AVGN Thread

[Lee__Kanker]

I'm really fond of the Atari 5200 episodes, he doesn't even review the games, it's just him talking about how much he loves the atari2600, a console thats nowdays pretty overlooked when people talk about old games, I tell you theres certanly an art to making games about One Action and with super limited graphics
And then it's just him fumbling with his tv, man I wish I had a working early 80s tube like that mine are all from the 90s and 2000s

Also at the time people really didnt splice game music with the video like this and he did it so well, even by today's standards. He doesn't just used it as backround noise it goes with the footage

The same kinda goes for the Odyssey and Pong consoles, similar qualities. Nowdays they double as fantastic documentaries about the earliest videogames, everyone and their twice removed grandgrandgrandmother has done episodes on le wacky plug and play and shitty famicom games but how many did The Magnavox Odissey and pong consoles with all the authentic equipment and hardware you'd have used at the time? Didnt think so

Another great time capsule on what it's like to play a single player game "Together", love the kinda melanchonic spider man theme cover at the end, and Kyle was a brave man for wearing that tight costume where you can see his nuts and dick size (he points that out himself in the commentary video)

I love Texas Chainsaw Massacre and I didnt think James could accurately imitate its cinematography but he's a multi talented man

Again, just kind of an awesome documetary, Airworld exists now by the way. One of the few episodes where he doesnt say "fuck"

All of the bible games episodes are strangely cozy, In don't know, maybe it's the slower pace or the games having little to no music, they're just kinda relaxing; like christmas in front of a chimney on a comfy couch. Baby Moses.

On the opposite end, the rob ep might've taken longer but this is more spectacular to me. He REALLY wrecked the room for this one and took a few punches lol

 

[Waffles]

You know... It's pretty insulting that we didn't have this topic already XD BAD RGT, BAD XD

I personally really love the hardware episodes, especially the old ones (Atari Jaguar, SEGA CD...). They were really insightful and fun. I'm glad he recaptured some of that spark with the Commodore 64 one.

 

[ciro64]

The CD-i Zelda one marked me because it introduced me and many others to these two delightful cutscenes

 

[Yousef]

My opinion on this thread? What a shitload of fuck!!

 

[Lee__Kanker]

You know... It's pretty insulting that we didn't have this topic already XD BAD RGT, BAD XD

I personally really love the hardware episodes, especially the old ones (Atari Jaguar, SEGA CD...). They were really insightful and fun. I'm glad he recaptured some of that spark with the Commodore 64 one.

After posting it I thought "Maybe this belongs in video and streams?" but this is retrogaming GeneralI and it's not about one video and avgn covers a lot of things. You decide

I'll have to the check out that commodore one, I only watched a couple new ones and they were hit and miss
Yeah, I miss when he had the actual hardware, when he got rid of the crt and started using that fpga console and all the game footage looked super crisp a lot of the magic was gone.
Sure its more convenient for him, but the whole thing was taking you back to the past isn't it?

The tiger electronics episode was also a modern highlight, it really captures my visceral hate for those tools of the devil, I rmemeber getting them in happy meals and I fucking hated them, I felt his befuddlement at how in the world these things kept seeling

TIGER WAS A MACHINE GUN LIKE TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD, I suppose now the lowest cheapest most squallid barely-a-videogame you can get is those tiny famiclones shaped like arcade cabinets or 10 euro handhelds

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The CD-i Zelda one marked me because it introduced me and many others to these two delightful cutscenes

 

[Yousef]

After posting it I thought "Maybe this belongs in video and streams?" but this is retrogaming GeneralI and it's not about one video and avgn covers a lot of things. You decide

I'll have to the check out that commodore one, I only watched a couple new ones and they were hit and miss
Yeah, I miss when he had the actual hardware, when he got rid of the crt and started using that fpga console and all the game footage looked super crisp a lot of the magic was gone.
Sure its more convenient for him, but the whole thing was taking you back to the past isn't it?

The tiger electronics episode was also a modern highlight, it really captures my visceral hate for those tools of the devil, I rmemeber getting them in happy meals and I fucking hated them, I felt his befuddlement at how in the world these things kept seeling

TIGER WAS A MACHINE GUN LIKE TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD-TURD, I suppose now the lowest cheapest most squallid bare-a-videogame you can get is those tiny famiclones shaped like arcade cabinets or 10 euro handhelds

This video? ITS AAASSS, FUUCK! No, seriously, cool video.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

My opinion on this thread? What a shitload of fuck!!

 

[Yousef]

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LOOOOL! Now… what were they thinking???
With that, I’ve probably met my avgn quote quota haha.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

LOOOOL! Now… what were they thinking???
With that, I’ve probably met my avgn quote quota haha.

Not AVGN exactly, but I love "Hunka Hunka Bucket Fucket!"

 

[Zooey]

I no longer watch AVGN because it feels soulless, like theres a giant team behind him having him do stuff he has no interest in, and it feels like hes only doing it for the paycheck and to please his remaining audience.

But the early stuff was pure gold. I miss Bad Luck Bootsy being on the show, and I really believe Mike Matei was the brains behind the show, hes the real AVGN in my opinion. And without him, the show will never be the same. I do watch Mike Matei's own channel, its alot simpler, but his jokes still shine, like when he refers to Mega-Man as Mega-Person.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

I no longer watch AVGN because it feels soulless, like theres a giant team behind him having him do stuff he has no interest in, and it feels like hes only doing it for the paycheck and to please his remaining audience.

But the early stuff was pure gold. I miss Bad Luck Bootsy being on the show, and I really believe Mike Matei was the brains behind the show, hes the real AVGN in my opinion. And without him, the show will never be the same. I do watch Mike Matei's own channel, its alot simpler, but his jokes still shine, like when he refers to Mega-Man as Mega-Person.

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I totally agree Mike was way more involved with the making of classic avgn than most people think, he helped write a lot of it, same with coming up with topics, he really brought the brown bricks

I also love James and Mike (and Bootsy) Atari, gave me some nice game reccomendations like Taz and Dodge em

 

[Clippy]

AVGN was awesome back in the day. Sure, not every episode was golden and some of the characters were godawful (Shitpickle and Nerdyturd come to mind in particular) but it was a great watch. I think 3 things ended AVGN.
1. The movie. Not only was it meh but it was also more James Rolfe than AVGN. The episode production slowed down to a crawl for a movie that I understand may have been his dream to make but it just wasn't it and certainly not worth sacrificing the show for over a year.
2. He ran out of games. Yeah, yeah he has a huge collection, sure. He didn't have it when he was a kid. To me the biggest appeal of AVGN was seeing him channel that frustration from his childhood. That sort of vitriol that can only manifest with deep-seated trauma-fueled hatred for shitty games you've been holding onto for years. I don't know whether or not it was real in his early episodes but I sure know it's not there now in any form.
3. He aged. He's in his mid-40s now I think? He has a wife and kids. Obviously his anger-based persona was going to take a hit. I can't remember who said it but there is a quote I heard years ago about punk music - 'when you're 20 you have the energy to be angry at the world and scream at it at the top of your lungs. If you think you can still do the same thing at 40 you're just deluding yourself'.

The saddest thing is that he seems to have become a prisoner of his own character. He could just put an end to AVGN and start something new but not only do I doubt it would take off the same way AVGN did but I'm also pretty sure a lot of people would try to bully him into going back to being AVGN. It is what it is I suppose. Godspeed to him whatever he does, even if I'm not there to watch it at this point.

 

[Zerpina]

Agreed with mostly all the Comment's here. I Watched the AVGN for god i don't even know how long. kinda lost interest after the Movie. i found it all kinda just Ho-hum after awhile. The humor either Dried up, or I grew up abit <likely the Former> and yeah most Def Mike had more to do with the Show being Funny.

Now and again i'll pop on a episode of his, if it's something that interests me, most his stuff now Really Doesn't. You can't be a Pure gold Comedian forever, and You're Audience will Inevitably Get bored of the Same Bit after awhile. i Did watch the Legacy Glitch episode a few days ago, it was Alright... i guess.

Ah well.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

AVGN was awesome back in the day. Sure, not every episode was golden and some of the characters were godawful (Shitpickle and Nerdyturd come to mind in particular) but it was a great watch. I think 3 things ended AVGN.
1. The movie. Not only was it meh but it was also more James Rolfe than AVGN. The episode production slowed down to a crawl for a movie that I understand may have been his dream to make but it just wasn't it and certainly not worth sacrificing the show for over a year.
2. He ran out of games. Yeah, yeah he has a huge collection, sure. He didn't have it when he was a kid. To me the biggest appeal of AVGN was seeing him channel that frustration from his childhood. That sort of vitriol that can only manifest with deep-seated trauma-fueled hatred for shitty games you've been holding onto for years. I don't know whether or not it was real in his early episodes but I sure know it's not there now in any form.
3. He aged. He's in his mid-40s now I think? He has a wife and kids. Obviously his anger-based persona was going to take a hit. I can't remember who said it but there is a quote I heard years ago about punk music - 'when you're 20 you have the energy to be angry at the world and scream at it at the top of your lungs. If you think you can still do the same thing at 40 you're just deluding yourself'.

The saddest thing is that he seems to have become a prisoner of his own character. He could just put an end to AVGN and start something new but not only do I doubt I would take off the same way AVGN did but I'm also pretty sure a lot of people would try to bully him into going back to being AVGN. It is what it is I suppose. Godspeed to him whatever he does, even if I'm not there to watch it at this point.

That's a very good quote, in the early eps he was convincingly angry now it's more like over the top yelling; and yeah when theres no personal connection between him and what he's reviewing you know and it show. What does james care about some some shovelwhare ps4 and ps2 game? He barely has any attachment with the ps1 let alone the ps2

However it's not all bad theres a few glowing spots, when he makes more unconventional cinematic reviews he reminds me more of board james; the Bearenstein Bears, De-Ja Vu and Polybius reviews are well worth a watch

 

[Waffles]

I no longer watch AVGN because it feels soulless, like theres a giant team behind him having him do stuff he has no interest in, and it feels like hes only doing it for the paycheck and to please his remaining audience.

I can agree with this, and I do believe that the people behind the show are really getting in the way. But then you read his book (which I highly recommend) or watch episodes like Purr Pals, and you can still see the golden within. It's a shame that that's no longer his call to make.

 

[spectresfrommercury]

the castlevania episodes are certifeid hood classics imo.

 

[χKai]

I started watching that guy when TMNT was the newest video.

 

[starseeker300]

you know what would be great: The Nerd as a guest fighter in the next mortal kombat game

 

[Cu-Neo]

Where did you learn to fly?

The Atari Jaguar episode is easily one of my favorites.

 

[Zerpina]

you know what would be great: The Nerd as a guest fighter in the next mortal kombat game

Someone need's to make a Youtube Type Fighter, with all the old YT's in it. AVGN, Nostalgia Critic, jon tron ect.

And hey! why not, Netherrealm Studios are putting anyone that will throw money at them in their game anymore

 

[ciro64]

you know what would be great: The Nerd as a guest fighter in the next mortal kombat game

Can't wait to see him taking a diarrhea in the opponent's face then proceeding to blow them up with a super scope

 

[starseeker300]

one of his fatalities is where he sticks bad ports and spinoffs up his opponents butt

 

[Subliminal]

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Please tell me this is satire...

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Oh yeah forgot to brag about having a signed picture of him, I donated to the movie 12 years ago

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Please tell me this is satire...

Nope

 

[dropsmegamega]

know a avgn video that is always on my mind??