Friday afternoon recommendation: Zero Punctuation

Instead of the usual Friday afternoon japes and history lessons, we thought that this week we would instead point our valued and intelligent readers towards a site which you may not have come across before.

SG.biz doesn't carry reviews on a regular basis.  There are now well over a dozen sites you can visit for plain, old fashioned games reviews.  So even though it would mean getting free copies and have PR people fawning and taking us for lunch, we didn't think reviews would add a whole lot to our blend of news, analysis and opinion.

However, there is a man who does review stuff, whom you should probably check out.  His name's Yahtzee (or Ben Croshaw to his chums).  He runs a weekly review in the Escapist Magazine.  Which is a bit like Edge, but electronic and American.

Yahtzee however is British and based in Australia.  This gives him a certain advantage when it comes to reviews as he has the appropriate levels of cynicism, bitterness and a certain subtlety which you need to be a top flight reviewer.  Also, as it's online, there's scope for the occasional blasphemy or curse word, which ensures the reviews are as provocative as they are informative.

Since it's Internets-based, you can send Yahtzee messages and e-mails suggesting new games for him to review, or indeed challenging his opinions on your favourite games. 

If you've not seen any Zero Punctuation reviews before, we'd recommend you go and check them out.