http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/420-Fallout-3

Did escapist disable embedding to stop everyone else from getting a guaranteed 100+ votes video?

CONSPIRACY! I bet the embed will only work for Zifnab!

I am no longer voting for these, so long as they do not work. This isn't LinkSift, it's Videosift.

In fact, this is technically *Dead and you all know it.

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by MarineGunrock.

Probably because nobody sees the large ads plastered all over the original website when its embedded here. I guess they had to do something when they stopped showing ads in the video.

About Fallout 3:

It might be post-apocalyptic Oblivion, but using an existing well made game engine and tidying it up a bit means I don't have to upgrade my computer to play this game. It runs beautifully, looks great, and the map is enormous.

Unfortunately, yes, the subways are a increasingly boring cut+paste job the more you play in them. At least you can skip them once you have discovered the entry/exits in fast travel.

It's a shame that left4dead came out yesterday, now I'm stuck playing *that*

*notdead or even close - all Zero Punctuation Videos are stalling... high traffic, does not qualify as dead!

There's a difference between stalling and just not fucking working.
They work perfectly fine on the site, but not here.

yeah, I'll have to agree that this is in fact *DEAD!

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by rasch187.

ALL ZERO PUNCTUATION Videos are stalling... high traffic, does not qualify as dead!

Actually, you're wrong. Other ones do work. This one and last weeks don't. Go read the thread. P.S. - you yourself stated that the one from last week did not sift. So because NO ONE can see this, it's *dead. Don't cry because you can't suck up the votes with it.

It's a dead embed and you damn well know it.


The reviews for:
Dead space
Saint's Row 2
Silent Hill homecoming
Stalker
Force unleashed
Mercenaries
Double Bill

All work just fine. This one does not. It's dead.

Check the others if you want.

Only published videos may be flagged dead - ignoring dead request by MarineGunrock.

I just tried

Zero Punctuation - Dead Space
Zero Punctuation Review - Silent Hill Homecoming
Zero Punctuation Review - Fable 2

Here on Videosift - all failed to load (same problem)
should these also be marked dead?

Dead links are are for videos no longer working - I would replace it - but no one links these - it should calm down in a few hours but until then any ZP video I try - some work - some don't

Has anyone else had any problems with the video here?

Yay for Branston Pickle!

Still *dead.

A dead video should not receive votes, regardless of whether there's a working copy somewhere else.

But I like how you keep clicking "fix embed" and using the same dead one just because you want the votes.

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by MarineGunrock.

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Still dead.
A dead video should not receive votes, regardless of whether there's a working copy somewhere else.
But I like how you keep clicking "fix embed" and using the same dead one just because you want the votes.


Wow, you're a fucking bad mood today MG : I did click 'fix embed' because last tme I had a ZP video stall like this it fixed it - I like how you assume I did it for the votes.

*promote

Only published, queued, or discarded videos, published Sift Talk posts, and published blog posts may be promoted - ignoring promote request by LadyDeath.

Well, you're fixing it with the same code, so what else are you doing it for? If you can rip a copy from escapist, email it to me and I'll gladly host it for you. I love ZP as much as the next gamer and it would be a pity to lose great content.

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Well, you're fixing it with the same code, so what else are you doing it for? If you can rip a copy from escapist, email it to me and I'll gladly host it for you. I love ZP as much as the next gamer and it would be a pity to lose great content.


I had same problem with the last ZP I posted - and recopying the embed seemed to fix it (or prehaps lucky coincidence)

either way, there was nothing nefarious about my recopying the embed, I did not even realise it had undeaded the video.

Well, then you sincerely have my apologies.
But I won't stand for an active "video" that people are voting for just because they can watch it somewhere else.

That would seriously undermine the goal of *quality control.

I never could get http://www.videosift.com/video/Zero-Punctuation-Review-Fable-2 to play. It still isn't working for me a week later. This one doesn't play either. Other ZP here seem to work fine.

>> ^burdturgler:
I never could get http://www.videosift.com/video/Zero-Punctuation-Review-Fable-2 to play. It still isn't working for me a week later. This one doesn't play either. Other ZP here seem to work fine.


Hey, yeah, most of the others are fine but I noticed a few that did not load either, not sure whats going on...I'll find out

Well it appears there is a problem with the Escapist Embedding - hope its fixed soon

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by Zonbie.

(balls)

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by Zonbie.

Use this code to fix it (I removed the ?1.1 that was after FlowPlayerDark.2.2.4-tm.swf and it seems to work):



When you copy the embed from this vid it should work for you (it won't have the ?1.1 in it).

Works for me.

Whew...I'm glad this got resolved. WTG Zifnab. I was getting worried when I saw MG yell at Zonbie.

Yeah, I'm whoring out my link here, wanna fight about it?

HA HA HA - pick pocketing. Love the fake outro. Awesome.

Of course, Zifnab knows the solution to this particular embed...

>> ^gwiz665:
Of course, Zifnab knows the solution to this particular embed...


I'm not quite sure what you are getting at here gwiz.....

My god, his weird pronunciation of 'verbatim' annoys me every time.

Pretty much my thoughts except I thought Oblivion was an abomination.

The main issue I have with Bethesda and Oblivillout is they're not doing any favors for the RPG genre. Somehow, someone over there must have had the wonderfully misguided epiphany that a vast landscape replete with copy pasted locations, derivative, short and disjointed quests (besides the main quest in Fallout 3 which was decent, if not for the fact it ended before it felt it really began), and for the most part pretty similar characters and enemies can replace a carefully paced, far more engaging plot-line a la the Witcher, Deus Ex, Planescape Torment or virtually any older RPG for that matter.

Console fanbois have lapped it up though I hear. Pity, they could have saved a lot of time and achieved the same result by purely plastering a new wall paper over Oblivion and adding in the dismembering of heads.

>> ^Zifnab:
>> ^gwiz665:
Of course, Zifnab knows the solution to this particular embed...

I'm not quite sure what you are getting at here gwiz.....


Some kind of nonsensical innuendo implication, clearly.

Worked for me, kids.

seems *dead, Jim.

This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by therealblankman.

Awarding dystopianfuturetoday with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.

*dead

This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by Norsuelefantti.

Awarding geo321 with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.

*length=4:26

The duration of this video has been updated from unknown to 4:26 - length declared by geo321.