Yahtzee is the name of the game for many aspiring industry gurus. Ben Croshaw, more often known as Yahtzee of The Escapist's Zero Punctuation video column, has quickly become the gold standard of game boy success, but don't be fooled by his handle. The rise of Yahtzee wasn't purely a dice toss.
How much of Yahtzee is Croshaw, and how much is shrewd caricature? In a post-Colbert world, it's sometimes hard to tell where personalities end and pundits begin. After all, as valuable as is the knowledge of Croshaw, it's pennies to the dollar on Yahtzee's acidic tongue. That sweet boy in the picture would never sell without a shtick.
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
even though i hate the guy, yahtzee is pure genius
I used to like his reviews. Respected them, even. I still really enjoy them for the humor, but that's the only reason I watch them anymore as they seem to be less and less relevant these days.
It's terrific that he's successful, though.
Cool take on the guy. I didn't know much about him as a person before. Very much the tortured genius type.
Those aren't suspenders...
I've met him in real life as he visited a game project I'm working on and got to say he's actually a great guy.
Despite his constant criticism of games in his reviews he really does support the industry and game development, especially from newcomers to the industry.
Heh tonight at a certain event (can't say what, sorry) he should be there so I'll point him over to this article and see what he reckons. =)