The Escapist Presents: Live Chat with Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw

[Team Hollywood]

Live Chat with Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw

Missed our live chat from Game-X with Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, host of Zero Punctuation? Well we have that interview in its entirety for you right here.

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[MasterMayhem117]

Was the part about quick time events done well screwed up purposely? the sound skips, but the video moves fine.. hmmm.. Yahtzee you genius idea witholder! You're saving that for a game you're designing aren't you!?

 

[HK_01]

When Yatzhee says "It's very hard" the sound bugs out...or was that done on purpose?

 

[pliusmannn]

it's very harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr damn it

 

[CaptainCrunch]

Was the part about quick time events done well screwed up purposely? the sound skips, but the video moves fine.. hmmm.. Yahtzee you genius idea witholder! You're saving that for a game you're designing aren't you!?

When Yatzhee says "It's very hard" the sound bugs out...or was that done on purpose?

Not on purpose. The streaming software sometimes cuts out the audio like that when it records at the same time it streams live. Hopefully you can still understand what's going on from context.

 

[silvertoast]

Is it just me or is this one of the stiffest interviews evar?
I blame the interviewer.

 

[Brotherofwill]

He touches on some good points, overall pretty nice to hear some of his thoughts on game design.

Sorry to say this but the interviewer was supremely annoying, I'd prefer a little less enthusiastic babble and more actual conversation next time, maybe that's just me though.

 

[Sonicron]

Gah! Damn it! I really REALLY wanted to hear his statement on a positive use of QTEs. I've said it time and time again, if he demands QTEs as a core part of gameplay in a game (as a requirement for them to feel organic and useful) he should check out Ninja Blade for the X360.
As for the rest of the interview, of course he's not the fast-talking maniac we know without a script, but I think he has loosened up somewhat since his last show performance, which is nice to see.
Thanks again for the poof gun reference, Susan! POOF! ^^

 

[Carnagath]

Is it just me or is this one of the stiffest interviews evar?
I blame the interviewer.

Not a whole lot the interviewer can do when the guy's clearly not much of a people's person

 

[BlueInkAlchemist]

Is it just me or is this one of the stiffest interviews evar?
I blame the interviewer.

Sorry to say this but the interviewer was supremely annoying, I'd prefer a little less enthusiastic babble and more actual conversation next time, maybe that's just me though.

There's a difference between gushing enthusiastic babble and a conversation between two professional geeks. To me this falls firmly into the latter category.

 

[NewClassic_v1legacy]

Is it just me or is this one of the stiffest interviews evar?
I blame the interviewer.

I'm inclined to believe that part of the problem is the interview questions were supplied by the community. It meant that while there was no visible lag-time between the interviewer ([user]Susan Arendt[/user]) and the persons asking questions, there was still a small space where the question had to be translated, then submitted. It made the whole interview more improvisation than interviewing, which probably was the main cause of the "stiffness." Considering it was also in a booth on the show-floor of a gaming show probably didn't help too much.

Was the part about quick time events done well screwed up purposely? the sound skips, but the video moves fine.. hmmm.. Yahtzee you genius idea witholder! You're saving that for a game you're designing aren't you!?

When Yatzhee says "It's very hard" the sound bugs out...or was that done on purpose?

it's very harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr damn it

Just hopping in to say the same problem occurred during the live broadcast. Maybe Yahzee will show up and explain it for us one day. Who knows?

 

[MadeinHell]

Bar in which you can drink and play at the same time? .
I'd love to see that sort of thing in Poland. The problem is I'd probably be too ashamed to show my true nerdiness and actually arrive there xP.

PS. Oh and the drink called Kamikaze could easly be called "mana pot" .

 

[Spyre2000]

LOL! EPIC FAIL. She tries to make up a game name to be generic in her question but their actual is a game called "Z".

So I wonder if he'll review Z now .

 

[nicholaxxx]

wow, I thought he was going to say silent hill 2... but he said project zero (fatal frame instead... sweet!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

its very harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Yes, I saw that too. Fatboy Slim remix.

Let's hope that phrase never slurs for him like that at an innapropriate time with a lady.

 

[Dilla]

Yahtzee looks like a friend of mine! HA!

Very interesting watch though...

 

[Dilla]

Can anyone get the text of what we missed during the HAAAARRRDDD moments? I'd like to hear his answer to that!

 

[RecoJonsen]

lol @ the mana bar