Yahtzee Versus Gaming Webcomics

Awww, the jackass in the apartment next to me keeps barbecuing delicious steak dinners on his balcony, and the smell floats into my bedroom—er, my office. He is too deranged for me to safely ask to share, so I’ll have to get my own dinner. Unfortunately, I forgot to thaw anything to cook for tonight, so it looks like I’ll be striking out to follow the Subway or Pizza Hut herds like the urban Neanderthal that I am.

A brand new hump day means a brand new Zero Punctuation. This week, the breathless critic Yahtzee takes on not a game, but its culture; namely, gaming webcomics.

Though Yahtzee has something nasty to say to anyone who Thinks They Can Be a Webcomic Artist™ (Mega Man sprite-rippers especially included), the video was put together for the specific purpose of bashing the inexplicably popular Ctrl+alt+del.

Every Tom, Dick and Nobody has had something to say about the comic since the early arrival of the bouncing baby—by which I mean the near-transparent beginnings of a baby that bounced out of Lilah’s uterus and onto the floor.

(This terrible metaphor is brought to you by my attempt to match the worst thing Yahtzee’s ever drawn. How’s my driving? 1-800-666-6666.)

I’ve already stood up and yelled my opinion on Ctrl+alt+del’s boneless attempt at drama, but I’ve since decided that the arc was truly nauseating instead of merely irritating. The writing was terrible; how many times do you need your characters to mouth off about how devastated they are? Your girlfriend lost a baby, Main Character. I don’t expect you to throw a pizza party.

Ach, well, Yahtzee is far more entertaining and filthy than I, so go ahead and leave me for nursery-yellow wit.