Category: Commentaries

All my commentaries – written or video – collected under one parent category.

Classic Bite Commentary #105 – January 11th, 2012

(2024 Update: Unearthed for the first time in years and never before published is the lost January 11th, 2012 Bite commentary that was written before the 2012 Royal Rumble. I don’t know why I never posted this, but this would be the last genuine Bite commentary written, as the next one would be brief and the actual final commentary is more of a lookback than a commentary proper.)

Welcome to another Bite commentary… man, I haven’t done one of these in a while, have I?

You wanna know something, folks? When you have a blog that’s more convenient to use and much quicker to post thoughts online, there’s little reason to stick with a format that doesn’t quite fit. The Bite Commentaries, more than anything, were a bunch of quick thoughts thrown together. More often than not, it’s a place where I would bitch about stuff.

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The Winners And Losers Of 2011

Once again, another year comes to a close and an annual tradition at the Twisted Realms takes place; the dreaded Year In Review list. This list has me saying quite a bit for each of the winners, losers, and middle grounders of 2011. Perhaps moreso than any list prior. As such, there could be the possibility of being fewer entries than usual… then again, maybe not. Let’s get going…

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The Yobo FC Twin – A Compiled Tribute

Pictured on right: the legendary Yobo FC Twin. Ignore the thing on the left, thanks.

The Yobo FC Twin was one of the earlier 2-in-1 clone consoles released in the mid-2000s. Essentially a combo NES/SNES clone system, it was a step up on prior NES clones with improved NES cloning and somewhat better quality. But the reason for this tribute is simple – it was the console that got me back into classic gaming when I first picked one up back in October 2007 and the console that I frequently play today – and it still works wonders, meaning I’ve been rather fortunate.

Just to give you some sense of context when reading this, the following tribute was originally written/compiled back in November 2009 – a short two years after my initial purchase of the system – and it still holds up rather well – although I have made some tweaks and updates to the included incompatibility list. I’ll probably do a video overview in the near future, but right now, here’s a shitload of text regarding the wonder machine that brought me back into the fold and started me off on a journey of personal enlightenment. Enjoy.

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VIDEO COMMENTARY Special 01 – Spider-Man 2600 Reviews from Angry Video Game Nerd and Classic Game Room

2021 Update
Never before released commentary video in which I compare two reviews on Spider-Man for the 2600; one featuring the Angry Video Game Nerd and another from Classic Game Room. Due to Content ID claims, this one has been uploaded to the Dailymotion page.

VIDEO COMMENTARY #12 – 1UP Gamer's Gremlin and Teaser Video


A “frankenstein” commentary with different bits recorded at different times. This is mainly a commentary on 1UP Gamer’s Gremlins 2 (NES) review, but also touches on the preview video for his latest Spy Vs Spy 2 review… which is actually pretty decent. Both videos (without my rambling) can be reached below in the following links. Check them out; they’re actually pretty decent.

Gremlins 2 review (main commentary subject) can be found here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-t9Fu_R2Pg

His latest review can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py9R9jhcoqs

VIDEO COMMENTARY #11 – Suburban Knights Trailer Commentary

2021 Update

Commentary and thoughts on the trailer for the That Guy With The Glasses/Channel Awesome web series, Suburban Knights. For some reason, this got quite a bit of heat from a few TGWTG faithful, as did the following reaction videos. Don’t ask about said videos; they’ve been lost to the anal bleedings of time.

Classic Bite Commentary #102 – May 15th, 2011

Closing in on 400 posts in less than a couple years? Wow… that’s rather interesting… The funny thing is that there were a couple things I wouldn’t mind posting thoughts on and yet I wouldn’t want to blow minor bits on a “landmark” post.

So you know what? Let’s have a Bite commentary… haven’t done one of these in a long while… so yeah…

More comments (or should that be MOAR COMMENTS! LOL!) after the break…

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VIDEO COMMENTARY #10 – 1Up Gamer's Back To The "Futer" Review

2021 Update
Original upload date: April 29th, 2011 and May ??. 2011
Commentary on short-lived reviewer 1UPGamer’s Back To The Future… er, I mean, “FUTER” NES review. Originally uploaded in two parts since the review itself was a 2-part video, this is the “extended” edition uploaded one year later that merges both parts together.