Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Six More Fun AVGN Episodes

James Rolfe is still doing his fame as his persona Angry Video Game Nerd, continuing to spread out the good news that very bad games are worth bashing for entertainment value!

Pepsiman(PS1) 

A commercial and brand heavy episode with a funny abstract guest character fooling and antagonizing the Nerd. Also, a normal Pepsi fan promoting the game, who turns out to be a guest character 2 decades later! This might be my favorite modern AVGN episode!

Game Boy Accessoires

A familiar episode concept where AVGN goes through the general accessoires of a particular console or handheld. The Game Boy camera plus printer add-on really was something back in the day, and it's funny how he makes up ridiculous other add-ons, while some of them turn out to be true!

Polybius

A thrilling unfolding episode where the Nerd investigates a video game urban legend involving an arcade machine. With a teaser video previewing it beforehand, Polybius had an effective buildup, a scary jump scare, and a satisfying conclusion.

Sonic 06 Part 1 and 2

With deserving determination, the Nerd discovers the atrocious designed Sonic the Hedgehog from 2006, which is notorious for awful game design, endless loading screens and an embarrassing legacy that arguably still plagues 3D entries of Sonic.

The Immortal

Perhaps the most original and most insane concept of all episodes, with The Immortal, the AVGN character goes through a long one take scene, reflecting the way the game is meant to be played; one mistake, and you are done!

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask(N64)

This might be the longest episode shot and developed yet. I don't agree with all of the observations as the Nerd pins out in here, but it's interesting to see his viewpoint on a spin off game he did not play upon release, despite being humorous or not.

Frankly, some of the modern episodes feel forced and aren't as entertaining as these. Still, he manages to keep pushing out interesting episodes that obviously stand out on their own for various reasons such as concept, production values, jokes and information.

Thanks again James, for entertaining so many gamers, making life a bit more happy and enduring.


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