Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular: A Tale of Two Poets

[Geo Da Sponge]

To be honest, I think that Yahtzee's poem about FTL was much better than the one he gave here:


But his weird, high-pitched salesman voice and the slightly psychotic grin that went with it saved it for me.

 

[Defeated Detective]

Yahtzee: Subtly mocking the PS4 with metaphors.
Jim: FUCK YOU XBOX!!!

They should have a sitcom.

Actually, the common theme of his 3 poems(Diablo 3, SimCity and Xbox rumored always online function) is "Always Online DRM".

 

[thomaskattus]

Am I the only one who thought Yahtzee was talking about the WiiU before he actually said 'PS4'?

I did at first, but once he got into more details about "the car" I realized it was the PS4 he was talking about. The fact that "the car" had not been released yet was a big clue.


Anyways, excellent performances gentlemen. I look forward to seeing more of your poetry in further episodes.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Okay... rhymes.

No interesting videogame related discussions between two big names of the Escapist or whatever? Just rhymes?

...Oh...

 

[Sir Shockwave]

As an OCD person who always pays attention to the numbers of how long things go, repetitiveness, and making sure it always hits the same notes at the same points (One two three FOUR, five six sev EIGHT, because seven has two syllables and that can ruin the exactitude of the pattern) I have to say... Jim did it well and a nice job with the poetry. Yahtzee though... he started off strong, but it wasn't long before he seemed to lose track, the rhymes not showing up where they should have, and sometimes not even showing up at all. Or if they did I didn't notice them.

But then, I'm crazy. Gyahay.

As someone whose dabbled with this format a bit, I have to agree with Yahtzee simply not having any rhythm. Jim on the other hand seems to be more accomplished poet.

 

[IllumInaTIma]

It Was Glorious!
And do I sense new panel for 2013 Expo?

 

[Mumorpuger]

To both these fine gentlemen:
We'd be not adverse
If every now and then
You'd treat us to more verse.

I wish people posting puns and captchas were half as clever as you.
The lack of creativity makes me want to spew.

 

[PunkRex]

Yahtzee: Subtly mocking the PS4 with metaphors.
Jim: FUCK YOU XBOX!!!

They should have a sitcom.

Actually, the common theme of his 3 poems(Diablo 3, SimCity and Xbox rumored always online function) is "Always Online DRM".

I apologise, fuck you NEW xbox.

 

[Innegativeion]

So...

I clicked on this by accident,

during the site header's fluctuations,

aiming for the newest Zero punctuation...

Never have I made a better miscalculation.

 

[an annoyed writer]

Well, that just made my Wednesday. More shows to watch! Yay!

 

[Alar]

I love you both. This was fantastic. <3

Entertaining and a treat to my ears.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I certainly hoped there will be more of this! Heh I guess this is the only time I ever watch a show with Jim in it.

 

[Cpt. Slow]

Reminded me of this actually.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qokW76nsM4Y

 

[Reeve]

Improve the production quality. e.g fancy backgrounds

 

[demonflowers]

You guys are AMAZING. Never stop making these videos. Escapist, I hope you are paying them mountains of money.

 

[raven47172]

I saw the link to the video and thought it was going to be dumb. Glad I was wrong.

 

[Rassmusseum]

I would love to see more of this every week, keep it up!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I approve of this addition to my Wednesday line up.

I'm sure these guys are going to have fun with this. XD

 

[Seneschal]

"A new series", oh god I hope this wasn't a one-off kind of thing. It was quite clever. And probably the first thing after Yahtzee's Wolfenstein review that makes people critique games and metre simultaneously.

 

[scw55]

I really liked this.

Small criticism. I felt that Yahzee's structure started to unravel itself in the last third of his poem. But I didn't mind to much as I liked the word content. It was just a shame from a rhythm point of view.

I will await next episode with many glee.

However Wednesdays feel bloated now with: Zero Punctuation, Feed Dump, Extra Credits and now this. Ah well, can't complain. Just means I need to set-aside about three quarters of an hour to watch them all.