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** Frequently brings this up with ''CallOfDuty''. For the record, he actually thought that the original ''Modern Warfare'' was a good game, he only hates the games that came after it. As of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'', he's lumped that in with the ''{{VideoGame/Fifa}}'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' series as a yearly sequel that doesn't actually alter much.
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** Frequently brings this up with ''CallOfDuty''. For the record, he actually thought that the original ''Modern Warfare'' was a good game, he only hates the games that came after it. As of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'', he's lumped that in with the ''{{VideoGame/Fifa}}'' ''VideoGame/FIFASoccer'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' series as a yearly sequel that doesn't actually alter much.
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** Frequently brings this up with ''CallOfDuty''. For the record, he actually thought that the original ''Modern Warfare'' was a good game, he only hates the games that came after it.
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** Frequently brings this up with ''CallOfDuty''. For the record, he actually thought that the original ''Modern Warfare'' was a good game, he only hates the games that came after it. As of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'', he's lumped that in with the ''{{VideoGame/Fifa}}'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' series as a yearly sequel that doesn't actually alter much.
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** Inevitably scattered everywhere in his review of ''Risen3TitanLords'', but the crowning came in his closing joke:
--> It's too dull to get irate about. Or should I say '''P'''-irate. Ha haha haha, hahahaha!
--> It's too dull to get irate about. Or should I say '''P'''-irate. Ha haha haha, hahahaha!
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** "You want a review score? How about FOUR, as in '''FOUR-K YOU'''!"
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** "You want a review score? like numbers? How about FOUR, as in '''FOUR-K YOU'''!"
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** With''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheOrcarinaOfTime'' Yahtzee states that by finally playing on it, it only soured his opinion more on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword.]]''
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** With''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheOrcarinaOfTime'' With ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' Yahtzee states that by finally playing on it, it only soured his opinion more on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword.]]''
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** With''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOrcarinaOfTime'' Yahtzee states that by finally playing on it, it only soured his opinion more on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword.]]''
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** With''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOrcarinaOfTime'' With''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheOrcarinaOfTime'' Yahtzee states that by finally playing on it, it only soured his opinion more on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword.]]''
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** With''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOrcarinaOfTime'' Yahtzee states that by finally playing on it, it only soured his opinion more on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword.]]''
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* InferredHolocaust: [[invoked]] States the one of these most happened during ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'' where America launched a genocide against everyone that isn't a "burly wide dude'' noting that the campaign only has three, all of the whom die, and that people make more of a fuss over their dog dying in the game than the African American's death.
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* InferredHolocaust: [[invoked]] States the one of these most happened during ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'' where America launched a genocide against everyone that isn't a "burly wide dude'' noting that the campaign only has three, three who you don't have to kill, all of the whom die, and that people make more of a fuss over their dog dying in the game than the African American's death.
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* ItsShortSoItSucks: [[invoked]] Inverted with ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''
--> OK, it's only two to three hours long, but that's a good length for it, it means that it doesn't outstay its welcome
--> OK, it's only two to three hours long, but that's a good length for it, it means that it doesn't outstay its welcome
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* IdiotHero: [[RedFactionArmageddon Darius Mason]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3942-Red-Faction-Armageddon pissed him off]] to no end:
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* IdiotHero: [[RedFactionArmageddon [[VideoGame/RedFactionArmageddon Darius Mason]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3942-Red-Faction-Armageddon pissed him off]] to no end:
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* InnocentBigot: How he viewed the controversy surrounding ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'':
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* InnocentBigot: InnocentBigot[=/=]HanlonsRazor: How he viewed the controversy surrounding ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'':
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** "[[VideoGame/WatchDogs Watch Underscore Dogs]]"
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** The entire opening of ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' was one giant, lovingly crafted {{lampshade}} about the IncrediblyLamePun that the name ''VideoGame/JustCause'' offers -- in the format "Why X?" "VideoGame/JustCause!". He then subverts it -- see RuleOfThree, below.
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** The entire opening of ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' was one giant, lovingly crafted {{lampshade}} about the IncrediblyLamePun that the name ''VideoGame/JustCause'' offers -- in the format "Why X?" "VideoGame/JustCause!". He then subverts it -- see RuleOfThree, below.RuleOfThree.
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-->"Did no-one else think it was weird for the character in image 110 to wearing a sling when he only has free-floating circular hands?"
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-->"Did no-one else think it was weird for the character in image 110 to be wearing a sling when he only has free-floating circular hands?"
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* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me]]: In his ''VideoGame/Yakuza: Dead Souls'' review Yahtzee says he wants "take [Akiyama] home and mount him to my kitchen wall so my kids will have an appropriate role model to look at over their Honey Nut Cheerios every morning".
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* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me]]: In his ''VideoGame/Yakuza: ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}: Dead Souls'' review Yahtzee says he wants "take "I just want to take [Akiyama] home and mount him to my kitchen wall so my kids will have an appropriate role model to look at over their Honey Nut Cheerios every morning".
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* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me]]: In his ''VideoGame/Yakuza: Dead Souls'' review Yahtzee says he wants "take [Akiyama] home and mount him to my kitchen wall so my kids will have an appropriate role model to look at over their Honey Nut Cheerios every morning".
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** ItsHardSoItSucks: Also brings this up with games like ''VideoGame/DemonSouls'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', and ''VideoGame.{{Bayonetta}}''.
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** ItsHardSoItSucks: Also brings this up with games like ''VideoGame/DemonSouls'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', and ''VideoGame.{{Bayonetta}}''.''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''.
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** The game is called ''"VideoGame.AShadowsTale"'', not ''"Lost In Shadow"''.
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* InvincibleHero: He mentioned in his ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' review that Batman's status as this tends to undermine whatever threat the enemies what have and whatever horror the game is trying to evoke.
-->''Batman is always the least interesting character in anything he's in.''
-->''Batman is always the least interesting character in anything he's in.''
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* InferredHolocaust: [[invoked]] States the one of these most happened during ''VideoGame.CallOfDutyGhosts'' where America launched a genocide against everyone that isn't a "burly wide dude'' noting that the campaign only has three, all of the whom die, and that people make more of a fuss over their dog dying in the game than the African American's death.
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* InferredHolocaust: [[invoked]] States the one of these most happened during ''VideoGame.CallOfDutyGhosts'' ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'' where America launched a genocide against everyone that isn't a "burly wide dude'' noting that the campaign only has three, all of the whom die, and that people make more of a fuss over their dog dying in the game than the African American's death.
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** "[[VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight Faster Than Light]] [[ColonCancer Colon]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Faster Than Light]]"
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*** However, Yahtzee seems to have abandoned this opinion since playing VideoGame/SaintsRow2.
-->'''Yahtzee:''' [I] was spending most of my time in a blurry haze in which I mistook the slightest mental stimulation for actual fun. It wasn't until recently when Saints Row 2 came along that I remembered what a fun sandbox game is and isn't.
-->'''Yahtzee:''' [I] was spending most of my time in a blurry haze in which I mistook the slightest mental stimulation for actual fun. It wasn't until recently when Saints Row 2 came along that I remembered what a fun sandbox game is and isn't.
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* "[[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII Shite-ning and Hope-On-A-Rope.]]"
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** ''[[{{VideoGame/Flashback}} Flashback: Quest For Mediocrity]]'': An LP of the maligned [[VideoGameRemake 3-D remake]].
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* "[[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII Shite-ning and Hope-On-A-Rope.]]"
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** ''[[{{VideoGame/Flashback}} Flashback: Quest For Mediocrity]]'': An LP of the maligned [[VideoGameRemake 3-D remake]].
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** "[[{{VideoGame/Battlefield}} Twattlefield]]" and "[[ModernWarefare Modern Borefare]]"
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** And, of course, "[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Spunk]][[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Gargle]][[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor WeeWee]]."
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** And, of course, "[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Spunk]][[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Gargle]][[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor WeeWee]].""
** And, of course, "[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Spunk]][[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Gargle]][[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor WeeWee]].
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** The "[[XboxOne XBone]]" and the "[[PlayStation4 PsPoor]]"
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** "[[MonkeyIsland Donkey Island]]" and "[[DayOfTheTentacle Day of the Testicle"]]
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* IdiotHero: [[RedFactionArmageddon Darius Mason]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3942-Red-Faction-Armageddon pissed him off]] to no end:
-->"Not to dampen your sense of victory, Darius, mate, but why didn't you [fix the terraforming machine] three years ago ''right after it broke?'' You '''''DUMB''''' [{{dopeslap}}] '''''BALD''''' [dopeslap] '''''TWAT.'''''
* ILoveNuclearPower:
-->"''[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} Ess-Tee-Ay-Ell-Kay-Ee-Ar: Clear Sky]]'' is set in the area surrounding an alternative post-disaster Chernobyl, where presumably the station ran on fairy dust before the meltdown and released a cloud of ''magic'' instead of boring old radiation..."
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon:
-->"All you really need to know is that there is a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning. I wish I could make something like that up. It shoots shurikens and lightning! It could only possibly more awesome if it had tits and was ''[[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]!''"
* IncrediblyLamePun: On occasion, not just of the [[VisualPun visual variety:]]
--> "You only get to see like one second of bare arse anyway so it's hardly going to make your [[Franchise/MassEffect mass erect]]" ... immediately followed in the credits with: [[LampshadeHanging "Yeah, this whole review]] was [[OverlyPrepreparedGag leading up]] to [[LampshadeHanging that horrible pun at the end."]]
** In the ''RedFaction: Guerilla'' review, he says in the end that game could have went pretty well if it really was based off sneaky guerilla warfare, as opposed to its focus on [[StuffBlowingUp smashing stuff]] "... which is less guerilla and more chimpanzee." Followed by the credits gag "Spent ten years thinking up that last pun."
** [[BaldursGate "...Balder's Gait."]] (''TooHuman'')
** "''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', that is!"
** The ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' review starts by lampshading this to allow him to make "Why? Just 'cause!" jokes "ironically".
** "Bits of it were so boring that I almost had a ''VideoGame/NieR''-death experience! Boosh!"
** "I [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3652-Alice-Madness-Returns don't see]] ''[[VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns Alice: Madness Returns]]'' making mad returns, [[{{Pun}} meheh myeh]]."
** In his review of ''Monster Hunter Tri'' "You play an adventurer-type showing up at the prerequisite village of immobile retards in a time when dinosaurs ruled the earth to try to be a hunter of monsters. A Monster Hunter Try, if you will."
** Not to mention his credits pun in AlienVsPredator: "Alias vs Editor".
** "You want a review score? How about FOUR, as in '''FOUR-K YOU'''!"
** In the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5323-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic credits]] of ''StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': "I'm so force sensitive I clean my swimming pool with midichlorine."
** In ''SniperEliteV2'' he calls it at one point Sniper Elite Wee Poo, then chuckles at it.
* IndecisiveDeconstruction: He considers ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'''s label of "dark fantasy" to be laughable, naming the difference between it and any other piece of Tolkienesque fantasy to be one of degrees. Sure, [[BloodierAndGorier it's bloody]] and [[HotterAndSexier there's sex in it]] and [[RealIsBrown the palette's all brown]], but you're still living in a MedievalStasis world, you still choose between [[OurElvesAreBetter an agile pointy-eared elf]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame a stout bearded dwarf]], and [[HumansAreBastards an asshole human]], your classes are still the warrior/rogue/mage combo that's been around since ''OD&D'', and you still run around with an adventuring party, doing odd jobs and fighting AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters.
* IndecisiveParody: One of his biggest problems with ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' was that its parody seemed to consist mostly of BetterThanABareBulb.
* InferredHolocaust: [[invoked]] States the one of these most happened during ''VideoGame.CallOfDutyGhosts'' where America launched a genocide against everyone that isn't a "burly wide dude'' noting that the campaign only has three, all of the whom die, and that people make more of a fuss over their dog dying in the game than the African American's death.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: Warfighter ([[RunningGag ha ha ha]]),
* InnocentBigot: How he viewed the controversy surrounding ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'':
-->''...one really shouldn't worry about this sort of thing unless there's genuine hatred behind it, and I don't get that impression. Capcom aren't bad people, they're just idiots.''
* InsistentTerminology: "Jaaaaaaames" Sunderland of ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' fame.
** Also, "Call of ''[[FunetikAksent Hwa-rez]]!''".
*** Also from that review, there's "Wee'um"[[labelnote:*]]William[[/labelnote]].
** And [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Brew]]-[[VideoGame/BrutalLegend tal Legend]].
** "Demon's-S-S-S-Souls", as a take on his difficulty in saying the name properly.
** "[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} Ess-Tee-Ay-Ell-Kay-Ee-Ar: Clear Sky]]".
** "[[{{MMORPG}} Mumorpuger]]" and "[[XboxLiveArcade Ka-splah]]" get a lot of use.
** "[[VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalur Kingdoms of Uhrrpadurr]]"
** "[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Kid Icarus]]: Upskirting"
** "Split [[UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish Stroke]] Second Colon Velocity"
** "[[VideoGame/MaxPayne Max Complayne]]."
** "[[Film/ISpitOnYourGrave I Spit On Your]] [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Tomb]]"
** The game is called ''"VideoGame.AShadowsTale"'', not ''"Lost In Shadow"''.
** "[[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} Dish On A Red]]"
** "[[Videogame/BeyondTwoSouls The Ellen Page David Cage Rage Gauge]]"
** And, of course, "[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Spunk]][[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Gargle]][[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor WeeWee]]."
** "Cod Blops" for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps".
* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Joked about. [[invoked]]
--> One should always support the independents, at least until they start making money, the ''soulless sellout fucks.''
** Admittedly, averted by his ''GearsOfWar 2'' review, in which he admits that things are often mainstream because they're good. (Or because WillSmith is in it.)
* ItsEasySoItSucks: [[invoked]] Too many examples to count.
** ItsHardSoItSucks: Also brings this up with games like ''VideoGame/DemonSouls'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', and ''VideoGame.{{Bayonetta}}''.
* ItsTheSameSoItSucks:[[invoked]] He tends to be particularly critical of sequels that don't add much or differ from what the original was. Examples including ''VideoGame/BioShock2'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'', and, to a smaller point, ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2''.
** Frequently brings this up with ''CallOfDuty''. For the record, he actually thought that the original ''Modern Warfare'' was a good game, he only hates the games that came after it.
* ItsUpToYou: He notes that early missions in ''[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky]]'' have a tendency to solve themselves, which is a good attempt to avert this, but a bit bizarre to play.
* ItWasHisSled: [[invoked]] {{Lampshaded}}; before pointing out the flaws of the plot of ''Creator/TomClancy's VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'', he says to stop paying attention until the "generic rock music" of the credits if you want to avoid spoilers. In the credits his avatar and a single imp hand out a series of this type of spoilers (they even start with [[Film/CitizenKane THAT sled]]).
* JerkassHasAPoint: Pretty much the premise of his reviews; he accurately points out problems in games while tearing into the developers who produced them and the consumers who continue to buy and defend them.
* JumpedTheShark: [[invoked]] {{Lampshade}}d in the end credits of his ''LEGO Indy'' review, the first time the new, original opening and closing song was used, rather than two licensed songs:
--> "Now this is all looking a lot more professional, isn't it, although I'm certain some of you pricks are already putting this down as my shark jumping moment."
* JustOneMoreLevel: ''Videogame/{{Peggle}}'' (and other PopCapGames) are [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7-Peggle described]] as "the gaming equivalent of premium crack cocaine."
--> "I started playing ''Videogame/{{Peggle}}'' in the afternoon, and emerged some time later to find the authorities had declared me legally dead."
** After flooding prevented him from leaving his apartment and thus getting a new game to review:
--> First thought: "Oh, cock! All the nearest game retailers are in the CBD[[note]]Central Business District[[/note]] because some retarded pile of cartilage on the town planning department thought it'd be a great idea to put thirty EB Games shops within the same ten square yards." Second thought: "Oh, balls! With humanitarian aid selfishly obstructing the delivery services, I won't be seeing any of my imports any time soon, either!" Third thought: "Oh, goody! That means I can go back inside and keep playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''!"
** "A good [[WideOpenSandbox sandbox]] is one where you can mess about for hours after making the hollow promise to yourself that you'll stop any minute now, and ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' certainly has that."
*** He also states that ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}'' is the prince of jumping around time wasting. Claiming that even the mere act of getting around the city is surprisingly addicting.
** ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' certainly [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6468-XCOM-Enemy-Unknown qualifies]]:
-->'''Yahtzee:''' "I was just going to play a bit of the next mission but I ended up playing the whole thing and then the next two"
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' despite all the flaws he points out he says the game is very addicting and requires a lot of committed time and he will probably resume playing the game after his review is done.
* KickTheDog: In his ''VideoGame/{{Fable|I}}'' review:
--> No puppies were harmed in the making of this video, [[NoExceptYes except for one who genuinely deserved it.]]
* KillAndReplace: Accused [[VideoGame/{{Resistance}} Insomniac Games]] of murdering Creator/{{Valve|Software}} and making a [[FollowTheLeader skin suit]] out of it.
* LampshadeHanging: The end tag on the ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'' review, regarding the art style.
-->"Did no-one else think it was weird for the character in image 110 to wearing a sling when he only has free-floating circular hands?"
** The entire opening of ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' was one giant, lovingly crafted {{lampshade}} about the IncrediblyLamePun that the name ''VideoGame/JustCause'' offers -- in the format "Why X?" "VideoGame/JustCause!". He then subverts it -- see RuleOfThree, below.
* LandDownUnder: Yahtzee was born in Britain but moved to Australia, and often makes jokes about it.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution'' has breathtaking visuals, the impish appeal of stealth, rewarding exploration, but most importantly, you can pick up every vending machine in the building and pack them in the office of your least favorite co-worker.
** "...''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', a Japanese game centrally about the difficulties of relationships, such as unexpected pregnancy, the impetus of commitment, and being chased up an infinite staircase by a giant, monstrous girlfriend trying to eat you with her butt. [[WidgetSeries Did I mention it's Japanese?]]"
* LeaveThePlotThreadsHanging:[[invoked]] Discussed in the review of ''VideoGame/{{Condemned}} 2''.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: The cross-dressing contest between [[VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}} Cole]] and [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Alex]].
** Same could be said regarding RTS games. After his experience with ''VideoGame/HaloWars'', Yahtzee has apparently decided to never touch the genre again.
** Explained further in "On RTS", in which he explains he's not good at RTS ''and'' he doesn't like the impersonal disconnect one gets between story characters and units and the player.
* LimitedSocialCircle: "I asked everyone I know and neither of them had heard of it either." (''VideoGame/NieR'')
* LonersAreFreaks: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in his column on "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/9967-Hating-Multiplayer-Creep Hating Multiplayer Creep]]". It is unsurprisingly a PetPeeveTrope of his.
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-->"Not to dampen your sense of victory, Darius, mate, but why didn't you [fix the terraforming machine] three years ago ''right after it broke?'' You '''''DUMB''''' [{{dopeslap}}] '''''BALD''''' [dopeslap] '''''TWAT.'''''
* ILoveNuclearPower:
-->"''[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} Ess-Tee-Ay-Ell-Kay-Ee-Ar: Clear Sky]]'' is set in the area surrounding an alternative post-disaster Chernobyl, where presumably the station ran on fairy dust before the meltdown and released a cloud of ''magic'' instead of boring old radiation..."
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon:
-->"All you really need to know is that there is a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning. I wish I could make something like that up. It shoots shurikens and lightning! It could only possibly more awesome if it had tits and was ''[[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]!''"
* IncrediblyLamePun: On occasion, not just of the [[VisualPun visual variety:]]
--> "You only get to see like one second of bare arse anyway so it's hardly going to make your [[Franchise/MassEffect mass erect]]" ... immediately followed in the credits with: [[LampshadeHanging "Yeah, this whole review]] was [[OverlyPrepreparedGag leading up]] to [[LampshadeHanging that horrible pun at the end."]]
** In the ''RedFaction: Guerilla'' review, he says in the end that game could have went pretty well if it really was based off sneaky guerilla warfare, as opposed to its focus on [[StuffBlowingUp smashing stuff]] "... which is less guerilla and more chimpanzee." Followed by the credits gag "Spent ten years thinking up that last pun."
** [[BaldursGate "...Balder's Gait."]] (''TooHuman'')
** "''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', that is!"
** The ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' review starts by lampshading this to allow him to make "Why? Just 'cause!" jokes "ironically".
** "Bits of it were so boring that I almost had a ''VideoGame/NieR''-death experience! Boosh!"
** "I [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3652-Alice-Madness-Returns don't see]] ''[[VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns Alice: Madness Returns]]'' making mad returns, [[{{Pun}} meheh myeh]]."
** In his review of ''Monster Hunter Tri'' "You play an adventurer-type showing up at the prerequisite village of immobile retards in a time when dinosaurs ruled the earth to try to be a hunter of monsters. A Monster Hunter Try, if you will."
** Not to mention his credits pun in AlienVsPredator: "Alias vs Editor".
** "You want a review score? How about FOUR, as in '''FOUR-K YOU'''!"
** In the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5323-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic credits]] of ''StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': "I'm so force sensitive I clean my swimming pool with midichlorine."
** In ''SniperEliteV2'' he calls it at one point Sniper Elite Wee Poo, then chuckles at it.
* IndecisiveDeconstruction: He considers ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'''s label of "dark fantasy" to be laughable, naming the difference between it and any other piece of Tolkienesque fantasy to be one of degrees. Sure, [[BloodierAndGorier it's bloody]] and [[HotterAndSexier there's sex in it]] and [[RealIsBrown the palette's all brown]], but you're still living in a MedievalStasis world, you still choose between [[OurElvesAreBetter an agile pointy-eared elf]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame a stout bearded dwarf]], and [[HumansAreBastards an asshole human]], your classes are still the warrior/rogue/mage combo that's been around since ''OD&D'', and you still run around with an adventuring party, doing odd jobs and fighting AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters.
* IndecisiveParody: One of his biggest problems with ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' was that its parody seemed to consist mostly of BetterThanABareBulb.
* InferredHolocaust: [[invoked]] States the one of these most happened during ''VideoGame.CallOfDutyGhosts'' where America launched a genocide against everyone that isn't a "burly wide dude'' noting that the campaign only has three, all of the whom die, and that people make more of a fuss over their dog dying in the game than the African American's death.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: Warfighter ([[RunningGag ha ha ha]]),
* InnocentBigot: How he viewed the controversy surrounding ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'':
-->''...one really shouldn't worry about this sort of thing unless there's genuine hatred behind it, and I don't get that impression. Capcom aren't bad people, they're just idiots.''
* InsistentTerminology: "Jaaaaaaames" Sunderland of ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' fame.
** Also, "Call of ''[[FunetikAksent Hwa-rez]]!''".
*** Also from that review, there's "Wee'um"[[labelnote:*]]William[[/labelnote]].
** And [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Brew]]-[[VideoGame/BrutalLegend tal Legend]].
** "Demon's-S-S-S-Souls", as a take on his difficulty in saying the name properly.
** "[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} Ess-Tee-Ay-Ell-Kay-Ee-Ar: Clear Sky]]".
** "[[{{MMORPG}} Mumorpuger]]" and "[[XboxLiveArcade Ka-splah]]" get a lot of use.
** "[[VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalur Kingdoms of Uhrrpadurr]]"
** "[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Kid Icarus]]: Upskirting"
** "Split [[UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish Stroke]] Second Colon Velocity"
** "[[VideoGame/MaxPayne Max Complayne]]."
** "[[Film/ISpitOnYourGrave I Spit On Your]] [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Tomb]]"
** The game is called ''"VideoGame.AShadowsTale"'', not ''"Lost In Shadow"''.
** "[[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} Dish On A Red]]"
** "[[Videogame/BeyondTwoSouls The Ellen Page David Cage Rage Gauge]]"
** And, of course, "[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Spunk]][[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Gargle]][[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor WeeWee]]."
** "Cod Blops" for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps".
* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Joked about. [[invoked]]
--> One should always support the independents, at least until they start making money, the ''soulless sellout fucks.''
** Admittedly, averted by his ''GearsOfWar 2'' review, in which he admits that things are often mainstream because they're good. (Or because WillSmith is in it.)
* ItsEasySoItSucks: [[invoked]] Too many examples to count.
** ItsHardSoItSucks: Also brings this up with games like ''VideoGame/DemonSouls'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', and ''VideoGame.{{Bayonetta}}''.
* ItsTheSameSoItSucks:[[invoked]] He tends to be particularly critical of sequels that don't add much or differ from what the original was. Examples including ''VideoGame/BioShock2'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'', and, to a smaller point, ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2''.
** Frequently brings this up with ''CallOfDuty''. For the record, he actually thought that the original ''Modern Warfare'' was a good game, he only hates the games that came after it.
* ItsUpToYou: He notes that early missions in ''[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky]]'' have a tendency to solve themselves, which is a good attempt to avert this, but a bit bizarre to play.
* ItWasHisSled: [[invoked]] {{Lampshaded}}; before pointing out the flaws of the plot of ''Creator/TomClancy's VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'', he says to stop paying attention until the "generic rock music" of the credits if you want to avoid spoilers. In the credits his avatar and a single imp hand out a series of this type of spoilers (they even start with [[Film/CitizenKane THAT sled]]).
* JerkassHasAPoint: Pretty much the premise of his reviews; he accurately points out problems in games while tearing into the developers who produced them and the consumers who continue to buy and defend them.
* JumpedTheShark: [[invoked]] {{Lampshade}}d in the end credits of his ''LEGO Indy'' review, the first time the new, original opening and closing song was used, rather than two licensed songs:
--> "Now this is all looking a lot more professional, isn't it, although I'm certain some of you pricks are already putting this down as my shark jumping moment."
* JustOneMoreLevel: ''Videogame/{{Peggle}}'' (and other PopCapGames) are [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7-Peggle described]] as "the gaming equivalent of premium crack cocaine."
--> "I started playing ''Videogame/{{Peggle}}'' in the afternoon, and emerged some time later to find the authorities had declared me legally dead."
** After flooding prevented him from leaving his apartment and thus getting a new game to review:
--> First thought: "Oh, cock! All the nearest game retailers are in the CBD[[note]]Central Business District[[/note]] because some retarded pile of cartilage on the town planning department thought it'd be a great idea to put thirty EB Games shops within the same ten square yards." Second thought: "Oh, balls! With humanitarian aid selfishly obstructing the delivery services, I won't be seeing any of my imports any time soon, either!" Third thought: "Oh, goody! That means I can go back inside and keep playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''!"
** "A good [[WideOpenSandbox sandbox]] is one where you can mess about for hours after making the hollow promise to yourself that you'll stop any minute now, and ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' certainly has that."
*** He also states that ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}'' is the prince of jumping around time wasting. Claiming that even the mere act of getting around the city is surprisingly addicting.
** ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' certainly [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6468-XCOM-Enemy-Unknown qualifies]]:
-->'''Yahtzee:''' "I was just going to play a bit of the next mission but I ended up playing the whole thing and then the next two"
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' despite all the flaws he points out he says the game is very addicting and requires a lot of committed time and he will probably resume playing the game after his review is done.
* KickTheDog: In his ''VideoGame/{{Fable|I}}'' review:
--> No puppies were harmed in the making of this video, [[NoExceptYes except for one who genuinely deserved it.]]
* KillAndReplace: Accused [[VideoGame/{{Resistance}} Insomniac Games]] of murdering Creator/{{Valve|Software}} and making a [[FollowTheLeader skin suit]] out of it.
* LampshadeHanging: The end tag on the ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'' review, regarding the art style.
-->"Did no-one else think it was weird for the character in image 110 to wearing a sling when he only has free-floating circular hands?"
** The entire opening of ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' was one giant, lovingly crafted {{lampshade}} about the IncrediblyLamePun that the name ''VideoGame/JustCause'' offers -- in the format "Why X?" "VideoGame/JustCause!". He then subverts it -- see RuleOfThree, below.
* LandDownUnder: Yahtzee was born in Britain but moved to Australia, and often makes jokes about it.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution'' has breathtaking visuals, the impish appeal of stealth, rewarding exploration, but most importantly, you can pick up every vending machine in the building and pack them in the office of your least favorite co-worker.
** "...''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', a Japanese game centrally about the difficulties of relationships, such as unexpected pregnancy, the impetus of commitment, and being chased up an infinite staircase by a giant, monstrous girlfriend trying to eat you with her butt. [[WidgetSeries Did I mention it's Japanese?]]"
* LeaveThePlotThreadsHanging:[[invoked]] Discussed in the review of ''VideoGame/{{Condemned}} 2''.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: The cross-dressing contest between [[VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}} Cole]] and [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Alex]].
** Same could be said regarding RTS games. After his experience with ''VideoGame/HaloWars'', Yahtzee has apparently decided to never touch the genre again.
** Explained further in "On RTS", in which he explains he's not good at RTS ''and'' he doesn't like the impersonal disconnect one gets between story characters and units and the player.
* LimitedSocialCircle: "I asked everyone I know and neither of them had heard of it either." (''VideoGame/NieR'')
* LonersAreFreaks: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in his column on "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/9967-Hating-Multiplayer-Creep Hating Multiplayer Creep]]". It is unsurprisingly a PetPeeveTrope of his.
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