Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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To Hell With Comments

Happy new year, everyone, and fuck comments. Just before Christmas I did a video on Super Mario 3D World, and that’s the sentiment ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorDecember 31, 2013

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Context, Challenge and Catharsis

A long time ago I proposed in this column a thing that I’m still determined to turn into an actual Thing: that the ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorDecember 17, 2013

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The Trials and Perils of Returning to PC

People tell me I’ve been too much of a PC gaming cheerleader since the new console generation started. Fair enough. In the time ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorDecember 10, 2013

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The Design of Consuming Shadow

So those familiar with my work outside rambling columns and sweary videos will know I’m a hobbyist solo game developer, and last week ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorDecember 3, 2013

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Complacency in Storytelling

One of the problems with triple-A games I’ve noticed lately is that they seem to be making an awful lot of assumptions about ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorNovember 26, 2013

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Assassin’s Creed Doesn’t Have Much of a Story, Does It?

I have dutifully played the Assassin’s Creed games as they’ve come out, and while it has wobbled a fair bit on the line ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorNovember 19, 2013

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Keeping Batman Original

I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of Batman, I’m more of a casual user. Not much interest in the character itself or in ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorNovember 12, 2013

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Wind Waker is Still the Best Zelda, and You’re Surprised?

My recent review on Zelda Wind Waker HD produced a fairly predictable response: “Oh my goodness Yahtzee actually likes a game”, from the ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorNovember 5, 2013

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Beyond: Two Souls vs. The Stanley Parable

Well. I finally did it. I put a rather upsetting amount of money where my mouth is. Yesterday I received delivery of a ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorOctober 29, 2013

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Let’s Compare Lost Planet 3 to a Good Game

Lost Planet 3 reminds me of Metroid Prime, which was a really good game on the Gamecube that Nintendo haven’t gotten around to ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorOctober 22, 2013

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GTAV’s Characters Are Just Bad

Right, where were we before all that Expo business that kept me away last week? GTAV? I think we were talking about GTAV. ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorOctober 15, 2013

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A Machine For Pigs: Daddy, Please Don’t Kill Me

“Daddy, please don’t kill me.” For all of A Machine For Pigs’ problems with not being so much of a game as its ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorOctober 1, 2013

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