Semi-Ramblomatic

Yahtzee Croshaw provides his thoughts and insights in this video essay series focused on games industry topics. New episodes every other Thursday at 10 AM CT.

65 videos · Second Wind

• Bad Hints Are Worse Than No Hints | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Can We Actually Make Exotic Weapons... Exotic? | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Yahtzee Can't Hack It | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Go Ahead, Make Me Cry | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Does Yahtzee Not Know How to Have Fun Anymore? | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Resident Evil Requiem’s Story Is Unforgivably Dumb | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Giving Up Is Underrated | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Best Kinds of Difficulty Settings | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Yahtzee Makes a Mess | Semi-Ramblomatic
• What Makes a Good Sequel? | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Weirdness of Powerwash Simulator | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Press F to Pay Respects to Gaming Traditions | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Every Semi-Ramblomatic 2024 - 2025 Edition
• AAA Development vs. a Bag of Chips | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Let's Talk About Cutscene Incompetence | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Good Luck Modernizing Silent Hill 1, Bloober Team | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Optional Content Isn't Really Optional | Semi-Ramblomatic
• I Love Silksong, and I Also Hate Silksong | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Stupidity of Big Boss | Semi-Ramblomatic
• I'm Ashamed to Admit It, I Play YouTube Playables | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Enough With the Pointless Skill Trees | Semi-Ramblomatic
• A Rant About Video Game Puns | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Slippery Slope of AI in Games | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Standard Mario Biome Checklist Theory | Semi-Ramblomatic
• What Makes Us Care About Video Game Homes? | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Why I Hated the Story of DOOM: The Dark Ages | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Why Are Modern Games Obsessed With Parrying? | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Remakes, Remasters, and Re-Whatevers | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Oh, It's Another Roguelike | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Split Fiction’s Writing Is Bad, so Let’s Fix It | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Video Game Adaptations Need to Mind Their Manners | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Games That Drove Me Insane | Semi-Ramblomatic
• I Was Bored, So I Did a Black Mesa Ironman Run | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Live-Service Games Ruined Crafting | Semi-Ramblomatic
• My Big Dumb Nintendo Switch 2 Predictions | Semi-Ramblomatic
• I Love VR, But It Also Makes Me Sad | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Yahtzee Finally Explores His Feelings | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Get Me Out of this Stupid Void | Semi-Ramblomatic
• I May Have Been Wrong About Some of My Favorite Games | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Symphony of the Night's UI is Fascinatingly Bad | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Breaking Down My Dislike of Strategy Games | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Silent Hill 2 and the Hidden Costs of Remakes | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Rise of the Dad Game | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Resident Evil 4 is Stupid If You Think About It | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Games I Like, But Don't Actually Play | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Should A Game Never Be Boring? | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Can an NPC Feel Like A Friend? | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Card Game? I've Got a World to Save! | Semi-Ramblomatic
• A Case of Soulslike Fatigue | Semi-Ramblomatic
• A Postmortem on Starstruck Vagabond | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Framing, Agency, and AAA Female Protagonists | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Could Every Video Game Happen in the Same World? | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Screw Nuance, Give Me A Memorable Villain | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Oh, That Darn Yellow Paint | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Language of Color in Games | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Importance of a Good Monster Introduction | Semi-Ramblomatic
• Why Truly Original Games Are So Rare | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Moral Dilemmas that Weren't | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Lost Art of the Tutorial Level | Semi-Ramblomatic
• An Explanation of "Post-Punk" Games | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Rules of a Good Plot Twist | Semi-Ramblomatic
• How to Predict The Game Awards | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Importance of an Ending | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Rise and Fall of Video Game Titles | Semi-Ramblomatic
• The Difficulty Paradox | Semi-Ramblomatic