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The British born and Australia residing Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is perhaps best known for [[Zero Punctuation]]. But he does have a bit more on his conscience internet-wise. Besides being a video game critic, Yahtzee also has experience in the field of writing and video game designing. Most of this work (and a bit more) can be accessed through his personal site: [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com]
Another recent real-world project of his was opening a bar with four friends known as [http://www.manabar.com.au/ the Mana Bar], a place where people can drink and play games. After initial success in Brisbane, Mana Bar Melbourne had its grand opening on July 16, 2011, a success that saw a line to get in that ran around the block.
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* ''Poseidon 12'' - An experiment with the AGS engine. It revolved around making [[The Sims]]-esque game on a space station. It apparently takes places [[After the End]] in the same universe as YTOTW. It never got out of beta, and is absent from the game page on Fully Ramblomatic, which makes it an Orphaned Game. It is, however, still very much playable, and it can be still found by digging around on the Fully Ramblomatic Forums.
* ''[[Reality On The Norm]]'' - A collaborative community project, involving creating adventure games set in a [[Shared Universe]]: a quirky [[City of Adventure]]. Croshaw himself created the first game to be set in the universe, ''Lunchtime of the Damned'', but have since then only contributed one additional game, ''The Sorceror's Appraisal''.
== Newer work ==
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* ''[[Chzo Mythos]]'' - A series that started with the slasher inspired ''5 Days A Stranger'', and its [[Recycled in Space]] sequel ''7 Days A Skeptic''. The third game, ''Trilby's Notes'', added in a larger plot with a [[Eldritch Abomination]] and an evil cult, which was resolved in the final game, ''6 Days A Sacrifice''. It has its own article for those wishing to learn more.
* ''[[Twelve Thirteen]]'' - Another experiment with the AGS engine. This one revolved around creating a platformer '' á la'' ''[[Flashback (video game)|Flashback]]'', and it turned out better. Also has its own article.
* ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'' - Started out as a couple of experimental video reviews, but it caught attention fast and was soon after picked up by The Escapist and became a permanent weekly serial. It was Yahtzee's ticket to mainstream fame and remains his most famous and discussed piece of work. Also has its own article.
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* ''[[Mogworld]]'' - A novel published in collaboration with [[Dark Horse Comics]]. It tells the tale of Jim, a student mage who has been resurrected in undead form after being dead for sixty years by a "rogue necromancer", and now he wants nothing more than to die again, which is not an easy task since a weird plague that causes immortality has infected a lot of people in the country, including himself. Unbeknownst to Jim, this is because he is actually a [[NPC]] in a popular MMORPG.
** The novel was inspired by three months of playing [[World of Warcraft]], as stated in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4QKDkLu_c this promo], where he says "I got the idea after I stopped playing [[World of Warcraft]], because, for some reason, [[Stealth Insult|I had a lot of free time then]]."
*** [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Hilariously]], in his review of ''[[Age of Conan]]'' he mentions that one of his biggest problems with MMORPGs is "I hate when I look back at my time with a MMORPG and realized that I've just flushed away months of my life that I could have spent '''writing a best-selling book''' or raising a child or pounding nails into my face."
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== Work in progress ==
* ''Jam'' - A post-apocalyptic novel, that follows a small group of survivors in a world where the remains of civilization has been covered in a weird, red, sticky substance that smells distinctly of strawberries.
* ''Fun Space Game: The Game'' - Work in progress. After lamenting the fact that no one had made a good 3D flying game in a while, [[Start My Own|he decided to make one]].
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