I’ve been a fan of Yahtzee’s Zero Punctuation video game reviews for years, so when this came out I grabbed it without thinking twice.

A friend of mine read the print version and found it derivative, predictable and boring. I think he missed the point and the medium: Yahtzee’s charm is how he says what he says, and so the audiobook read by the author is, I expect, the intended method of consumption. Also, understanding that it’s supposed to be satirical helps. If you miss those two points, I can see why it mightn’t make your favourites list.

I enjoyed this audiobook. It is indeed derivative and trope-filled (not by accident), but the narration style means that doesn’t matter. Get the audiobook and get ready for a laugh. It’s light entertainment, not a space opera.