Zero Punctuation: Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

[Uszi]

While I do agree with some of what you say here, I must say. That when somebody DOES form an opinion, they SHOULD have the necessary 'information' you speak of, to do so. Most of these morons DO NOT. If you actually watch and listen to Yahtzee's reviews. They are funny yes, but they also really do key into valid points of a game that other reviewers (and moron fans) don't. Most (NEGATIVE) opinions here are based only on what the individual THINKS is correct without really backing it up.

So, I'm sorry, but unless you, or anybody else who mouths off about Yahtzee in a negative way can do a similar thing as he and make me interested in what you have to say, backed up with hard facts and evidence. Unless you can do that...Please suck a bag of dicks in hell and shut the fuck up.

Peace.

Your naughty language has hurt my feelings, and I have decided to change my ways.
You could teach Socrates a thing or two about debate.

 

[Chaosthief]

While I'm on the subject, this concept is bullshit. Swear-words are not, at some deep level, harmful, they are just words denoting a different degree of strength. Banning fuck or shit makes about as much sense as banning the words "Splendid" or "swiftly".

Amen. Actually, if people thought about swear words this way, swear words would lose their impact in a sentence. Funny how that works, you know?

 

[blackfly01]

Hate to butt-in, but upon hearing that the characters in Zack & Wiki were voiceless, grunting/shrieking creatures, I quickly thought of one game: Banjo & Kazooie. At least that eventually had a character that made made suggestive 'ahh's to lighten the mood. Ugh, please tell me there's at least one person who maniacally laughs for their dialogue, that would excuse a lot.

 

[Heroic One]

I think swear words are some of the best words english has to offer, not the worst. They can be used for *so many* different things, and everyone will know exactly what you're saying.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I wasn't paying that much attention. And I would like to point out the Cheney and Bush are all firmly in your generation.

Dude, Reagan and Thatcher were my generation and I regret it every day of my life.

 

[Cameoflage]

And how may people carry their Mp3 with them a lot? I'd say, all of us. Thats what it was made for, genius, portable high volume of data in a playable form.

And I'd say I can think of a lot of people who only use it when they are going for a jog, walking to class, or driving in the car. In those cases, many of those people specifically want to listen to music for those activities. In that sense, I'd disagree: definitely not all of you carry it around all the time. Unless things are different in Australia.

Or one thing I had in mind when I made my original post:
If you want an uncomfortable experience, then put in your ear-buds and listen to something funny in a public place. If you're walking down the street, laughing historically at say, Mitch Hedberg, everyone else will give you a very strange, uncomfortable look, questioning your sanity.
So I know that I, and many other people, usually save funny material for when you're by yourself or in the company of some friends.

You should probably stick with C.D.s if you leave it in the car.

Cheaper, less work, easier to organize if I forgo CDs.

So the market for this would be pretty huge.

As huge as there are ZP fans who have portable devices who would want to carry ZP around with them all the time.

My two cents: I carry my iPod with me virtually all the time (in case anyone particularly cares, it's a first-gen 1GB Nano), I like to listen to ZP while doing other things*, and I'd very much appreciate having the opportunity to combine the two.

*In my opinion, the backbone of the reviews is the writing, which is mostly contained in the soundtrack; both the soundtrack and the animation complement each other and are best viewed together, but the former is capable of standing on its own for me whereas the latter is reduced to a string of absurd and apparently unconnected (although still often comical) images when the sound is muted.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Oh and Yahtzee, Kudos for Captain Pugwash.

*ponders digging up the 'name of the cabin boy myth'*

 

[Nanaki24]

The classics do not need reviewing, they have already been reviewed extensively.

Finally the answer to 1/2 the posts I have seen in the past weeks, as much as I enjoy the idea of some older games being reviewed on ZP it just wouldn't work. Heck there is already enough reference to the classics in Yahtzee's reviews to know his take on them so lets just see what comes out next its always a surprise, he doesn't go with the latest and greatest in the media's eye which I think adds a lot to the reviews.

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

Yet another magnificent review from Yahtzee, may his thumbs only quicken with passing time and his wiimote never torpedo his tv screen of reviewing genius.

Best part: Describing the motions of turning the big wheel, the animations to illistrate the complexity of the action required was hilarious

Having read some first comments, this is certainly not bottom barrel, its a major release for the Wii which if you must look at iot that way is rather depressing, non the less adventure games are rathe excellent when they're paired with an equally excellent story. I'd personally love to see a review for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion or Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, I guess we'll just have to sit and wait [atiently until he who is Yahtzee deems our wishes worthy of his supreme game reviewing wisdom.

 

[Vitalix]

This reviews spotlight yet another of Ben's good qualities. Ben not only has wit and intellect but also has a sense of history. So many gamers can't think before 2003. I played Pong. New. Out of the box. Still have my Atari 2600. Coded on a TRS-80 Model I, Level II 16K expandable to a whoppin 64K ram. Floppies? Screw that kids, you stored data on tapes. Wanted to play a game but not buy it? You bought a magazine and hand coded the program from the magazine into the machine line by line.

Good job Ben. He's fixated on boner/dildo and whacking off jokes now but does not carry them overboard. Well, not too badly anyway.

Vitalix

P.S. Ever wonder if Yahtzee ever reads these threads? Or cares? Something tells me he'd spit on us all collectively if he could just cough up enough phlegm.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

P.S. Ever wonder if Yahtzee ever reads these threads? Or cares? Something tells me he'd spit on us all collectively if he could just cough up enough phlegm.

I think there's ample reason to suspect he reads the threads; and as for phlegm, how do you think he accumulates enough bile for the reviews?

 

[CodeChrono]

After playing Zack and Wiki, I pretty much agree with the review. Nothing was more annoying than dying by merely trying to be curious.

 

[Easykill]

That only applies to fuck, which can be used in every form, as every part of a sentence.

"Fuck, the fucked fuckers are fucking fucked!"

I just had to. http://youtube.com/watch?v=28YogJuMUBs

 

[m_jim]

Your naughty language has hurt my feelings, and I have decided to change my ways.
You could teach Socrates a thing or two about debate.

While I'm on the subject, this concept is bullshit. Swear-words are not, at some deep level, harmful, they are just words denoting a different degree of strength. Banning fuck or shit makes about as much sense as banning the words "Splendid" or "swiftly".

Yes, but if one can't write even a few sentences without multiple f-bombs, then I would say that person is inarticulate. The same goes for if you overused the word splendid, the only difference being that no one ever got offended because someone told them to "go splendid themselves."

The point: let's all take it easy on the swearing.

 

[dugbuzz]

Spot-on perfect, pulitzer-prize-worthy review, EXCEPT for that bizarre lapse in logic where you failed to realize that Zack & Wiki was one of the 5-in-6, illogical, irritating all-around hateful Point-n-Click adventures.

I still think you deserve the prize, but your roommate may deserve it more.

 

[Uszi]

While I'm on the subject, this concept is bullshit. Swear-words are not, at some deep level, harmful, they are just words denoting a different degree of strength. Banning fuck or shit makes about as much sense as banning the words "Splendid" or "swiftly".

Did I say that? No.

It's actually that precise respect for our four letter words that creates the argument to not use them a hundred times per post. Someone already mentioned it: if you use them excessively, or as a crutch in communicating your message they are highly ineffective.

For instance, the post I was reponding to:

...So, I'm sorry, but unless you, or anybody else who mouths off about Yahtzee in a negative way can do a similar thing as he and make me interested in what you have to say, backed up with hard facts and evidence. Unless you can do that...Please suck a bag of dicks in hell and shut the fuck up. ...

Could you make an argument for swear words used effectively here? Not really. They're tacked on as an after thought, and used more to try and make the message sound overtly threatening then to emphasize some particular point or feeling. The post is every bit as effective without that last sentence. It's only purpose is an attempt to try and make me shut up out of fear for being cursed at, which is exactly the way that a 12-year-old swears, as opposed to a grown man.

Hence, my tongue in cheek reply, and the continuing need for Mr. Dillinger to take a nap and have a bottle and a burp before he sits down at his computer to reply to me.

Your post, on the other hand contains one swear word, used in a more precise manner. You don't dilute it with excessive swearing, in relation to what your post was about.
Kudos.