History WebVideo / JudgingByTheCover

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Yahtze gets annoyed at multiple parts of the blurb repeating itself while judging ''VideoGame/ChipsChallenge'', in particular the two parts about the levels getting steadily more difficult, and the first and last paragraphs being similar to each other.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Yahtze gets annoyed at multiple parts of the blurb repeating tiself while judging ''VideoGame/ChipsChallenge'', in particular the two parts about the levels gettign steadily more difficult, and the first and last paragraphs being similar to each other.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: On the cover for ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld'', what is the red ball of wool that Yoshi holds next to his nose supposed to represent? A bowling ball? A balloon? A prolapsed ovarian cyst?

--> "For God's sake!" they seem to say, "I just [[FacialHorror tore someone's nose off!]] No! Please don't go to the back of the box, you have to stop me before I kill again!"

--> "Unique"'s always a strange word to put in a blrub, isn't it? Because it's textbook damning with fine praise. A bloke who destroys Faberge eggs with sledgehammers could certainly be said to have a "unique" approach to antique restoration, but I dobut his workshop would stay in the black.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: {{Discussed|Trope}} during his critique of the poster for ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', along with PolishTheTurd.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: All of his videos are exclusively scored by a version of Music/PachelbelsCanon by Music/KevinMacLeod.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: All of his videos are exclusively scored by a version of Music/PachelbelsCanon by Creator/KevinMacLeod.

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: in the ''VideoGame/DooM'' episode, the demons are actually trying to get a look at Doomguy's gun, but jog his arm, causing him to shoot one of them in the face by accident, to their mutual (Doomguy and the imp he shot)[[MajorInjuryUnderReaction annoyance]].

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: in the ''VideoGame/DooM'' episode, the demons are actually trying to get a look at Doomguy's gun, but jog his arm, causing him to shoot one of them in the face by accident, to their mutual [[MajorInjuryUnderReaction annoyance]].

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: in the ''VideoGame/Doom1993'' episode, the demons are actually trying to get a look at Doomguy's gun, but jog his arm, causing him to shoot one of them in the face by accident, to their mutual [[MajorInjuryUnderReaction annoyance]].

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory[[invoked]]: His overanalyzing style spikes UpToEleven during his review of Music/TheBeatles' ''[[Music/TheWhiteAlbum White Album]]'', somehow extrapolating [[MinimalisticCoverArt the Beatles' name on a white background]] as a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. [[MindScrew Then he begins to admire imagery not visible to the viewer]] and it becomes clear that he's lost his mind.

* ChristmasEpisode: He's done a couple Christmas-themed episodes, not covering any video game or film artwork, but [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent classical-era paintings depicting the Nativity of Jesus]], first of ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' by Charles Le Brun in 2015, then ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adoration_of_the_Kings_(Gossaert) The Adoration of the Kings]]'' by Jan Gossaert in 2016.

* BaitAndSwitch: During his look at ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'', he starts off with the original Japanese cover art as part of a comparison to the international versions, noting to the audience off the bat that [[ThisIsGonnaSuck he knows what they're going with it when he says that]]. After going through said cover art, he moves onto the notoriously bad... ''European'' cover art, spending the rest of the episode on that version. [[spoiler:He only briefly addresses [[ContemptibleCover the vastly more infamous US artwork]] in TheStinger]].

* ContemptibleCover: Not all of the humor Yahtzee extracts from cover art is simply based on keen observation -- sometimes, the cover themselves have genuinely really glaring problems that make things much easier:
** In the ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' video, Yahtzee reviews the infamously bad, CG-heavy North American cover art in relation to the more-beloved Giorgio de Chirico-esque original cover art. He points out how in a weird twist, the North American cover contains precisely the same elements as the original (the two main characters and WindmillScenery), but in a new artstyle and majorly disorganized framing, which he infers was the result of [[PoorCommunicationKills garbled communication between artists.]]
** Noted on the original ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan1 Rock Man]]'' box art seems like every character was obsessed with Mega Man's ass, not helped by the frightened look on Mega Man's own face. The little-seen European cover featured what can only be described as "a 14 year old boy with dick-sucking lips".[[note]]And in case you're wondering about the notoriously bad US cover art, [[TheStinger all he says on it is "Looks fine to me!"]][[/note]]

** Noted on the original ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan1 Rock Man]]'' box art seems like every character was obsessed with Mega Man's ass, not helped by the frightened look on Mega Man's own face. The little-seen European cover featured what can only be described as "a 14 year old boy with dick-sucking lips".