The Official Angry Video Game Nerd Discussion Thread [Archive] - Page 24

jferio

12-25-2009, 10:07 AM

I'd not worry as much about him destroying a common NES cart. It's just stuff. And if you're that worried, people do a lot worse to video game hardware all the time, like throwing out someone's entire collection of games and console from the 70s.

(Thankfully this hasn't happened to me.)

CelticJobber

12-25-2009, 06:37 PM

I remember my parents rented Winter Games for me once when I was like 7 years old. I couldn't believe how bad it was, that was one of the worst weekends ever.

Zap!

12-25-2009, 08:58 PM

Another person that would wish he'd stop destroying games (I know he doesn't do it often). I found myself triyng to find excuses like "he printed out a label and put it on a duck hunt" etc.

I like the Nerd, so I'm not gonna stop watching him, nor am I "worried" about him destroying games. I just wish he wouldn't. So sue me, I hate destruction of anything gaming related (including throwing out video games), and I'm not gonna change.

I'll dwell on the positives. If I like 95% of his video, it's a success to me.

Urzu402

12-25-2009, 09:26 PM

I like the Nerd, so I'm not gonna stop watching him, nor am I "worried" about him destroying games. I just wish he wouldn't. So sue me, I hate destruction of anything gaming related (including throwing out video games), and I'm not gonna change.

I'll dwell on the positives. If I like 95% of his video, it's a success to me.

I know how you feel, I cringe everytime he destroys a game, but I still like his movies.

CYRiX

12-25-2009, 11:22 PM

I like the Nerd, so I'm not gonna stop watching him, nor am I "worried" about him destroying games. I just wish he wouldn't. So sue me, I hate destruction of anything gaming related (including throwing out video games), and I'm not gonna change.

I'll dwell on the positives. If I like 95% of his video, it's a success to me.
Don't get me wrong I love the nerd, and will watch every video he makes.

scottw182

12-29-2009, 03:12 PM

There's no way I'm going to read 44 pages of posts, so the points I'm about to make may have already been said.

I like the AVGN, for the most part. It would be great if the swearing was toned down, most of the time it's extremely overdone. When he swears less, and only swears at key moments, it's a lot more effective, and funny.

My only other real criticism for him is as time progressed, he got out of control with gimmicks, people dressed up in costumes and fighting, all kinds of crazy stuff. Not once did I find any of that funny. He's funniest when he's just reviewing a crappy game and saying funny stuff about it. It looks like he may be calming down with this, his last few reviews didn't do any of that. The Castlevania reviews didn't have any of it and they were some of his best ever.

Raedon

12-29-2009, 03:16 PM

You'll notice that he did not destroy Little Red Hood or any of those crappy CD-I Zelda games. He may be melting some carts but they are always common crap you'd find next to SMB/DH.

Sosage

12-29-2009, 04:29 PM

The Castlevania reviews didn't have any of it and they were some of his best ever.

He's most out of character when he panders to people wanting him to do toned down reviews.

Oh. Screw it.

He makes Internet videos about his opinions on video games while he takes a shit on a guy in a Bugs Bunny costume.

http://www.drunkentemple.com/nerdshit.gif

scottw182

12-29-2009, 04:36 PM

He's most out of character when he panders to people wanting him to do toned down reviews.

Oh. Screw it.

The original nerd didn't do all these costumes and crap, he sat there and reviewed games and ranted. It wasn't until late 2007 that he started incorporating stuff like that into SOME of the reviews, then it really took off in 2008.

elvis8atari

12-29-2009, 10:41 PM

The original nerd didn't do all these costumes and crap, he sat there and reviewed games and ranted. It wasn't until late 2007 that he started incorporating stuff like that into SOME of the reviews, then it really took off in 2008.

You are 100% wrong. October 20th 2006
Friday the 13th. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1raUvGNbZFg

AVGN has been doing costumed characters right from the start. Since 2006.

On top of that, the AVGN himself is a costumed character. He plays the part of a nerd and wears a sterotypcial nerd outfit.

scottw182

12-30-2009, 09:09 AM

You are 100% wrong. October 20th 2006
Friday the 13th. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1raUvGNbZFg

AVGN has been doing costumed characters right from the start. Since 2006.

On top of that, the AVGN himself is a costumed character. He plays the part of a nerd and wears a sterotypcial nerd outfit.

Not 100% wrong, I just overlooked that and Nightmare on Elm St when looking through his list of videos. He had 12 "regular" reviews before those 2, then another 11 "regular" reviews before his next costumed character, Spiderman (unless I'm overlooking something. So 2 out of 25 videos makes me "100% wrong"? No, my point still stands that his main focus earlier on was just sitting there and reviewing. As time as passed, however, he's incorporated the costumes and mini movies more and more.

bgreenlee

12-30-2009, 11:26 AM

Not 100% wrong, I just overlooked that and Nightmare on Elm St when looking through his list of videos. He had 12 "regular" reviews before those 2, then another 11 "regular" reviews before his next costumed character, Spiderman (unless I'm overlooking something. So 2 out of 25 videos makes me "100% wrong"? No, my point still stands that his main focus earlier on was just sitting there and reviewing. As time as passed, however, he's incorporated the costumes and mini movies more and more.

Keep in mind, he's a video producer/director first and a game reviewer second. If you follow his http://cinemassacre.com/ blog, you'll see his love of cinema from way before AVGN came about. He's obviously in love with the movie production process and eventually AVGN has taken on this tone as well.

Granted, I usually don't enjoy all of the extra antics as much as the straight witty reviews, this is his thing and I certainly don't mind him doing it in the way that's most interesting to him. Either way, doing these is no small amount of work-

scottw182

12-30-2009, 11:35 AM

Keep in mind, he's a video producer/director first and a game reviewer second. If you follow his http://cinemassacre.com/ blog, you'll see his love of cinema from way before AVGN came about. He's obviously in love with the movie production process and eventually AVGN has taken on this tone as well.

Granted, I usually don't enjoy all of the extra antics as much as the straight witty reviews, this is his thing and I certainly don't mind him doing it in the way that's most interesting to him. Either way, doing these is no small amount of work-

You make some good points, and he his free to do whatever he wants, so, if that's his main passion, of course he's going to incorporate it more and more. I guess I just prefer his reviews. I don't always mind the characters, sometimes they're done well, like the Friday the 13th episode and Nightmare on Elm Street (I guess that's why I overlooked them previously). It's mainly the ridiculous fighting that I don't like, which he seemed to be moving more towards, but maybe it was just a phase.

Famidrive-16

12-30-2009, 04:00 PM

i hope he plays stadium events and throws the cart into a blender

i just want to see the DP reaction to that

Sonicwolf

12-30-2009, 04:05 PM

i hope he plays stadium events and throws the cart into a blender

i just want to see the DP reaction to that

The reaction wouldnt be as bad as you think. Most people wouldnt make it to the forum due to cardiac arrest during the viewing of the video.

Sosage

12-30-2009, 05:28 PM

The reaction wouldnt be as bad as you think. Most people wouldnt make it to the forum due to cardiac arrest during the viewing of the video.

Those that do make it back here alive will also complain that he is either:

- Not being serious about his critiques
- Being too serious about his critiques
- Not being in character enough
- Being too much into character
- Having too many costumes and special effects
- Not having any costumes or special effects
- Looking like he is enjoying himself

ryborg

12-30-2009, 11:25 PM

Those that do make it back here alive will also complain that he is either:

- Not being serious about his critiques
- Being too serious about his critiques
- Not being in character enough
- Being too much into character
- Having too many costumes and special effects
- Not having any costumes or special effects
- Looking like he is enjoying himself

Don't forget about kuygomopli who would write another boring 5000 word essay on why he hated the video and hates everything about the nerd character but still crams on F5 on the screwattack page so he can be the first to watch it.

boatofcar

12-30-2009, 11:31 PM

The original nerd

I found that to be very funny, as if one is talking about the original Coca-Cola or something.

Battlehork

12-31-2009, 02:34 PM

i hope he plays stadium events and throws the cart into a blender

i just want to see the DP reaction to that

He already played World Class Track Meet when he reviewed NES accessories.

So he really would just need to throw it in the blender.

vivaeljason

12-31-2009, 02:56 PM

EDIT: Never mind. Misread the previous post and realized that I'm either illiterate or an idiot.

portnoyd

12-31-2009, 05:15 PM

i hope he plays stadium events and throws the cart into a blender

i just want to see the DP reaction to that

I'd say he's a moron for flushing $2k down the toilet.

But that's just me.

Famidrive-16

01-01-2010, 05:18 PM

http://i45.tinypic.com/feqama.jpg

vivaeljason

01-01-2010, 10:47 PM

http://i45.tinypic.com/feqama.jpg

Okay...that's going to be AWESOME. Hopefully it's up by Monday.

Zap!

01-01-2010, 11:11 PM

i hope he plays stadium events and throws the cart into a blender

i just want to see the DP reaction to that

In all honesty, how could any true video game fan not be upset at destruction? It's like an art lover not getting upset if someone burns art. If he continues to destroy history, he's not a real gamer and just out for the publicity.

Raedon

01-01-2010, 11:39 PM

Oh GOD! Street Fighter 2010. The future of crap is now the present! "State of the art" and "High Resolution"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Street_Fighter_2010_box.jpg

Sonicwolf

01-01-2010, 11:46 PM

I found that to be very funny, as if one is talking about the original Coca-Cola or something.

New Nerd and Nerd Classic?

I wonder if new nerd tastes like the competition, Chris b(Wh)ores.

ryborg

01-02-2010, 12:43 AM

It's like an art lover not getting upset if someone burns art. If he continues to destroy history, he's not a real gamer and just out for the publicity.

If you honestly don't see the difference between destroying one of literally millions of cartridges and destroying a one-of-a-kind piece of art, I'm sorry, but your brain is broken. Do you think art fans give a shit if someone throws out a famous reproduction of a painting or sculpture?

Kitsune Sniper

01-02-2010, 01:07 AM

New Nerd and Nerd Classic?

I wonder if new nerd tastes like the competition, Chris b(Wh)ores.

No, he tastes like the stuff you find at abandoned dollar stores from the 1970s.

I guess. :P

elvis8atari

01-02-2010, 02:16 AM

Okay...that's going to be AWESOME. Hopefully it's up by Monday.

I think gametrailers puts them up on Thursdays or Fridays

Sosage

01-02-2010, 04:07 AM

It's more like being angry that he destroyed a cassette copy of Color Me Bad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4fMDNVS1w).

Zap!

01-06-2010, 03:39 AM

It's up!

Street Fighter 2010 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/60452)

j1e

01-06-2010, 06:20 AM

Man, that was some good shit :)

SPAZ-12

01-06-2010, 06:44 AM

It's a pretty funny video, but I was kind of disappointed when I saw that he was reviewing this game, if only because the Spoony One has already reviewed it. Then again, their styles are completely different, so in the end it doesn't really matter.

guitargary75

01-06-2010, 09:23 AM

Thought it was great as always!

kupomogli

01-06-2010, 11:48 AM

I'm at work so unable to watch the video, will give my opinion later.

I've always liked Street Fighter 2010. Have never thought of it as a bad game. Only thing about the game is it's somewhat difficult.

Nature Boy

01-06-2010, 01:36 PM

...but I was kind of disappointed when I saw that he was reviewing this game...

This is, bar none, the funniest AVGN complaint I have *ever* read.

Sorry Kupomogli, you've been usurped.

Gentlegamer

01-06-2010, 01:45 PM

I rented this game many years ago. I remember three things:
1. Good graphics
2. Hard as hell
3. Had nothing to do with Street Fighter

Seems like the Nerd hit those major points.

chrisbid

01-06-2010, 01:58 PM

im glad he managed to work in a crack about the voice work in street fighter i

seriously, the intellivision and odyssey2 did a better job than a late 80's arcade game

Snapple

01-06-2010, 02:24 PM

He was all over the place in this video, but it worked out pretty well. He got an excuse to crack jabs at Street Fighter I and Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game. And he seemed to give SF2010 its props for the things it did well.

Zap!

01-06-2010, 04:33 PM

My only gripe was he said something like "Why no Guile, Chun Li (or some other SFII character)?" Kinda hard to put in SFII characters when they haven't been invented yet lol. But great video, I enjoyed it and it was nice and long.

Off topic but why was the Turbo Grafx CD-ROM game called Fighting Street? The Nerd seems to blame them for getting the name backwards, but I think it goes deeper than that. Licensing issues?

Ruudos

01-06-2010, 04:45 PM

Sosage

01-06-2010, 06:09 PM

This is, bar none, the funniest AVGN complaint I have *ever* read.

Sorry Kupomogli, you've been usurped.

I was about to reply about that complaint, but then saw you replied first and realized, "Well. We can't have more than one person replying to that complaint. Someone might complain that Nature Boy replied first."

Now I am the original replier to Nature Boy's reply. Don't reply to it or you risk someone complaining.

vivaeljason

01-06-2010, 08:13 PM

I'm just glad that the Nerd finally did something with the Turbo Grafx and the Saturn. The side reviews of Fighting Street and Street Fighter: The Movie are what made this video for me.

Jorpho

01-06-2010, 10:24 PM

I also quite liked it. (The opening montage was rather nifty too.)

Also, buttf*cked up the dick? That's a new one.

Pezcore343

01-06-2010, 11:07 PM

Sweeeeeet

KEVMAN569

01-06-2010, 11:23 PM

I'm just glad that the Nerd finally did something with the Turbo Grafx and the Saturn. The side reviews of Fighting Street and Street Fighter: The Movie are what made this video for me.

Yea seeing him do those makes me want to see more reviews of games on those systems.

emceelokey

01-07-2010, 12:51 AM

Oddly enough, I was thinking of this game when I was coming home form work today. I was just thinking that the year has finally come and it totally was off the mark for what the then future would look like.

Raedon

01-07-2010, 02:28 AM

About time he threw the TG16 and Saturn in the mix.

SPAZ-12

01-07-2010, 04:32 AM

I was about to reply about that complaint, but then saw you replied first and realized, "Well. We can't have more than one person replying to that complaint. Someone might complain that Nature Boy replied first."

Now I am the original replier to Nature Boy's reply. Don't reply to it or you risk someone complaining.

And now I'm the original replier to your reply, bringing it full circle.

And what's so funny about me expressing my initial disappointment about the Nerd reviewing a game that Spoony One has already reviewed? I felt that Spoony had already done this game justice in his review, so the Nerd's time would be better spent reviewing a different game, that's all; in the end I liked the Nerd's review, as always. I just plain don't get why my "complaint" is funny.

portnoyd

01-07-2010, 07:13 AM

Grate video

Nature Boy

01-07-2010, 09:16 AM

I just plain don't get why my "complaint" is funny.

To be honest it had a lot to do with how I read your comment. I can't explain it in words I don't think - suffice it to say you're probably not alone amongst those who don't get the humour.

kedawa

01-07-2010, 10:18 AM

Grate video
What are we supposed to do with the grated video?

Kitsune Sniper

01-07-2010, 10:36 AM

And now I'm the original replier to your reply, bringing it full circle.

And what's so funny about me expressing my initial disappointment about the Nerd reviewing a game that Spoony One has already reviewed? I felt that Spoony had already done this game justice in his review, so the Nerd's time would be better spent reviewing a different game, that's all; in the end I liked the Nerd's review, as always. I just plain don't get why my "complaint" is funny.

Fun fact: Spoony reposted his review yesterday. And this was at the botttom:

"PS: Suck it, Nerd! I was here first!" *laughs*

kupomogli

01-07-2010, 11:44 AM

Even though James was pretty much expressing his dislike towards the game, it seemed that he started to move over to the fact that he enjoyed the game later on in the review.

One thing that is very true that James stated in his review though. "You get frusturated to where the skill you've got starts to weaken." The more you die, you get pissed off, you don't play as well because you're not thinking clear, etc.

Anyways. Thought the review was really good and actually liked the Street Fighter and Final Fight references thrown in. Basically a full review then a bit of bonus.

kainemaxwell

01-07-2010, 01:09 PM

That was a great video.

Sosage

01-07-2010, 06:59 PM

I'm going to one up everyone and go play the Tiger Electronics version of SF2010

And now I'm the original replier to your reply, bringing it full circle.

And what's so funny about me expressing my initial disappointment about the Nerd reviewing a game that Spoony One has already reviewed? I felt that Spoony had already done this game justice in his review, so the Nerd's time would be better spent reviewing a different game, that's all; in the end I liked the Nerd's review, as always. I just plain don't get why my "complaint" is funny.

Your complaint is that someone else reviewed the game first. I mean, do we really need to go into details as to why that concept is ridiculous? Do we really want to waste AVGN thread space drawing diagrams on this?

kupomogli

01-07-2010, 07:20 PM

I'm going to one up everyone and go play the Tiger Electronics version of SF2010

Is there really a Tiger handheld version of SF2010?

Sosage

01-07-2010, 07:39 PM

Is there really a Tiger handheld version of SF2010?
http://www.drunkentemple.com/lj/sf2010tiger.gif

That's a pretty crappy picture of mine. I picked it up at a flea market a couple of years ago for something like...50 cents? I told myself I'd turn it on and play it in 2010.

kupomogli

01-07-2010, 07:46 PM

I wonder if kick attacks diagonally.

Raedon

01-07-2010, 11:03 PM

http://www.andysartwork.com/gallery/AVGN.jpg

VG_Maniac

01-08-2010, 01:12 AM

The Nerd's latest video actually made me want to finally sit down and play through Street Fighter 2010. I've had it in my collection for years, but have never really touched it.

Insaneclown

01-08-2010, 05:59 PM

I like how some games rise in price when James reviews how shitty they are. Thats just awesome!

BUT I doubt this one. lol

Zap!

01-08-2010, 06:50 PM

I like how some games rise in price when James reviews how shitty they are. Thats just awesome!

BUT I doubt this one. lol

The Ninja is an outstanding game that I adored in 1987, but that's just me. :)

kgenthe

01-09-2010, 10:08 PM

That is one of the best Nerd vids I've seen in a while. I like them all, but this one was perfect. Good blend of anger, humor, and history. Well done.

Nature Boy

01-11-2010, 09:50 AM

One thing that is very true that James stated in his review though. "You get frusturated to where the skill you've got starts to weaken." The more you die, you get pissed off, you don't play as well because you're not thinking clear, etc.

I loved this line too. I couldn't help but nod my head in agreement - I've never played Street Fighter 2010, but who amongst us here hasn't noticed this exact same phenomena at *some* point in their gaming life? The NES era was probably the pinnacle of it.

Pezcore343

01-11-2010, 03:11 PM

Have to second that The Ninja was a fantastic Sega game.

Arkhan

01-12-2010, 01:58 AM

its about time he mentions the TG-16

too bad he did so with Fighting Street.

maybe its because theres not enough crapass games on it!

SF2010 was responsible for a busted NES controller when I was younger. I swung it over my head like a lasso and smashed it into the ground.

game was too frustrating, but i did eventually finish it. I think the music keeps you playing, its pretty catchy