Tag: The Escapist

There was a time long ago when the name Yahtzee was attributed to a board game but, due to the overwhelming success of Zero Punctuation on the website The Escapist by creator Ben ‘Yahtzee’ Crowshaw, the name has now become synonymous with yellow backgrounds and ranting about video games. However, it seems he has teamed up with Jim Sterling, another of The Escapists’ reviewers, for Rhymedown Spectacular where they read poetry they have written. I visit the site almost every…

I saw this video review several weeks back but I deliberately decided NOT to report on it. We had already posted a couple of negative reviews of Skyward Sword and this one happened to come out just before Christmas time. The verdict on Skyward Sword was already out and this would likely insight some very unnecessary bitterness amongst fans. It would perhaps even influence those borderline fans to not even purchase the game, and perhaps just renting it or borrowing…