This was a topic that I touched on in the recent episode of the DTM-Cast, but since THAT episode has been removed for reasons unknown to me (and a subsequent “protest” edition has been posted in its place), I’ve decided to post the text I wrote up regarding the matter here. You can find that after the break…
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With all the recent hooplah on YouTube, Mark Bussler is closing up shop on YouTube and taking his wares to his own website, which you can reach here.
A class act to the end, Mark. I salute you, sir.
As far as this business goes, I’ll save my piece for the upcoming DTM-Cast this weekend.
Some folks might have heard of Pursuit Of The Paranormal, the Chris Bores movie where he talks to the dead. I haven’t seen it – no real intention in doing so – but my friend has. Sent me a quick e-mail sharing his thoughts. I replied back to him, asking if he would consider contributing to a guest review for the Review Archive. No answer yet, but I’m sure he won’t resist.
By the way, here’s the e-mail in question;
Saw the Bores “movie”… Sean got it for me as a birthday gift… oh joy, I love me some Bores.
For a 90-minute conversation with the dead, it sure comes up short… only a little over 50 minutes tops. Why call it a movie if it isn’t long enough to be one? It’d be like sticking four wheels onto a box and calling it a car.
As far as the “movie” goes, it’s just another ghost hunting thing where they look around the place, “talk” to a ghost using meters and stuff, and conclude that they’re not sure if ghosts exist. Yeah, this was worth investing your life savings in putting together. Typical Bores quality stuff that isn’t up to snuff.
I’d say wait until he uploads this to YouTube in a year or so. Don’t waste your money…
That sums up my thoughts on the concept… the episode itself, on the other hand, wasn’t too bad… even if it was a less-than-subtle advertisement at his own game(s) (or perhaps a subtle potshot at another “irate” individual whose own iOS game was recently removed?)
Check the video here:
http://cinemassacre.com/2013/11/19/avgn-avgn-games/
I’ve been trying to find information on that thing, but it’s a bit difficult at the moment.
The Irate Gamer website or blog, as it is now, only had a couple previews and has seemingly forgotten about the game because nothing else was mentioned. No promo, no announcement that it’s available, no BUY HERE link… nothing. It seems like the guy played the game and wasn’t pleased with the game that bared his name or something… I don’t know. Why wouldn’t you push your product? Just to show that you give a shit about the product? Because it seems like this was just slapped together on a whim and released to the masses.
Looking at the screenshots, I’m not gonna lie; it looks like shit. It looks like somebody fired up a copy of Multimedia Fusion for the first time in their lives and put together a bunch of random crap and voila, new game. I don’t know if that’s the case because I’m not able to try it, but it seems like nobody is going to take the plunge either because I have not seen one writeup or proper review on the thing.
The only place that I’ve seen anything close to a full review is on that Irate Gamer Sucks blog, but I found anything out of that site to be a bit skewed and somewhat biased, given the title of the blog. And I know people are going to defend that site and say it’s supposed to be objective look at… but the title says it all. It’s anything but objective. And trying to post any semblance of positive or going against their favorites will result is some rather nasty responses… and I agree trying to find something positive about Bores’ output is a bit difficult, to put it mildly.
But it is possible to enjoy what he does… I mean, I watch some of his stuff, I enjoy it for the most part… even if it’s for reasons totally contrarian to his intentions. I don’t think his stuff is good, I enjoy because sometimes it’s fun to watch someone act like a complete fucking moron when playing these games and it’s something I find he does rather well, whether it’s intentional or not. So… bit of a backhanded compliment, I suppose…
There’s another AVGN episode, this time covering the old Tiger Electronics hand held things that were the portable gaming offering before the Game Boy became a thing. And here’s a shocker for those who think I like to shit on everything that bares the Nerd name; I actually liked this one.
He stayed on topic for the majority of the video, the stupid derpy faces supposedly representing angry were barely there, I got a couple chuckles out of it, the bullshit was kept to a minimum (not counting the “bullshit man” a.k.a. Shithead Nerd), and he ran through the gamut of Tiger stuff, including the handhelds, the wristwatches, the Game.Com, and the R-Zone. It was an episode that hearkened back to the older (better) Nerd episodes such as the DoubleVision 2-part or the Atari Porn games.
Was it a bit nitpicky? Sure, it was, but this was an episode of AVGN that I, nonetheless, actually enjoyed and thought was rather well done for the most part. If he does more episodes of this level of quality in terms of content and less like those bordering on Irate Gamer-levels of horridness, then I might slowly get back into it…
Oh, who am I kidding, right?
On a sidenote, my pre-order for that AVGN game is still awaiting the game’s release. Despite (or perhaps in spite of) the subject matter, I’m actually looking forward to the game. If nothing else, it looks to be the only real piece of Nerd stuff that’s worth forking money over for.
So famed self-proclaimed “idiot in a suit” Dr. Ashen got his hands on an Ouya… After watching this vid, I think I might be saving myself a hundred bucks as a result… or at least furthered the possibility of spending it on the other Android-based machine that I’ve been considering. Anyway, here’s the video for those wanting to check it out.
I’ll be honest here. The only thing I really enjoyed about this recent AVGN was Lloyd Kaufman, because, quite frankly, a seemingly unmotivated, disinterested, and misused Lloyd Kaufman ended up being a more engaging and entertaining character than the Nerd. In fact, I’d much rather see Lloyd Kaufman “review” video games than the Nerd, because he’s that much more interesting.
As for the video itself, I tried to think of a word to sum up my feelings, but the only one that comes to mind is MEH.
I’ve sat through a Linkara video for the first time in ages… technically not a Linkara video since he was accompanied by someone called Obscurus Lupa or something… one of those TGWTG personalities I never heard of. Anyway, they did a riff of sorts on the timeless Christmas special, Alpha’s Magical Christmas. Yes, they’re talking about a Christmas video in the tail end of March… which actually doesn’t bother me all that much. Hell, if you can have Halloween in July, why not Christmas in March? Who cares about Easter anyway?
So Cinemassacre posted the artwork for the teaser poster for the upcoming Angry Video Game Nerd movie that is coming this lifetime or something. It’s a nice looking poster. Mostly monochrome, mostly dark, but I rather like it.
Unfortunately, the poster 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.
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