The Official Angry Video Game Nerd Discussion Thread

[elvis8atari]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42105.html

=d =d =d =d =d

[CelticJobber]

Its not a big deal, but I'm pretty sure he was looking in a Super NES Game Genie codebook for NES Game Genie codes. Unless there were different color variations of the NES GG codebook that I'm not aware of.

[elvis8atari]

^you're right. Not a big deal. Maybe he didn't have the nes code book.

[Sudo]

Another great episode. LOL I think I may play that NES Frankenstein game on Halloween if I'm feeling particularly masochistic.

[Famidrive-16]

Down Shithead!

[Arcade_Ness]

Well not as good as the Dracula video, but still awesome.

[mills]

Why don't the download links for the videos ever work at gamtrailers?

[ryborg]

Works fine for me, mills. I've saved almost all of them successfully.

[mills]

Maybe my work blocks it.

or, do I require to log in first?

[kainemaxwell]

That was great.

[tcv]

Liked it. I liked the second-half better than the first, however. He's just really good in his element -- reviewing shitty games during play. The earlier schtick was ... schtick.

[megasdkirby]

It was funny, but still can't compete to the Halloween video from last time.

[elvis8atari]

The news on Cinemassacre.com says

"There’s one coming out tonight which will be the first in an interesting string of reviews. It’s something that been requested A LOT!"

[Tupin]

The news on Cinemassacre.com says

"There’s one coming out tonight which will be the first in an interesting string of reviews. It’s something that been requested A LOT!"
A new Nostalgia Critic AND AVGN within one day of each other?

Yes.

[kupomogli]

I like watching his videos, but his new videos will never compare to his pre Halloween videos(except for his Super Mario 3/Wizard video which was awesome.)

Even though I am a big CV fan and love Simon's Quest, that review will probably always be my favorite. After that it's followed by Back to the Future, Sega 32X, and Rocky.

[c0ldb33r]

My favourite one was his Atari 5200 one, only because I can relate to his pains in that video.

If they're putting up a new one tonight, they'd better hurry because the evening is ticking on.

[GarrettCRW]

He's revealed in the comments that it's going to be the CDI.

[ryborg]

....aaaaaand it's up.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42566.html

Great as always, if a little short. Definitely light on anger, but high on info. Can't wait for part two with the Zelda abominations.

[alec006]

....aaaaaand it's up.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42566.html

Great as always, if a little short. Definitely light on anger, but high on info. Can't wait for part two with the Zelda abominations.

Who cares about the review of the Zelda games,"I just wonder what Ganons up to?!"

[Jorpho]

Not the Zelda abominations again!

But I suppose it's the next logical step after Superman 64 and Deadly Towers.

[megasdkirby]

Geez, two damaged CD-i consoles?

To think, I always wanted one...

[SegaAges]

I don't know what his deal was. I got a cd-i from goodwill and have never had a problem with it. i got zelda: wind of gamelon sealed for like $30 as well, so he should adjust his prices.

This just makes me want to get burn cycle even more.

[elvis8atari]

I guess you got luckier on prices then he did. Anyway, Zelda's next!

[jcalder8]

It wasn't bad but it's not his best that's for sure. Just because he had bad luck doesn't mean everyone will. Look at how many NES systems you'd need to go through to get one that works first try.

[Arcade_Ness]

I enjoyed the intro where it showed his collection in detail.

[Sudo]

Is it odd that I kind of want to try Hotel Mario after watching that? Also, yay, 1,000 posts.

[tcv]

I enjoyed the intro where it showed his collection in detail.

Me, too. Holy Mother of God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tcv]

Is it odd that I kind of want to try Hotel Mario after watching that? Also, yay, 1,000 posts.

Yeah, it actually didn't seem all that bad. I suppose he's setting us up for Zelda.

For what it's worth, I don't know where he's getting these consoles from (eBay??), but there are no new units here. So, he clearly got unlucky with two bad consoles. And if the prices for Zelda is that high, I'll never, ever buy them. Jesus.

[c0ldb33r]

Is it odd that I kind of want to try Hotel Mario after watching that? Also, yay, 1,000 posts.
Ha! Now you're stuck. One more post and you're not at 1000 anymore.

[Trevelyan]

way, i enjoyed that. return to form, cant wait for the next episode

and I loved the intro too! edit

[Sudo]

Ha! Now you're stuck. One more post and you're not at 1000 anymore.

Then I'll just never post again, ha! Oh, wait. Dammit.

[Daria]

I don't know what his deal was. I got a cd-i from goodwill and have never had a problem with it. i got zelda: wind of gamelon sealed for like $30 as well, so he should adjust his prices.

I got both those Zeldas sealed for $50. But that was awhile ago and the prices may have shot up since.

Zelda's Adventure has always been a little pricy though. But $186 just seems outrageous.

[Press_Start]

Just watched the video a second time and I gotta say it was...underwhelming. :(

Thought he would start running out the gate guns blazing, but so far....where's the rage? Where's the anger? Here I thought he'd at least rip the poorly drawn Mario clips. Is Mario's pants flashing?

Zelda games are up next. I'm looking forward to this one. Although they weren't widely received, the idea playing as Zelda is an interesting concept. Wonder when Miyamoto will do a Zelda game playing AS Zelda?

[DigitalSpace]

So far, the CD-i feature isn't up there with "Double Vision" and the 5200 feature, but it isn't one of his worst episodes either. Great intro.

[Graham Mitchell]

I actually liked this episode a lot. I appreciate his subtlety. He's less heavy-handed with the anger, and does a good job of explaining why the game sucks. For the first time in one of his reviews, I totally see his problems with Hotel Mario. My experience with that game is quite limited, but I feel like he's not exaggerating the problems with it like he does most of the time.

I dunno, I really liked this video.

[Tupin]

Well, I think the next one is going to be better, not do say this one was bad.

[savageone]

First AVGN video I've watched in awhile (I suppose I should catch up). I think it was a bit on the short side even for an AVGN video (which imo are almost always too short), but it was a good watch overall. I also enjoyed the intro.

I have to say it seems he has amassed quite a lot of stuff in a somewhat short period of time which is commendable since I doubt he had most of that prior to having success with the AVGN schtick. Looks like he has the NES on lockdown already, and some respectable collections for other systems, but damn.. the Neo Geo selection needs some work. Even though the game isn't directly related, I suspect he may have obtained King of the Monsters 2 for some sort of future Godzilla (or other movie monsters) overview.

[Tupin]

First AVGN video I've watched in awhile (I suppose I should catch up). I think it was a bit on the short side even for an AVGN video (which imo are almost always too short), but it was a good watch overall. I also enjoyed the intro.

I have to say it seems he has amassed quite a lot of stuff in a somewhat short period of time which is commendable since I doubt he had most of that prior to having success with the AVGN schtick. Looks like he has the NES on lockdown already, and some respectable collections for other systems, but damn.. the Neo Geo selection needs some work. Even though the game isn't directly related, I suspect he may have obtained King of the Monsters 2 for some sort of future Godzilla (or other movie monsters) overview.
I'm still waiting for his Neo Geo review, he already had footage of him weighing a cartridge in one of his intros.

[savageone]

I'm still waiting for his Neo Geo review, he already had footage of him weighing a cartridge in one of his intros.

Yeah that would be pretty nice to have him do a Neo Geo system overview, there are a lot of bullet points concerning the AES that can be twisted for extra comedic effect. Definitely no shortage of material to work with there.

I'm surprised he hasn't yet touched Legend of Success Joe.. It's not a well known game but those who have played know just how baaaadddd the game really is. It's one of those games that is so laughably bad it kind of wraps back around to being good (in a cheesey way) to some.

[kupomogli]

I honestly thought this review blew. The only parts at which he bashed the games weren't really legitimate reasons and you'd be pretty stupid to think so.

I mean honestly. Almost any game that has something above you to switch an area, you'll always press up. Elevator action has where you press up and down on an elevator solely because you can move it up and down from each floor, but when it's just a single door that leads to one area, it's obvious. You pressed up on every door on Michael Jackson's Moonwalker didn't you? Or every door in Elevator Action? Etc, etc, etc.

I did notice someone saying this is a bad review of his, but wasn't his worse. Unless I don't remember one I do think this is his worst by far.

*edit*

One final thing is that the Zelda games are terrible so I hope his review on these ones really do fit. The only thing is that he's doing this review after about a million people already posted reviews. I do know that it's the AVGN so everyone will be praising the video, but it's still not really that original when it's common knowledge that those three games suck.

[Timstuff]

The CDi Zelda games were much worse than Hotel Mario from the looks of it (although it's debatable which one has the worst FMV cinematics). Consider the Hotel Mario review a freebie. I think the real angry stuff is being held back for the Zelda reviews.

[matchou]

I'm a french fan of AVGN and a collector of nes and megadrive (+ 32X + mega-cd) games. I've only known this guy this month but I've seen all videos now. (turtles, battletoads, powerglove and sega cd 32X are my favorite)

I've never own a Jaguar, I would like a review to know what I've missed :D
I've ever heard that alien vs Predator was the only good game on this console.
I think he could do a special game & watch video too.
Or I've own a famous Amiga GX-4000, I don't know if it has been released in North America but it was ... fun :texaschain:

Do you have a list of Pal european nes games that are never been sold in America ? (please contact me on mp)

En tout cas féloches mec puis comme on dit en France "Va te faire foutre gros connard de paydai de jeu de merde" ;)

[Juspion_Reloaded]

The Angry Video Game Nerd is Awesome!!! :D

[kainemaxwell]

Cool intro showing off AVGN's collection. Very informative video. Heard of the 3 Zelda games, never heard of Hotel Mario before this video.

[Dastardly Dylan]

http://www.screwattackstore.com/avgn-dvd-volume2.html


Enjoy :)

[ROBOTNIK666]

I was honestly expecting AVGN to make a joke about "I hope they made lots of SPAGHETTI", possibly even reffering to the fact that it's a meme on 4chan.

[ryborg]

I was honestly expecting AVGN to make a joke about "I hope they made lots of SPAGHETTI", possibly even reffering to the fact that it's a meme on 4chan.

I think he respects his audience enough to avoid 4chan preteen non-comedy.

[otoko]

Hmm. Still could've been a bullet point of "this cinematic is so crappy this part blah."

[Coldguy]

http://www.screwattackstore.com/avgn-dvd-volume2.html


Enjoy :)

Thanks for letting me know that Dman, I shall buy this and review it, for those on the fense about getting this I will let you all know how it is when I get it in.

[Dastardly Dylan]

Thanks for letting me know that Dman, I shall buy this and review it, for those on the fense about getting this I will let you all know how it is when I get it in.
Wanna buy me a copy? :D

[Coldguy]

I just got my copy, only looked at it for about 10 minutes, will let you all know what I think about it when I can spend more time with it.

[Richter Belmount]

I really hope to hear your impressions of the dvd soon dude. Im waiting out a little to buy it , mainly cause the last time they did a 2nd run of the 1st dvd the angry video game nerd actually signed copies.

[Coldguy]

Going to do a review this weekend on it, possibly later tonight or tommorow.

[jcalder8]

I really hope to hear your impressions of the dvd soon dude. Im waiting out a little to buy it , mainly cause the last time they did a 2nd run of the 1st dvd the angry video game nerd actually signed copies.
I'm waiting for this reason too. Thankfully I wasn't able to order the first print so I got one of the signed copies.

He said in a video that he was thinking about doing something special for the second DVD so I'm going to wait a bit before I order.

[Coldguy]

Wow...sometimes I get emails, other times I get requests...however THIS is outrageous. I literally got 17 requests for me to do this review! Now some of you might remember one of my earlier reviews on his first DVD. So I guess might as well do the second one. Now I do not mind getting his DVD, he is after all supporting this site and brought a ton of people to come check out the critic. So why not do a Random Review on it? So here we go time to buy...

Now I know that to get the DVD you would need to go to one of those web stores and get it, and I noticed a few things. First when you select the item in the store, for some odd reason it adds two of them to the cart. If you do not pay attention you will buy one for the collection and the other for DVD playing in a DVD player. So buyer beware when ordering.

Also another common gripe is the Shipping and Handling charge of $8.50. Now I know that flat rate shipping pisses people off since it is one rate for everyone, however if you realize the potential of the international audience the extra charge will allow everyone to have a reasonable...

Wait no correctection; if you are international tack on an additional $10 to that. So maybe the shipping is 2-3 days and that could increase the price, therefore you will recieve the DVD...

Wait no another correction; it was sent by a common postal carrier via ground. Ok...how much would have cost if I were to send this back...$2.23.

Anyone else see an issue?

However after opening the box I saw the justification for the additional $6.27, they included (without my permission) a pin! A little pin, the one you put on your shirt, walk around with to promote a site or use for decoration on a backpack strap. It is not even a good pin, it is a crappy pin with a bad fasten that doesn't have anything related to the AVGN or any of his characters. It is a simple, boring, and dull pin. Excuse me for a moment.

*Closes door*

What kind of bullshit is this? I mean if you were going to give me something that's fine, but if it has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE THING I FUCKING ORDERED THEN WHAT IS THE POINT! I mean at least put his logo, a cartoon head, or even a character on it, but no it is generic logo where they go "Hahahaha we had some extra shit, add it in and charge 6+ bucks for it to ship in something they really wanted!"

*Opens door*

Sorry about the delay folks, had to um....feed the dog, yea that's it! Dog time to eat and I fed him, moving on.

So now it is onto the DVD itself it has the videos as seen on some other hosting site and You Tube. They range from the Atari 5200 to the Angry Nerd Christmas Carol. If you want the videos before that, seek volume one. Also on this DVD there are bonus features all conveniently on a third DVD for your viewing pleasure.

The first DVD has a REALLY simple menu. It is a bunch of animated icons in a grid pattern for easy selection. The popular "techno" intro is used in his opening at the very start (The one featured on his Double Vision Review). However unlike the DV review one he used the entire song to get you pumped up to see...the exact same videos again.

Granted the sound and video are of a really high quality, but if you go to the other hosting site page you can download the HD videos for yourself. However instead of taking your bandwidth and hard drive space they are on DVDs now...cool?

Well on to disc two now and HOLY SHIT is the menu awesome. It is the Mega Man 2 boss selection screen with him in the middle. The music is perfect, the animated icons work well, however there were some touches that could have made this better. When moving from selection to selection there is no beep noise like in Mega Man, the head in the middle does not follow your selection, rather it loops looking at each one. If you make a selection it does the beep like it should however what would have made this go over the top if he did a video intro like the Mega Man bosses before it played. That would have made it kick ass, so the title for best Menu scenes still is held by The New Adventures of Captain S Season One DVD.

Now again there are 8 videos on here, no special features, but still there is a THIRD DVD that contains all the goodness that this collection has to offer. So I pop it in waiting to see the epicness that it holds. As it opens up...I see a boring ass DVD menu. Cmon people, if you are going to take the time to make one really good and the other functional, at least you can make this one OK. However it is a mere menu to the pure awesomeness that is the special features right?

I will list them, you shall decide:

* Top 10 Nerd Moments of 2007 - In the same bad quality as it was on another website.
* Nerd Room Tour - a 10 minute pan of what the "old" room looks like and highlights some key donations and his cat...Yippee!
* You Tube Trailers - Seriously?
* Intros - All two of them that involved user submissions! Hurray!
* Vintage Nerd Material - Want to see James review games as a little kid? Want to see what his friends recorded back in 1995 that is game related? Here is your chance!
* Commentaries! - Yes there are a total of FOUR commentaries. Bugs Bunny, Spider-Man, Fester's Quest, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He picked these ones at random and placed them on the disc because "there is a little more room on it." Also this is a straight cut of the commentaries, as in one cut, point out things that people either didn't care about or people already knew. (Who asked how he recorded a game boy game? SUPER GAME BOY IS THE FUCKING ANSWER!) Now these are OK, commentaries range from shit to kick-ass, and these are OK since they bring some insight into the behind the scenes realm of the videos. If you want to know how a commentary should sound like for reference, see (again another PBC production plug) The New Adventures of Captain S Season One DVD.
* Outtakes - Range from season two and a half to season three and a half, the first half of Season two was in the first DVD set. If you want to see those, it is going to cost you. These outtakes range from thirty seconds to seven minutes depending on the video and some of them are OK, however there are priceless gems to be seen (especially the Halloween one, trust me you will be laughing).

I should also point out the "Play all" feature is not in the Vintage Nerd Material, Outtakes or the Commentaries. They are only for the You Tube Trailers. I should also point out at the time of the article no "easter eggs" were uncovered as of yet, however since there were 2 in the first set I think he would manage to slip in another somewhere on these 3 DVDs.

That's it, I reviewed every single aspect of the DVDs, that's it all. No secrets, no hidden surprises, just the exact content that is on the DVD. So what is the final verdict? Simple, it is the same as the last time. If you are a die hard followers of the "Nerd" character you have already picked this up for your collection. As for those on the fence, CONGRATULATIONS! You have saved a lot of money on what could have been easily downloaded off of another website that hosts Season 2 and beyond of the AVGN. (Minus the special features of course (OF COURSE!)).

Well all in all I still stay The New Adventures of Captain S Season One DVD is still a better buy, however which volume is better for the Nerd, one or two? I am going to say one in this case, although you will get less content, the content, art style and presentation done on there (to me) is of a better quality and has an added incentive to actually buy the DVD (alternate ending and new sound track to some of his reviews) this time around it just feels like a copy and paste job to get fans to buy something else with the Nerd character on it.

Well...mission complete.

[8bitCaged]

new one coming tonight (I heard it on SideScrollers first but did not bother to tell you till now).
he said on his web site www.cinemassacre.com

And in case nobody’s guessed already, the AVGN videos have been coming out every 2 weeks, on schedule. That means tonight: CDI-Part 2.

[Tupin]

That's good, can't wait to see him review the Zelda games, especially Zelda's Adventure.

[elvis8atari]

Coldguy, I got the DVD and I think your review was a little harsh. You're complaining about the menus. If this was released professionally by a major studio, I could understand being upset over the simple menus. But this is an independent show and I think James did the best he could. And the Megaman Menu is really cool. You said that you could just download the videos, which is true, but on the DVD you get them in full quality. The ones you can download are not full quality. And why do you keep calling it "the hosting site"? Are you not allowed to write Gametrailers.com?
Also, on this DVD not only do you get all the Outtakes from 2007 but he also included all the outtakes from 2008. For any AVGN fan, it's a great set to pick up. Highly recommended.

And another thing Coldguy, The New Adventures of Captain S is also available online. Which you decided not to mention. ALL of these shows are available to see online, for free. Buying the Captain S and AVGN is more about supporting independent shows that don't have a huge budget. BOTH of these shows are worth getting on DVD to help support them so they are able to produce future episodes.

[Coldguy]

And why do you keep calling it "the hosting site"? Are you not allowed to write Gametrailers.com?


Yes I am not allowed to say it hense the "other hosting site." Now if GT DIDN'T HAVE the HD download of each episode you would have an entirely different outlook on it. However if you recall Capt. S and Season 1 of the AVGN are Youtube only, and at a low quality. Making the buy each episode in a higher quality a benefit.

Now why did I nitpick on the menus, well lets be honest I could go into the reviews and discuss them, however unless you are already under a rock you know what they are already. So the known is the content on the DVD (minus the bonus features). I list the bonus features exactly as it, you may agree with me or not on my views of them and that's cool. The menus are always something that can either make or break the overall presentation of the DVD (I didn't even mention the art but that is for another day). If you literally compared the first and second season with what they offered you will realize that Season one had more uniqueness to offer, thus is the outcome of what I have written.

Now when the "official" review goes up it will be cleaned up and shorter, but since a lot of people on here were asking me, this was a rough cut mouth off review.

[elvis8atari]

The HD downloads from GT are not as good as the full quality videos on the DVD. Also, there is an Easter Egg on Disc 3. =)

[7th lutz]

Angry Video Game Nerd: CD-i Part II is now up. Here is the link: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43089.html .

[Gabriel]

I think it broke him.

[GarrettCRW]

I think it broke him.

And, like with Manos, someone may need to apologize to the AVGN for the torture before its over. ;)

[elvis8atari]

CD-I part 2 is a great video

[Famidrive-16]

At least he beat it though, I'd be crawled up in a fetal position after playing it for five minutes.

[Octopod]

Do people really think this guy is funny?

[CelticJobber]

Do people really think this guy is funny?

Yeah, alot of people do. He's hillarious most of the time.

[108Stars]

Do people really think this guy is funny?

Yes, I believe he is VERY funny. Even if I do not agree with all his reviews, he is just damn entertaining.

[Rob2600]

"You've killed me!"

"Good."

:)

[kainemaxwell]

That was damn amusing.

[c0ldb33r]

that was kind of neat, I've never seen someone actually play through a Zelda cd-i game.

And what's with that animation by the way? Did they do it in MS Paint or what?

[108Stars]

IIRC they hired some cheap Russian animators. And the strange look is the result of them not having much in the way of official artwork; the producer once said that they basically just had the NES games to take as an example, with the SNES-Zelda III arriving midway through CD-i-Zelda´s production-process.

[Coldguy]

The HD downloads from GT are not as good as the full quality videos on the DVD. Also, there is an Easter Egg on Disc 3. =)

A) I was told otherwise by people who have downloaded them, if this is true I have to correct the final version

B) Where is the egg, I couldn't find it...

[kupomogli]

Download them yourself and check it out.

Anyways. I kindof agree his Zelda's Adventure wasn't that great. He started dragging on for over half the video because he was talking about the doors so much and he repeated himself multiple times.

While it was a better video than the Mario Hotel one which wasn't really funny but was just informative, this one was actually a little bit amusing, but he's had alot better.

[jcalder8]

I really enjoyed CDI pt 2.

I liked the fact that it was more of a review than just "cheap camera" tricks and shit jokes. I hope he does more of these.