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New AVGN episode was done in one take!! No time? Muh kids? Not today!!
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Codswallop_
Neophyte
Man, what happened to this channel? I stopped watching for a few years, came back and Bootsy has been replaced by these huge slobs with zero charisma, James sounds like he gives zero shits anymore (I used to look forward to J&M Mondays), and AVGN feels like a caricature now. Sad to see.
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brap
Banned
Nobody knows. Apparently Mike helped out with some old episodes but that's what he says. James will never tell anybody.
Yeah mhm yeah yeah aw haw ok. Kyle is gone too btw. Just Jimmy and the fat guys now. Oh and Mike.
Codswallop_
Neophyte
Did he? Checked his twitter and it doesn't look too bad. Still, regardless of his political beliefs his skills are undeniable, he'd leave James and Mike in the dust whenever they'd play together. His Battletoads series was one the best things to ever come out of Cinemassacre, wish he'd come back and do more solo stuff.
KormaChameleon
Member
I never actually watched the film, was it any good? I saw the ET "review" was just from the movie and said it wasn't the worse game of all time?
brap
Banned
It's awful and bad on purpose. Me and a friend were hyped to watch it when it came out and were both disappointed.
Darkmakaimura
Member
Yeah his amateur stuff was the best.Pre-HD nerd was the best era. Just him, a handycam, and a shitty game.
But that could be nostalgia talking (Ironic that I'm nostalgic for a show about nostalgia)
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Still like the show. I think he has mellowed out a lot with age. His passion now seems to be with his other cinnemasacre projects
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Nice episode I thought. I never actually played Majoras Mask despite loving Ocarina.
I thought this was a great one. I am a huge avgn fan even though i recognoze its no longer the same. This was a good balance between the old and the new avgn
The Bloody-Nine
Member
I always click on his videos. Then I rapidly remember why I don't watch all of them. Mike. He's insufferable.
Katsura
Member
He does run out of content which i'm sure is one reason it's stagnated. Also, 10 years is a long time to do the same gimmick. Finally, and this is just me speculating, it seems like he lost motivation to do the role. I think James is more of a collector than a gamer and i'm certain he prefers movies and would like to focus on movie reviews instead. They have that rental store thing now for movie reviews but i'm guessing he is kinda forced to keep AVGN going since it's their most popular segment by far
EthicZH
Neo Member
Wonder if his main source of income is still from Cinemassacre/Youtube or if he does other stuff.
I just checked and his videos still seem to be doing alright views wise, but like you said the man might possibly tired of playing the same character over this long period of time.
Angry Joe tried doing the easy sit around and talk about old movies for the easy money too.
Revolutionary
Member
This episode brought me back to when I was a kid looking all over the city for a copy of Mortal Kombat for Sega CD. Finally found it in a Funcoland in Brooklyn. Good times.
Oh come on, that was a great callback out of left field. The fact that Gottfried played the character only reflects on Gottfried himself, because the guy isn't getting any Hollywood jobs anymore.
Elektro Demon
Banned
AVGN lost it's charm after the movie. Somehow the content isn't really the same.
MisterBrimstone
Member
Pre-HD nerd was the best era. Just him, a handycam, and a shitty game.
But that could be nostalgia talking (Ironic that I'm nostalgic for a show about nostalgia
It's not nostalgia talking. There's a reason he became so big, his stuff was awesome.
Vampire On Titus
Member
These newer episodes just don't build momentum like the old ones did. It seems like he gets angry out of nowhere to check a box whereas in the older episodes there was an arc to his frustration. They actually put in effort to make the episode feel like he was sitting down playing the game but that's lost now.
I think a big part of it is the new writers but it's not like James is stepping in to correct them.
I think a big part of it is the new writers but it's not like James is stepping in to correct them.
Digity
Member
Watch your fuckin language!
JSoup
Banned
I like that he was showing the Tiger Electronics version and was like "Mine is broken, so I can't show it" and my first thought was "Emulators exist for that shit now"....only for him to talk about it and then use it. This actually prompted me to check the archive and see what other than Tiger has been backed up.
Pansy
Member
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Seeing his name bumped back up to the top of the forum...too soon....too soon...wounds need air...
teezzy
Banned
James' biggest passion is movies.
He seems like hes so tired of doing the Nerd character at this point, but he sorta has to because money talks.
I've actually been watching a lot of his content in the background here while I've been working from home.
A lot of the old stuff holds up due to its simplicity and phrases like "ass vomit" still bring a smile to my face.
Good on ya James for lasting this long. I'm grateful you're still maintaining the schtick, for better or worse.
Remember Mark from Classic Game Room? Apparently that dude just reviews 80s comic books now. Weird.
He seems like hes so tired of doing the Nerd character at this point, but he sorta has to because money talks.
I've actually been watching a lot of his content in the background here while I've been working from home.
A lot of the old stuff holds up due to its simplicity and phrases like "ass vomit" still bring a smile to my face.
Good on ya James for lasting this long. I'm grateful you're still maintaining the schtick, for better or worse.
Remember Mark from Classic Game Room? Apparently that dude just reviews 80s comic books now. Weird.
Space Runaway
Member
Mildly entertaining though a rather low energy and dare I say, low effort video.
Also surprised he didn't bring up BloodStorm. Aside from being Time Killers' quasi-spiritual successor and an actual MK rip-off, the infamous Johnny Cage marketing alone should have garnered it a mention
Also surprised he didn't bring up BloodStorm. Aside from being Time Killers' quasi-spiritual successor and an actual MK rip-off, the infamous Johnny Cage marketing alone should have garnered it a mention
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D3RANG3D
Member
Am I missing something?
K.N.W.
Member
Watching this episode I realized that people have been playing for years ASS-ASS-in's Creed.
D.Final
Banned
mcjmetroid
Member
Bless his heart. I really wanted to like that movie but even with the low expectations I had it was still a really bad nerd episode and longer