History HilariousInHindsight / ZeroPunctuation

* As pointed out in [[https://www.cracked.com/article_26671_5-famous-games-inspired-by-most-absolutely-random-things.html this article on]] Website/{{Cracked}}, Yahtzee's joke review of ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' seems eerily prophetic of a large number of plot elements used in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', particularly when it comes to adding humanity and depth to a previously bland character, being spurred into action by a love interest begging him to help, being set after the villains have taken over, and starting in the ghettos before finishing on the moon.

* One that grew ever more hilarious with time; in his review of ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' he opened by commenting on how Creator/FromSoftware's business strategy seemed to based around doing one thing that nobody else did to force all the people who were into that thing (in this case, punishingly-hard, exploration-focused action RPG games with subtle storytelling) to come to them exclusively. Since then, SoulslikeRPG has become an entire genre unto itself with countless other developers getting into it.

* In his ''Let's Drown Out'' of ''VideoGame/{{Agario}}'', Yahtzee lamented the dearth of old-school style shooters like ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'' and ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'', declaring that if he were ever backed by a triple-A studio, he'd create a game where "you can run around at the fucking land speed record, you can hold ten guns, no fucking reloading animations; you just shoot and shoot again, and firing speed will be what balances weapon effectiveness. And monsters with like, locational damage and limbs that fly off. And really satisfying gore effects. Big explosions." Just a few months after the video, ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' was released, with virtually all the features that he described and more.

* In his ''Let's Drown Out'' of ''VideoGame/Agario'', Yahtzee lamented the dearth of old-school style shooters like ''VideoGame/Painkiller'' and ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'', declaring that if he were ever backed by a triple-A studio
he'd create a game where "you can run around at the fucking land speed record, you can hold ten guns, no fucking reloading animations; you just shoot and shoot again, and firing speed will be what balances weapon effectiveness. And monsters with like, locational damage and limbs that fly off. And really satisfying gore effects. Big explosions." Just a few months after the video, ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' was released, with virtually all the features that he described and more.

* In his review for ''[[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', Yahtzee rails against a misfired example of a NotSoDifferentRemark in an exchange between Spider-Man and Carnage, saying that Spider-Man could have simply replied by saying that they are different. Such an exchange happens from Venom's perspective in ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'', in response to the same villain, no less.

* In the ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', Yahtzee says that Nintendo's [[UsefulNotes/WiiU Wii U-era]] problems would eventually straighten themselves out. He was [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch absolutely right on the money]].

* Yahtzee builds his retro review of ''VideoGame/SilentHill4TheRoom'' off of the idea that Konami supposedly considers it an OldShame and would thus never rerelease it. Two years later, Konami did quite the opposite, [[https://www.gog.com/game/silent_hill_4_the_room?pp=44a1b665cceda52001aa6fa3bb69d2cfefc0a91c releasing a patched version of the PC version on GoG]].

* This exchange from his review of ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2008'' referring to two hypothetical developers as a metaphor for good ideas with poor execution, upon realizing that absolutely everything within this exchange is a core game mechanic of ''VideoGame/{{Lit}}'':

* Pretty much the entirety of the ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' review (which largely consisted of him lambasting it as an entirely-unnecessary sequel to a game that tied itself up nicely) is this once his Top 5 of 2013 episode came out and labeled ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' as the best game of 2013.

-->'''Yahtzee:''' ''(on Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale)'' I remember thinking Sony must've been fucking kicking themselves for letting Nintendo use Solid Snake, 'cause it meant they had to do with Raiden instead, the knockoff of the popular one that nobody likes. But then I thought "Wait! Actually, that makes him fucking ideal, doesn't it? He's the fucking metaphor for the whole game!"

* In his ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}'' review, Yahtzee jokes that Torchlight likely won't ever be ported to consoles (which it later actually was two years later on Xbox Live Arcade) until a console has a controller the size of a "tea tray", a few years later he would use that exact term to describe the Wii U's controller, to say nothing of the rise in popularity of lapboards.

* A complaint for ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'' involved the lead character Jodie Holmes spending part of her time "staring at hunky boys". Some time later, Holmes' voice and mocap performer Creator/ElliotPage initially came out of the closet as a lesbian woman, and then several years later as a [[{{Transgender}} transman]].

* At the end of the review for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'', Yahtzee claims that he can "use a syringe to remove the filling from a Cadbury's Creme Egg and replace it with Branston Pickle, but it wouldn't be a good idea" before putting the video on standby mode; after the credits roll, the scene returns to Yahtzee, now a complete mess, saying that the surgery wasn't a good idea. Seven years later, there was a [=YouTube=] video called [[https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFoodSurgeon/videos The Food Surgeon]] (2016-2018), in which the titular protagonist makes autopsies and surgeries on food, including candy bars.

* In Yahtzee's review of ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'', when he's remarking on the strange number of similarities between the Hiss and the Dark Presence from ''VideoGame/AlanWake'', he muses that the two entities are "[[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily probably on nodding terms]] because they do all the same shit." In the ''[=AWE=]'' [=DLC=] for ''Control'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Hiss and Dark Presence actually '''[[EvilVersusEvil hate]]''' [[EnemyCivilWar each other]].]]

* While nominating his worst game of 2012, ''VideoGame/{{Amy}}'', Yahtzee speculates that the developers released the game right at the start of the year in the hopes that it would be either forgotten or eclipsed by an even worse game. Come his retrospective of the 2010s, both sentiments came to fruition; his introduction includes the comment "Who the fuck remembers ''Amy'', besides whatever poor twat hinge-invested in it and now presumably makes his Christmas dinner by peeling old lettuce leaves off the sides of compost bins?", and his ranking of the worst games of the decade has ''Amy'' ranked as the 2nd worst of the 2010s behind ''VideoGame/HuntDownTheFreeman''.

* In Yahtzee's review of ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'', when he's remarking on the strange number of similarities between the Hiss from ''Control'' and the Dark Presence from ''VideoGame/AlanWake'', he muses that the two entities are "[[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily probably on nodding terms]] because they do all the same shit." In the ''[=AWE=]'' [=DLC=] for ''Control'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Hiss and Dark Presence actually '''[[EvilVersusEvil hate]]''' [[EnemyCivilWar each other]].]]

* In Yahtzee's review of ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'', when he's remarking on the strange number of similarities between the Hiss from ''Control'' and the Dark Presence from ''VideoGame/AlanWake'', he muses that the two entities are "[[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily probably on nodding terms]] because they do all the same shit." In the ''[=AWE=]'' [=DLC=] for ''Control'', it's revealed that the Hiss and Dark Presence actually '''[[EvilVersusEvil hate]]''' [[EnemyCivilWar each other]].]]

* In his review of ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'', he had no idea who Creator/JamesGunn was, and had to look him up on IMDB, reading off that he was one of the writers of the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movies. His star has risen a little since then.