Category: Gaming Personalities

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.)

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/

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.

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.