prostitute, an idiot, a mullet, a 9 year old boy, a brick shit-house, and [[AndZoidberg Carlos]]."
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1924-Shadow-of-the-Colossus review]], Yahtzee says that the female character is the player's girlfriend because she is the only thing with an X chromosome. This is incorrect--males have X chromosomes too, females just have 2.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: His [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/530-Little-Big-Planet opinion]] on StephenFry in ''LittleBigPlanet'' as well as [[InteractiveNarrator Rucks]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}''; he's a fan of famous voices in general, and feels that having them as {{One Scene Wonder}}s is a waste of potential.
* AskAStupidQuestion: In "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jim-yahtzees-rhymedown-spectacular/8320-Lament-of-a-Murderer Where I Get My Ideas]]", Yahtzee ascribes his writing process to listening to [[EdgarAllanPoe talking ravens]], aliens and leprechauns. We can surmise he gets asked about this a lot.
* AssPull: [[invoked]]After playing ''CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' he accuses the writer of pulling the Dracula plot twist out of his "biggest and sweatiest ass".
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6387-FIFA-13 review]] of F.I.F.A. 13, he keeps getting distracted by downloadable games.
* AttentionWhore: From what we see of the Mario Bros. back in the old days, fixing toilets in Brooklyn, Mario was already a giant egomaniac who shouts "ITSA MEEEE" at any provocation. (''Luigi's Mansion 2'')
* AuthorAppeal: He notes some of this in ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'' with his Creator/StudioGhibli [[http://i.imgur.com/SaqJFwS.png bingo card]].
* AuthorFilibuster: Occasionally.
* AwesomenessIsVolatile: Yahtzee implied this would happen if ''NoMoreHeroes'' were combined with Branston Pickle.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The little Fairy refers to Yahtzee as "Benjamin Yahtzee Sebastian Godzilla Croshaw" in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/93-Haze review]] of ''Haze''.
* {{Bathos}}: On occasion, sometimes overlapping with MoodWhiplash.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A surprising amount of people write in with requests and then get offended when he rips into the game.
* BerserkButton: As someone who is professionally angry, Yahtzee has quite a few. While many are specific to a game (and thus too numerous to list) some recur:
** In the ''[[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1951-Transformers-War-for-Cybertron review]], the mention of ShiaLaBeouf sent him into a barely-restrained seething rage.
** NolanNorth's presence in a game tends to be a sour point for him (especially if he voices the [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed main]] [[{{Uncharted}} character]]). However, he's stated that it's nothing against the man himself, though even cases of PlayingAgainstType will make him hate the character as long as he knows it's him. He did, however, give a glowing [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6021-Spec-Ops-The-Line review]] to ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', in which North plays the protagonist, perhaps because the game is in part a [[PlayingWithCharacterType deconstruction]] of North's usual character type.
** Quick Time Events.
** He seems to developing one over reboots/sequels that [[RecycledTitle share identical names with their predecessors]], such as ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/916-Wolfenstein Wolfenstein]]'', ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3250-Mortal-KombatMortal Kombat]]'', ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5531-Twisted-Metal Twisted Metal]]'', ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1516-Aliens-vs-Predator Aliens vs Predator]]'' and ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7025-Tomb-Raider Tomb Raider]]'', saying it's needlessly confusing to have two identically titled games in the same series separated by nothing but time, even if that time in some cases is a few decades.
** He got really ''pissed'' with viewer accusations that he named ''ModernWarfare 3'' and ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' as joint "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5207-Top-5-of-2011 Worst Games of 2011]]" just because he "doesn't like shooters" as shooters are actually one of his favourite genres.
-->'''Yahtzee:''' Oh you ignorant little ''bastards,'' stick your balls up your ass and clench yourself castrated. I was into shooters when you were sucking on Wiimotes, you cover-loving, health-regenerating, murderer-come-latelies.
** He tries to be fair about it, but he really doesn't like multiplayer in general (because he feels it brings in factors beyond the game's control and thus affect the review), so when he faces a game with executive-mandated shoehorned-in multiplayer (like ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6891-Dead-Space-3 Dead Space 3]]'') he'll get particularly steamed.
** Croshaw has an absolute dislike of games that shoehorn in gimmicks. Since most games made for recent Nintendo systems make excessive use of either motion controls (for the Wii), the secondary screen (WiiU) or 3D graphics (3DS) he'll usually go off on Nintendo as a whole for this. His issue isn't so much that gimmicks exist as it is that they tend to handicap the game more than enhance it.
** Games-as-art products that forget the "game" part. While he doesn't dislike artistic games and indeed is a strong proponent of games being an artform he hates when a game lets being artsy get in the way of being something enjoyable to play.
** The constant vilifying of Russia in many modern military [=FPSes=] is also a bit of a sore spot for him.
* BeYourself: He is strongly against ReviewsAreTheGospel, even regarding his own.
* BitingTheHandHumor: "I made this chart to see how many people visit ''The Escapist'' on days besides Wednesday..."
* BiasSteamroller: Occasionally a topic of jokes.
* BigBad: {{EA}}, whose abhorrent business practices and representing of all that is wrong with the video game industry he has a habit of going into [[AuthorFilibuster Author Filibusters]] about.
* BigNo: The ''{{Spore}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/218-Spore review]]. Twice. But with a [[DeadpanSnarker twist]].
--> "In short: no. In long: nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."
* BilingualBonus: When Yahtzee "quotes" a ZP fan extolling ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'' '':Blood Curse'' to him, said fan starts spouting off about Yahtzee's love of Japanese horror, eventually devolving into random Japanese words: "Watashi wa baka gaijin," which roughly translates to "I'm a stupid foreigner."
** In his ''Sniper Elite V2'' review: "I love Russians! Worked with a Russian girl as an office temp and I imagine we would've gotten along great if I'd understood a word she was saying." And what is she saying? [[StealthInsult "I hate you"]].
* BlackBestFriend: He invokes this in his ''CallOfDutyGhosts'' review, suggesting that the main characters only cared about [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Alex's death]] because [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX they couldn't claim to have a black person on their side any more]].
* BlackComedyRape: When remembering the time he lost his virginity to an obese black woman in his review of ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'', you can see an image of said obese black woman dragging him away by his leg as he is obviously horrified by her. Complete with claw marks on the ground by his fingernails.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Describes [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Lara Croft]]'s support team as "a small team of ethnically-diverse archaeologists who all seem to be wearing digital clocks on their heads counting down". The black dude's readout is nearly at zero.
* BlandNameProduct: In order to avoid mentioning any real gaming webcomics in his review of the genre, he used ''[[PennyArcade Benny Barcade]]'' and ''[[CtrlAltDel Bontrol Bolt Belete]]'' as names instead. This was a ShoutOut to ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', with its [[ThoseWackyNazis National Bocialist Party]] and their boncentration bamps.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Used frequently to show strong emotion.
* BlatantLies: In his HeavyRain review, Yahtzee claims that Scott Shelby is a "fat private investigator, not interesting enough to dwell on", which is only true if you overlook the fact that [[spoiler: Scott is the Origami Killer, and thus arguably the most important character in the game]].
* BoobsAndButtPose: Makes reference to this at the end of his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5394-Darkness-2 review]] for ''VideoGame/TheDarkness 2''
-->'''Yahtzee:''' Darkness 2 is more like an attempt to recreate the comics...[a]nd I've never liked [the] sort of comic...[that features] women proportioned like ice lollies balanced on two chicken drumsticks standing around like God gave them a vicious Chinese burn around their waists.
* BookEnds: Before reviewing ''VideoGame/FableII'', Yahtzee notes that all he needs to do now is review ''VideoGame/TheDarkness'' a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWS9_nrKOPA second time]] then be "[[{{Squick}} sucked into a grown woman's vagina]]" and his life will have been more-or-less symmetrical.
** The [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1815-Prince-of-Persia-The-Forgotten-Sands review]] of ''Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands'' ([[BlatantLies which totally wasn't made to cash in on a movie]]) starts with a TakeThat against RogerEbert's (then-recent) remark that video games couldn't be art. He then ignores it for the rest of the review until the very end when he yells at Ebert again.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick[=/=]FreudianSlipperySlope: The end of the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5-Tomb-Raider-Anniversary review]] of ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary''.
* BringMyBrownPants: Standard procedure for ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}'' and ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''.
** Taken UpToEleven for ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'', where the force of such ''blew a hole through his chair''.
* BRollRebus: Nearly all of the visuals that aren't meant to represent gameplay. His Wikiquote entry even {{Pot Hole}}s some of them for lack of images.
* BrainBleach: It's a favorite reaction by Croshaw.
* BrickJoke:
** The ''NoMoreHeroes'' review opens with the Stranglers song of the same name. However, the song's [[RecordNeedleScratch abruptly cut off]]: "No, no, that's a bit too obvious." This isn't mentioned throughout the entire review. Finally, in [[CreditsGag the credits]], the songs used in the video are listed as normal, except that "No More Heroes" has been thoroughly scribbled out.
** Another one consisted of a spoiler warning in mid-episode, where Yahtzee told spoiler-sensitive viewers to plug their ears and wait for the credits. The credits mini-comic consisted of a series of famous spoilers from other works. ([[spoiler:[[Film/CitizenKane It was his sled]], [[TheUsualSuspects Keyser Soze = Kevin Spacey]], etc.]])
** The [[GroinAttack sausage-slicing machine]] in the ''[[{{Killzone}} Killzone 3]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2915-Killzone-3 review]].
** In his ''QuantumConundrum'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5998-Quantum-Conundrum review]], he makes a reference to his contract with the Escapist, which is represented by a piece of paper with "say [[CountryMatters cunt]] a lot" on it. At the end of the review, naturally, he launches into a [[ClusterFBomb Cluster C Bomb]].
** In the ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5239-Super-Mario-3D-Land-Rayman-Origins review]], he contemplates how a [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/marktronics/843124797/ more faithful depiction of Tanooki]] would work, "in which case it's the [[SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom Thwomps]] [[TacticalSuicideBoss I feel sorry for]]." Later, in the ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' review, he mentions as one of the smugglers' moves being "[[GroinAttack crafty knees to the bollocks]], which [[ForgotHeWasARobot for some reason also works on robots]]. Perhaps they're wearing Tanooki suits."
** A subtle one, in his ''Franchise/MassEffect'' review he explains how he named his character Titty Shepard. Several years later when ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' came out, he refers to Shepard as Titty with no prior mention of the earlier review. It should also be noted that it isn't mentioned in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' review, at all.
*** Also, throughout the ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' review, Shepard is wearing the pink armour that Yahtzee had dressed him in the first review.
** In ''EpicMickey'' Yahtzee talks about his fear of Theme Park Mascots. In Hitman he mentions how he has killed many Theme Park Mascots.
** The "Whipped Cream Genocide Brouhaha" from his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1404-Darksiders review]] of ''{{Darksiders}}'' reappears at the bottom of the list of "build-your-own combos" in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7542-Remember-Me review]] of ''VideoGame/RememberMe''.
* BrokenRecord: "You couldn't get away with releasing a buggy game in the cartridge and cassette days; you'd be trampled under the company Brontosaurus. But I'll tell you the worst part- worst part- worst part- worst part- [[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties *system error*]] [[OrphanedPunchline ...and whistled for a baboon!]]
* BrokeTheRatingScale: ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'' "won" the #0 spot on Top Worst of 2013. This was being charitable, as Yahtzee's reasoning was that "it's [[InsultToRocks not a game]]; it's congealed failure."
** It wasn't just for worst game of 2013 either. It was a reward for worst game that he had ever reviewed and a title that he said that it would hold until an even WORSE game came around.
* BrutalHonesty: Yahtzee definitely doesn't sugarcoat anything when reviewing games. ''Especially'' critically acclaimed games.
* BuffySpeak: His metaphors descend into this while reviewing ''LittleBigPlanet.'' {{Lampshaded}} in the same review -- it was very hot that week and he couldn't think of anything better.
* ButtMonkey: Yahtzee's avatar gets hurt in a variety of ways throughout his reviews.
* ButtonMashing: In his review of ''Videogame/DmCDevilMayCry'', he notes that he always ends up doing this reflexively in action games so moves that require him to pause in the middle of a combo are extremely difficult for him to pull off.
* CallBack: As far as the eye can see.
** "[[HelloInsertNameHere Senor Cockonface and Gareth Gobblecock]] are [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3112-Nintendo-3DS cousins by marriage]]."
*** It turns out that Gareth is a [[ContinuityNod long-forgotten comrade]] of [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Titty Shepard]].
** Plot summary for ''DeadToRights'':
--> "Bang! Punch! Bang! Punch! Bang! Punch! Woof!"
** And [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4694-Dead-Island for]] ''DeadIsland'':
--> "Grr! Kick! Grr! Kick! Grr! Kick! Splat!"
** The phrase "triple-cunted hooker" makes a number of appearances.
** In the ''VideoGame/HardReset'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4784-Hard-Reset review]], Yahtzee compares the game to ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'' by dint of the fact that many who worked on the former were also among the crew of the latter. While praising ''Painkiller'' for its array of creative death distribution implements, the avatar onscreen wields a shotgun that has tits and is on fire -- precisely the phrasing Yahtzee used in his review of ''Painkiller''.
** In the ''SuperMarioBrosWii'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1191-Left-4-Dead-2-New-Super-Mario-Bros-Wii review]] the credits state that Yahtzee only has two friends. Later in the ''VideoGame/NieR'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1703-Nier review]] we find out that this was referring to the imp and the extremely bored looking man respectively, hence why they are the only recurring characters in his videos.
** The "paddling pool full of disembodied breasts" analogy in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/312-Saints-Row-2 review]] returns in an exaggerated form in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5056-Saints-Row-The-Third review]].
** In his ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3443-The-Witcher-2-Assassins-of-Kings review]], he refers to Geralt as "Gerald", which continues a RunningGag that began in his review of the [[VideoGame/TheWitcher first game]].
** In ''DeadToRights Retribution'' he imagines that [[SociopathicHero Jack Slate]] worships "some mad ocelot god only he can see". Years later, in ''[[VideoGame/MaxPayne Max Payne 3]]'', another tortured ex-cop murder spree game, the head of an ocelot appears on screen when Yahtzee says the phrase "the face of God".
** In the ''{{VideoGame/Hitman}}: Absolution'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6586-Hitman-Absolution review]], the ocelot returns to urge Yahtzee to take therapy for his (fictional) habit of killing theme park mascots.
** [=SpunkGargleWeeWee=] seems to have become this anytime he talks about an FPS he doesn't believe should be classified as a Shooter.
** He [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6723-Black-Knight-Sword-Hotline-Miami mocks]] the WordSaladTitle ''Black Knight Sword'' by calling it "Purple Monkey Dishwasher," which is what he called ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' in a previous review. It doubles as a ShoutOut to ''TheSimpsons.''
** In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6695-Paper-Mario-Sticker-Star review]] of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' he calls out the habit of recent Mario games to always have a world order of "[[GreenHillZone grasslands]], [[ShiftingSandLand desert]], [[TheLostWoods forest]], [[JungleJapes jungle]], [[SlippySlideyIceWorld ice world]], [[LethalLavaLand fire world]], boss (nn-ch-nn-ch-nn-ch-nn)." This surfaces again in his review of ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'' in a completely ''non''-Mario context.
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: How he describes Nintendo in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' review:
-->''Yahtzee'': A world without Nintendo would be a far bleaker one than this, and yet there's [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks something]] about them I find incredibly infuriating.
* CaptainMorganPose: Used to deify certain characters in a game, ranging from (most frequently) Yahtzee [[HolyHalo wearing a halo]], to Andrew Ryan in ''Bioshock: Infinite'', to a nutter survivalist in ''{{VideoGame/Rust}}'' who shoots Yahtzee in self-defense after spotting a rock in his hand.
-->"How fortunate this community must be to have a watchman so dedicated to rigidly enforcing the laws against [[FelonyMisdemeanor unlicensed rocks."]]
* CargoShip:[[invoked]] In his ''RedFaction Guerrilla'' review, Yahtzee admitted he pretty much proposed to ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' in his review of it -- complete with picture of him and the game in bride and groom attire, respectively.
** In his ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/878-Silent-Hill-2 retro review]], he lampshades his fondness for "dropping to my knees and wrapping my lips around old titles from time to time", and another review shows him humping the ''Silent Hill 2'' box art.
** He made a [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/203-Braid similar comment]] about the ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' series, saying "If I suck that particular dick any harder, it's going to [[{{Squick}} drop off]]."
** The Yahtzee/''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' CargoShip returns in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5595-Silent-Hill-Downpour review]] of ''SilentHill: Downpour'', when he and the game are shown wearing a bridal veil and groom's tuxedo respectively, and he admits that "Yes, maybe I ''will'' marry VideoGame/SilentHill2, shut up!"
* CausticCritic: The {{YKTTW}} for CausticCritic was named "Parent Genre of Zero Punctuation".
* ChainedToARailway: Used as a metaphor for why Andrew Ryan is a sympathetic villain. A DastardlyWhiplash character advises the girl to "maybe not stand there", apropos railroad tracks.
* ChallengeGamer: Sometimes Yahtzee will like a game ''because'' it's murderously hard, as with ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6276-DayZ DayZ]]'' and the hardcore mode in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* ChaoticNeutral: Yahtzee claims to be this alignment in his ''{{Spider-Man Web Of Shadows}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/584-Spiderman-Web-of-Shadows review]] and encourages his fans to argue on the forum as to whether he is or not. [[invoked]]
* ChewBubblegum: A [[ItMakesSenseInContext zombie Duke Nukem]] says "Time to kick ass and chew brains" in the ''BadCompany 2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1546-Battlefield-Bad-Company-2 review]].
* ChildHater: Every so often, he's made it ''very'' clear that he finds children annoying. He's even said that he'd rather commit suicide than to have kids of his own. Granted, this is ''[[CausticCritic Yahtzee]]'' we're talking here, so how much of it is true is up for debate.
* ClipShow: The [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2589-Holiday-2010 Holiday 2010 episode]], after Yahtzee mocks the viewer for showing up when they should know that he gets that week off.
* ClusterFBomb: At least once per episode. One of his most infamous clusters was delivered in the opening to his ''MindJack'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2793-MindJack review]]:
--> So in the name of keeping things nice and clear for you touchy sods, let me as unambiguous as possible in this critique: ''MindJack'' is ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FUCKING� FUCKING� FUCKING� FUCKING�]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible BAD� BAD� BAD� BAD.]] DON'T� DON'T� DON'T� DON'T� PLAY IT!''
* ClusterBleepBomb: Seen in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1732-Monster-Hunter-Tri review]] of MonsterHunterTri, in relation to [[{{H-Game}} 'Japanese Sex Games']]:
--> I waggled my (CENSORED) at her (CENSORED) until her (CENSORED)ed at her (CENSORED) until it started emitting a sorrowful howl.
* TheCoconutEffect: Discussed in his ''Extra Punctuation'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/7726-Boss-Fights column]] on {{Boss Battle}}s.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Referred to by the exact name during his ''[[{{Overlord}} Overlord 2]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/822-Overlord-2 review]].
* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch:[[invoked]] He has accused the ''Zelda'' series of being [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks incredibly formulaic]]. However, he also admits to being very unfamiliar with the franchise. To wit; he's used ''MajorasMask'', ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'', and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' (some argue [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks took the opposite extreme]]) as proof of his point.
* ComplainingAboutThingsYouHaventPaidFor: In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/8031-Extra-Punctuation-Dont-Use-the-Word-Gamer.2 this]] Extra Punctuation blog, Yahtzee announces that there will not be an update next week, and informs anyone who has a problem with this, "Now, you only have a right to complain about this if you are actually paying money to watch and read this stuff. And even then, only because someone appears to be pulling a fast one on you."
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: He observes that ''Beyond: Two Souls'' stealth mechanics come into play only once, "which by [[NeverTrustATrailer staggering coincidence]] happens to be the bit that was in the gameplay trailers." Developer David Cage then creeps behind the sofa wearing one of these disguises while Yahtzee admonishes him.
* ContinuityNod: In the ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' review, Yahtzee's Shepard dons hot pink armor in memory of Gareth [[MeaningfulName Gobulcoque]], his character from ''VideoGame/TabulaRasa''.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/624-Resident-Evil-5 Apparently]] whoever designed the inventory system for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' should be sent to a special Hell where he has to pack shopping for old ladies... or just get punched in the stomach.
** Also says that any developer that holds back stuff for DLC should have their hands cut off, and then put back on after paying 1200 Microsoft points.
* CosmicDeadline: Yahtzee has accused several games of falling prey to this, including ''[[VideoGame/DarkVoid Dark]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1433-Dark-Void Void]]'', ''[[{{Splatterhouse}} Splatter]][[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2544-Splatterhouse house]]'', and of course ''IndigoProphecy'' aka "[[FanNickname Baron von Teapot's Fucking Ludicrous Adventures]]."
* CoughSnarkCough: In his ''LollipopChainsaw'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5977-Lollipop-Chainsaw review]]:
--> "But there are certainly games with worse combat, and games with more offensive depictions of women, [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud cough]] ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' unconvincing-cough."
* CrackPairing: [[invoked]] His ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld'' opens with Yahtzee remarking on the best potential husband for Lara Croft - [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]].
--> "They've got so much in common! They both have an [[{{Sequelitis}} embarrassing amount of adventures]] that all follow an [[StrictlyFormula extremely specific formula]][[note]]Jason's is "Teenagers + [[DeathBySex having sex]] = [[{{Gorn}} death slice bleed wahey]]", Lara's is "[[AxeCrazy Anything + doing anything = death slice bleed wahey]]"[[/note]], they both have an irresistible compulsion to [[AxeCrazy murder God's creatures]], they both spend lots of time underground, and most importantly neither of them will ever ''just fucking '''die!'''''"
* CreatorThumbprint: Platformers and games that don't use bloom and [[RealIsBrown brown gritty graphics]] earn a somewhat higher note in his book.
** "SurvivalHorror is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/696-Siren-Blood-Curse what I call a pet genre]]. A pet I keep in a tool shed and feed with broken glass."
** ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' is one of the few games that pleased him, resulting in a review that sounded like, in his own words, "an overlong wedding proposal" due to the fact that it entertainingly combines RuleOfFun and VideoGameCrueltyPotential.
** He also has a great love for anything that does things differently like ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''NoMoreHeroes''; he complimented ''MirrorsEdge'' for trying something new even after tearing the actual gameplay apart, and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' got [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/16-Assassins-Creed praise]] for being original even though it was let down by highly repetitive gameplay. Similarly, he praised ''DarkVoid'' for being an ambitious failure, and as such, better than "committee-designed sludge". He also [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1651-Silent-Hill-Shattered-Memories liked]] ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'', despite hating ''Franchise/SilentHill'' spinoffs and saying that the monsters and chase scenes weren't scary and the psych test gimmicks weren't enough, for trying something new. He raves about ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' for [[TropeMaker creating]], [[TropeNamer naming]] and [[TropeCodifier codifying]] the ColossusClimb, and ''{{Ico}}'' got a love note from him for making him ''[[VideoGameCaringPotential care]]'' about a CuteMute LoveInterest.
** He also has a taste for SceneryPorn.
** [[CuteKitten Cats]] seem to pop up a lot in his reviews (which [[CatsAreMean sort of]] [[CausticCritic makes sense]]), as do [[PreciousPuppies dogs]]. In fact, he said that one of his three wishes would be a puppy.
** A warped sense of humor is also a big plus for him, as in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series and the aforementioned ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.
** Good writing impresses him as well; the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series has led him to give BioWare a dirt-cheap [[DealWithTheDevil offer of his soul]].
--->"When the bottom falls out of the game criticism market and I have to start prostituting myself to developers, BioWare will be one of my first ports of call, because there are few enough developers in the world who treat writing as an integral part of the game rather than an optional set of colorful tassels to put on the handlebars."
*** In his review for the second game he spends almost the whole review talking about the changes in gameplay, then mentions casually how the writing and characters have gotten better, but because it's BioWare they don't get any points for it.
** Considering his positive mentions of ''[[VideoGame/SeriousSam Serious]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5184-Serious-Sam-3-BFE Sam 3]]'' and his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/57-Painkiller love]] of ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'', along with his positive [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2176-Dead-Rising-2 review]] of ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', Yahtzee also seems to like games that pit the player against large hordes and give them the freedom to just go wild.
** The worse you can act towards Nazis, the better, by his books. Bonus points if it's [[CruelAndUnusualDeath spectacular or amusing.]]
** He mentioned a particular fondness for Shaun of the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series, partly because he reminds him of himself and partly because he often insults [[NolanNorth Desmond]] [[TheScrappy Miles]].
** He has fondness for games that actively embrace VideoGameCrueltyPotential and particularly creative ways of TheJoysOfTorturingMooks.
** He has a thing for large open environments with interesting ways to traverse the world, such as LeParkour or flight.
** His [[{{Eagleland}} distaste of America]] which puts them as overly decadent whiners who try to make a world empire.
*** Quite literally TheEmpire in his review of ''MedalOfHonor: Warfighter'', as one scene involves you controlling a robot against people armed with rocks, reminiscent of [[ReturnOfTheJedi the Empire vs. the Ewoks]].
** Also, [[RuleOfFunny for whatever reason]], he likes to somehow include or feature ''Marmite'' and ''Branston Pickle'' in his reviews, preferably at the most unfitting times. He must be really fond of ''Marmite'' and ''Branston Pickle''.
*** That's the British ''Marmite'' made by Unilever which is sold in Australia as ''Our Mate'', not the New Zealand ''Marmite'' made by the Sanatarium which is sold in Australia as ''Marmite''.
* CreditsGag: The text next to his name at the end. Also, the opening and closing credits each had a clip from a song whose name and/or content was a pun on the content of the review. For example, ''VideoGame/{{Haze}}'', about drug-fueled mercenary super-soldiers, used Afroman's "Because I Got High". This stopped after a while, for fear of lawsuits.
** Music used interestingly in his ''NoMoreHeroes'' review, as mentioned above for BrickJoke.
** Also, the credits themselves have a little minicomic going on, acted out by the little figures he uses in the reviews. The one for ''{{Spore}}'' had a flying saucer alien abducting Batman, who then beat it up and stole the flying saucer. Additionally, there is generally a caption referring to something earlier in the video.
* CrossOver: With the ''MST3K''-esque series ''{{Unskippable}}''. Yahtzee [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/644-Star-Ocean-The-Last-Hope appeared]] in their ''StarOceanTheLastHope'' riff and [[LoadingReadyRun Graham Stark]] of ''Unskippable'' appeared in the first section of the ''Franchise/{{Halo}} Wars'' review to review ''X-Blades'' before running out of things to say and getting kicked out by Yahtzee.
** A throwaway gag, mere seconds into the aforementioned ''Halo Wars'' review, poked fun at ''Eternal Sonata'', which was ''Unskippable'''s premiere episode.
** Furthermore, in the review of both ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' and ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', the Credit Sequence features a short mix-type {{crossover}} of the two reviewed games.
* CrossPlayer: Yahtzee [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/138-Age-of-Conan becomes one]] for ''[[VideoGame/AgeOfConan Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures]]''.
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* CryingIndian: The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/420-Fallout-3 review]] featured a deer crying over the landscape being littered with rubble.
* CurseCutShort: He spends the entirety of his 50 Cent reviews carefully wording his criticisms so that nothing can be misconstrued as racist, then ends with:
-->"Not that they'd know anything about work, the lazy nig-" [END CREDITS]
** From his VideoGame/HalfLife1 review, after bemoaning the lack of any new games to review before Christmas: "at this point there's only one thing I can do, [[ADateWithRosiePalms MASTURBA]]- I mean RETRO-REVIEW!"
* CursedWithAwesome: In his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5443-NeverDead review]] of [[VideoGame/NeverDead NeverDead]]:
-->"Bryce is also immortal, capable of regenerating from any injury, having been cursed by the king of the demons 500 years ago, when the king of the demons wasn't entirely sure what the word 'curse' means."
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4137-Deus-Ex-Human-Revolution Wonders aloud]] if ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'''s ending is ''intentionally'' bad, so players will purchase the DLC.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: This trope, and the infrequency with which it is played straight, is discussed in his ''MafiaII'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1988-Mafia-II review]].
* DareToBeBadass: Well, at least "dare to be different", in his ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1871-Super-Mario-Galaxy-2 review]]. In spite of his bashing of it he does admit in the end it ''is'' fun and if people want to play the same games he can't really do anything to stop them, but he does request that those people go out and do one thing they never have before.
* DarkerAndEdgier: [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/759-Bionic-Commando Once a simple story]], "the new ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' has taken the dark and edgy route", illustrated with said commando [[EmoTeen slashing his wrist]] and singing "[[LinkinPark CRAAAWLING IIIIN MY SKIIIN]]".
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy:[[invoked]] A big irk for Yahtzee is games where protagonists are just as (if not more) unlikable than the antagonist, citing ''{{WET}}'', ''KaneAndLynch: Dog Days'' and the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' sequels as major examples.
** He also stated that he found VideoGame/MaxPayne's constant self-loathing and pessimism to be tiring and off-putting.
* DeadpanSnarker: Of course.
** However, most Deadpan Snarkers in games tend to annoy him, notably Nathan Drake of ''Uncharted'' and the Snarky dialogue options of ''Dragon Age II''.
*** Though for some reason, he likes Shaun Hastings from ''Assassin's Creed''.
* DearNegativeReader: Most notably in his video on [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/108-Webcomics webcomics]] and the grandly titled "Mailbag Showdown", though Yahtzee more often than not turns his gun barrel back on himself.
* DeathSeeker: More of a SuicideAsComedy, but noticeable in this line for ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''.
-->"If you are like me: handsome, talented, and secretly longing for death."
** While fielding questions about ''Mogworld'', he mentioned someone recommending a webcomic with a resemblance to his own novel. Yahtzee feigned indifference, but his hand kept spasming upward to point a pistol at his head.
* DeepImmersionGaming
* DelayedRippleEffect: Or, to give his own name for it from his ''[[VideoGame/DarkestOfDays Darkest of Days]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/957-Darkest-of-Days review]], "The ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' rules of Time Travel", where one can change things, "but the timeline is rather easygoing about it".
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** "So you've looked at ''PennyArcade'' seen the massive amount of money, prestige, and money those guys get for nine panels a week, and decided you want in on that." The visuals go a step further: when he says "money", "prestige", and "money" again, ever-increasing piles of cash and swanky clothes appear on the two people meant to represent Gabe and Tycho... and even when he gets to the word "decided" ''another'' layer of largesse is added.
** [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Clive Barker's]] ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/14-Clive-Barkers-Jericho Clive Barker's Jericho]]'' by Clive Barker.
** ''[[VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry Devil May Cry Colon Devil May Cry]]''
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/689-Tom-Clancys-H-A-W-X Don't forget]] Creator/TomClancy's ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} H.A.W.X.]]'' by [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Tom Clancy]].
** [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1044-Brutal-Legend And]] ''[[BrutalLegend Brew-tal Legend]]'', a game about JackBlack playing Jack Black starring Jack Black made with [[TimSchafer a guy who looks like Jack Black]].
** From ''Darksiders'', describing the first few games he will review starting in 2010: "[[{{Darksiders}} God of War ripoff]], [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} God Of War ripoff]] (though when he reviews it he admits it's more like ''DevilMayCry''), [[VideoGame/DantesInferno God Of War ripoff]], and God of War... well, ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''."
** "Have I mentioned that I wrote a novel and you can preorder it from Amazon and Amazon.co.uk? Well, I wrote a novel and you can preorder it from Amazon and Amazon.co.uk."
** "''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2435-Fallout-New-Vegas really]] just an expansion pack for ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', and I said everything I need to say about ''Fallout 3'' in my ''Fallout 3'' review of ''Fallout 3''."
** "I've got a second novel coming out. It's called 'Jam' and you can preorder it from Amazon and tfaw.com. It's about an apocalypse, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin with jam in it]]."
** "[[VideoGame/BioShockInfinite Father Comstock]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7105-BioShock-Infinite marks out DeWitt]] as the guy who's going to fuck everyone up, so he's forced to fuck everyone up after they all turn on him for being the guy who's going to fuck everyone up."
* DesignatedHero:[[invoked]] In his ''Extra Punctuation'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/6793-Uncharted-2 article]] of ''{{Uncharted}}: Among Thieves'', Yahtzee portrays Nathan Drake as one, accusing him of massive MoralDissonance.
** The ''ZP'' review of ''MirrorsEdge'' also suggests this: we only have the plot's say-so that the police chasing you are the bad guys, and as far as we know, the packages could be bombs to blow up someone's grandma.
** He has this reaction to the ISA of ''{{Killzone}}'', suggesting that the entire series is basically them being horrible to the Helghast and the Helghast being treated as evil for retaliating.
*** He also believes this about most spunkgargleweewee protagonists, noting "We've got killdroids, they've got rocks!" in his review of ''MedalOfHonor: Warfighter''. In one column, he suggests that this is because they tend to treat a threat to America as self-evidently evil, which he doesn't get, not being an American.
* DespairEventHorizon: Yahtzee's review of ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' is barely humorous, with Yahtzee apologizing for the lack of humor and with a downright depressing wrap-up.
-->'''Yahtzee''': *weary sigh* Remember when shooters were about [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} killing demons from hell?]] Those were good days. Perhaps this is an inevitable part of gaming growing up as our childish fantasies are torn from us, and we are forced to confront consequences in an unfair, uncaring and unavoidable world of ''hatred, misery, and '''death'''''. *[[MoodWhiplash Farting noises.]]*
* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: [[invoked]] It's rare that he experiences any of these, but there have been specific moments in a few games (such as [[{{Mindjack}} a boss too poorly-coded to be defeatable]], [[VideoGame/{{AMY}} a bad AI forcing him to restart a level he was just about to clear]], [[{{Mercenaries}} if not making it outright unwinnable]]) that made him give up on a game outright.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Discussed in his ''AlphaProtocol'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1801-Alpha-Protocol review]]. He also devoted a column to discussing games that have done it well, singling out ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' for particular praise.
* DidntSeeThatComing: At the end of his ''Prototype'' vs. ''Infamous'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/789-Prototype review]] he declared both games to be equally good and couldn't decide which one was better. So he jokingly suggested the two developers (Radical Entertainment and Sucker Punch Productions respectively) to send him a picture of the opposing main character wearing a bra, and whoever made the better one would win. [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/6228-Yahtzees-Prototype-vs-InFamous-Challenge They went with it]]. At the end it was narrow, but Sucker Punch Productions and ''Infamous'' won.
* DiscretionShot: The statement that a premise has been "stretched wider than a catamite's rectum" is accompanied by a black screen with the text "'''IMAGE VERY CENSORED'''".
** The captions in censor boxes are a RunningGag:
---> "Think of something wholesome."
---> "OH DEAR GOD"
---> "Look it up"
---> "Thanks DeviantART!"
---> "NEIN!"
---> "BELIEVE IN CHRIST"
---> "THE BABY IS FINE THE BABY IS OKAY"
** Conversely, he decided to show a fairly, uh, ''graphic'' rendition of [[ConvenientMiscarriage a certain controversial strip]] from a [[CtrlAltDel certain webcomic which shall remain unnamed]] followed immediately by the caption '''THIS IS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER DONE AND I HATE MYSELF FOR DOING IT.'''
* DisposableVagrant: Yahtzee keeps a spare vagrant chained in his basement -- in case he needs to review a co-op game.
* {{Dissimile}}
* DoesNotLikeWomen: A NonSequitur toward the end of the ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims 3]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/800-The-Sims-3 review]], brought on by minor CreatorBreakdown over his girlfriend.
** After Rebecca Mayes' love/hate song that called him out on this he claimed he ''does'' hate women, but only because he HatesEveryoneEqually.
** From the CreditsGag for the ''{{Catherine}}'' review: "I'm not a misogynist, I only hate the bitchy ones".
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Subverted/Lampshaded in the video where Yahtzee takes a tour of Washington, D.C. He makes a few mentions that certain buildings or monuments remind him of something, but goes on to mention something mundane and non-sexual. He then double subverts it while looking at the Washington Monument:
--> '''Yahtzee''': It's really long and tall, has those trees at the bottom from this angle. Kinda like, uh... [[CaptainObvious a big cock and balls.]]
* DorkAge: [[invoked]] Believes the {{First|PersonShooter}}/ThirdPersonShooter and SurvivalHorror genres to currently be in one.
* DolledUpInstallment: Lampshaded in his "Best of 2012" video, noting that neither ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' nor ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' are [[InNameOnly related in any meaningful way]] with their respective franchises.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Apparently he hates being called Ben by people on the internet. In one podcast, Yug and Matt of Australian Gamer (his best buds) stated that they don't even call him that in real life. Matt says everyone except his ''parents'' calls him Yahtzee.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: In his ''MedalOfHonor: Airborne'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/12-MOH-Airborne review]], he refers to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower German flak tower]] as a "doom fortress".
* DopeSlap: Yahtzee's been known to do this to viewers for [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer continuing to buy sequels]] ("Sonic doesn't need another game; he needs help!").
** He also headslapped anyone who chooses to play as [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft the Alliance.]]
** For retrogressing back into a plain villain again, Bowser earned a slap with a rolled-up newspaper.
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