Yahtzee Croshaw, born Benjamin Richard Croshaw, is one of the most in-demand multi-talented personalities in the competitive gaming market. Although he is known for his creative video games, what many people don’t know is that he is also a comedian, writer, author and video game journalist. Yahtzee first gained international fame after becoming an icon in the Adventure Game Studio (AGS) community for producing incredible video games, including Rob Rob, who particularly inspired him to become a huge star. Since his breakthrough, the multi-talented game maker’s popularity has grown and he has no intention of slowing down his activities in the industry.
Who is Yahtzee Croshaw?
He is a multi-hyphenated Brit who currently works for popular American video game site and online magazine The Escapist, an Australian cross-platform, multi-platform video game magazine, and UK magazine Gamer, PC Gamer. Croshaw was born in England, namely in Rugby, Warwickshire, on May 24, 1983. He was brought up with an older brother by their parents, whose identity was not known to the public.
The British star had his primary education at Eastlands Primary School, from where he moved to Abbots Farm Middle School to continue his education. Of the Abbots, Croshaw enrolled in the Lawrence Sheriff School but sadly dropped out after doing his first adventure game. Yahtzee Croshaw’s decision not to go to college did not displease his parents, as they wanted him to get a degree. Reportedly, the game developer doesn’t talk to his brother often and his parents are still unhappy with his gaming career.
Yahtzee moved to Australia at the age of 20 to explore new career opportunities. He later moved to the United States in August 2016. Some of his notable AGS games include The Trials of Ulysses Kent, Luncheon of the Damned which has over 50 episodes, Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantastic Marvels, Series 1213, Chzo Mythos, and Trilby: The Art of Flight.
Although the influential gamer does not write his own music, he produces the animation and graphics for his own games with Microsoft Paint, Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Paint.
The British multi-hyphenate joins The Escapistmagazine after some reviews he uploaded to YouTube won critical acclaim. Since he began producing a weekly video review column called Zero Punctuation for the magazine, games such as Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Portal, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Gate, Spec Ops: The Line and Psychonauts, earned favorable reviews while Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Dark Souls are among his favorite games.
As a webcomic writer, Yahtzee Croshaw wrote several projects such as Chris and Trilby, The Adventures of Angular Mike, Cowboy Comics!, Yahtzee Takes On The World, which ran from December 20, 2000 to September 22, 2002. His site Web also contains two unpublished novels titled: “Fog Juice” and “Articulate Jim: In Search of Something. ”
Does he have a wife or a girlfriend?
Yahtzee Croshaw has been a married man since 2018, when he reportedly walked his longtime girlfriend, Kess down the aisle. Unlike the video game developer, Kess isn’t known to many people, but it seems like she was a big fan of the British star before they met and eventually tied them a knot.
As for his girlfriend, Croshaw is not in an open relationship with any other lady apart from his wife at the time of writing. The engaged couple are happily married and have no plans to divorce in the future.
Other Yahtzee Croshaw Facts
1. Yahtzee co-founded a Brisbane, Australia-based cocktail bar and video game lounge called the Mana Bar with three of his friends in 2010. However, the bar, along with a second location in Melbourne , ceased operations on May 24, 2015.
2. The video player, as of October 21, 2017, remains the last and only paid employee of Escapist magazine.
3. Also a podcast host, he has been hosting podcasts on his personal website since April 13, 2011.
4. Yahtzee Croshaw currently lives in San Francisco, California, United States of America.
5. Rogue (released in 2014), Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (released in 2017), The Order: 1886 (released in 2015), Hunt Down the Freeman (2018) and Homefront: The Revolution (2016) are among his worst games .
Just Cause 2 (released in 2010), Undertale (released in 2015), Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (released in 2017), Saints Row 2 (released in 2008), Batman: Arkham Asylum (released in 2009), Doom (released in 2006) and Return of the Obra Dinn (released in 2018) are some of his best games.
6. Yahtzee previously starred with players Matt Burgess and Yug on a TV series pilot titled Game Damage