It took me a while to figure out where the story was going, due there being a lot of time spent on the world building and character introductions, but once it got going, it turned out to be a murder-mystery with a magic twist. The mystery is centered around the murder of a "fluidid", an interdimensional being with many physical similarities to slugs, and the subsequent hunt for the killer by the Department of Inter-Dimensional Afairs, or DIDA for short. There's a magical school run by monks; a student who turns out not to have magic--she has an eidetic memory that made people think she did--so goes to work at the ministry instead of going to the secondary school; some aliens called Fluidics who are sort of giant amoebas that are seeking asylum and end up doing all sorts of helpful jobs; kids who really do have 'magical infusions;' and someone who's murdering Fluidics. Our eidetic memory girl Alison ends up in the middle of the investigation. WDtGfC is a first for me, because it's a direct sequel to my third book, Will Save The Galaxy For Food. All my books up til now have been one-off stories (although I'm fixing to write future books in the Differently Morphous continuity as well). For a long time I was leary about sequels and serials, because I remember going to sci-fi and fantasy bookshops as a kid and only finding Books 2 and 4 of the Breakwind Chronicles or whatever, but eventually I accepted that this is much less of an issue in this age of binging on digital media. Besides, saving myself the trouble of coming up with new characters was nice. Fully Ramblomatic - the blog of Yahtzee Croshaw: Will Update This Blog For Likes". Fully Ramblomatic - the blog of Yahtzee Croshaw. 21 September 2019 . Retrieved 15 February 2021.

There's a lot of this type of thing in this book. Nobody knows the name of a character who not only shows his face on internet streams he also invites those who watch his stream to his house. This is because.... the story needs it like that. Don't think about it, here's a joke about a vicar not knowing what doxing is. No one investigates people related to major crimes because..... the story needs it. No one comments on the blatant incompetence of the investigation because.... best not to think about it (seriously it's not remarked on once). Anyway, that had to be said. In my opinion, it came close to being brow-beating, old-man-yelling-at-clouds social commentary, and I’m by no means sensitive about such things. I found it funny in some places, eye-rolling in others, but it never detracted from the story’s fun. YMMV. In addition to Zero Punctuation, Croshaw has also starred in a series on The Escapist titled Jim & Yahtzee's Rhymedown Spectacular alongside former Escapist personality Jim Sterling. The weekly series consisted of an original piece of video game themed poetry each from Croshaw and Sterling. Unlike his other shows, Croshaw presented himself on camera the entire time. The series aired weekly from 17 April 2013, to 28 May 2014. [89] Uncivil War [ edit ] Abusive Parent: "Miracle Dad", even after learning the cost of healing magic, encourages his own daughter to use it at her expense. He later makes other people pay the price for her, but you can very well argue that encouraging her to murder other healers is just as abusive. At least he is is horrified when his younger daughter suddenly becomes a healer and accidentally kills herself in the climax.The ending's "painful" because it made me feel really uneasy and makes it clear there's even more to this story than there already is. That said, I'm glad the ending happened how it did. This book has some of that, but it also tries to be more than it's capable of. The main theme here is PC Culture, and this novel handles the issue about as awkwardly and ineptly as one could imagine. The story makes a few twists and turns along the way and keeps you guessing right up until the last moments, without feeling pretentious or overdrawn. A strong, creative, and unique story with characters I cared about. More laugh-out-loud funny than The Rook, but without the wordplay and incredible use of language. Less crude and a stronger story than A Dirty Job.

One of the most blatant is that public opinion declared a "Shoggoth" an N-Word Privileges level slur after one of them mentioned the preferred term was "Fluidic"; its lampshaded a few times that the Fluidics are never the ones getting offended. On 26 December 2010, Croshaw revealed that he was working on a second novel. [71] "It's about an apocalypse. WITH JAM IN IT." [72] On 25 April 2012, Croshaw announced the novel, titled Jam. It was published by Dark Horse Books and released on 23 October 2012. [73] The concept for the novel can be seen in the Zero Punctuation review [ citation needed] of the survival horror game Dead Island where he says that people would not be able to cope if civilization ends in any other way than a zombie apocalypse. He then mentions the idea of the entire world getting covered in "carnivorous jam". [74] Croshaw has stated that Jam is tangentially related to Mogworld but is not a sequel. [75] Will Save the Galaxy for Food [ edit ] Apathy Killed the Cat: Invoked by Alison to keep her job. She was originally employed by the Ministry solely for the sake of secrecy, but is still hanging around after that's out the window. Nobody thinks to ask why until the end of the book, and she's well enough established by then that they're fine with her staying. Fully Ramblomatic – the blog of Yahtzee Croshaw: Will Update This Blog For Likes". Fully Ramblomatic – the blog of Yahtzee Croshaw. 10 December 2021 . Retrieved 10 December 2021.

Existentially Challenged provides examples of:

Exact Words: In the first chapter, when everyone notices Doctor Diablerie's absence, Allison says she thinks she's supposed to represent him. His exact words were for her to "act the Huginn and Muninn to his All-Father Odin as he sits astride his Throne of Intrigue, probing the Uncanny Realms of the Innermost."

Cast from Lifespan: Adepts in Healing Magic can heal most injuries and illnesses instantaneously, but it takes using the user's life-force to use and can cause the user to suffer from Rapid Aging. It's for this reason why everyone in the Ministry thinks that Miracle Meg is a fraud. Severity of the injury seems to effect how much life force needs to be used, Meg aging to death the first (and only) time she uses healing magic to heal Victor from third-degree burns. It should also be noted that other demon-hunters, like Mike and Chris, have enormous respect for Dr. Diablerie, and break into cold sweat at the mere mention of his presence. Slightly Civil War". The Escapist. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021 . Retrieved 22 March 2021. Overall a very solid story, mystery and world building with lots of twists to keep things interesting.On 20 December 2000 [ citation needed] Yahtzee started a webcomic known as Yahtzee Takes on the World, which contained characters from his Arthur Yahtzee and Rob Blanc trilogies. The comic ended its run on 22 September 2002. [ citation needed] In addition, he also produced several other webcomics; The Adventures of Angular Mike, Cowboy Comics!, and Chris and Trilby which is based on the characters Chris Quinn from Age of Evil and Trilby from Chzo Mythos. [ citation needed] Yahtzee has since openly disowned his comics, attributing it to a "dark time" in his life, although they are still hosted online to read. [65] Novels [ edit ] Giant Bomb, Friday: Death to Arthur Yahtzee". Giantbomb.com. 1 January 1998 . Retrieved 6 November 2012. Some comedy elements can feel a tad dated, theres a lot about political correctness in here, but its not as bad as a previous book Jam, which had people being ironic in a very early nineties way ;) .