PsihoPerihelion
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That and the Crazy Castle continuation are some of my favorites from him. The Mattel Electronics one is also a classic.
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This episode of Angry Video Game Nerd had me in stitches last night
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Retro Edge
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He was amazing up to Episode 100 (104 was the last big peak), after that it went down hill, straight. He wasn't the same anymore.
Sure, some Episodes are still surprisingly good, but overall, he just lost it completely after he did his big 100 and the amazing 104. Maybe he was burned out i don't know.
Sure, some Episodes are still surprisingly good, but overall, he just lost it completely after he did his big 100 and the amazing 104. Maybe he was burned out i don't know.
mr teaspoon
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Oh, please. That was one of the most pointless videos I have ever seen.
I'm completely willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that his issues didn't involve gender, but the whole thing was so milquetoast and pointless. Middle of a controversy about a movie where you've got a loud subset of dipshits loudly bitching about lady Ghostbusters, and he feels the need to put out a video announcing that he's not going to see the movie. Who does that? Like, please keep us updated on all the things you AREN'T doing, James.
Really tone deaf, IMO. It's like somebody coming out and saying, 'I'm not a Nazi. I don't support those ideas. But, eh, I'm not planning to join in any counter-protests.' Okay. Then shut up.
Alex_Mexico
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Yeah I have to agree that this episode is one of my least favorite, let alone my least favorite Christmas episode of the AVGN.
You all should watch his "12 days of Shitsmas" from December 2014. The pacing, the short bursts of 12 consecutive reviews, the music, the (dare I say) endearing finale. It was all perfect.
Alex_Mexico
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Yeah all of that was really unfortunate and AFAIK his lowest point in his long YouTube career.
I wouldn't go as far as say "shut up! Only tell us what you ARE working on!" But it was the timing that made it worse. Had he at least waited for the movie to come out and see the reviews it would've been better but no! He did that video long before the movie had been watched by anyone and went by just one or two trailers and though "gee, I need to tell the Internet I am not watching this!" whilst ignoring that there was this awful culture war over this fucking movie and decided to pour fuel into the fire.
For the longest time I kept fearing Rolfe, my first YouTube I ever subscribed to back in 2006, might go Milkshake Duck on me during the worst of Gamergate days. After all he invited JonTron once (but in all fairness is also friends woth Doug Walker who is definitely not an alt-righter).
Enough time has passed and thankfully, other than that embarrassing lady Ghostbusters episode, it doesn't seem to be the case. He goes by himself in a very prudent manner be stays away from controversies. And I'm fine with that.
CarlisleDavid1979
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The bible games ones are great.
Transistor
Banned
I agree with this. Over time his "faux anger" just seems more and more fake.
Yup, along with Action 52. "It crashed. Thank god!"
"The kingdom of nerdom depends on it". What a fantastic episode indeed.
Yes! Classics, I watch them yearly around Xmas time.
Alex_Mexico
Member
They are. But they are not 12 Days of Shitsmas great.
The quality or lack of it from the games and hardware are what bring out the best in him and his humor. I don't think he ever fell off like a lot of others do, but at this point there aren't really any games left he can make quality episodes out of. He's working with scraps basically. Outside of AVGN, there's still some pretty good content there like Board James. I respect the amount of effort and care he puts into his videos, it really sets him apart from others.
Not to mention he was smart enough to diversify early on, creating many different types of content with his friends/partners while still remaining true his roots. Can't really say about everyone.
Not to mention he was smart enough to diversify early on, creating many different types of content with his friends/partners while still remaining true his roots. Can't really say about everyone.
nintendoman58
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His best one in recent years to me has got to be the Seaman one.
"It's an official Famicon disk game that says the F-word!"
"It's an official Famicon disk game that says the F-word!"
This one was a bit more tolerable for me, whereas some of Matei's guest roles are just too forced on being extremely crass (Cowardly Lion, Spiderman, Bugs Bunny come to mind mostly). Also, fuck Shitpickle.
But their horror episodes with Jason, Freddy, Leatherface, etc. and the one with the game gremlin are great.
eXistor
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Everybody that watched AVGN knows his Ghostbusters reviews, it's one of those classic episodes everybody knows and I think it's very well known he's a big Ghostbusters fan so of course everyone wants to know his views on the new film and have no doubt been borderline harassing him on his opinions.
This was just a very simple way to come out and make to everyone "the movie looks terrible and I'm not seeing it, so stop asking me about it."
He was completely right too: the movie was a wet turd and not worth a watch to even the most die-hard Ghostbusters fan.
MarauderShields
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Spiderman was great but that might be because it was Kyle and not Mike
Ah yeah, I forgot. Makes sense that it was the better one out of those. lol