Zero Punctuation: Viewer's Choice: Duke Nukem Forever

[clank1013]

this is deffently one of my favorite videos,
abosluty "Sub-Lime" from start to finish and if i will jam forks in my eyes if i ever use those words to describe anything else every again!

 

[Sadclown]

Pity about Wolfenstein gone so early but Duke deserves it.
P.S.:So? Who are lucky winners?

 

[spankcakes]

I dunno, but I liked this review, though my favorite was Dragon Age review. "Shadowhumper" stills makes me chuckle after oh-so-many many times I have watched it. Oh well...

 

[Generic Difference]

So does this mean that Yahtzee is not in fact a successful games critic or reviewer but instead comedian and satirist?

Hmm, methinks he is having his cake and eating it because he is both.

 

[Arkvoodle]

So... what happens if Gearbox actually does finish the "Duke Nukum Forever" project and release it? Will he do another review?



Unlikely on both counts I know, but fun to think about.

 

[PeterDawson]

Loved this one. Great exploration of what a 'perfect' game would be like while mocking the whole DNF fiasco. The sheer uniqueness of it easily made it a favorite methinks.

 

[zombie711]

I noticed that he said it had 6 axis control and achievments. what strange magical console was he playing.

 

[Arella18]

Sorry the fact that it doesn't really exist made it funnier ^_^

 

[Alphakirby]

Wait, so there's no new ZP this week? Wait, he's on holiday. Right

That's exactly what I was thinking, this whole tournament was just so he wouldn't have to work this week... damnit.

at least 10 people will win his book,so it wasn't a total waste of time,right?

 

[Knight of Cydonia]

Of course this was going to win, only Yahtzee would make a review like this.

 

[Calvar Draveir]

Meh, definately one of the good ones, but not the best.

 

[cefm]

I seriously thought shurikens and lightning was going to win.

Maybe if the game had actually had the flaming-tits gun, it would have won.

 

[Blackglasswar]

What I love so much about this review is...
a) it is funny (obviously)
b) it is ball achingly nit picky
c) that in the next weeks review someone ACTUALLY emailled to ask where to get it!

 

[geldonyetich]

Wait, so his best review is of a game that doesn't actually exist...?

The world doesn't make sense to me anymore.

It might not have made a lot of sense to you to begin with if you regard what Yahtzee does to games as "reviews." Yes, he does critically reflect on them to some extent, and the world is better for such reflections, but the larger part of what he does that sets him apart from a reviewer is that he mostly lampoons the games.

Consequently, his video that targeted one of the most, if not the most, lampoon-worthy enterprise in the history of AAA gaming was arguably the most fertile ground he ever encountered, and it may have made less sense if it didn't win.

 

[romxxii]

Oh god...

A game that doesn't exist won.

No, a review of a game that doesn't exist won.

Seriously, I was punching myself in the gut at the sheer idiocy of people that kept voting for their favorite game. Comments like;

"Well, I thought Gears of War 2 had better gameplay over all so it gets my vote."

Seriously people.

This. Makes me ashamed to be a regular ZP viewer.

 

[willgreg123]

...well now I just feel like an asshole for participating in this contest. I would have gone about voting an entirly different way if I knew it was going to replace this week's episode of ZP.

 

[willgreg123]

Oh god...

A game that doesn't exist won.

No, a review of a game that doesn't exist won.

Seriously, I was punching myself in the gut at the sheer idiocy of people that kept voting for their favorite game. Comments like;

"Well, I thought Gears of War 2 had better gameplay over all so it gets my vote."

Seriously people.

Wow, some people can miss the point so well, it's scary.
I'm sure glad I understood the purpose of the vote...

Actually, I didn't, as the true purpose was apparently to give Yahtzee the week off.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I could see this one coming, but I was rooting for Painkiller. I mean, a lot of people hadn't even heard of it before Yahtzee. I'm sure it was People Can Fly's favorite episode.

EDIT: I remember the day this video came out... I immediately searched the GameStop website for Duke Nukem Forever before I even watched the video.

 

[poiuppx]

...didn't he do this already? :sigh:

...I see someone here doesn't read his blog or Extra Punctuation... he's on holiday this past week, so no new review. In its place, The Escapist ran a contest for the favorite episode of ZP. This won, hence getting reposted with a header denoting it as said winner, complete with a new thread so people can ***** about how it wasn't THAT funny or how it shouldn't have won because DNF isn't a real game.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I noticed that he said it had 6 axis control and achievments. what strange magical console was he playing.

The Nintendo Station with the optional Playmote.