History ShoutOut / ZeroPunctuation

* During Yahtzee's review of ''VideoGame/{{Superhot}}'', he says, "The aesthetic deliberately goes for the retro computer look, so the menus are all in ASCII and there is added scan lines, bloom and curving at the edges to look like it's on a CRT monitor, a style that is just now veering over into being prevalent enough in indie games to start trying my patience." During the time he says it, an UsefulNotes/{{Apple II}}I appears in front of him and the screen becomes distorted a bit.

** "[[Music/{{Blondie}} The Man from Mars Who Eats Guitars.]]"

* Mention of the {{Alternate Universe}}s in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' is illustrated by a chart with the home timeline in the centre and two other branches labelled "616 Universe" (the MarvelUniverse) and "Alternative 1986" (from ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'').

* In the review for ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDarkIllumination'', Yahtzee describes the "monsters being vulnerable in light" plot as complicated: "But the enemies constantly respawn and you're not going to be completing the current arbitrary fetch quest standing under a streetlight like a mournful hooker in a gritty musical." Cue Yahtzee dressed as Fantine from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', standing under a streetlight singing "I Dreamed a Dream".

** Also, he makes a few mentions of Creator/AntoineDeSaintExupery and Rene Descartes, along with LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}'s quote "Ah! It's so existential!"

* When describing [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]] as a massive nerd, he's shown lusting over LightNovel/{{Haruhi Suzumiya}}.

* When he comments on how he views the Hunters from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3'' as TheScrappy, he depicts them as [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Leonardo]].

* In Yahtzee's review of ''VideoGame/{{Dark}}'', he mockingly compares the protagonist's name "Eric Bane" to the [[{{Ghostwriter}} pseudonym]] under which "a struggling author writes erotic ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' knock-offs". For bonus points, Yahtzee's fake paranormal romance novel cover is highly Lovecraftian in design as a nod to the ''Literature/ViridianSaga''.

** "Every time I'm chased into another non-obvious dead end, it's annoying in the same way as losing another round of Connect Four to a hyperactive twelve-year-old with poor sportsmanship."

* The ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' review contains a brief reference to Website/ThisVeryWiki (at about 0:55). It is appropriately {{meta}}, with a {{nerd}}y figure popping up [[FreezeFrameBonus in the background]] to {{lampshade|Hanging}} that this is, indeed, a ShoutOut.

* The ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' review contains a brief reference to Wiki/ThisVeryWiki (at about 0:55). It is appropriately {{meta}}, with a {{nerd}}y figure popping up [[FreezeFrameBonus in the background]] to {{lampshade|Hanging}} that this is, indeed, a ShoutOut.

* In the review for ''[[VideoGame/StarControl Star Control: Origins]]'': "Hesitant as I am to complain in this age of patching it in post, which means it might be fixed after this comes out or the entire game replaced with eighteen hours of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hampsterdance_Song The Hampster]][[WesternAnimation/RobinHood dance]]."

* In his review for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'': "I'm reminded of that line from Creator/HeathLedger's [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]: [[Film/TheDarkKnight "I think you and I are destined to do this forever"]]; a line that proved slightly ironic for Heath Ledger..." ''["Well, that was pointless."]''