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JSoup
05-31-2014, 09:07 PM
AVGN is an entertainer, not a reviewer.

He's proven in the past that he can be both.

PizzaKat
06-29-2014, 11:35 PM
AVGNs movie is finally being released this year. Any thoughts on how cheesy, bad or even funny it will be? Even though I enjoy most of his videos, I think this is just going to be terrible.

Alpha2099
06-29-2014, 11:42 PM
AVGNs movie is finally being released this year. Any thoughts on how cheesy, bad or even funny it will be? Even though I enjoy most of his videos, I think this is just going to be terrible.
I think we can all agree it won't win any Academy Awards. But that's not why he was doing it in the first place; he's doing it because this has always been his dream. I'm hoping it will be tolerable, at the very least. I'm hoping to see it as soon as I can.

aaron7
06-30-2014, 07:27 AM
I haven't been following any of this stuff for a long time but randomly got a notification about this thread so forgive me...

I had heard something about the movie losing steam because Atari really did dig up the ET cartridges, but I'm still excited for it!

Ozzy_98
06-30-2014, 08:17 AM
They dug up SOME ET carts, not the millions people claimed. There were all sorts of carts dumped there, ET wasn't too big of a percent of them.

I'm expecting him to review ET, say it's not as bad as everyone thinks, and 70% of the "I hate ET because I'm too dumb to read how to play it" all change their mind and claim to always liked it.
Then again I say him and Mike playing Star Master, and they couldn't figure out that game. They were just flying around the intro area, didn't figure out how to bring up the map and warp to a fight.

Zthun
06-30-2014, 10:27 AM
It's pretty impressive how popular AVGN still is. No panel at Too Many Games got as much attention as his. People were lined up back into the market place to see this guy.

Just goes to show you he's doing something right.

Urzu402
07-03-2014, 11:26 PM
Another AVGN and Pat the NES Punk crossover video Bayou Billy / Punisher
http://cinemassacre.com/2014/07/03/bayou-billy-punisher-avgn-pat/

Seems as though this is the AVGN guest staring in one of Pat's episodes. Like Pat in the AVGN Nintendo World Championship episode.

Alpha2099
07-03-2014, 11:42 PM
Another AVGN and Pat the NES Punk crossover video Bayou Billy / Punisher
http://cinemassacre.com/2014/07/03/bayou-billy-punisher-avgn-pat/

Seems as though this is the AVGN guest staring in one of Pat's episodes. Like Pat in the AVGN Nintendo World Championship episode.
When he put it up on Youtube, he wrote in the description that it's a "bonus video" and not officially part of the AVGN series.

Urzu402
07-03-2014, 11:51 PM
When he put it up on Youtube, he wrote in the description that it's a "bonus video" and not officially part of the AVGN series.

Yeah, it also says that on the page I linked to, though like I said this seems more like an episode of Pat's review show guest staring the AVGN. It even has the intro Pat uses for his reviews in it.

Jorpho
07-04-2014, 01:00 AM
Ooh, there are movie dates now! It's coming to Montreal next month!

PizzaKat
07-04-2014, 01:14 AM
I found AVGN to be pretty funny more so than his last videos, Pat on the other hand is just lame as usual.

Greg2600
07-04-2014, 10:22 AM
Ooh, there are movie dates now! It's coming to Montreal next month!

http://cinemassacre.com/2014/07/02/avgn-movie-screenings-on-sale-now/

All the first dozen or so dates are sold out. Just added another dozen.

treismac
07-04-2014, 01:57 PM
I found AVGN to be pretty funny more so than his last videos, Pat on the other hand is just lame as usual.

While he isn't always on point, Pat can be quite funny in some of his reviews. The shows with R.O.B. in them were really funny with the disdain the plastic robot had for Pat. Also, he is purposely being "cheesy" in some of his humor, which can be pretty funny. If that doesn't float your boat, though, that's perfectly fine.

jperryss
07-04-2014, 04:56 PM
Is Pat always this terrible?

Garry Silljo
07-04-2014, 05:54 PM
Is Pat always this terrible?

I've never been a fan of his delivery/style. Some one must like him though.

Greg2600
07-05-2014, 11:05 PM
He's not a good actor.

JSoup
07-05-2014, 11:14 PM
He's not a good actor.

He's also completely not funny.
Edit: Pardon, thought we were talking about Mike.

Gentlegamer
07-06-2014, 12:05 AM
I think the "Pat the NES Punk" character is supposed to be a sort of acid-brain-damaged goofball. He has a sort of stilted deliberate delivery. Funny how the "punk" character is so tame compared to the "nerd" character in language and behavior.

The Adventurer
07-06-2014, 05:13 AM
He's not a good actor.

Neither is James's Rolfe if I'm completely honest. He's adequate for what he does with the Nerd character, but he's much better at the whole writing/directing thing.

I like Pat, a lot. The guys a cool cat, and knowledgeable about what he does. His acting pretty hammy, and I often skip his longer non-game related segments in his videos. But again, he gets the job done when he's in front of the camera.


EDIT: Also, Pat & Ian's podcast is FANTASTIC

Arkanoid_Katamari
07-06-2014, 02:09 PM
Neither is James's Rolfe if I'm completely honest. He's adequate for what he does with the Nerd character, but he's much better at the whole writing/directing thing.

I like Pat, a lot. The guys a cool cat, and knowledgeable about what he does. His acting pretty hammy, and I often skip his longer non-game related segments in his videos. But again, he gets the job done when he's in front of the camera.


EDIT: Also, Pat & Ian's podcast is FANTASTIC

Pat and Ian's podcast IS fantastic. Even tho Ian is a humongous hipster.

I'm glad they did Bayou Billy, I thought I was the only person who thought this game was horribly impossible. It's good to know it wasn't just me sucking ass.

PizzaKat
07-06-2014, 06:21 PM
I watch their podcast from time to time, but I don't like that guy Ian. Everytime Pat actually gets to talk he seems bored and has that "Oh, when I'm I going to start talking again." look. He looks like he thinks he knows everything.

treismac
07-06-2014, 06:39 PM
I'm glad they did Bayou Billy, I thought I was the only person who thought this game was horribly impossible. It's good to know it wasn't just me sucking ass.

The Japanese release of Bayou Billy on the Famicom, Mad City, is worlds easier and thus more playable. Why some games were made easier and others harder as they traveled across the Pacific will always baffle me.

Greg2600
07-06-2014, 09:56 PM
The Japanese release of Bayou Billy on the Famicom, Mad City, is worlds easier and thus more playable. Why some games were made easier and others harder as they traveled across the Pacific will always baffle me.

Konami must have mixed up the production order! Japanese prefer much harder games.

Gameguy
07-07-2014, 12:35 AM
I'm glad they did Bayou Billy, I thought I was the only person who thought this game was horribly impossible. It's good to know it wasn't just me sucking ass.
I don't know of anyone who likes that game. Spoony reviewed that game years ago back when he was still funny, it was actually his first video review of a video game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPlH1GGuLlw

Alpha2099
07-07-2014, 12:54 AM
I don't know of anyone who likes that game. Spoony reviewed that game years ago back when he was still funny, it was actually his first video review of a video game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPlH1GGuLlw
I happen to think Spoony is still funny, at least when it comes to game reviews. His Ultima Retrospective is great. I don't watch all his other videos except for game reviews, though.

Gameguy
07-07-2014, 01:09 AM
I happen to think Spoony is still funny, at least when it comes to game reviews. His Ultima Retrospective is great. I don't watch all his other videos except for game reviews, though.
I still watch his game and movie reviews, more out of habit now. He may still be funny but not as funny as he used to be, when he started dressing up as other characters he went downhill.

jperryss
07-07-2014, 08:43 AM
Konami must have mixed up the production order! Japanese prefer much harder games.

It might be a Konami thing, they did the same thing with Contra Hard Corps (US version is much harder) and I'm sure there are others.

Gentlegamer
07-07-2014, 04:52 PM
Since renting is illegal in Japan, often the US localization would greatly increase the difficulty to combat renting here, making the game unbeatable in a short time without lots of practice.

mailman187666
07-08-2014, 09:04 AM
So last night, I went to order a ticket for the Aug 14th screening in the Boston area. The website said the show was sold out, but I tried ordering an extra ticket anyways and the order went through. I called the theater just to make sure it wasn't a mistake on the website, and he told me that the order did go through. Said that the ticket I ordered was one that somebody had canceled their order on.

If a showing in your area says sold out, I'd say try it out anyway, you may get lucky.

Greg2600
07-08-2014, 07:15 PM
So last night, I went to order a ticket for the Aug 14th screening in the Boston area. The website said the show was sold out, but I tried ordering an extra ticket anyways and the order went through. I called the theater just to make sure it wasn't a mistake on the website, and he told me that the order did go through. Said that the ticket I ordered was one that somebody had canceled their order on.

If a showing in your area says sold out, I'd say try it out anyway, you may get lucky.

That certainly is lucky. Honestly I'm only going to the NYC screening because he'll be there. If not, I can wait for the blu-ray.

Jorpho
07-09-2014, 09:21 AM
Since renting is illegal in Japan, often the US localization would greatly increase the difficulty to combat renting here, making the game unbeatable in a short time without lots of practice.That makes a lot of sense. Did someone ever state that officially?

sfchakan
07-10-2014, 11:01 AM
A good example for a Western game where difficulty was ramped up to combat renting is Chakan. Ed Annunziata has stated explicitly so in the past.

I recall hearing such things about Working Designs games in the past as well.

jperryss
07-10-2014, 11:45 AM
A good example for a Western game where difficulty was ramped up to combat renting is Chakan. Ed Annunziata has stated explicitly so in the past.

I recall hearing such things about Working Designs games in the past as well.

I remember hearing it about Ninja Gaiden III for the NES (the Famicom version has unlimited continues where the US version only has 5).

And yeah, WD ruined Exile II for the TG16 but I don't think it was to combat renting.

Edmond Dantes
07-10-2014, 09:20 PM
According to Hardcore Gaming 101, Exile: Wicked Phenomenon became harder by accident--WD changed something without realizing how it worked and it made the game harder.

Though there are cases of them doing that on purpose (the limited save system in Lunar: Eternal Blue for the Sega CD for example).

Jorpho
07-28-2014, 11:18 PM
Well, I have now seen the movie. It's not terrible, but I wouldn't call it a particularly great movie either. I definitely get the sense that the ambitions of the creators outstripped their energies; the flow of the second half of the movie would have been greatly aided by a little more deep thought. Of course, good movies don't always have to make sense, but things flip by a little too quickly to maintain even internal self-consistency.

If you're a fan of Mr. Rolfe's work, you'll probably go see it anyway, and there's no good reason why you shouldn't if that's the case. I'd still rank it above Starpocalypse, the only other crowd-funded spinoff of a web series I've seen in recent memory.

Alpha2099
07-29-2014, 11:07 AM
Well, I have now seen the movie. It's not terrible, but I wouldn't call it a particularly great movie either. I definitely get the sense that the ambitions of the creators outstripped their energies; the flow of the second half of the movie would have been greatly aided by a little more deep thought. Of course, good movies don't always have to make sense, but things flip by a little too quickly to maintain even internal self-consistency.
That doesn't surprise me. I wasn't expecting anything Oscar-worthy. I'll still make an effort to see it if I can get the chance, though.

Rickstilwell1
07-29-2014, 05:37 PM
That makes a lot of sense. Did someone ever state that officially?

Aha, that must be the real reason behind Mr. Nutz for Super Famicom giving you more possible max health in the options. The US and PAL versions give you less.

Greg2600
08-08-2014, 09:33 PM
Saw the AVGN movie today in NYC. It was surprising well done and entertaining. A few too many f-words, and got a little over the top with cheesy miniature-effects, but otherwise good. I think the pacing got a little messy towards the end, and frankly he should have cut like 20 minutes out of it. The opening say 30 minutes were really entertaining, I'd say big studio comedy-worthy.

Jorpho
08-14-2014, 09:09 AM
By the way, did the AVGN ever cover Xenophobe? There was a brief blurb about it in the movie, but I guess it might have been original content?

Edmond Dantes
08-14-2014, 02:30 PM
Unless its a DVD bonus or some other "not an official AVGN episode" kinda thing, I've never seen a Xenophobe episode of AVGN.

JSoup
08-14-2014, 03:49 PM
Perhaps it's an upcoming episode or one that will be included with the movie DVD.

mailman187666
08-15-2014, 09:33 AM
I saw the movie last night, and I enjoyed it. It was actually funnier than I expected, and will most likely buy it when it comes out on DVD. I also brought my girlfriend, who only vaguely knows AVGN, and she still had a lot of laughs and enjoyed it. Goes to show that it may have some appeal to some people that don't know the nerd very well.

Greg2600
08-15-2014, 02:35 PM
By the way, did the AVGN ever cover Xenophobe? There was a brief blurb about it in the movie, but I guess it might have been original content?

I do not think so, but I'm sure they'll explain it in depth on DVD commentary.


I saw the movie last night, and I enjoyed it. It was actually funnier than I expected, and will most likely buy it when it comes out on DVD. I also brought my girlfriend, who only vaguely knows AVGN, and she still had a lot of laughs and enjoyed it. Goes to show that it may have some appeal to some people that don't know the nerd very well.

You kind of have to "get" his form of humor. Some people just don't get it. James does it very well, but it's not for everyone. As I said, I found the humor, story and acting to be quite good, and surprising.

mailman187666
08-15-2014, 02:56 PM
I'm pretty sure the Xenophobe thing was just part of the movie, as if it were him in the middle of making an episode, as part of the movie.

Jorpho
08-15-2014, 10:25 PM
I'm pretty sure the Xenophobe thing was just part of the movie, as if it were him in the middle of making an episode, as part of the movie.It's just that most of the other episode blurbs looked recognizable. Perhaps I was mistaken.

Edmond Dantes
08-16-2014, 04:08 AM
I still watch his game and movie reviews, more out of habit now. He may still be funny but not as funny as he used to be, when he started dressing up as other characters he went downhill.

Personally I feel the exact opposite. when it comes to storylines and skits, Spoony is one of the few who can pull them off reasonably well and make them compelling in their own right.

I'm actually kinda late to the Spoony party, in that I started with his more recent stuff then went back to "when he was still funny" and honestly, I don't see much of a difference... except that he's gotten better recording hardware (and software?) since his early days. You can almost see this transition taking place in the Final Fantasy 8 review.

Alpha2099
08-16-2014, 09:44 AM
I'm actually kinda late to the Spoony party, in that I started with his more recent stuff then went back to "when he was still funny" and honestly, I don't see much of a difference... except that he's gotten better recording hardware (and software?) since his early days. You can almost see this transition taking place in the Final Fantasy 8 review.
Part of the reason you can see that transition is because he took a 16-month break before finishing that FF8 review. And that's no exaggeration; Part 7 was released Oct. 3, 2007 and Part 8 was released Feb. 4, 2009.

Gameguy
08-16-2014, 03:34 PM
Personally I feel the exact opposite. when it comes to storylines and skits, Spoony is one of the few who can pull them off reasonably well and make them compelling in their own right.

I'm actually kinda late to the Spoony party, in that I started with his more recent stuff then went back to "when he was still funny" and honestly, I don't see much of a difference... except that he's gotten better recording hardware (and software?) since his early days. You can almost see this transition taking place in the Final Fantasy 8 review.
For me the last of the "good" reviews/playthroughs was with his Phantasmagoria 2 one which was broken up into numerous parts when originally made, this was when he first switched over from Youtube to Blip. The tone of his content changed around this time. Originally he didn't bother with sketches involving original characters, he just focused on reviewing the games or movies with his thoughts on them. His review of The Thing was particularly good.

As I've said I still watch his videos, I can't say the same for Linkara or various others who post reviews with unrelated storylines.

Edmond Dantes
08-16-2014, 10:43 PM
I would watch Linkara more if he had more consistent quality.

The dude has a sense of humor and good delivery sometimes ("when we return to the Tommy Oliver show, featuring the Power Rangers..." spoken casually) but its not consistent. A lot of times he has no indoor voice, or can't seem to emote properly/has a stiff delivery. I often find the humor comes from the subject matter rather than the reviewer.

But at least he's better than Phelous, who is like a robot trying to do a Pee-Wee Herman impression.

Emperor Megas
08-16-2014, 11:37 PM
But at least he's better than Phelous, who is like a robot trying to do a Pee-Wee Herman impression.

:above me: I have no idea who that person is, but that description made me literally laugh out loud.

ReaXan
09-04-2014, 07:36 PM
I prefer the AVGN that was a labor of love in some rented Philly apartment back in 2006 barely paying the bills. It just felt more organic and genuine to me and had a magical quality that tapped into my childhood anger over the games that wasted my time and allowance.

The real problem with 2014 AVGN is that he has pretty much covered all that needed to be covered in terms of bad games we knew about growing up. In terms of his movie, I don't even think that the ET legend was that interesting to his core audience who are around the 30 age mark and grew up on the NES and NOT the 2600. I just wish there would have been a more Nintendo/early 90's theme to his movie instead of a subject that quite frankly was pretty straight forward all along... A landfill full of archaic overproduced games.

Also I think James needs to realize on his Cinemassacre Channel that no one cares that its the 20th anniversary of some crappy home movie you made in your back yard on a camcorder. That just screams you are digging the bottom of the barrel for content on your channel instead of making new stuff. Also I don't really hate Mike Matei but he seems like does all the work AVGN should be doing himself. Its like he has turned into a professional ball cupper/fanboy for James and its just borderline creepy at this point.

I tuned out to guys like AVGN and Doug Walker years ago but I still find new stuff going on with them somewhat interesting. The funny thing in all this is that Spoony has remained the most consistent reviewer out of them all. His recent Commodore 64 review has the same fun/freshness that AVGN use to have in 2006/2007. Even PattheNESPunk has more interesting content than AVGN these days. I just think that James needs to take a break from all this AVGN stuff and come back with "REAL" enthusiasm as its not there in his videos anymore.

ZeroCool
09-10-2014, 02:44 AM
Ive read a lot of comments on Youtube that the movie was bad. I`m not sure if they are just haters or if they are legit. From what I see the movie does look pretty crappy, but the positive comments can be just fanboys liking anything this guy would do.

Im getting kind of bored with these Monday playthroughs, I hope he comes up with something new. It doesn`t even have to bean AVGN video. I don`t mind Mike`s reviews. Just something new and maybe different. Please no more hidden gems videos, MetalJesusRocks has got the market on that...ugh....

JSoup
09-10-2014, 03:43 AM
It's nothing amazing, that's for sure. If you're an AVGN fan, you'll like it, if you're not, it's a decently made novelty at best.

Alpha2099
09-10-2014, 10:38 AM
I'm getting kind of bored with these Monday playthroughs; I hope he comes up with something new.
I actually really enjoy the Monday playthroughs, especially if it's a game I've played myself. But then, I'm the kind of person who can get as much entertainment from watching someone else play a video game as well as playing it myself.

Arkanoid_Katamari
09-12-2014, 02:11 AM
I actually really enjoy the Monday playthroughs, especially if it's a game I've played myself. But then, I'm the kind of person who can get as much entertainment from watching someone else play a video game as well as playing it myself.

I like em too, but I think people r more creative with reviews then lets play's, like all the skit material with the AVGN episodes. I'd also rather watch Pat the NES punk's episodes then the James & Mike play stuff. Pat just has a bizarre sense of humor I can relate to.

ReaXan
11-20-2014, 08:37 PM
Ive read a lot of comments on Youtube that the movie was bad. I`m not sure if they are just haters or if they are legit. From what I see the movie does look pretty crappy, but the positive comments can be just fanboys liking anything this guy would do.

Im getting kind of bored with these Monday playthroughs, I hope he comes up with something new. It doesn`t even have to bean AVGN video. I don`t mind Mike`s reviews. Just something new and maybe different. Please no more hidden gems videos, MetalJesusRocks has got the market on that...ugh....

I have been wondering why this forum has remained pretty silent on the AVGN movie critisism....

JSoup
11-20-2014, 09:23 PM
I have been wondering why this forum has remained pretty silent on the AVGN movie critisism....

It's possible that many of our active members haven't seen it.

Edmond Dantes
11-21-2014, 05:02 AM
I know I haven't.

I share the earlier commenter's sentiments that AVGN seems to have lost his edge. When his Beetlejuice review wound up being a retread of his Kid Kool review, I was like "this is probably the last AVGN I'll ever watch." Worse was Beetlejuice was a game I had been wanting him to cover.

Jorpho
11-21-2014, 08:52 AM
It seems to me people have been saying much the same thing for many years now.

I already said my piece on the movie, and my views have not changed. It's hard to slam someone's passion project. I'd like to say that it's a good first start and that I look forward to seeing greater things from him in the future, but I get the feeling like this was a one-shot deal that expended whatever creative resources he had.

PizzaKat
11-21-2014, 11:02 AM
Looks like he's run out of material. That Beetljuice episode was meh and when he started talking about stars and all that I'm like wtf who cares? Not as lame as the Ikari Warriors and Toxic Crusaders. Those were just awful. His Lets Plays are also boring.

Gentlegamer
11-21-2014, 11:35 AM
You know there's something wrong when he passed up the perfect opportunity to have a Beetlejuice live action segment.

Alpha2099
11-21-2014, 11:37 AM
Not as lame as the Ikari Warriors and Toxic Crusaders. Those were just awful. His Lets Plays are also boring.
I must be the only person who liked his Ikari Warriors video as well as his LPs. I agree that Toxic Crusaders wasn't very good though.

JSoup
11-21-2014, 04:45 PM
Toxic Crusaders was enjoyable just because Lloyd Kaufman was in it. Guy isn't perfect, but he's generally interesting to watch.

Gentlegamer
11-21-2014, 05:07 PM
Toxic Crusaders was enjoyable just because Lloyd Kaufman was in it. Guy isn't perfect, but he's generally interesting to watch.

http://i.minus.com/iTecKweKczaq1.gif

JSoup
11-21-2014, 05:30 PM
http://i.minus.com/iTecKweKczaq1.gif

I used the qualifier "generally".

PizzaKat
11-22-2014, 08:33 PM
Toxic Crusaders was enjoyable just because Lloyd Kaufman was in it. Guy isn't perfect, but he's generally interesting to watch.

He was the main reason I hated that one. That was the only episode I couldn't finish. His attempts at trying to be funny were just cringeworthy.

ProjectCamaro
11-22-2014, 09:30 PM
I guess I never understood his appeal, I think the very first video was good but he never changed and it became annoying really fast. Yes you hate all games while using profanity, we get it.

Plus I'm tired of all these people who are film buffs and want to get famous. I'd MUCH rather have someone who cares more about the games and doesn't have all the fancy editing.

Alpha2099
11-22-2014, 11:03 PM
I'd MUCH rather have someone who cares more about the games and doesn't have all the fancy editing.
The problem with that is those people tend to be incredibly boring. They lack any sort of charisma in front of the camera. For instance, I recently watched JonTron's very first video -- a review of Daikatana on N64 -- and he played it straight, with hardly any gimmicks or "fancy editing" as compared to his current material. I found it incredibly tedious and slow-paced, whereas the fast-paced, stream of consciousness nature of his new videos are more enjoyable.

Edmond Dantes
11-23-2014, 02:39 AM
The problem with that is those people tend to be incredibly boring.

Then again, so do a majority of "angry reviewers."

At least the real reviewers have merit in that they're actually informing you of the game in question. I've lately started to hate reviewers like AVGN, Nostalgia Critic and the entire TGWTG cavalcade because they're all "characters," who bash games or movies more for humor than because the work in question really deserves it (Chick in particular gets my gall for bashing several animated movies and tv shows that are actually quite good, and usually by completely misunderstanding them).

Happy Video Game Nerd started out as an AVGN clone but is now more of a straight reviewer, and that was for the better. His Clock Tower PS1 review was awesome. Lately I've also been watching Lazy Game Reviews and Ancient DOS Games, both of which keep the "character" aspect down to a minimum and the latter is actually quite analytical, since he'll actually dig into game code to see how things work. Both are very entertaining without needing "fancy editing" or humorous skits.

Jorpho
11-24-2014, 12:39 AM
Plus I'm tired of all these people who are film buffs and want to get famous. I'd MUCH rather have someone who cares more about the games and doesn't have all the fancy editing.I stumbled upon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS_XvcGc2ZU recently. I couldn't make it through to the end; it was just so excruciatingly annoying. Some things are best delivered by text annotations.

guitargary75
12-06-2014, 01:03 AM
I prefer the AVGN that was a labor of love in some rented Philly apartment back in 2006 barely paying the bills. It just felt more organic and genuine to me and had a magical quality that tapped into my childhood anger over the games that wasted my time and allowance.

The real problem with 2014 AVGN is that he has pretty much covered all that needed to be covered in terms of bad games we knew about growing up. In terms of his movie, I don't even think that the ET legend was that interesting to his core audience who are around the 30 age mark and grew up on the NES and NOT the 2600. I just wish there would have been a more Nintendo/early 90's theme to his movie instead of a subject that quite frankly was pretty straight forward all along... A landfill full of archaic overproduced games.

Also I think James needs to realize on his Cinemassacre Channel that no one cares that its the 20th anniversary of some crappy home movie you made in your back yard on a camcorder. That just screams you are digging the bottom of the barrel for content on your channel instead of making new stuff. Also I don't really hate Mike Matei but he seems like does all the work AVGN should be doing himself. Its like he has turned into a professional ball cupper/fanboy for James and its just borderline creepy at this point.

I tuned out to guys like AVGN and Doug Walker years ago but I still find new stuff going on with them somewhat interesting. The funny thing in all this is that Spoony has remained the most consistent reviewer out of them all. His recent Commodore 64 review has the same fun/freshness that AVGN use to have in 2006/2007. Even PattheNESPunk has more interesting content than AVGN these days. I just think that James needs to take a break from all this AVGN stuff and come back with "REAL" enthusiasm as its not there in his videos anymore.

Tastes change, but I still love the AVGN! Of course he's gonna transmogrify his style over time.

Greg2600
12-06-2014, 10:39 AM
I stumbled upon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS_XvcGc2ZU recently. I couldn't make it through to the end; it was just so excruciatingly annoying. Some things are best delivered by text annotations.

There's so much bad on YouTube. I guess people love to hate the Nerd, as they say, but that's still a view hit for him!

Mangar
12-06-2014, 08:42 PM
I must be the only person who liked his Ikari Warriors video as well as his LPs. I agree that Toxic Crusaders wasn't very good though.

Nah - That was one my favourite episodes. I absolutely loved it. Toxic Crusaders was the only episode I didn't much care for.

With that said: I love the AVGN. Same with the Nostalgia Critic, and of course Mr. Plinkett. Other then that... I don't care for most, although I have started to watch some Lazy Game Review and find them to be rather interesting...

Greg2600
12-12-2014, 06:52 PM
Nerd just got started with his 12 days of shitsmas, 12 short, daily, game reviews. Made it through Tagin' Dragon and SMS Alf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5TUJae9CxM

Zap!
12-12-2014, 06:55 PM
Nerd just got started with his 12 days of shitsmas, 12 short, daily, game reviews. Made it through Tagin' Dragon and SMS Alf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5TUJae9CxM
Oh no, please don't tell me he didn't like the SMS version of Alf, that was a great game. What's not to like about a game where one of your weapons is a pepperoni stick? :)