The Official Angry Video Game Nerd Discussion Thread

[Namakubi]

There's another cameo right before them, too: The cop / security guard looks just like Lupin!

Has Doug Walker or James confirmed they've seen this yet?

[IHatedSega]

Whos the 3rd man?!?

[JSoup]

Whos the 3rd man?!?

Probably just some random extra. Honestly, they are all just random background characters, they just made them look like popular people as a form of eye candy, mostly for people who are rewatching. You used to see this crap all the time in old anime, but the extras were made to look like other anime characters. If you're familiar with older anime, Iczer-One is a good example of this.

[Kitsune Sniper]

There's another cameo right before them, too: The cop / security guard looks just like Lupin!

Has Doug Walker or James confirmed they've seen this yet?

JesuOtaku posted that Doug has seen it (check the video comments.) No idea what James thinks.

[Jorpho]

It'd be kind of hard to identify him as James if it wasn't for Doug right next to him.

Kinda makes me wonder if the guy in the green shirt is supposed to be someone as well.

[IHatedSega]

Probably just some random extra. Honestly, they are all just random background characters, they just made them look like popular people as a form of eye candy, mostly for people who are rewatching. You used to see this crap all the time in old anime, but the extras were made to look like other anime characters. If you're familiar with older anime, Iczer-One is a good example of this.

My comment was actually a reference to something. But its better no one picked up on it. I doubt that guy is supposed to be anyone.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

So, apparently James' website had some malware and made it onto the dreaded Google "bad" site list.

I wonder if this was through on-site advertisers (this happened once to the website that I work for) or if he legitimately uploaded something to his own site/servers that was picked up by Google's scans.

I also wonder if this is some extension of the people who report-bombed his YouTube account. Maybe they managed to upload something malicious onto the site forum or article comments.

I also also wonder why he's been so radio-silent about it ... then again, he was really quiet about the YouTube thing too.

From what I remember if you don't have a direct contact at Google, it's REALLY tough to get that bad-list thing fixed.

Poor James, he can't seem to catch a break this year! Hope he clears this up.

[Kitsune Sniper]

The malware thing might've been a coincidence... because a bunch of sites hosted by Blind Ferret entertainment had the malware flags last night, too.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

The malware thing might've been a coincidence... because a bunch of sites hosted by Blind Ferret entertainment had the malware flags last night, too.

Is that his hosting company too? If that's the case maybe they can clear it up with Google.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I meant that they probably use the same ad company and that was what got them flagged.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I meant that they probably use the same ad company and that was what got them flagged.

AH. Yeah. When the company I work for had their site flagged it was through malicious java coming through on-site advertising. Crazy stuff.

[rkotm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bByE7n2AJj4 WHERE DID THEIR HAIR GO |?

[Atarileaf]

This was kinda "meh". Not bad but certainly not one of his best. Must be putting most of his effort into his movie, which is understandable. Really surprised this popped up in my sub box, which is always a treat.

[Greg2600]

Where did their hair go? Well, it's ironic the ad playing before the video is that stupid hair in a can Caboki thing. The only funny thing was him reanimating Kyle a few times with ABBA.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Where did their hair go? Well, it's ironic the ad playing before the video is that stupid hair in a can Caboki thing. The only funny thing was him reanimating Kyle a few times with ABBA.

I thought you were referring to Mike and James, not the flying scrotums... haha.

This was a really good episode. No need for stupid poop props or anything.

[rkotm]

Where did their hair go? Well, it's ironic the ad playing before the video is that stupid hair in a can Caboki thing. The only funny thing was him reanimating Kyle a few times with ABBA.

i thank adblock for adblocking the shit out of all ads everyday.

[TheWhiteYoshi]

Does anyone know if he has planned to stop the Nerd videos? I get the sense he's tired of them, but I haven't heard anything about him stopping.

[SOL BADGUY]

Does anyone know if he has planned to stop the Nerd videos? I get the sense he's tired of them, but I haven't heard anything about him stopping.

I doubt he would stop unless he has an idea for another series. These videos have made him into something, without them theres no way he would have been able to get money to do a feature length film. Hes busy with the film, so a lot of creative juices are going to that, and soon hell start touring with it to different film festivals. At least hes doing some Nerd videos while he works on it and hasnt put them on hiatus.

[Mzo]

I could do with a bit less of Mike singing. That aside it was a solid ep.

[Tron 2.0]

Some funny parts with kyle but another ho-hum episode by the avgn.

[Jorpho]

I liked that he was trying something vaguely different this time, even if the humor was a little bit off. (I'm reminded of that odd video Mr. Rolfe did a while ago about Optimus Prime's trailer flying away and how it seemed to keep flogging the same joke that was probably a whole lot funnier in his head than it actually was.)


The only funny thing was him reanimating Kyle a few times with ABBA.Man, that's an awesome line taken out of context.


I could do with a bit less of Mike singing.Kyle, not Mike. Mike is the other guy.

[joshnickerson]

Some funny parts with kyle but another ho-hum episode by the avgn.

I dunno, I enjoyed it... though I did have that "Where Did Their Hair Go" song stuck in my head all day at work today.

[JSoup]

Never cared for Kyle. Would rather not see more of that annoying singing in future episodes.

[recorderdude]

Chill music and AVGN just don't mix. The majority of the episode felt like this one awkwardly instrumentated scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LVcvkLCUtU&t=7m50s

[Tron 2.0]

I dunno, I enjoyed it... though I did have that "Where Did Their Hair Go" song stuck in my head all day at work today.
For the songs yeah 'other then the avgn using the abba code to bring him back.I forgot there the was joke,that kyle died behind his couch in a past episode.Still i get didn't get many laughs out of it.Maybe when the movie has it's editing done things will improve in future episodes i hope !?

[Edmond Dantes]

Ugh. I gotta say, this was my least favorite since the Sega CD review. It was just so boring. Like, "nod off to sleep" boring.

In other news, the HAPPY Nerd also has a new vid, on Doom 64, and it actually is NOT boring.

[treismac]

In other news, the HAPPY Nerd also has a new vid, on Doom 64, and it actually is NOT boring.

Damn Derek! That bastard is gonna make me buy my first N64 game in years. Eh, I need another version of Doom anyway seeing as the only one I currently have is on the 32X, which I don't have the connecting cables or power supply for.

[camarotuner]

Damn Derek! That bastard is gonna make me buy my first N64 game in years. Eh, I need another version of Doom anyway seeing as the only one I currently have is on the 32X, which I don't have the connecting cables or power supply for.

Plus unless you're into pain you don't want to play the 32x version, it makes your ears bleed.

[Rob2600]

I thought you were referring to Mike and James, not the flying scrotums... haha.

This was a really good episode. No need for stupid poop props or anything.

I enjoy the AVGN very much, but this was a boring episode. He could've done a funny, entertaining review of Ikari Warriors in about 10 minutes (half the length of the actual episode). Or if he really wanted to do a 20 minute episode, do Ikari Warriors for the first half and Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road for the second half.

I'd love for him to rip apart the sequel; it's an infinitely larger pile of dung than the original!

[Polygon]

I for one think he needs to bring back the intro song. Anyhow, I agree... this episode was pretty boring. Half way though I closed it and went to my next subscribed channel. It had it's moments though.

[123►Genei-Jin]

Ikari warriors outtakes just came out, and it was better than the actual episode :P


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1DRPWIednk

[Greg2600]

While they probably had a great time shooting this, it's all "you had to be there" stuff. The bloopers are as pointless as the episode's jokes were.

[Coptur]

I thought the Ikari Warrors episode was really funny, as were the bloopers.

[Greg2600]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzWtnyhdn_4

This is actually a great video from James and crew, their best work in a long time.

[Jorpho]

Not bad, not bad. We've not seen Bootsy before, have we?

[JSoup]

Not bad, not bad. We've not seen Bootsy before, have we?

Sadly, yes, we have. I that would be the third episode he's been in, I think.

[SOL BADGUY]

Wow, that was really good.

[XYXZYZ]

I liked the Ikari Warriors episode, it covers everything I hated about that game. I went through that same shit with the stage select code! I had that "How to win at Nintendo" book, and I kept trying to complete that damn code before they stopped firing. And I did it a few times, but it never worked! I was a little pissed when I finally did it after they stop shooting, when you have more time.

[SOL BADGUY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VDCf4SkcFM


I hope its not a bad game. :)

[rkotm]

http://cinemassacre.com/2013/04/30/avgn-toxic-crusaders/
New episode up. Pretty good, straaange

[joshnickerson]

Wow. That was just.... wow. That has to be one of the Nerd's most messed up videos in a long time.

...I liked it. :)

[Greg2600]

He and Lloyd Kaufman were very funny.

[Archimboldi]

the same effect as a Troma vid-- wtf mixed with hilarity. That was pretty good, he's still got it. Lloyd was awkward as hell, but I imagine that's his thing.

[Jorpho]

That was indeed quite surprising.

Also, I think it's the first non-streaming video I've ever encountered that Download Helper couldn't recognize. I guess he's switched to a local-hosting solution?

[Edmond Dantes]

I gotta admit, I... can not contain my sheer enthusiasm. THIS is the Nerd I know and love, and with some old guy I've never heard of who fucking ROCKS! Oh my. And I mean, especially after the disappointment of Ikari Warriors, I didn't expect much, it was.... oh, how can I describe it? It's like playing Devil May Cry 3 after playing Devil May Cry 2, or like playing Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete after playing Final Fantasy VIII. It was like...

THIS is the Nerd's best episode, or at least its one of the best, its in the Top Ten.

[rkotm]

I gotta admit, I... can not contain my sheer enthusiasm. THIS is the Nerd I know and love, and with some old guy I've never heard of who fucking ROCKS! Oh my. And I mean, especially after the disappointment of Ikari Warriors, I didn't expect much, it was.... oh, how can I describe it? It's like playing Devil May Cry 3 after playing Devil May Cry 2, or like playing Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete after playing Final Fantasy VIII. It was like...

THIS is the Nerd's best episode, or at least its one of the best, its in the Top Ten.

Agree completely. This was the best nerd video, i feel like. The outtakes of James laughing was a smart choice. i think maybe Lloyd taught him some tricks to comedy acting or made it less forced? idk.

[SparTonberry]

I just remembered there was a canceled SNES version of Toxic Crusaders (the EGM Review Crew rated it early 1993, I think March). (like the other two Nintendo consoles, the game was made by Bandai)
I wonder if that would have also used Select as an attack button. :P
THERE'S FOUR BUTTONS OF THE FRONT OF THE CONTROLLER, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO WORK WITH?

[Urzu402]

New Episode Bill and Ted for NES:

http://cinemassacre.com/2013/07/01/avgn-bill-teds-excellent-adventure/

[starsoldier1]

Good episode on another LJN mess. I could never figure out the game as a kid either.

[JSoup]

Huh. See, I always thought that game was broken beyond playing. A friend brought it over once in elementary school. At just about the same point a quarter of the way through the first world, the game automatically reset itself back to that dumb time circuit thing. We assumed, at the time, that the game was never finished before being shipped or some such.

[JakeM]

I wish hed review a really bad fighting game, he did Shaq Fu, but if he had had someone else there the nthey would have better gotten across how bad it is.

[Greg2600]

That was classic Nerd. I'm often astonished at the amount of different annoyances he can take away from these games.

[badinsults]

I wish hed review a really bad fighting game, he did Shaq Fu, but if he had had someone else there the nthey would have better gotten across how bad it is.

He already did Shaq Fu.

[Gameguy]

The NES version of Bill and Ted was garbage, but the Gameboy version was pretty good. I beat the Gameboy version.

[JSoup]

He already did Shaq Fu.

He didn't claim that the Nerd didn't. 0_o

[Jorpho]

Really, it still seemed like a batter game than, say, X-Men NES – in terms of LJN games, at least.

[Final Boss]

Is he being sarcastic now? I don't think even he knows anymore.

[JakeM]

He needs to go into the 32 bit era, for the PS4 launch he needs to do a review of Bubsy 3D.

[Alpha2099]

He needs to go into the 32 bit era, for the PS4 launch he needs to do a review of Bubsy 3D.
Maybe someday he will. He already did do one PS1 review years ago about Independence Day. But he's still got a lot of 8-bit and 16-bit games he can cover yet.

[JakeM]

Maybe someday he will. He already did do one PS1 review years ago about Independence Day. But he's still got a lot of 8-bit and 16-bit games he can cover yet.

He can still do those too, but theres plenty of really bad games on the N64 and Saturn and PS1 to do. He still of course needs to do other bad Sega and Nintendo things. Im just saying mix up the variety. I didnt like the Bill and Ted review, its a weird bad game, but not really enough to be done by him, and he totally botched the Ikari Warriors one. Without Lloyd the Toxie episode wouldnt have happened. Maybe moving forward in bitness would freshen things up.

[Alpha2099]

He can still do those too, but theres plenty of really bad games on the N64 and Saturn and PS1 to do. He still of course needs to do other bad Sega and Nintendo things. Im just saying mix up the variety. I didnt like the Bill and Ted review, its a weird bad game, but not really enough to be done by him, and he totally botched the Ikari Warriors one. Without Lloyd the Toxie episode wouldnt have happened. Maybe moving forward in bitness would freshen things up.
I think that just comes down to personal preference. I happened to like the Ikari Warriors episode; I thought it was kinda funny with him and Kyle together.

[Greg2600]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FP4xYEpe-M

Good gameplay James/Mike video on Atari 2600 (part 3)

[Tron 2.0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FP4xYEpe-M

Good gameplay James/Mike video on Atari 2600 (part 3)
The funny part of that is james freaking out for how good mike is at kaboom.

[Greg2600]

The funny part of that is james freaking out for how good mike is at kaboom.

I think that may have been some video editing/cheating there! I would have liked if they mentioned that the more advanced versions of the game on the 5200 for instance played a song as you collect the bombs.

[Metalwario64]

I'm liking these James and Mike Play videos more than the Nerd's last couple of episodes. I think the Nerd was in a rut for about a year, then the Atari Sports, Schwarzenegger games and Ikari Warriors were more like the classic Nerd and more enjoyable as a result, but then the Toxic Crusaders episode was pretty awful to me, and the Bill and Ted episode was passable until the end, which was incredibly stupid. It felt like some random wannabe trying to imitate the Nerd.

These James and Mike episodes are better than any below par Nerd episode to me, and way better than any solo Mike video for whatever reason. Hope these continue for a long time!

[Tron 2.0]

I think that may have been some video editing/cheating there! I would have liked if they mentioned that the more advanced versions of the game on the 5200 for instance played a song as you collect the bombs.
Probably unless mike was really having a zen moment in kaboom.Though i was never that good at the game,let alone i didn't know about the 1up trick.

[Greg2600]

I'm liking these James and Mike Play videos more than the Nerd's last couple of episodes.

As long as it's James AND Mike, Mike playing and talking alone is hated by all humanity it seems.

[JSoup]

As long as it's James AND Mike, Mike playing and talking alone is hated by all humanity it seems.

It's because Mike thinks he's funny and he's the only one who thinks that.

[Alpha2099]

It's because Mike thinks he's funny and he's the only one who thinks that.
I disagree. I like Mike's solo reviews. It's a different perspective than just hearing James all the time.

[Metalwario64]

As long as it's James AND Mike, Mike playing and talking alone is hated by all humanity it seems.
Because on his own, there's a chance we could get these again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JWaXvNPXM8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGOnbBgICro

They were so bad they were both pulled from the main channel.

[JakeM]

Ive seen James laugh way too much and be nice so the Nerd reviews I think suffer since I know hes acting.

[T.A.P.]

His act got old fast, so I stopped watching them. Maybe he's gotten better, but I have no desire to find out.

[Greg2600]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEwW3dSMphw

Not the AVGN per se, but they're playing NES Double Dare. I can commiserate with how horrible the final obstacle course was! I think after attempting it maybe 1000 times in my life, I've still never beat it.

[PizzaKat]

I like Mikes solo stuff, at first it was annoying and I wasn't giving him a chance but after watching I began to like his work. I liked when he was playing through a bunch of NEs repro carts he wasnt trying to be over the top outrageous. Also the fact that he dropped M'Fer was a big plujs for me.

James Toxic Crusaders was just terrible, Bill and Teds was not that good and Ikari Warriors was just boring.

[JSoup]

The Toxic Avengers episode wasn't that bad, particularly because it had Lloyd Kaufman. Like or hate the Troma films, Kaufman is generally fun to be around.