John Crichton 4 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I continue to be amazed at Rolfe's ability to surprise. I was expecting him to tackle Battletoads from the difficulty angle (a bit like Silver Surfer) but instead dissects the horribly unforgiving two player mode. Add in an extended cameo from Kyle Justin, and it's a damn fine video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 My only beef with it is that since the Batman videos he's been screaming every line. Like, can't he calm down a little? Part of the charm of AVGN is that he's deadpan and sarcastic, not just furious all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I continue to be amazed at Rolfe's ability to surprise. I was expecting him to tackle Battletoads from the difficulty angle (a bit like Silver Surfer) but instead dissects the horribly unforgiving two player mode. Add in an extended cameo from Kyle Justin, and it's a damn fine video.It was. Funnily enough the game was probably one of the best he's ever covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 My only beef with it is that since the Batman videos he's been screaming every line. Like, can't he calm down a little? Part of the charm of AVGN is that he's deadpan and sarcastic, not just furious all the time.He might have overcompensated, I remember earlier in the year we were all thinking he was losing the "angry" edge a little (or at least I was), now he might be overdoing it a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Well, obviously the Zelda timeline video wasn't very angry, but that was the nature of it. I liked Rambo and Virtual Boy just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 A new video has been posted. Dick Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Awesome! I felt like I was in 2006 again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Ya that video was pure AVGN classic. Definitely had a good laugh at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 "This is the reason Game Genie was invented. I've been playing this game for twenty fu**ing years and I still can't get past the first stage!""Stupid banana raincoat wearing Dick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Heh heh, Dickard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 It's not AVGN, but it's good stuff from Rolfe:Top 10 Star Trek Technobabbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Good stuff. That reminded me to watch the excellent AVGN Star Trek video again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 That was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 There's better Trek technobabble than that. To think that Reg Barclay got to No 1 without stammering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Just a heads up, the new AVGN video is scheduled for release Wednesday. Rolfe always does a large production horror film spoof for Halloween, so we can probably expect something big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 It's not AVGN, but it's good stuff from Rolfe:Top 10 Star Trek Technobabbles"That Witch Survives"? One of the moments he included was meant to sound bogus. it should not have been included.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 DraculaEhhh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 The first Dracula game he played was hilarious. I was hoping he would play the pooty one I have for PlayStation, it's a point and click game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I love the takedown of the old text adventure games at the start. "I don't know how to fu*k." The rest was great, too. When he pulled out the Sesame Street game I got a good laugh. And I like how it was classic review style like he's done most of the year rather than the big budget Halloween specials of the last couple of years. But that will probably be the next one.Fred Fuchs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 The first Dracula game he played was hilarious. I was hoping he would play the pooty one I have for PlayStation, it's a point and click game.The artwork on VIC-20 game was a variant on the Frank Langella Dracula poster, which of course was scored by John Williams.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'm enjoying his Godzilla movie reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Gojira suk dik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Godzilla sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Frankenstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 You know you're screwed if not even Game Genie will save you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Hotel Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 There's a lot to complain about with the CDI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'll try to fit this in what with all the Indy to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I always thought that "Hotel Mario" was hilarious. I find it amusing what videos have been spawned from it, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Zelda: The Wand of GamelonGood one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Zelda: The Wand of GamelonGood one! That was pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Mine stopped downloading at about 8 minutes in. I can't stand the loading time for videos on that site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Good video. Straightforward and furious, just how I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Mine stopped downloading at about 8 minutes in. I can't stand the loading time for videos on that site.I have to sit and wait for it to load for a while before I can watch it without interruption.Those cutscenes were...disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Here's CD-I Pt. 3 More Zelda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Stupid thing stopped downloading at about 3 minutes in. If only Game Trailers would just put it up at the speed of a YouTube video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 It maybe your connection Drax. I was able to watch all of it at school, a hilarious video and loved his expression at the beginning after the cut scene. I would have reacted like that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 No, it's GameTrailers. They really need to upgrade.Another enjoyable effort. He made good use of the horrible cutscenes for comedy. And I loved the F-bomb bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I'll wait a year and a half until he puts it on his YouTube account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 It was cool to see him actually destroy the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 He should have blown up the whole console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 It maybe your connection Drax. I was able to watch all of it at school, a hilarious video and loved his expression at the beginning after the cut scene. I would have reacted like that as well.WHATEVER I SEE, I DEVOUR!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 It was cool to see him actually destroy the games.They deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Honestly though, I was really disappointed with the Nerd's acting in the whole CD-I trilogy. For such a climactic series of reviews, he just didn't deliver. He was kind of in "OH GOD!" mode the whole time. So goofy but not even in a good way (e.g. "Christmas Carol"). Old Nerd vs. New Nerd is like Zach Braff on Seasons 1-4 of Scrubs versus Seasons 5-7.No seriously this is very important to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 You think he might be getting in a rut? Or maybe deep down he didn't want to go too hard on Zelda, no matter how bad.The second DVD is out too, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Oh, he went hard on Zelda. I just think he did it badly. He's been hamming it up pretty much since the Friday the 13th review but only in service of the review. Now he just does it constantly. For example, in the beginning of the CD-I review he acts completely aghast when all he's doing is giving a dry history of the Nintendo/CD-I partnership. It's not funny. That really disillusioned, deadpan sarcasm that was a staple of his earlier videos is just gone. "McKids," "Bible Stories," that stuff was great! Yes, I know... for a series of videos that often end in a game cartridge being decked in diarrhea I'm probably overanalyzing.I'll admit, though, the ending is great. He's still good at just letting loose in the finale, even if the buildup is weak. Superman 64, Indy, Batman, all good. And I did really like Dick Tracy. He made the over the top anger work with that one. Taking a freaking electric drill to the game... in every other video he just fakes the game destruction, but there it was really done. Although I'm betting it wasn't the Dick Tracy cartridge. But I like the authenticity!The second DVD is out too, BTW.Should be interesting. Unfortunately, because of copyright laws I think some of the videos are going to be a bit crippled. He used to rely heavily on movie soundtracks and clips. A few of the first volume episodes were really disappointing on the DVD because he had to awkwardly cut out parts with film clips and used some really lame original music instead of the vintage stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I actually thought his Texas Chainsaw Massacre review was uncharacteristically scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 That was a great one! It was totally different but it worked. The cinematography and lighting were very interesting.That was a year ago, though. I thought this year's Halloween reviews were decidedly underwhelming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissPadmé 17 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Oh no please don't!! why do these nerds/geeks/fans always have to compare things and divide everthing in old period vs new period. and ranting about how less classy the new perios is??it is so lame it is so much more pathetic than anything you try to critisize! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 We all get our jollies one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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