Category: Gaming Personalities

AVGN Movie Trailer #2 is out…

The picture pretty much says it all, doesn’t it?

I’m not gonna link it. It’s on YouTube somewhere. I’m sure you’ll find it. You’ll probably like it… which means you probably won’t like what I’m writing here.

You know… my expectations weren’t exactly high when the movie was announced, especially when it would revolve around E.T. for Atari 2600 and the whole landfill thing (that was discovered and excavated in real life, by the way). And when the first trailer for this thing hit, my initial reaction was that it looked decent on a technical level, but I still wasn’t sold on the story being told… or the acting, for that matter… but I’ll reserve final judgment on the finished product.

But after watching this second trailer… how do I put this delicately as to not fray any weak-minded fans of that particular franchise?

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Just To Hammer My Previous Point…

This is the original teaser poster for the Angry Video Game Nerd movie, as featured on the Cinemassacre website. I’ll save you the trouble of clicking on the link to the older posting and just repost my thoughts here, since they’re pretty much the same now as they were back then…

“It’s a nice looking poster. Mostly monochrome, mostly dark, but I rather like it.

“Unfortunately, the poster also does a good job of misleading me into believing that this is going to be something of a dark horror comedy sort of film rather than the schlock that the teaser trailer has been showcasing. In fact, a dark horror comedy film starring the Nerd character has the potential to be the much more interesting film that could potentially give that franchise a worthwhile production. I know Rolfe could pull it off if he wanted to… but he won’t.

“And it’s a shame, because in my mind, that’s probably what he’s best at.”

And after watching some of Rolfe’s older stuff, I still find a Nerd movie done in the same fashion as those older films to be the more potentially interesting film than whatever the fuck that thing is he’s trying to pass off as a movie.

Okay, I’ll shut up about this now. Enjoy the teaser poster, folks.

The Lovehog's New Web Domain Where He Can Make Excuses Without Consequence

Lewis “Linkara” Lovehog (or however you usually spell his damn name) has just unveiled his new website.

http://atopthefourthwall.com/

Say what you will about his actual review content – I personally don’t care for them – but the site does look really nice at the very least. And at least now Lewis can relish in the fact that he has the ability to ban people from not kissing his ass or accusing him of making excuses for never uploading any History of Power Rangers episodes.

Best of luck with the new site, Lewis. And let me just say, on a final note; STOP MAKING EXCUSES, GET OFF YOUR LAZY ASS AND GIT TO THE NEW HOPR PEOPLE CARE ABOUT.

The Irate Saga Is Over…

The above pretty much sums up my reaction, I think.

So now that we got that out of the way, it’s now Rolfe’s turn to produce utter garbage. And the bar established is so low that there’s no possible way he could NOT reach it.

Oh… on a sidenote, I like this one bit by the IGSucks blog guy; “I would love to see Chris attempt to release this on DVD, I could report him to Saban Brands!”

Yes, I’m sure you’d LOVE to report him to Saban if he somehow releases this stuff to DVD. Just like everybody else reported him to the various movie studios for the movie clips he kept on the DVDs he already released… oh wait.

Observations Of Boring Boring

From the Irate Gamer Sucks Blog, a post by the blogger bitching about Chris Bores again; you know, the usual song-and-dance about how he’s not a gamer and how the heck is he supporting himself with this stuff and blah blah blah. This post was brought about by lack of worthwhile content from Da Bores, because let’s be honest; nobody gives a shit about his T-Shirts, only a few folks would care about his Skylander videos, and his website is more bloggy than anything… is “bloggy” even a word? Who cares?

There used to be a time when I would occasionally visit the blog and drop a few observations here and there. Some spats occurred, but most of it was somewhat civil… or at least, I’d like to think so. I’d check, but I have no patience. And that was years ago when the blog was relatively new and somewhat fresh. Even though I’d occasionally drop by, I rarely (if ever) comment. Nowadays, I generally use the site to find out whether there’s a new Irate Gamer video up… How sad is it when a blog called Irate Gamer Sucks does a better job of promoting the Irate Gamer than the Irate Gamer himself?
Actually, now that I think about it, a blog called Irate Gamer Sucks spends more time TALKING about the Irate Gamer than the guy’s own fucking website, which has stories about stuff that nobody in their right mind would care about when they go to a website of a Youtube personality or whatever. Not to mention, that blog does a better job of promoting the show… I’d have to believe that the reason Bores continue to do these videos the way he does is just to give that blog material to work, because then the blogger would bitch about Bores’ latest Irate catastrophe and people would go “Gotta see this for myself.”
And I’d have to wonder what would become of that blog if Bores were to call it quits. Because with Bores gone, there’d be no other reason for that blog to exist. None whatsoever. I really have to wonder about that because every time you see a blog post like the one linked above, it almost comes across a plead to Bores to make more worthwhile stuff for the guy to bitch about. God forbid he’d find something else to talk about or, even worse, catch up on those Recap Reduxes he’s long since abandoned.
By the way, this was a blog post to promote the Irate Gamer Sucks blog. And even though it hasn’t been an overly positive post, you’ll no doubt be tempted to head over there and see “how bad that blog really is” or whatever equivalent phrasing you would prefer.

It Took Him 118 Episodes To Get To Big Rigs

And… I didn’t laugh. I wasn’t in the slightest bit amused… I just sat there, watching, waiting for greatness to come along and… nothing. In fairness, I can’t blame Rolfe because, try as he might, he couldn’t bring anything to the table about Big Rigs that hasn’t been touched on before. Big Rigs, much like that game he’s making a movie, has been beaten to death so many times and by so many people (myself included) that you pretty much know everything there is to know about the game. And by the time the NERD finally gets to the game, his approach is somewhat underwhelming because he’s essentially retreading what others have harked on and mocked.
That’s kind of the thing that gets me more than anything with the guy; when he gets to a game that’s been touched on so many times by all the inspired and second-rate angry folks, what does he have to offer on these things that hasn’t been done by anybody else and in some cases, done better? In regards to Big Rigs, two videos come to mind that I found to be better; one of them is Armake21’s old “Games That Suck: Big Rigs” video and the other is the hilariously short video review by Alex Navarro. Check those out if you have the chance.

VIDEO – James & Mike Don't Know What A Prototype Is

(2020 Update: This video hurt my brain… and now I’m sharing the pain.)

I’m watching the James & Mike video where they’re playing the Super Mario Wacky Worlds prototype game and… guys, you do realize that is an UNFINISHED prototype. As in NOT FINISHED. There is a reason why it was never released for sale during the CDi’s active years… BECAUSE IT WASN’T FINISHED AND IT WAS CANNED. You cannot play and bitch about the thing as if it was a FULL GAME. This video was almost Boresian in its conception.

AVGN Vol. 7 Includes Expensive Coaster Disguised As Worthwhile DVD

Uploading today’s DM video now as we speak… but I just want to talk about the contents of the latest AVGN DVD if you don’t mind. (There’s also a Board James DVD out there for interested parties, but I’m not going to dwell into that because it’s the first one.)

First off, here’s a content listing of the seventh volume of AVGN (copied and pasted from the Cinemassacre website almost verbatim)

RUN TIMES
Disc 1 – 1 hour, 52 min
Disc 2 – 2 hours, 7 min
Disc 3 – 2 hours, 46 min

CONTENTS

DISC 1
108. Ghosts N’ Goblins
109. Atari Sports
110. Ikari Warriors
111. Toxic Crusaders
112. Bill and Ted
113. Tiger Games
114. Alien 3

DISC 2
SNES Vs Sega Genesis
Commentary of the year
Original Nerd room 2004
Current Nerd room tour 2013
Atari Sports – OUTTAKES
Ikari Warriors – OUTTAKES
Toxic Crusaders – OUTTAKES
Bill and Ted – OUTTAKES
Tiger Games – OUTTAKES
Alien 3 – OUTTAKES
Magfest 2013 panel
SGC 2013 panel
TooManyGames 2013 panel

DISC 3
Top 5 Most Ingenious Nerd IDeas
Top 5 Musical Episodes
Top 5 Worst Gaming Accessories
Top 5 Worst NES Music
Top 10 Epic Nerd Moments
Top 10 Hardest NES Games
Top 10 Moments the Nerd Lost His Mind
Top 10 Most Hated Weapons or Items
Top 10 Most Unfair Gaming Moments
Top 10 Nerd’s Game Abuse
Top 10 Nerd’s Most Unexpected Moments
Top 10 Problems with Games
Top 10 Toughest Jumps
Top 10 Worst NES Games
Top 10 Worst Video Game Consoles
Top 10 Worst Video Game Endings
Top 20 Weirdest Video Game Moments
NOTE: The image quality varies on the Top 10 videos, because all the different clips were shot on different codecs over the years. When you mix different codecs in the same video, some of them need to be compromised.

Now I can understand the need to fill content on a DVD and seven episodes of AVGN is somewhat paltry content, but I have to question the included content on the DVD, specifically the inclusion of the Top 10s. I’m not going to complain about the inclusion of the panels because those might be worthwhile additions and they’re fairly harmless, but why do we need an ENTIRE DVD of Top 10 Nerd Clips, especially since these things are so obviously lazily put together for the sake of getting content on site? I feel like this is such an unnecessary addition and the package would have been fine with just the two first DVDs. Who cares if fans cry foul? They know you’ve been lacking in content last year due to the movie and the truly supportive ones won’t mind one less DVD in a set as long as the rest of the content was quality stuff. This third DVD is an obvious coffee coaster if there ever was one.

Oh, and on a final note, Jimmy…

ERICMANSUPER REVIEWED WHERE’S WALDO SO THAT YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO! DIDN’T HAVE TO, YOU IDIOT! POOR ERIC! HIS SANITY SACRIFICED IN VAIN AND IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT, JIMMY!  YOU WORTHLESS BASTARD! YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED HIM! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU T’ HEYULL!!!!

(Any fanatic or fanboy who took that last blurb seriously… please stop taking your stupid pills.)