James Rolfe / James D. Rolfe / Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) / Rex Viper and Cinemassacre / Screenwave - Now with not much grieving about a 41-year old man still making videos on YouTube. We're the balls on the dick.

[deeman]

Says a lot about them if they can’t make their own content that people wanna see and instead make videos making fun of someone who did and does what they can’t in order to farm views from that person’s detractors.

Truthers don’t watch the content for Elfy and Beardo, they watch it because it’s Anti-James content. They’d watch a furry demisexual tranny if it made Anti-James content.

I agree on the first point, they don't have the personality to do other things, but the other half of it is ludicrous, they have good points and i love watching their take, but yeah, it's because they are quite normal, one of them apparently worked on some Troma movies i think, which is cool. Hell no i wouldn't watch a fucking furry, whenever the black furry appears in a Nostalgia Critic video, i point and say "FURRY!"... Good thing is NC still makes skitless stuff i can watch.

 

[demicolon]

Lady Emily is not a popular topic among truthers last time I checked, if we're talking about furry troon detractors.

 

[CyrusHowler]

Hell no i wouldn't watch a fucking furry,

Did you just admit to being a Truther?

Lady Emily is not a popular topic among truthers last time I checked, if we're talking about furry troon detractors.

He also didn’t really detract.

 

[demicolon]

Neither did Elfy and Beardo, really.

 

[Chicken Neck Nelly]

That might very well be true even if AVGN was already past it's prime when the addpocalyps hit James would have still made a hefty bag and if he spent it well he could probably be set for life but if that's true then he should just stop making videos he doesn't care about, instead he should just pump out one or two videos he wants to make JonTron Style

Everyone is rainbowing me even though I said "might" and am completely open to the idea that he doesn't have any investments since he does seem to be a complete retard regarding finances. That being said, I'm sure he still gets a fairly good income from his videos/brand even if he is phoning it in, I wouldn't stop either even if I did have a bunch of investments because it doesn't require a whole lot of effort.

 

[Carlos Thin]

Says a lot about them if they can’t make their own content that people wanna see and instead make videos making fun of someone who did and does what they can’t in order to farm views from that person’s detractors.

Truthers don’t watch the content for Elfy and Beardo, they watch it because it’s Anti-James content. They’d watch a furry demisexual tranny if it made Anti-James content.

People watch Elfy and Beardo because they hit the nail on the head when it comes to the bizarre nature of James; and they are entertaining to listen to. If truthers watched anything that’s anti-James, they’d be watching Folding Ideas.

 

[Felis Meanis]

One thing I rarely see anyone mention in regards to the AVGN, is the reason why he was endearing in the first place.

As far as I'm concerned, The Angry Video Game Nerd (initially called The Angry Nintendo Nerd) was funny becuase of one single reason: he reviewed NES-games, of all things, in a deeply upset and emotional manner.

What James Rolfe and Mike Matei did when they created the character of The Nerd wasn't some sort of nostalgic, "legimiate, earnest review" of games, but rather a character that was so pathetic that he actually reviewed NES-games in the mid- to late 2000's and early 2010's, as if someone gave a shit. Who in their right mind gave a shit about "Simon's Quest" in 2004? Who actually cared about The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES back in 2006? No one, of course, except for actual NES-nerds, which was the main draw of the humour.

I feel like people got too hung up on the "angry" aspect of the reviews, instead of the absolutely ridiculous notion of earnestly reviewing fucking NES-games in the mid- to late 2000's and early 2010's. That's where the comedy actually came from: by reviewing absolutely obsolete games that no one gave a shit about (but also had nostalgic memories about), and getting worked up about it to boot.

Other than the first couple of episodes, I never really got the appeal of the AVGN. A friend of mine said that he found "the adventures the nerd has in his basement" to be funny, but I just never got it. The only funny aspect of the reviews came from the fact that a fucking nerd thought that angrily reviewing NES-games in the 2000's and 2010's was a solid idea. It's a ridiculous premise, and that's where the humour originated.

 

[Lone Star]

I feel like people got too hung up on the "angry" aspect of the reviews, instead of the absolutely ridiculous notion of earnestly reviewing fucking NES-games in the mid- to late 2000's and early 2010's. That's where the comedy actually came from: by reviewing absolutely obsolete games that no one gave a shit about (but also had nostalgic memories about), and getting worked up about it to boot.

Another aspect that's been somewhat lost was that the Nerd was meant to "warn" people about these shitty games. Of course being funny because it's not like anyone can just casually pick up a copy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or a lot of other games he's warning about.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

One thing I rarely see anyone mention in regards to the AVGN, is the reason why he was endearing in the first place.

As far as I'm concerned, The Angry Video Game Nerd (initially called The Angry Nintendo Nerd) was funny becuase of one single reason: he reviewed NES-games, of all things, in a deeply upset and emotional manner.

What James Rolfe and Mike Matei did when they created the character of The Nerd wasn't some sort of nostalgic, "legimiate, earnest review" of games, but rather a character that was so pathetic that he actually reviewed NES-games in the mid- to late 2000's and early 2010's, as if someone gave a shit. Who in their right mind gave a shit about "Simon's Quest" in 2004? Who actually cared about The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES back in 2006? No one, of course, except for actual NES-nerds, which was the main draw of the humour.

I feel like people got too hung up on the "angry" aspect of the reviews, instead of the absolutely ridiculous notion of earnestly reviewing fucking NES-games in the mid- to late 2000's and early 2010's. That's where the comedy actually came from: by reviewing absolutely obsolete games that no one gave a shit about (but also had nostalgic memories about), and getting worked up about it to boot.

Other than the first couple of episodes, I never really got the appeal of the AVGN. A friend of mine said that he found "the adventures the nerd has in his basement" to be funny, but I just never got it. The only funny aspect of the reviews came from the fact that a fucking nerd thought that angrily reviewing NES-games in the 2000's and 2010's was a solid idea. It's a ridiculous premise, and that's where the humour originated.

I mean, all of his new reviews are like that anyway. If I had to name a cringe episode between then and now, it would be the Atari Jaguar "where'd you learn how to fly" review where that green face flies out of the TV and the Nerd kills it with one of his NES light guns, the setup wasn't good enough and the punchline was awful, but that's what you get with a crank 'em out factory style of production. His current reviews are both stronger and weaker, weaker in that they don't go as far like with Little Red Hood or an over-the-top skit production and stronger in that the Nerd's content is more lean, he doesn't linger on one thing for too long and when he makes his point he'll move on from it. My opinion is that his irregular posting schedule is a major contributing factor to that, it feels like he's actually more intimately familiar with the game he's reviewing instead of rushing to meet a deadline.

2010's AVGN would've gone through the effort of getting the Mario statue in SimCity while stressing each of his grievances as long as possible, 2020's AVGN rugpulled the whole concept for a joke statue of himself and a Twilight Zone reference. I think the best way to put it is 2010's AVGN is Windows Vista and 2020's AVGN is a Linux distro.

 

[Felis Meanis]

Another aspect that's been somewhat lost was that the Nerd was meant to "warn" people about these shitty games. Of course being funny because it's not like anyone can just casually pick up a copy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or a lot of other games he's warning about.

Yes indeed, and that's exactly what was humorous: as if anybody at least relatively "normal" would ever be in danger of spending a good amount of money on a largely "obsolete" NES-game and be disappointed in its quality.
That, and the fact that a young adult spends his time in his basement, playing these obsolete NES-games whilst drinking cheap beer and getting worked up over trivial technical aspects of these games (mostly trivial: some of the games do indeed have technical flaws which are absolutely detrimental to the gaming experience, but that's largely besides the point).

I mean, all of his new reviews are like that anyway. If I had to name a cringe episode between then and now, it would be the Atari Jaguar "where'd you learn how to fly" review where that green face flies out of the TV and the Nerd kills it with one of his NES light guns, the setup wasn't good enough and the punchline was awful, but that's what you get with a crank 'em out factory style of production. His current reviews are both stronger and weaker, weaker in that they don't go as far like with Little Red Hood or an over-the-top skit production and stronger in that the Nerd's content is more lean, he doesn't linger on one thing for too long and when he makes his point he'll move on from it. My opinion is that his irregular posting schedule is a major contributing factor to that, it feels like he's actually more intimately familiar with the game he's reviewing instead of rushing to meet a deadline.

2010's AVGN would've gone through the effort of getting the Mario statue in SimCity while stressing each of his grievances as long as possible, 2020's AVGN rugpulled the whole concept for a joke statue of himself and a Twilight Zone reference. I think the best way to put it is 2010's AVGN is Windows Vista and 2020's AVGN is a Linux distro.

You're not wrong in that he's always held the same schtick, but I don't think the initial premise of the angry nerd who took the reviews seriously and kept in character lasted for more than a handful of episodes, or at best for a little longer than that.

James' evolution isn't all that bad, and I largely enjoyed his recent review of the SimCity for the SNES (I have great nostalgia about this game), but to me, the actual humour of the pathetic nerd in his early twenties who earnestly got worked up about NES-games in his basement whilst wasting his time away in loneliness, cheap beer and anger issues is long gone.

 

[Grog]

My opinion is that his irregular posting schedule is a major contributing factor to that, it feels like he's actually more intimately familiar with the game he's reviewing instead of rushing to meet a deadline.

Lol no he isn't, he may be familiar with the script that Screenwave gives him, if anything. All the gameplay is by Mike and anonymous Screenwave people.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Lol no he isn't, he may be familiar with the script that Screenwave gives him, if anything. All the gameplay is by Mike and anonymous Screenwave people.

Same difference.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

I wanted your guys opinion on something. There are a few episodes in the post movie 2015 era I think are pretty good but have some early "Bimmyisms" for lack of a better word what do you think of Seaman? Does it hold up? What about Honk Kong 97? Seaman has that late AVGN issue where James for no real reason will be screaming shit like FOR NIMOOOOOOOOY which is obnoxious. I still think it's a very solid episode though one of the last great ones.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

I wanted your guys opinion on something. There are a few episodes in the post movie 2015 era I think are pretty good but have some early "Bimmyisms" for lack of a better word what do you think of Seaman? Does it hold up? What about Honk Kong 97? Seaman has that late AVGN issue where James for no real reason will be screaming shit like FOR NIMOOOOOOOOY which is obnoxious. I still think it's a very solid episode though one of the last great ones.

Seaman is one of his best post-Screw Attack episodes, along with the Earthbound one.

Don't forget about the Crow episode, that one was great.

 

[Murenu]

I wanted your guys opinion on something. There are a few episodes in the post movie 2015 era I think are pretty good but have some early "Bimmyisms" for lack of a better word what do you think of Seaman? Does it hold up? What about Honk Kong 97? Seaman has that late AVGN issue where James for no real reason will be screaming shit like FOR NIMOOOOOOOOY which is obnoxious. I still think it's a very solid episode though one of the last great ones.

Yeah there are a handful of post-movie reviews (mostly 2015 I think) that are good. I think the moment I stopped watching him was his Ecco the Dolphin review. How unfair and half-assed it was legitimately made me mad.

 

[mlanguishi]

ETA, awful sponsor, mediocre but at least was only 17 or so minutes so didn't overstay welcome like most have been that are 10+ min longer.

 

[Mike Matei's Penis]

Boring shitty episode about a genre he clearly has no passion and care for.

 

[Shirō Ishii]

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James continues his slow transition to becoming a conehead

 

[TV's Adam West]

"Factor is my go to solution for when I'm hungry and working hard on a video. "

Now Bimmy....

 

[innocent jogger]

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Ahh you beat me to it. I just happened to be on JewTube and saw his newest video dropped.

It seems Conehead Bimmy is shilling some kind of shitty looking mail order TV dinners now?