Poll: The show the escapist couldn't survive without
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I'm sure this site could survive without Yathzee, but gaming culture itself may not be the same. The guy has literally brought developers to their knees and gamers rolling off their chairs laughing. He's introduced a sense of humility to this culture that so many other forms of media lack. He is quite literally a critic to not only video games, but human culture in general.
Yahtzee does attract a lot of traffic, I imagine; not to disrespect the other contributors, mind you.
Zero Punctuation.
It's not a matter of quality(Though I love ZP), it's simply the most popular show.
But by now, The Escapist has carved enough of a niche that it would take more then the demise of it's mascot show to kill it
It's not a matter of quality(Though I love ZP), it's simply the most popular show.
But by now, The Escapist has carved enough of a niche that it would take more then the demise of it's mascot show to kill it
Zero Punctuation put this site on the god damned map. I first came here after having seen a link to Yahtzee's review of Guitar Hero III on the Rock Band forums (at least I think it was Rock Band, though it might not even have been released yet). I agreed with every thing he said and laughed uproariously at his light-speed pacing and minimalistic imagery.
These days I don't even consider Yahtzee my favorite contributor to the Escapist, but he has made a huge impact on gamers and the internet, and recruiting him was the best decision that The Escapist will ever make.
These days I don't even consider Yahtzee my favorite contributor to the Escapist, but he has made a huge impact on gamers and the internet, and recruiting him was the best decision that The Escapist will ever make.
I think the Escapist could survive without any of these but Zero Punctuation would probably be the biggest loss. A lot of people only pay attention to the game reviews unfortunately. I would personally feel a greater loss if Extra Credits was gone though.
Zero Punctuation is how the rest of the internets knows of the escapist. I found out about it by typing in "Videogame forum website" on google, and it of coarse came up with this place, which is awesome.
I don't really think that there is any one show with which escapist couldn't "stay popular". Even Zero Punctuation could end, BUT for that to work, there would need to be a new equally big show to compensate the loss of it.
Escapist would be in big trouble if ZP would be pulled NOW without any transition ready, but if something else interesting were available, pretty much every single show could be pulled.
So, as so often the significant question isn't so much the "if" but instead the "how".
Escapist would be in big trouble if ZP would be pulled NOW without any transition ready, but if something else interesting were available, pretty much every single show could be pulled.
So, as so often the significant question isn't so much the "if" but instead the "how".
For me, 3 regular slots really make this site;
Zero Punctuation (obviously)
Extra Credits
Lisa Foyles' Top 5
But I check out most of what gets posted.
Zero Punctuation (obviously)
Extra Credits
Lisa Foyles' Top 5
But I check out most of what gets posted.
ZP by far.
Extra credit is pretty good, but it has one fatal, if petty flaw- I cannot stand the narrator's voice. I dunno what it is. I'm sure he's a nice guy in real life. But in the EC reviews his voice sounds sandy, like its a couple notes off of nails on chalkboard. Its probably all in my head, but since it won't go away I guess it doesn't matter why =(
Extra credit is pretty good, but it has one fatal, if petty flaw- I cannot stand the narrator's voice. I dunno what it is. I'm sure he's a nice guy in real life. But in the EC reviews his voice sounds sandy, like its a couple notes off of nails on chalkboard. Its probably all in my head, but since it won't go away I guess it doesn't matter why =(
I'm pretty sure almost half of the visitors to the Escapist are only here for Yahtzee.
That said, I think the best series ever to appear on this site is Doomsday Arcade.
Seriously, where the hell is my Doomsday Arcade DVD?
That said, I think the best series ever to appear on this site is Doomsday Arcade.
Seriously, where the hell is my Doomsday Arcade DVD?
I picked ZP because it introduced me to the site (thanks G4) but Extra Credits is up there also, hell i liked it before it became an escapist Hit (used to be on screwattack). Lets just say i was very surprised to see Daniel Floyd on the escapist.