Recent content by Ex Omni

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    Zero Punctuation: Guitar Hero III

    Yahtzee just sucks at Guitar Hero III. Seriously, besides hammering out achievements, there is absolutely no reason to play Guitar Hero on anything but expert. It's just too fucking easy. Guitar Hero is in the RYTHYM genre for a reason: you need to have a sense of rythym. If you don't, then...
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    Does the black hero exist?

    No. It's not true. I'm white and I saw her as black until someone pointed out that she was markedly racially-neutral. She also happens to be one of my favorite characters in any videogame.
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    Does the black hero exist?

    Men of Valor
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    Play Psychonauts for Free

    Bought this game at launch and sold it back when I sold my Xbox. Now that it's BC I think I'll probably just buy it back in XBX format again, but I will definitely be going at it on Gametap... if Gametap is free too?
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    Escort Missions Suck

    Well, Oblivion isn't a problem because you can just slide the difficulty bar down to naught whenever you run into a poorly designed section you'd like to skip over. That's kind of the signature "CoD" style of game design since the original. Of course, you still manage to "take point" whenever...
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    Yahtzee Visits Valve, a Travelogue

    The last paragraph of this article marks the first time I've laughed out loud at something online in a long while (including, ironically enough, your video reviews... but now my intended compliment is being compromised.)
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    Escort Missions Suck

    Escort missions can work, especially when they're NOT escort missions. Probably the very best example I can think of of this being executed perfectly in a game is a section in Rainbow Six: Vegas. A family of civilians are separated, each covering behind small benches as terrorist fire...