Conflicted, indeed. I want it to be great! Not yet, it ain’t.
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“I’ve been a fan of Zero Punc since inception, and own several of Mr. Croshaw’s audiobooks. When I came across this podcast, I was really looking forward to a slower-paced look into the reasoning and rationale for his and Mr. Packard’s views on video game issues and such. In this episode (1/25/21, my first ever), I got that, I suppose, but the delivery is almost a dealbreaker.
Rather than Mr. Croshaw speaking with his mind with free snark and liberty, it feels as though he’s sitting with his Grandma and winking at us now and again at how polite he’s willing to be. That, and the affirmative, Skeksis-like sing-song humming that Mr. Packard performs whenever Croshaw make an interesting point is rather off-putting. I’m not sure how Croshaw doesn’t find it condescending and/or patronizing (I suppose no more so than the verbal guardrails that Packard maintains for Croshaw, whose charm is the offhanded “incorrect” humor he offers in ZP. We know it’s not 100% serious, but to hear the “easy, now” attitude that comes across, it sounds as though they’re too wary [read: gun-shy] of their audience’s sensitivities.). Let’s all say it slowly to offset the Tomb Raider breast joke, “We. Respect. Women.” Yes. Of course.
I’ll give it a couple more episodes, because I really want this to be my favorite Xbox podcast, but I’m not certain I can take it. It might not be like I thought it could be.”
Surly Aardvark via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/25/21
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“I don’t think it is the greatest thing ever, but it is very good. I think people expect the Yahtzee persona of “Zero Punctuation, “ the swearing, glib reviewer, but he doesn’t appear much in this series. It is not the swords out, bloody, no-holds-barred argument that people expected. However, the...”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
04/28/20
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“Longer form discussion might seem out of place for the snappy review guy, but it is a welcome change of pace to hear some of the thoughts behind the knob jokes.”
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United States of America ·
05/12/20
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“I love this because the topics are interesting, but the two are pretty light hearted in it. They have good arguments but never get mad at each other.”
OtakufromAZ via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/17/20
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