You know there's something wrong when he passed up the perfect opportunity to have a Beetlejuice live action segment.
You know there's something wrong when he passed up the perfect opportunity to have a Beetlejuice live action segment.
Toxic Crusaders was enjoyable just because Lloyd Kaufman was in it. Guy isn't perfect, but he's generally interesting to watch.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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...
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Nerd just got started with his 12 days of shitsmas, 12 short, daily, game reviews. Made it through Tagin' Dragon and SMS Alf.
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To the people who don't really like the AVGN how do you guys feel about Jontron?
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What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
I happen to like both of them. I only recently started watching Jontron, but I do find him very funny. His 'stream of consciousness' style appeals to me, largely because it separates him from AVGN. Jontron also goes the extra mile in doing a lot more with visual cues to make the viewer laugh, whereas AVGN's humor resides mostly in dialogue. But don't get me wrong, Jontron also has some great lines of his own.
To be honest, I like JohnTron's non-gaming stuff more. His Halloween episodes on Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark are amazing.
I like JonTron a bit more. Don't get me wrong, I like James Rolfe a lot, but there''s a sort of stiffness to his acting. And sometimes, especially on the Monday Mike & James Plays he doesn't come off as knowledgable about video games as you'd hope. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but guys like JonTron, ProJarad, PBG, Cadicarus, and EgoRapture just come off as more passionate about video game history. And their onscreen personas feel more natural then the Nerd.
But they are all consistently entertaining. And these Shitmas episodes have been great so far.
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