>The man truly doesn't give a frick anymore.
Imagine if you earned half a million dollars for making a video about some shitty horsewiener game. Would YOU give a frick?
>He should review Morenatsu (Shun route) next.
Based
>Current AVGN looks horrified and rushes to edit and sensor the old video like a cuck so it doesn't hurt anyone's feelings in the current delicate #metoo ridden internet landscape
>Be AVGN >Warp to the Sega 32x episode >he was plugging in the 32X and he's like "It's like gettin' GANGRAPED!" >Current AVGN chuckles "It's just like my wife and her bulls!" >"Oh shit 5:40" *wraps back and puts the slob in his place to finish the video*
It's wild to think AVGN was at the spearhead of retro gaming's resurgence in popularity, and the games that were new when he aired his first episode are now as old as the retro games he was reviewing back then.
All I can say is I am so glad I didn't sell my childhood game collection, and I more or less got all my emulation favorites before the prices went through the stratosphere. I think the next frontier for retro gaming is going to be reproduction carts and discs endorsed by the game companies themselves because there's a lot of money to be made there, and we even have modern versions of most classic game consoles to play them on.
Real money seems to be in those classic/mini consoles. Surprised that Nintendo hasn't released one out of N64 yet. Guess it would affect their eShop sales though.
The simple truth is likely that the N64 Classic would require a heartier chipset than what either the NES or SNES classic required, and the N64 controller itself is much bigger, more sophisticated, and would be more expensive to stock on store shelves than either of their previous consoles. They are likely worried that the thing would end up costing $150 and eating into their market for the Switch, which has more long term profit viability.
It's a shame because the N64 Classic is a real holy grail for mini consoles. I also wish we could have a Sega Saturn, Sega Master System and Atari 2600 mini console.
At least we finally got a Neo Geo Mini that actually looks like the north american Neo Geo MVS. It's not 100% but if it had looked like this from the start a lot of people would have been more satisfied with it. That big red cabinet was iconic and that's what most people in the US's experience with the Neo Geo was.
>think the next frontier for retro gaming is going to be reproduction carts and discs endorsed by the game companies themselves
That already has been happening.
I will always find it sad he went for quantity over quality. I think he was hanging on up until the 15 year mark, but the show is finally at the point where it just feels forced. It's incredibly sad to see.
But there's a limit how different you can go from the pre-established premise that you are known for. The new video is like buying a car magazine and when you start to read it at home it's just full of dishwasher reviews.
The fact that people pay attention to him means they still watch and enjoy it on some level, plus they all enjoy b***hing about it as well, because that's how the Internet works
Probably just picked that one because they already played that years ago in J&M Mondays episode. To be fair Mike losing his shit in that one was funny.
It's not that it's ancient it's that every YouTuber did the whole "you won't believe what game I found on the app store" shtick half a decade ago. If he wants to reenergize his viewerbase just lean into sixth Gen more plenty of zoomers are nostalgic for PS2 just start reviewing those games
>If he wants to reenergize his viewerbase just lean into sixth Gen more plenty of zoomers are nostalgic for PS2 just start reviewing those games
I've thought about doing this for sixth gen shovelware. I feel like there's a lot of content there.
Poor zoomers and millennials still played PS2 past its prime. I'd argue that people in their 20s now are more likely to be exposed to it since their parents wouldn't bother buying them a "newer" console at such a younger age and they got hand-me-downs.
I watched that video and something about seeing AVGN pop up on vertical iPhone footage provoked an intense reaction of disgust out of me that I didn't think would be possible from something like this. I actually recoiled from the screen for a second.
I think the "difference" for me is his videos used to be a half informative, half comedy type structure. He wasn't doing or setting up a bit with every line, he had some breathing room during the older episodes (probably because he actually gave a shit about the games he was talking about).
True. His older stuff was a lot more chill actually, he really only got screaming angry maybe once or twice per episode as a climax, most of the time he was just grumpy at most. The new stuff is exhausting and too try hard
This is why I think hardware episodes, including the most recent ones which are still good, are the best since it's mostly informative ('cause it has to be) with humor sprinkled in
He never plays a single game in the Atari 5200 video and it's still one of his best
This is why you shouldn't get married and have kids. Or at least be aware that if you do decide to get married and have kids that it will basically rule your life and eat up all your energy and free time.
Man, I bet Rolfe would rather be doing anything BUT the nerd in youtube, but the idiot wasted all the money he made during the golden years of the character in a stupid z-movie that not even hardcore fans liked.
What he misses is being a teenager that finds "donkey diarrea" funny.
there's tons of "old" yet more recent shitty games he could've reviewed that are actual embarrassments made by AAA companies, like Ride to Hell Retribution. Why doesn't he review one of those?
Because he doen't know anything about them. Or newer games in general ¨the nerd¨ is just an act. I mean he thought that Dark Souls was a sidescroller in one of the J&M videos and Mike had to explain it to him.
>Playing the persona of an angry nerd that plays retro games >He doesn't actually plays the games himself >Most of the games he plays aren't even retro
Just like Nostalgia Critic that now reviews modern movies and shows.
>enter severe anxiety/depression state at 27yo >hair starts falling like I have some kind of sickness >now 36yo >not bald but hair looks a lot thinner and has lost a lot of density >really doubt curing my depression/anxiety will help
just FRICKING hold me bros
What amazes me most is that a lot of people don't notice when the quality of the series they love goes down, and they continue to watch it as if it were still interesting. How can that happen? Even if they're people without much critical sense, they liked the series before when it was interesting, so they should at least realize that it's no longer exactly what they liked, right?
Thanks for reminding me of that.
I'd have preferred if he was straight up and just went "God damn I'm out of shape. I might have to turn back because I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to make it. Sorry I'm a nerd, not a hiker." over just saying "muh kids" and crying crocodile tears on camera.
It's the single most pathetic thing I've ever seen on video. He's a disgrace. I actually wanted to defend him up until that point, but that's it. He's worthless.
AVGN may be soulless now, but it's nice that he's still around. He introduced a generation of zoomers to the classics and assuming this video was just a fluke (or a belated April Fool's day joke) we can hope that he'll go back to doing retro reviews. The Goonies episode felt like it could have come out in 2009 honestly so it's weird that he released this shitfest immediately after.
pic unrelated? hes ok but theres a noticeable loss of energy ever since that other guy is no longer in his videos.. Gamesack still has the most soul right now hopefully i dont jinx it
Rob is great and still comes on from time to time. Johnny is a great storyteller though when he's by himself, I highly recommend his quitting smoking video.
At this point he'd better hire an animator and make an animated series where he just voices the Nerd, because holy shit, it's getting disrespectful, not just because of his ridiculous appearance that makes him look 20 years older, but the total lack of commitment.
I'd say it's tied with Purr Pals. That episode was so painfully boring I couldn't even finish it, and being extremely boring is just as bad as being downright terrible like this one.
>he could have shaved it off >he could have gotten a wig >he could have used medicine to slow or stop it in the beginining >he could have gotten a transplant >he could have gone Costanza mode
yet he did none of the above even though it clearly bothers him. People focus on the hair because while superficial it's a perfect visual representation of his failure to adapt and his cucked complacency
How hilarious would it be if white people just killed you Black folk? Just stopped being 'guilty' by israeli propaganda, and killed you? Seems pretty funny to me.
Sort of on topic, but what is the minimum requirement now a days if someone wanted to record footage from old systems and wanted to do voice overs without echoing sound quality? Does shit cost you hundreds of dollars to set up?
>Does shit cost you hundreds of dollars to set up?
The consoles will cost you the most.
A capture card with both component/composite and HDMI will run you about 40 dollars, and a decent USB mic will cost about the same. Echo is almost entirely dependent on the environment you record in, so an echo-ey room will produce an echo-ey recording. If you have issues with acoustics you can surround your microphone with blankets or put it in front of a mattress to absorb the sound waves that would usually bounce around, it's a classic cheap music trick.
He should review Morenatsu (Shun route) next.
>The man truly doesn't give a frick anymore.
Imagine if you earned half a million dollars for making a video about some shitty horsewiener game. Would YOU give a frick?
>He should review Morenatsu (Shun route) next.
Based
>avgn is 20 years old next month
fug
Let us see what kind of mediocre video will he release to celebrate it. Random time travel plot again so that he can just use the old clips, I bet.
>Be AVGN
>Warp to the Sega 32x episode
>he was plugging in the 32X and he's like "It's like gettin' GANGRAPED!"
>Current AVGN chuckles
>Current AVGN looks horrified and rushes to edit and sensor the old video like a cuck so it doesn't hurt anyone's feelings in the current delicate #metoo ridden internet landscape
>Be AVGN
>Warp to the Sega 32x episode
>he was plugging in the 32X and he's like "It's like gettin' GANGRAPED!"
>Current AVGN chuckles "It's just like my wife and her bulls!"
>"Oh shit 5:40" *wraps back and puts the slob in his place to finish the video*
Damn really? I thought he was in his 40s.
It's wild to think AVGN was at the spearhead of retro gaming's resurgence in popularity, and the games that were new when he aired his first episode are now as old as the retro games he was reviewing back then.
All I can say is I am so glad I didn't sell my childhood game collection, and I more or less got all my emulation favorites before the prices went through the stratosphere. I think the next frontier for retro gaming is going to be reproduction carts and discs endorsed by the game companies themselves because there's a lot of money to be made there, and we even have modern versions of most classic game consoles to play them on.
Real money seems to be in those classic/mini consoles. Surprised that Nintendo hasn't released one out of N64 yet. Guess it would affect their eShop sales though.
The simple truth is likely that the N64 Classic would require a heartier chipset than what either the NES or SNES classic required, and the N64 controller itself is much bigger, more sophisticated, and would be more expensive to stock on store shelves than either of their previous consoles. They are likely worried that the thing would end up costing $150 and eating into their market for the Switch, which has more long term profit viability.
It's a shame because the N64 Classic is a real holy grail for mini consoles. I also wish we could have a Sega Saturn, Sega Master System and Atari 2600 mini console.
At least we finally got a Neo Geo Mini that actually looks like the north american Neo Geo MVS. It's not 100% but if it had looked like this from the start a lot of people would have been more satisfied with it. That big red cabinet was iconic and that's what most people in the US's experience with the Neo Geo was.
>think the next frontier for retro gaming is going to be reproduction carts and discs endorsed by the game companies themselves
That already has been happening.
I will always find it sad he went for quantity over quality. I think he was hanging on up until the 15 year mark, but the show is finally at the point where it just feels forced. It's incredibly sad to see.
AVGN is the Simpsons of Youtube, and Irate Gamer is Family Guy.
They're both glownigggers.
I wish he went the Jontron route and just slowed production to a crawl so he could focus on his real life and give us (maybe) one video a year.
James needs to stop denying the fact that he’s bald. His remaining hair would look better if he just embraced it
>do the same thing he's always done
>he's getting stale!
>do something different from what he's always done
>he's hit an all time low!
But there's a limit how different you can go from the pre-established premise that you are known for. The new video is like buying a car magazine and when you start to read it at home it's just full of dishwasher reviews.
The fact that people pay attention to him means they still watch and enjoy it on some level, plus they all enjoy b***hing about it as well, because that's how the Internet works
>do something different
Are you moronic? It's AVGN episode.
>>do the same thing he's always done
i wish, that would involve him actually writing his own scripts again and using different camera angles
>doing something different
It's the same shit, just too tame.
Past AVGN would joke about horse wiener, and how the kids of the woman and the horseman would look like.
Speaking of, was there even a single joke about horse wiener in that episode?
there mayb have been
>the same thing as always
AVGN didn't use to put Onions ads in his videos
i want him to hang up AVGN and make his dream schlock movie with Lloyd. his childhood hero isn't going be around forever
The worst part is that this phone game is ancient. Surely he could've used something a little more recent?
Probably just picked that one because they already played that years ago in J&M Mondays episode. To be fair Mike losing his shit in that one was funny.
His whole thing is reviewing old games
It literally came out after Trump was elected. How the hell is that "ancient" for AVGN standards? His thing was reviewing 80s and 90s stuff.
It's not that it's ancient it's that every YouTuber did the whole "you won't believe what game I found on the app store" shtick half a decade ago. If he wants to reenergize his viewerbase just lean into sixth Gen more plenty of zoomers are nostalgic for PS2 just start reviewing those games
>If he wants to reenergize his viewerbase just lean into sixth Gen more plenty of zoomers are nostalgic for PS2 just start reviewing those games
I've thought about doing this for sixth gen shovelware. I feel like there's a lot of content there.
>zoomers are nostalgic for PS2
You mean millennials. Zoomers are nostalgic for the PS4.
I am a millennial whose adolescence was the PS2. It stands to reason that the generation before me played it in their childhood
No way man millennials are nostalgic for Mario 64 and OOT zoomers like ScottTheWoz are nostalgic for Sunshine and Sonic Heroes
The PS2's heyday was 2001-2005, millennials were like 8-13 and most zoomers weren't even born yet.
I was firmly in my teen years with PS2, and I'm on the fuzzy end. You're just fricking moronic.
You didn't play video games when you were a teen?
I was alive for the entire thing. Read Black person.
Poor zoomers and millennials still played PS2 past its prime. I'd argue that people in their 20s now are more likely to be exposed to it since their parents wouldn't bother buying them a "newer" console at such a younger age and they got hand-me-downs.
Then who are the total lowlifes scumfaces that actually feel nostalgic for, and like Galaxy?
Also millennials. Zoomer games start in 2014.
Stop hating your own people, divided by time. Start hating israelites, divided by them hating you and wanting you dead.
>this web series didnt remain perfect forever? How is this possible?
It still pays his bills.
>We're at the point now (daresay have been for a while) where Doug's current output is way more enjoyable
I know that's a low bar, but still
Doug has perfected his format and lives doing it. Nerd has forsaken his friends and wants to make movies instead
Pretty sure he took some mental damage after the Nerd movie shit the bed so hard. Muh Hollywood.
POV: putting him out of his misery
>WHERE DID THE HAIR GO
>WHERE DID THE HAIR GO
Kek. Does someone have the spurdo drawing?
this one?
Yey, thx 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
>"oh no, i'm shitting my fricking pants right now"
That's what you get for drinking Onions.
new 'jak dropped
>his wife when it's past 5:40
Cinemassacre truthers call April Rolfe "the ape". Is she an ape?
She's a israelite.
She has a fetus fetish. That's all I know.
>fetus fetish
You read right.
she's black?
I watched that video and something about seeing AVGN pop up on vertical iPhone footage provoked an intense reaction of disgust out of me that I didn't think would be possible from something like this. I actually recoiled from the screen for a second.
It's genuinely over for AVGN
I think the "difference" for me is his videos used to be a half informative, half comedy type structure. He wasn't doing or setting up a bit with every line, he had some breathing room during the older episodes (probably because he actually gave a shit about the games he was talking about).
True. His older stuff was a lot more chill actually, he really only got screaming angry maybe once or twice per episode as a climax, most of the time he was just grumpy at most. The new stuff is exhausting and too try hard
This is why I think hardware episodes, including the most recent ones which are still good, are the best since it's mostly informative ('cause it has to be) with humor sprinkled in
He never plays a single game in the Atari 5200 video and it's still one of his best
Mike helped him with art, writing, gameplay. Being in your 40s apparently makes you too lazy to look up basic shit anymore.
Holy shit I want 15 minutes of my life back! This guy talks a lot but doesn't say anything. Are all his videos like this?
No, go watch his Commodore 64 episode or something. He can actually be informative and entertaining when he tries. Which is rare nowadays.
Shit, you were talking about that hobo looking guy. Sorry.
This is why you shouldn't get married and have kids. Or at least be aware that if you do decide to get married and have kids that it will basically rule your life and eat up all your energy and free time.
Man, I bet Rolfe would rather be doing anything BUT the nerd in youtube, but the idiot wasted all the money he made during the golden years of the character in a stupid z-movie that not even hardcore fans liked.
What he misses is being a teenager that finds "donkey diarrea" funny.
it's weird that people are saying this in 2024.
dude has been shit since like 2008
so people still watching him liked what he was doing until now.
there's tons of "old" yet more recent shitty games he could've reviewed that are actual embarrassments made by AAA companies, like Ride to Hell Retribution. Why doesn't he review one of those?
Because he doen't know anything about them. Or newer games in general ¨the nerd¨ is just an act. I mean he thought that Dark Souls was a sidescroller in one of the J&M videos and Mike had to explain it to him.
NO NO NOOO NOOO I'M BALDING NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
My hair is still perfect at 32, two more weeks and it's gonna be gone right?
yes
the loss is sudden
you will wake up like a leuchemia dying frick
>whose idea was this?
The ones that now write and direct AVGN's episodes. James is only an actor.
>Playing the persona of an angry nerd that plays retro games
>He doesn't actually plays the games himself
>Most of the games he plays aren't even retro
Just like Nostalgia Critic that now reviews modern movies and shows.
He should start reviewing PC-98 games. What's the worst Alicesoft game?
the idea was probably his troon boss Ryan
Holy kino
kino
Where did the hair go?
anon your going to be in his shoes sooner or later, assuming you dont have a nice day first or die in a world conflict.
>enter severe anxiety/depression state at 27yo
>hair starts falling like I have some kind of sickness
>now 36yo
>not bald but hair looks a lot thinner and has lost a lot of density
>really doubt curing my depression/anxiety will help
just FRICKING hold me bros
Rogaine to rescue.
bro what you doing here with 36?
Don't worry, you'll ask yourself that in however many more years it takes
frick off newbie zoomie
Episode made me laugh so it's good in my book
meh, at least it was a lot better than those awful screen wave episodes.
I mean Screenwafe is still around right? Dunno how much of stuff they still do in the backround though.
>gonna take you back to the past
>game is like 5 years old
first mistake lies right here
What amazes me most is that a lot of people don't notice when the quality of the series they love goes down, and they continue to watch it as if it were still interesting. How can that happen? Even if they're people without much critical sense, they liked the series before when it was interesting, so they should at least realize that it's no longer exactly what they liked, right?
If you do the same game show for over a decade you are bound to run out of material.
want went right?
They weren’t even trying to hide it.
>They weren’t even trying to hide it.
The angry video game bull?
Is that mikes girlfriend?
Who?
>go to screwattack
>die hard episode
>hype
Amongst other things but those really were the days
>You know what's buuullshit?!
>But first a word from our sponsor.
I lost all respect for James after the mountain climb. What a fundamentally homosexualy person. Just really weak and gay.
Thanks for reminding me of that.
I'd have preferred if he was straight up and just went "God damn I'm out of shape. I might have to turn back because I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to make it. Sorry I'm a nerd, not a hiker." over just saying "muh kids" and crying crocodile tears on camera.
It's the single most pathetic thing I've ever seen on video. He's a disgrace. I actually wanted to defend him up until that point, but that's it. He's worthless.
You mean mowden?
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The what now?
Use web searches, you pathetic moron.
At least one OG YouTuber still has soul.
AVGN may be soulless now, but it's nice that he's still around. He introduced a generation of zoomers to the classics and assuming this video was just a fluke (or a belated April Fool's day joke) we can hope that he'll go back to doing retro reviews. The Goonies episode felt like it could have come out in 2009 honestly so it's weird that he released this shitfest immediately after.
Ok ChatGPT.
pic unrelated? hes ok but theres a noticeable loss of energy ever since that other guy is no longer in his videos.. Gamesack still has the most soul right now hopefully i dont jinx it
>Gamesack
Frick those israelites.
Shut up james
I don't care about James. You are a israelite.
Rob is great and still comes on from time to time. Johnny is a great storyteller though when he's by himself, I highly recommend his quitting smoking video.
Is that Ronnie Mcnutt?
At this point he'd better hire an animator and make an animated series where he just voices the Nerd, because holy shit, it's getting disrespectful, not just because of his ridiculous appearance that makes him look 20 years older, but the total lack of commitment.
This episode was so embarrassing. Definitely the new worst AVGN episode.
I'd say it's tied with Purr Pals. That episode was so painfully boring I couldn't even finish it, and being extremely boring is just as bad as being downright terrible like this one.
i have a need to still play old obscure retro games...like Mario Kart on the wii :3
>The man truly doesn't give a frick anymore.
based
>he could have shaved it off
>he could have gotten a wig
>he could have used medicine to slow or stop it in the beginining
>he could have gotten a transplant
>he could have gone Costanza mode
yet he did none of the above even though it clearly bothers him. People focus on the hair because while superficial it's a perfect visual representation of his failure to adapt and his cucked complacency
>he could have used medicine to slow or stop it
how hilarious would it be if he did a Keeps sponsorship in his next vid
How hilarious would it be if white people just killed you Black folk? Just stopped being 'guilty' by israeli propaganda, and killed you? Seems pretty funny to me.
Woah, who pissed in your cereal? Was it the israelites again?
The proverbial piss in my cereal is the mercury floating around in my brain. Total israelite Death.
>5 hours and this garbage thread is still up.
the absolute state of mods
Sort of on topic, but what is the minimum requirement now a days if someone wanted to record footage from old systems and wanted to do voice overs without echoing sound quality? Does shit cost you hundreds of dollars to set up?
>Does shit cost you hundreds of dollars to set up?
The consoles will cost you the most.
A capture card with both component/composite and HDMI will run you about 40 dollars, and a decent USB mic will cost about the same. Echo is almost entirely dependent on the environment you record in, so an echo-ey room will produce an echo-ey recording. If you have issues with acoustics you can surround your microphone with blankets or put it in front of a mattress to absorb the sound waves that would usually bounce around, it's a classic cheap music trick.
What happened? He released a new shitty video?
what makes this different from all the other shit videos he did?
Who?
AVGN doesn't even play games anymore and picks random weird shit as easy low hanging fruit for a video topic.