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* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] When reviewing ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' and praising it as a worthy sequel to [[VideoGame/{{Bioshock}} the original]], a fan [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext on a leash he's pulling]] asks him this:
--> "Don't you mean ''[[VideoGame/{{Bioshock 2}} second]]'' sequel, Yahtzee?\\
--> "Don't you mean ''[[VideoGame/{{Bioshock 2}} second]]'' sequel, Yahtzee?\\
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* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] When reviewing ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' and praising it as a worthy sequel to [[VideoGame/{{Bioshock}} [[VideoGame/BioShock1 the original]], a fan [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext on a leash he's pulling]] asks him this:
--> "Don't you mean''[[VideoGame/{{Bioshock 2}} ''[[VideoGame/BioShock2 second]]'' sequel, Yahtzee?\\
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* FailOSuckyname: Not Yahtzee himself, but he has a fondness with abusing the naming system whenever one exists. Examples include Gobulcoque, [[VideoGame/NieR Twattycake]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Fuck me]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Fagballs]], and [[Franchise/MassEffect Titty]].
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* FailOSuckyname: Not Yahtzee himself, but he has a fondness with abusing the naming system whenever one exists. Examples include Gobulcoque, [[VideoGame/NieR Twattycake]], Twattycakes]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Fuck me]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Fagballs]], and [[Franchise/MassEffect Titty]].
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** He's also been disgusted at the sexism in ''Metroid Other M'', and has a clear hatred of ''Ctrl Alt Delete'' and its infamous miscarriage plot, referring to doing art of it happening as one of the sicker things he's done.
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* FiveManBand: Notes the main parts of the cast of recent ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, giving them names similar to the Music/SpiceGirls.
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* FiveManBand: Notes the main parts of the cast of recent ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, games (Using ''VII'', ''X'' and ''XIII'' as examples), giving them names similar to the Music/SpiceGirls.
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* HostileShowTakeover: In his review of ''VideoGame/HaloWars''...twice.
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* HostileShowTakeover: In his review of ''VideoGame/HaloWars''... twice.
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* FanOfTheUnderdog: In his review of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', which actually delves more into Nintendo's current situation, he admits that he's on Nintendo's side at this point as he feels that the Xbox One and PS4 are simply becoming inferior [=PC=]s with their large focus on online gaming ([[MisanthropeSupreme something he's never been fond of]]) and believes that Nintndo's sales could improve if they focused less on hardware and more on making unique yet enjoyable games that he feels they haven't been doing since ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
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* FanOfTheUnderdog: In his review of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', which actually delves more into Nintendo's current situation, he admits that he's on Nintendo's side at this point as he feels that the Xbox One and PS4 are simply becoming inferior [=PC=]s with their large focus on online gaming ([[MisanthropeSupreme something he's never been fond of]]) and believes that Nintndo's Nintendo's sales could improve if they focused less on hardware and more on making unique yet enjoyable games that he feels they haven't been doing since ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
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** Indeed, he thought ''Ride to Hell'' was so bad that it didn't even place on his bottom 5 for that year: he considered it such a failure that it barely even qualified as a game, and hence gave it a special award for "Total Abhorrence".
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* HighConcept: Has come up with a few for Suda51's more recent games. Most notably, "[[{{VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw}} Cheerleader Fights Zombies]]". Which is then followed by, "[[ClicheStorm Dead Horse]]".
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* HighConcept: Has come up with a few for Suda51's more recent games. Most notably, "[[{{VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw}} Cheerleader Fights Zombies]]". Which is then followed by, "[[ClicheStorm Dead Horse]]". He in fact thinks that this is the main problem with his later games, in that he found his earlier games much more interesting when they were bizarre, surreal and hence hard to describe.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In the credits for his review of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'', he jokingly claims "They should show video games in cinemas and everyone in the audience votes on what button to press next". He said this in 2010, and four years later, ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' showed just how horrific the results of such would be.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In the credits for his review of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'', he jokingly claims "They should show video games in cinemas and everyone in the audience votes on what button to press next". He said this in 2010, and four years later, ''TwitchPlaysPokemon'' showed just how horrific the results of such would be.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In the credits for his review of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'', he jokingly claims "They should show video games in cinemas and everyone in the audience votes on what button to press next". He said this in 2010, and four years later, ''TwitchPlaysPokemon'' ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' showed just how horrific the results of such would be.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In the credits for his review of ''PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'', ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'', he jokingly claims "They should show video games in cinemas and everyone in the audience votes on what button to press next". He said this in 2010, and four years later, ''TwitchPlaysPokemon'' showed just how horrific the results of such would be.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: Brings this up with ''Modern Warfare'' games is his "What is the Matter with You People" article, where aside from bringing up the reason for the above question, he brings up that when one of the player characters was killed in a nuclear blast in the original Modern Warfare, it was a well done shock in almost every moment like it, the character will survive or somebody will rescue them, and it's especially gripping with the character's struggle to move before finally dying. The next games in the series he feels missed what made that a powerful moment and started killing characters left and right, causing the deaths to loss impact, and that the infamous "No Russian" level came off as more a cheap attempt to shock the players just for the sake of shocking them, along with the dead child seen in the 3rd game.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: Brings this up with ''Modern Warfare'' games is his "What is the Matter with You People" article, where aside from bringing up the reason for the above question, he brings up that when one of the player characters was killed in a nuclear blast in the original Modern Warfare, it was a well done shock in almost every moment like it, the character will survive or somebody will rescue them, and it's especially gripping with the character's struggle to move before finally dying. The next games in the series he feels missed what made that a powerful moment and started killing characters left and right, causing the deaths to loss impact, and that the infamous "No Russian" level - while it served the story at the time - came off as more a cheap attempt to shock the players just for the sake of shocking them, along with and the dead child seen in the 3rd game.game just fell completely flat in every sense.
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** He defended his continued use of the expression "Like ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' but..." by arguing that a) ''God of War'' was already part of an existing genre (namely the hack and slash) and b) the games he'd described as such had not done enough to distinguish themselves from the game they were imitating, rendering them inferior clones.
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** And another visual example in the ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7785-Ride-to-Hell-Retribution?hq=1 review]], showing the reaction of the marketing researchers if everyone bought the game.
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* FanOfTheUnderdog: In his review of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', which actually delves more into Nintendo's current situation, he admits that he's on Nintendo's side at this point as he feels that the Xbox One and PS4 are simply becoming inferior PCs with their large focus on online gaming ([[MisanthropeSupreme something he's never been fond of]]) and believes that Nintndo's sales could improve if they focused less on hardware and more on making unique yet enjoyable games that he feels they haven't been doing since ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
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* FanOfTheUnderdog: In his review of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', which actually delves more into Nintendo's current situation, he admits that he's on Nintendo's side at this point as he feels that the Xbox One and PS4 are simply becoming inferior PCs [=PC=]s with their large focus on online gaming ([[MisanthropeSupreme something he's never been fond of]]) and believes that Nintndo's sales could improve if they focused less on hardware and more on making unique yet enjoyable games that he feels they haven't been doing since ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
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** In his Saints Row 4 review, he refers to "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by {{Aerosmith}} as "that one Aerosmith song from the {{Armageddon}} soundtrack that everyone seems faintly embarrassed to admit is kinda alright"
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** In his Saints Row 4 review, he refers to "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by {{Aerosmith}} Music/{{Aerosmith}} as "that one Aerosmith song from the {{Armageddon}} 'Film/{{Armageddon}}'' soundtrack that everyone seems faintly embarrassed to admit is kinda alright"
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** In his ''Duke Nukem Forever'' review he rants about how people should be sacked for not doing their jobs, and the picture shows him being dragged out of his office with a sign saying "job: review games that actually exist" (''Duke Nukem Forever'' had been cancelled at the time the review was made, and would not be SavedFromDevelopmentHell for over a year).
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: In the credits for his review of ''SuperPaperMario'', he remarks that "Dullness and Slog" (the two words he used earlier to summarize the tropes of [=JRPGs=]) would be a good name for a band.
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** At one point in his ''RidetoHellRetribution'' review, he calls it "Ride to Heck". Rather odd, given that he generally screws up the names of games he reviews to sound ''more'' profane.
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* AGodAmI: Slogging through ''DarkSouls'' imbued him super-gaming prowess, to the point where he [[PowerFloats hovers]] over his couch and shoots [[EyeBeams optic blasts]]. He lamented that he would have to SelfImposedChallenge his way through mainstream games in the future -- possibly by attaching lobster claws to his scrotum.
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* HostileShowTakeover: In his review of ''VideoGame/HaloWars''...twice.
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* FanOfTheUnderdog: In his review of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', which actually delves more into Nintendo's current situation, he admits that he's on Nintendo's side at this point as he feels that the Xbox One and PS4 are simply becoming inferior PCs with their large focus on online gaming ([[MisanthropeSupreme something he's never been fond of]]) and believes that Nintndo's sales could improve if they focused less on hardware and more on making unique yet enjoyable games that he feels they haven't been doing since ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
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** Also states in his ''LuigisMansionDarkMoon'' review that part of the appeal he has of playing as Luigi over Mario is that Luigi expresses more emotion and is more related as a result.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: Brings this up with ''Modern Warfare'' games is his "What is the Matter with You People" article, where aside from bringing up the reason for the above question, he brings up that when one of the player characters was killed in a nuclear blast in the original Modern Warfare, it was a well done shock in almost every moment like it, the character will survive or somebody will rescue them, and it's especially gripping with the character's struggle to move before finally dying. The next games in the series he feels missed what made that a powerful moment and started killing characters left and right, causing the deaths to loss impact, and that the infamous "No Russian" level came off as more a cheap attempt to shock the players just for the sake of shocking them, along with the dead child seen in the 3rd game.
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* {{Eagleland}}: In his reviews, Yahtzee portrays Americans as Flavor #2, and [[AuthorTract covered all aspects of that flavor]] in the span of two reviews (''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Airborne'' and ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty 4]]''). He's had a long history of this view, though, as seen in his writings on ''Fully Ramblomatic.''
** [[HatesEveryoneEqually Not that he treats his own country of origin any nicer]], but there ya go.
* EasternEuropeanAnimation: Yahtzee claims to have grown up watching Russian cartoons ala [[TheSimpsons Worker and Parasite]] rather than ''{{Transformers}}'', which he states is the reason that he has no particular nostalgia for the series.
* EndingFatigue: Discussed in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2714-A-Shadows-Tale review]] of ''AShadowsTale'' ([[InsistentTerminology NOT Lost in Shadow!]]) [[invoked]]
* EnemyWithout: As Yahtzee plods through ''Duke Nukem Forever'' while trying to like it, the part of him which "takes an almost sexual joy in [[ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof ruining other peoples' fun]]" emerges from its thought bubble and holds a gun to his head.
-->''Yahtzee, you and I both know you have pushed games off of subway platforms for less problems than this.''
* EnsembleDarkHorse:[[invoked]] In his review of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', he notes that he's always preferred Luigi to Mario, since he at the least isn't Peach's personal gopher. He also wonders why Tails gets so much more hate than Sonic despite the fact that he's basically Sonic with flight.
* EpicFail: This was Yahtzee's conclusion about ''Ride to Hell'', when all was said and done. When Yahtzee cautiously commands the game to "lie down and don't move", the floor gives way underneath it. In his Top 5 of 2013, he spoke with wonderment about how the developers could have [[ShockingSwerve swapped out the DVD for an empty sleeve]] and ''still'' achieved a higher score than the actual game did.
* EpilepticTrees:[[invoked]] He jokes that 50 Cent's game is a prequel to ''Call Of Duty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' showing how the West destabilised the Middle East.
* EscalatingPunchline
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While Yahtzee isn't too keen on kids, he mentioned in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/9246-Extra-Punctuation-What-Is-the-Matter-with-You-People this article]] that he was disturbed by a comment on his ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'' review by someone expressing a desire for the BigBad to torture children "Holocaust style". As an "ironic statement".
--> Er... thanks for your input, Mr. Poster Man, but I wasn't talking it down for not being extreme enough. Or 'ironic' enough. I doubt emptying an entire lorry full of toddlers into the woodchipper would have improved my opinion any.
* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: The Escapist is now selling [[http://www.splitreason.com/productdetail.php?id=789 Imp plushies]].
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Referred to by name in his ''[=LEGO=] Indiana Jones'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/123-LEGO-Indy review]].
* EvilBrit: Understands why people use this trope, but takes offense to the [[SpaceNazi Helgast]] all being it since Britain fought against the Nazis.
* FailOSuckyname: Not Yahtzee himself, but he has a fondness with abusing the naming system whenever one exists. Examples include Gobulcoque, [[VideoGame/NieR Twattycake]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Fuck me]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Fagballs]], and [[Franchise/MassEffect Titty]].
* FairForItsDay: [[invoked]]In his ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' review he notes that despite Juliet's design and position as a cheerleader she's always in control of the situation, has a stable family life and that the game never calls on the player to defend her from rapists.
--> "Seriously, ''[[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 that's pretty fucked.]]''"
* FakeDifficulty: Part of the reason he despises motion controls. As he put it, "Motion controls are a system wherein a game can fail you for something that completely wasn't your fault."
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] When reviewing ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' and praising it as a worthy sequel to [[VideoGame/{{Bioshock}} the original]], a fan [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext on a leash he's pulling]] asks him this:
--> "Don't you mean ''[[VideoGame/{{Bioshock 2}} second]]'' sequel, Yahtzee?\\
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'''Yahtzee:''' [in an [[BerserkButton unusually raspy voice]]] '''[[GetOut Get out.]]'''
* FauxToGuide: Concerning the creation of ''GamingWebcomics''.
* FinalExamBoss: Has repeatedly stated that every boss should fit this trope - that is, a test of all the skills the player has learned thus far in the game, with the FinalBoss testing all of the abilities the player has learnt throughout the game.
* FiveManBand: Notes the main parts of the cast of recent ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, giving them names similar to the Music/SpiceGirls.
** Specifically, "Angsty Spice"[[note]]Cloud, Squall and Hope[[/note]], "Serious Spice" [[note]]Quistis, Auron and Lightning[[/note]], "Manly Spice"[[note]]Zell, Zidane and Snow[[/note]], "Ethnic Spice"[[note]]Barrett, Amarant, and Sazh[[/note]] and "the inevitable 'Kooky Spice'"[[note]]Yuffie, Rikku and Vanille[[/note]].
* FishEyes: Used very, ''very'' often to depict the many, ''many'' moments of stupidity of both VideoGame characters and RealLife people. Expect said "Down's Syndrome" eyes to be the first thing you see whenever a game's [[ArtificialStupidity "AI"]] or IdiotPlot is brought up.
* {{Flanderization}}: Believe it or not he's actually gotten louder and faster over time. Compare his earlier reviews (for instance, [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2-Psychonauts Psychonauts]]) with with his more recent ones (for instance, [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6445-Dishonored Dishonored]]).
* FlashStep: His avatar does this against a boss in ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' to stick a chainsaw into its back.
* FlatWhat: A visual example is used by his AuthorAvatar in his ''VideoGame/{{Condemned}} 2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/34-Condemned-2-Bloodshot review]], when he describes the unusual means by which you defeat the final boss: [[spoiler: shouting at it.]]
* ForgetsToEat: Mentioned in his ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4'' review.
* FreezeFrameBonus: His review of ''FiftyCentBloodOnTheSand'' flashes a picture of Yahtzee (standing next to a black man) with the words NOT RACIST several times.
** Bonus points for using an inversion of the BlackBestFriend meme.
* FreudianExcuse[=/=]StartOfDarkness: His ''RedFaction Guerrilla'' review pins all his negativity on bad experiences playing the original ''RedFaction'' when he was younger.
* FreudianSlip: His ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1420-Bayonetta review]] is full of these.
* FreudWasRight:[[invoked]] Subverted in the ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' review.
-->"Pyramid head: An über-masculine powerhouse who is repeatedly seen plunging his massive, throbbing knife into the other monsters' moist, quivering bodies, which obviously symbolises... neo-conservative imperialism."
* FridgeBrilliance:[[invoked]] Sometimes denoted with the expression "HOLY SHIT I JUST GOT THAT".
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* FromClonesToGenre: Mentioned in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/231-Mercenaries-2 review]] of ''{{Mercenaries}} 2''.
** The series itself has started to become one of these. At first it was a simple case of FollowTheLeader as imitators sprang up on Website/YouTube, but now that [[WebVideo/ExtraCredits three]] [[MovieBob series]] on the ''Escapist'' itself have followed suit, two of which are not review shows, it's safe to say this is a legit genre now.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In his ''SuperPaperMario'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/11-Super-Paper-Mario review]], he shows the Dictionary.com definition of "game", with another tab open titled "Super Huge Tits".
* GatewaySeries: [[invoked]] ''{{HAWX}}'' got him interested in air combat games, and, much to his horror, ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' got him interested in tactical turn-based games (specifically, ''VideoGame/{{X-Com}}'').
* GayOption: In his ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' review he mentioned having hooked up with Anders, more or less because Snarky!Hawke annoyed him and came off as gay to him anyway, though he later detailed that roleplaying played a major part of it and ultimately did [[VideoGameCaringPotential develop a genuine fondness for Anders]], even [[spoiler:forgiving him for blowing up the Chantry]] and naming his [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Tepig]] after him.
* GratuitousGerman: Yahtzee apparently studied German and he frequently points it out when games uses it incorrectly.
* GenreSavvy: Seeing an enemy with a bull's head in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'', he correctly anticipates it to be a BullfightBoss. He also [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1883-Singularity claims]] "powers of clairvoyance" that mean he predict how the opening {{cutscene}} of ''{{Singularity}}'' will play out.
** He referenced it on his Twitter, so he at least knows of its existence.
** At the end of the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6104-The-Amazing-Spider-Man review]] of ''[[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', having made a comment on Spider-Man having a different costume: "I don't actually know if anyone disliked the new Spider-Man costume, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks but I have been on the Internet long enough to make an educated guess]]."
* GetOut: In the ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' video, complete with [[EvilSoundsDeep evil voice]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: His ''VideoGame/TabulaRasa'' character, Gareth Gobulcoque, was so named to test the game's name filter. It passed. Likewise the penis-faced Mii named "Senor Koquonfaes" from the 3DS review.
* GiantMook: Bosses in games are sometimes portrayed by giant imps.
* GiantSpider: These show up in the visuals occasionally. Usually they represent something being either unexpected, very difficult, or both.
** Arachnophobic prospective viewers should take warning that they're usually taken from photos of actual tarantulas.
* {{GIFT}}: Yahtzee actually cites the [[PennyArcade original formula]] then alters it by subtracting 'Anonymity' and 'Audience'. Or in other words, [[HumansAreBastards Normal Person = Total Fuckwad.]]
* GoKartingWithBowser: He lampshades this trope in his SuperMarioGalaxy [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/19-Super-Mario-Galaxy review]].
-->'''Yahtzee''': For me, the interesting relationship is the one between Mario and Bowser. I mean on some days they fight to the death in fiery climatic showdowns while other days they go Go-Karting, play tennis, or even team up in some of the RPG's.
* GoodBadBugs:[[invoked]] Depicted in ''Arkham Origins'' as a ladybug Yahtzee gleefully rides on top off of. (The aforementioned "good" bug is bat-toting enemies who freeze in mid swing.) Then there's the {{Game Breaking Bug}}s that manifest as a cockroach firing a bazooka at his set, and the "common bugs", a cricket wearing a cockney cap.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Whenever he swears in the narration, the animation will replace it with something far more innocuous.
** Sometimes inverted--he'll say something (relatively) tactful in the narration, and the animation will unleash what he REALLY thinks.
** For instance, in his ''Assassin's Creed'' review, he remarks; "This video review was created by a not particularly multi-cultural person, but who really loves religious extremists a big huggy bunch," where the text displayed reads "''...not particularly multi-cultural person who invites religious extremists to suck out his farts and die.''"
** On the flip side in his ''Halo Wars'' review when the units he runs out of time for the mission he was on (And thus the units he was escorting magically disappear when they were right at his front door) he cries out "Bull! Fucking! Shit!" which is displayed on screen by "What arbitrary silliness."
* GrammarNazi: In his "Mailbag Showdown" video, while reading out some of the more obnoxious examples of hate mail he received, he corrected them onscreen in the manner of a primary school teacher, coupled with letter grades, giant question marks and "SEE ME" at the bottom. Also, his "Split [[UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish Stroke]] Second Colon Velocity" and "R'''I'''se: [[RyseSonOfRome Son of Rome]]" reviews.
* GuiltyPleasure: Considering how critical he is of "serious" games, easily calling much of them banal, asinine, or insipid, he loves ''CookingMama'' and ''AnimalCrossing''. He says that despite all the criticism he gave to ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'', he can't stop playing it.
** In his Saints Row 4 review, he refers to "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by {{Aerosmith}} as "that one Aerosmith song from the {{Armageddon}} soundtrack that everyone seems faintly embarrassed to admit is kinda alright"
* [[GushingAboutShowsYouLike Gushing About Games You Like]]: [[invoked]] He's frequently held up ''SilentHill2'' (and, with equal ferocity, the Commodore 64 fossil ''Fantasy World Dizzy'') as the gold standard of gaming.
-->"If I were Batman, ''Silent Hill 2'' would be my murdered parents if you get what I'm saying."
** [=SH2=] is also the game which affected him most personally, as articulated [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escapist-expo/6294-My-Favorite-Game here]] during the ''Escapist'' Expo.
--->'''Jim Sterling:''' (Totally needed online multiplayer, though.)\\
'''Yahtzee:''' Oh, '''[[BerserkButton fuck you.]]'''
** Sometimes this obsession is double-edged: For his Top 5 of 2012, he compared the difficulty of ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' with a 3 A.M. drug-induced fever dream -- which for Yahtzee usually involves an apparition of Dizzy hovering over his bed shrieking, 'YOU KILLED MEEEEE'.
** Reared its head again in ''RiseOfTheTriad'', along with Yahtzee's apparent [[HeroesLoveDogs dog fancy]].
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Shows up in the ''DemonsSouls'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1321-Demons-Souls review]] to show that a character loses half its health when dead.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Yahtzee plays with this trope on several occasions, most notably his ''[[Franchise/GuitarHero Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/17-Guitar-Hero-III review]], where he very specifically lists several homosexual acts (and one heterosexual act) which he is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial most certainly not doing]].
-->"On the whole though it's just not as good as tonguing another man's balls. I mean... as it used to be. [{{Beat}}] ''I'm not gay''."
* [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut]]: He specifically [[GratuitousGerman pronounces the extraneous umlaut]] in ''[[BrutalLegend Brütal Legend]]''.
-->"I studied German, alright? I refuse to let an umlaut go unpronounced."
* HelloInsertNameHere: Yahtzee loves to abuse this whenever possible, with such examples as "[[Franchise/MassEffect Titty Shepard]]" to "[[PhantomHourglass Fagballs]]", "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Fuck Me]]", "[[VideoGame/NieR Twattycakes]]" or "[[VideoGame/TabulaRasa Gareth Gobulcoque]]".
** Tried "Tiddles" in ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' but was slapped down by the game's system of using "JC Denton" as a [[HandWave codename]].
--->''"The moment you put in your own name it goes '''"Wrong!''' Your name is JC Denton."''
* HeroesLoveDogs: More likely to praise a game that has dogs in it, or to feel let down when having to play as the humans again. (''Dead to Rights: Retribution, Rise of the Triad, [=CoD=]: Ghosts'')
-->'''Developer:''' And we've still got the power-up that turns you into a dog.\\
'''Yahtzee:''' ''([[{{squee}} GAAAAASP]])'' With the little doggie nose at the bottom of the screen?♥\\
'''Developer:''' Yup!\\
'''Yahtzee:''' And the adorable little paw that comes up when you press buttons?♥\\
'''Devloper:''' Uh, no, we forgot about that.\\
'''Yahtzee:''' ...........'''[[FelonyMisdemeanor ONE STAR.]]'''
* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: After Yahtzee reviewed ''SpecOpsTheLine'', it was brought up several times more after that in following ''Zero Punctuation'' videos and Yahtzee's Extra Punctuation column, and the actual review of the game has Yahtzee sounding depressed during it.
* HighConcept: Has come up with a few for Suda51's more recent games. Most notably, "[[{{VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw}} Cheerleader Fights Zombies]]". Which is then followed by, "[[ClicheStorm Dead Horse]]".
* HumansAreBastards: Yahtzee says he doesn't ordinarily like multiplayer because "...human beings are grabby, entitled, selfish, ugly, stupid, evil cockstoppers..." in his review of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: Yahtzee makes a concerted effort to get through his review of ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' without referencing a certain part of the female anatomy. He ''almost'' makes it.
-->"Bosoms, melons, milk factories, busts, funbags, knockers, [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 ballistics]], boobies, jugs, nipples, jubblies, ''[[MemeticMutation stonking great tits!]]"''
* HypocrisyNod: Yahtzee has noted his use of HypocriticalHumor more than once in his reviews.
** The one time it wasn't used as a joke, in ''[[ZackAndWiki Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure]]'', he [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/31-Zack-Wiki acknowledged]] his complaints about lousy adventure games that involved [[VideoGame/ChzoMythos carrying around a ton of items to use in one spot]].
* HypocriticalHumor:
-->"Fans are clingy complaining dipshits who will [[UnpleasableFanbase never ever be grateful for any concession you make]]. The moment you shut out their shrill, tremulous voices the happier you will be for it. Incidentally, why not buy a ''Zero Punctuation'' [[TheMerch t-shirt]]?"
** For a while before the 100th Episode special, ''The Escapist'' used this little stinger at the end of ''all'' ''Zero Punctuation'' shorts to, guess what, advertise ''Zero Punctuation''-related merchandise.
** In his ''Duke Nukem Forever'' review he rants about how people should be sacked for not doing their jobs, and the picture shows him being dragged out of his office with a sign saying "job: review games that actually exist" (''Duke Nukem Forever'' had been cancelled at the time the review was made, and would not be SavedFromDevelopmentHell for over a year).
** In his ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' review, he calls out Americans for being uninformed about current events in countries outside the US, only to turn around and say he wasn't aware of the flooding in his own city because he doesn't keep up with current events.
** End Credits for his ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/459-Left-4-Dead review]]: "There is a special circle in Hell 4 people who replace numbers for letters".
** He accuses the protagonist of ''Fable 3'' of bestiality due to the weird way he interacts with his dog, when in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/346-Fable-2 review]] of ''Fable II'' he complains that if the game was truly open-ended he should be able to marry any NPC he wants, including his dog.
** On ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'': "Honestly, who can like a character [[RaymanianLimbs whose hands and feet have no visible connection to their torso?]]"
** ''Mafia II'''s ending seems to come too soon:
--> "The game just sort of cuts out halfway through resolving everyth"-[END CREDITS]
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** [[HatesEveryoneEqually Not that he treats his own country of origin any nicer]], but there ya go.
* EasternEuropeanAnimation: Yahtzee claims to have grown up watching Russian cartoons ala [[TheSimpsons Worker and Parasite]] rather than ''{{Transformers}}'', which he states is the reason that he has no particular nostalgia for the series.
* EndingFatigue: Discussed in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2714-A-Shadows-Tale review]] of ''AShadowsTale'' ([[InsistentTerminology NOT Lost in Shadow!]]) [[invoked]]
* EnemyWithout: As Yahtzee plods through ''Duke Nukem Forever'' while trying to like it, the part of him which "takes an almost sexual joy in [[ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof ruining other peoples' fun]]" emerges from its thought bubble and holds a gun to his head.
-->''Yahtzee, you and I both know you have pushed games off of subway platforms for less problems than this.''
* EnsembleDarkHorse:[[invoked]] In his review of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', he notes that he's always preferred Luigi to Mario, since he at the least isn't Peach's personal gopher. He also wonders why Tails gets so much more hate than Sonic despite the fact that he's basically Sonic with flight.
* EpicFail: This was Yahtzee's conclusion about ''Ride to Hell'', when all was said and done. When Yahtzee cautiously commands the game to "lie down and don't move", the floor gives way underneath it. In his Top 5 of 2013, he spoke with wonderment about how the developers could have [[ShockingSwerve swapped out the DVD for an empty sleeve]] and ''still'' achieved a higher score than the actual game did.
* EpilepticTrees:[[invoked]] He jokes that 50 Cent's game is a prequel to ''Call Of Duty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' showing how the West destabilised the Middle East.
* EscalatingPunchline
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While Yahtzee isn't too keen on kids, he mentioned in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/9246-Extra-Punctuation-What-Is-the-Matter-with-You-People this article]] that he was disturbed by a comment on his ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'' review by someone expressing a desire for the BigBad to torture children "Holocaust style". As an "ironic statement".
--> Er... thanks for your input, Mr. Poster Man, but I wasn't talking it down for not being extreme enough. Or 'ironic' enough. I doubt emptying an entire lorry full of toddlers into the woodchipper would have improved my opinion any.
* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: The Escapist is now selling [[http://www.splitreason.com/productdetail.php?id=789 Imp plushies]].
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Referred to by name in his ''[=LEGO=] Indiana Jones'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/123-LEGO-Indy review]].
* EvilBrit: Understands why people use this trope, but takes offense to the [[SpaceNazi Helgast]] all being it since Britain fought against the Nazis.
* FailOSuckyname: Not Yahtzee himself, but he has a fondness with abusing the naming system whenever one exists. Examples include Gobulcoque, [[VideoGame/NieR Twattycake]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Fuck me]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Fagballs]], and [[Franchise/MassEffect Titty]].
* FairForItsDay: [[invoked]]In his ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' review he notes that despite Juliet's design and position as a cheerleader she's always in control of the situation, has a stable family life and that the game never calls on the player to defend her from rapists.
--> "Seriously, ''[[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 that's pretty fucked.]]''"
* FakeDifficulty: Part of the reason he despises motion controls. As he put it, "Motion controls are a system wherein a game can fail you for something that completely wasn't your fault."
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] When reviewing ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' and praising it as a worthy sequel to [[VideoGame/{{Bioshock}} the original]], a fan [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext on a leash he's pulling]] asks him this:
--> "Don't you mean ''[[VideoGame/{{Bioshock 2}} second]]'' sequel, Yahtzee?\\
''{{beat}}''\\
'''Yahtzee:''' [in an [[BerserkButton unusually raspy voice]]] '''[[GetOut Get out.]]'''
* FauxToGuide: Concerning the creation of ''GamingWebcomics''.
* FinalExamBoss: Has repeatedly stated that every boss should fit this trope - that is, a test of all the skills the player has learned thus far in the game, with the FinalBoss testing all of the abilities the player has learnt throughout the game.
* FiveManBand: Notes the main parts of the cast of recent ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, giving them names similar to the Music/SpiceGirls.
** Specifically, "Angsty Spice"[[note]]Cloud, Squall and Hope[[/note]], "Serious Spice" [[note]]Quistis, Auron and Lightning[[/note]], "Manly Spice"[[note]]Zell, Zidane and Snow[[/note]], "Ethnic Spice"[[note]]Barrett, Amarant, and Sazh[[/note]] and "the inevitable 'Kooky Spice'"[[note]]Yuffie, Rikku and Vanille[[/note]].
* FishEyes: Used very, ''very'' often to depict the many, ''many'' moments of stupidity of both VideoGame characters and RealLife people. Expect said "Down's Syndrome" eyes to be the first thing you see whenever a game's [[ArtificialStupidity "AI"]] or IdiotPlot is brought up.
* {{Flanderization}}: Believe it or not he's actually gotten louder and faster over time. Compare his earlier reviews (for instance, [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2-Psychonauts Psychonauts]]) with with his more recent ones (for instance, [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6445-Dishonored Dishonored]]).
* FlashStep: His avatar does this against a boss in ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' to stick a chainsaw into its back.
* FlatWhat: A visual example is used by his AuthorAvatar in his ''VideoGame/{{Condemned}} 2'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/34-Condemned-2-Bloodshot review]], when he describes the unusual means by which you defeat the final boss: [[spoiler: shouting at it.]]
* ForgetsToEat: Mentioned in his ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4'' review.
* FreezeFrameBonus: His review of ''FiftyCentBloodOnTheSand'' flashes a picture of Yahtzee (standing next to a black man) with the words NOT RACIST several times.
** Bonus points for using an inversion of the BlackBestFriend meme.
* FreudianExcuse[=/=]StartOfDarkness: His ''RedFaction Guerrilla'' review pins all his negativity on bad experiences playing the original ''RedFaction'' when he was younger.
* FreudianSlip: His ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1420-Bayonetta review]] is full of these.
* FreudWasRight:[[invoked]] Subverted in the ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' review.
-->"Pyramid head: An über-masculine powerhouse who is repeatedly seen plunging his massive, throbbing knife into the other monsters' moist, quivering bodies, which obviously symbolises... neo-conservative imperialism."
* FridgeBrilliance:[[invoked]] Sometimes denoted with the expression "HOLY SHIT I JUST GOT THAT".
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* FromClonesToGenre: Mentioned in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/231-Mercenaries-2 review]] of ''{{Mercenaries}} 2''.
** The series itself has started to become one of these. At first it was a simple case of FollowTheLeader as imitators sprang up on Website/YouTube, but now that [[WebVideo/ExtraCredits three]] [[MovieBob series]] on the ''Escapist'' itself have followed suit, two of which are not review shows, it's safe to say this is a legit genre now.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In his ''SuperPaperMario'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/11-Super-Paper-Mario review]], he shows the Dictionary.com definition of "game", with another tab open titled "Super Huge Tits".
* GatewaySeries: [[invoked]] ''{{HAWX}}'' got him interested in air combat games, and, much to his horror, ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' got him interested in tactical turn-based games (specifically, ''VideoGame/{{X-Com}}'').
* GayOption: In his ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' review he mentioned having hooked up with Anders, more or less because Snarky!Hawke annoyed him and came off as gay to him anyway, though he later detailed that roleplaying played a major part of it and ultimately did [[VideoGameCaringPotential develop a genuine fondness for Anders]], even [[spoiler:forgiving him for blowing up the Chantry]] and naming his [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Tepig]] after him.
* GratuitousGerman: Yahtzee apparently studied German and he frequently points it out when games uses it incorrectly.
* GenreSavvy: Seeing an enemy with a bull's head in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'', he correctly anticipates it to be a BullfightBoss. He also [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1883-Singularity claims]] "powers of clairvoyance" that mean he predict how the opening {{cutscene}} of ''{{Singularity}}'' will play out.
** He referenced it on his Twitter, so he at least knows of its existence.
** At the end of the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6104-The-Amazing-Spider-Man review]] of ''[[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', having made a comment on Spider-Man having a different costume: "I don't actually know if anyone disliked the new Spider-Man costume, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks but I have been on the Internet long enough to make an educated guess]]."
* GetOut: In the ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' video, complete with [[EvilSoundsDeep evil voice]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: His ''VideoGame/TabulaRasa'' character, Gareth Gobulcoque, was so named to test the game's name filter. It passed. Likewise the penis-faced Mii named "Senor Koquonfaes" from the 3DS review.
* GiantMook: Bosses in games are sometimes portrayed by giant imps.
* GiantSpider: These show up in the visuals occasionally. Usually they represent something being either unexpected, very difficult, or both.
** Arachnophobic prospective viewers should take warning that they're usually taken from photos of actual tarantulas.
* {{GIFT}}: Yahtzee actually cites the [[PennyArcade original formula]] then alters it by subtracting 'Anonymity' and 'Audience'. Or in other words, [[HumansAreBastards Normal Person = Total Fuckwad.]]
* GoKartingWithBowser: He lampshades this trope in his SuperMarioGalaxy [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/19-Super-Mario-Galaxy review]].
-->'''Yahtzee''': For me, the interesting relationship is the one between Mario and Bowser. I mean on some days they fight to the death in fiery climatic showdowns while other days they go Go-Karting, play tennis, or even team up in some of the RPG's.
* GoodBadBugs:[[invoked]] Depicted in ''Arkham Origins'' as a ladybug Yahtzee gleefully rides on top off of. (The aforementioned "good" bug is bat-toting enemies who freeze in mid swing.) Then there's the {{Game Breaking Bug}}s that manifest as a cockroach firing a bazooka at his set, and the "common bugs", a cricket wearing a cockney cap.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Whenever he swears in the narration, the animation will replace it with something far more innocuous.
** Sometimes inverted--he'll say something (relatively) tactful in the narration, and the animation will unleash what he REALLY thinks.
** For instance, in his ''Assassin's Creed'' review, he remarks; "This video review was created by a not particularly multi-cultural person, but who really loves religious extremists a big huggy bunch," where the text displayed reads "''...not particularly multi-cultural person who invites religious extremists to suck out his farts and die.''"
** On the flip side in his ''Halo Wars'' review when the units he runs out of time for the mission he was on (And thus the units he was escorting magically disappear when they were right at his front door) he cries out "Bull! Fucking! Shit!" which is displayed on screen by "What arbitrary silliness."
* GrammarNazi: In his "Mailbag Showdown" video, while reading out some of the more obnoxious examples of hate mail he received, he corrected them onscreen in the manner of a primary school teacher, coupled with letter grades, giant question marks and "SEE ME" at the bottom. Also, his "Split [[UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish Stroke]] Second Colon Velocity" and "R'''I'''se: [[RyseSonOfRome Son of Rome]]" reviews.
* GuiltyPleasure: Considering how critical he is of "serious" games, easily calling much of them banal, asinine, or insipid, he loves ''CookingMama'' and ''AnimalCrossing''. He says that despite all the criticism he gave to ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'', he can't stop playing it.
** In his Saints Row 4 review, he refers to "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by {{Aerosmith}} as "that one Aerosmith song from the {{Armageddon}} soundtrack that everyone seems faintly embarrassed to admit is kinda alright"
* [[GushingAboutShowsYouLike Gushing About Games You Like]]: [[invoked]] He's frequently held up ''SilentHill2'' (and, with equal ferocity, the Commodore 64 fossil ''Fantasy World Dizzy'') as the gold standard of gaming.
-->"If I were Batman, ''Silent Hill 2'' would be my murdered parents if you get what I'm saying."
** [=SH2=] is also the game which affected him most personally, as articulated [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escapist-expo/6294-My-Favorite-Game here]] during the ''Escapist'' Expo.
--->'''Jim Sterling:''' (Totally needed online multiplayer, though.)\\
'''Yahtzee:''' Oh, '''[[BerserkButton fuck you.]]'''
** Sometimes this obsession is double-edged: For his Top 5 of 2012, he compared the difficulty of ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' with a 3 A.M. drug-induced fever dream -- which for Yahtzee usually involves an apparition of Dizzy hovering over his bed shrieking, 'YOU KILLED MEEEEE'.
** Reared its head again in ''RiseOfTheTriad'', along with Yahtzee's apparent [[HeroesLoveDogs dog fancy]].
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Shows up in the ''DemonsSouls'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1321-Demons-Souls review]] to show that a character loses half its health when dead.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Yahtzee plays with this trope on several occasions, most notably his ''[[Franchise/GuitarHero Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/17-Guitar-Hero-III review]], where he very specifically lists several homosexual acts (and one heterosexual act) which he is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial most certainly not doing]].
-->"On the whole though it's just not as good as tonguing another man's balls. I mean... as it used to be. [{{Beat}}] ''I'm not gay''."
* [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut]]: He specifically [[GratuitousGerman pronounces the extraneous umlaut]] in ''[[BrutalLegend Brütal Legend]]''.
-->"I studied German, alright? I refuse to let an umlaut go unpronounced."
* HelloInsertNameHere: Yahtzee loves to abuse this whenever possible, with such examples as "[[Franchise/MassEffect Titty Shepard]]" to "[[PhantomHourglass Fagballs]]", "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Fuck Me]]", "[[VideoGame/NieR Twattycakes]]" or "[[VideoGame/TabulaRasa Gareth Gobulcoque]]".
** Tried "Tiddles" in ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' but was slapped down by the game's system of using "JC Denton" as a [[HandWave codename]].
--->''"The moment you put in your own name it goes '''"Wrong!''' Your name is JC Denton."''
* HeroesLoveDogs: More likely to praise a game that has dogs in it, or to feel let down when having to play as the humans again. (''Dead to Rights: Retribution, Rise of the Triad, [=CoD=]: Ghosts'')
-->'''Developer:''' And we've still got the power-up that turns you into a dog.\\
'''Yahtzee:''' ''([[{{squee}} GAAAAASP]])'' With the little doggie nose at the bottom of the screen?♥\\
'''Developer:''' Yup!\\
'''Yahtzee:''' And the adorable little paw that comes up when you press buttons?♥\\
'''Devloper:''' Uh, no, we forgot about that.\\
'''Yahtzee:''' ...........'''[[FelonyMisdemeanor ONE STAR.]]'''
* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: After Yahtzee reviewed ''SpecOpsTheLine'', it was brought up several times more after that in following ''Zero Punctuation'' videos and Yahtzee's Extra Punctuation column, and the actual review of the game has Yahtzee sounding depressed during it.
* HighConcept: Has come up with a few for Suda51's more recent games. Most notably, "[[{{VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw}} Cheerleader Fights Zombies]]". Which is then followed by, "[[ClicheStorm Dead Horse]]".
* HumansAreBastards: Yahtzee says he doesn't ordinarily like multiplayer because "...human beings are grabby, entitled, selfish, ugly, stupid, evil cockstoppers..." in his review of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: Yahtzee makes a concerted effort to get through his review of ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' without referencing a certain part of the female anatomy. He ''almost'' makes it.
-->"Bosoms, melons, milk factories, busts, funbags, knockers, [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 ballistics]], boobies, jugs, nipples, jubblies, ''[[MemeticMutation stonking great tits!]]"''
* HypocrisyNod: Yahtzee has noted his use of HypocriticalHumor more than once in his reviews.
** The one time it wasn't used as a joke, in ''[[ZackAndWiki Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure]]'', he [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/31-Zack-Wiki acknowledged]] his complaints about lousy adventure games that involved [[VideoGame/ChzoMythos carrying around a ton of items to use in one spot]].
* HypocriticalHumor:
-->"Fans are clingy complaining dipshits who will [[UnpleasableFanbase never ever be grateful for any concession you make]]. The moment you shut out their shrill, tremulous voices the happier you will be for it. Incidentally, why not buy a ''Zero Punctuation'' [[TheMerch t-shirt]]?"
** For a while before the 100th Episode special, ''The Escapist'' used this little stinger at the end of ''all'' ''Zero Punctuation'' shorts to, guess what, advertise ''Zero Punctuation''-related merchandise.
** In his ''Duke Nukem Forever'' review he rants about how people should be sacked for not doing their jobs, and the picture shows him being dragged out of his office with a sign saying "job: review games that actually exist" (''Duke Nukem Forever'' had been cancelled at the time the review was made, and would not be SavedFromDevelopmentHell for over a year).
** In his ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' review, he calls out Americans for being uninformed about current events in countries outside the US, only to turn around and say he wasn't aware of the flooding in his own city because he doesn't keep up with current events.
** End Credits for his ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/459-Left-4-Dead review]]: "There is a special circle in Hell 4 people who replace numbers for letters".
** He accuses the protagonist of ''Fable 3'' of bestiality due to the weird way he interacts with his dog, when in his [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/346-Fable-2 review]] of ''Fable II'' he complains that if the game was truly open-ended he should be able to marry any NPC he wants, including his dog.
** On ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'': "Honestly, who can like a character [[RaymanianLimbs whose hands and feet have no visible connection to their torso?]]"
** ''Mafia II'''s ending seems to come too soon:
--> "The game just sort of cuts out halfway through resolving everyth"-[END CREDITS]
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