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.

[Foltest]

Old AVGN is still top tier content and his ghostbusters reviewers and DIck Tracy are amazing.

 

[BullfrogBill]

Spider-Man, Nintendo Power, and Battletoads are the best episodes

 

[Dambusters' Dog II]

>posts 3 examples of left handed guitarists playing upside down guitars
>posts fucking Seal as an example
>no fucking Jimi Hendrix

Hendrix didn't play upside-down in the relevant sense, he used the second method I mentioned here:

There are three ways for left-handers to play a guitar (upside-down, reversing the strings, or being left-handed but playing right-handed)

He flipped the strings, and turning an object 180 degrees and flipping it top-to-bottom is the same as flipping it left-to-right, so the strings were in the same position as on a left-handed guitar, with the lowest-sounding string on the top and the highest-sounding string on the bottom (the position of the volume and tone knobs is a comparatively minor thing). In the post I was replying to, Bogs already mentioned that Hendrix did this, and suggested that Rex Viper's guitarist needed to do it (he plays upside-down, with the lowest-sounding strings at the bottom). The point of my post was to show that some people are able to play the guitar upside-down (including the strings), so mentioning Hendrix, who didn't play the guitar that way, would be irrelevant, and also violate one of the implicit rules of a conversation - not to immediately re-mention facts already known to and agreed by both speakers.
I chose each of those four clips with a definite purpose - the Dick Dale one shows that the low E string is on the bottom because Misirlou starts with that note, Albert King bends the top string downwards for a high note, Elizabeth Cotten shows it's possible to do fingerpicking upside-down, and the Seal clip shows upside-down fingerings for the commonly used major chords C, D, E, A and G (as well as an amusing way of playing G major 7 with the thumb).

 

[Grub]

Hendrix didn't play upside-down in the relevant sense, he used the second method I mentioned here:

He flipped the strings, and turning an object 180 degrees and flipping it top-to-bottom is the same as flipping it left-to-right, so the strings were in the same position as on a left-handed guitar, with the lowest-sounding string on the top and the highest-sounding string on the bottom (the position of the volume and tone knobs is a comparatively minor thing). In the post I was replying to, Bogs already mentioned that Hendrix did this, and suggested that Rex Viper's guitarist needed to do it (he plays upside-down, with the lowest-sounding strings at the bottom). The point of my post was to show that some people are able to play the guitar upside-down (including the strings), so mentioning Hendrix, who didn't play the guitar that way, would be irrelevant, and also violate one of the implicit rules of a conversation - not to immediately re-mention facts already known to and agreed by both speakers.
I chose each of those four clips with a definite purpose - the Dick Dale one shows that the low E string is on the bottom because Misirlou starts with that note, Albert King bends the top string downwards for a high note, Elizabeth Cotten shows it's possible to do fingerpicking upside-down, and the Seal clip shows upside-down fingerings for the commonly used major chords C, D, E, A and G (as well as an amusing way of playing G major 7 with the thumb).

Ah. That makes more sense. I guess it probably would have helped if I read your post properly and had paid any attention to what anyone in Rex viper was doing other than sounding like shit. I admire people that can play the way you talk about but I'm not sure why you'd want to if you're as shit as the dude from Rex viper. Why play on challenge mode when you probably struggle on easy mode? As neat as it is people have found clever ways to play chords upside down, it's not as easy as just fucking playing the chord right side up on a properly strung guitar. For actual skilled musicians like most of the people you mentioned it's not such a problem, for a bunch of dudes who decided to start a midlife crisis hair metal cover band, maybe just play the instrument properly so you can focus on playing cohesively as a band and not sounding like shit.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

Spider-Man, Nintendo Power, and Battletoads are the best episodes

Spider man, Nintendo power, and Battletoads are all 10/10 AVGN based picks. Personally I'd put Ghostbusters, Nightmare on Elm Street, Sega CD, Nintendo Power and Atari porn. 2007 to 2008 was the golden age.

 

[deeman]

It was one of the worst episodes before the zombie era began. The biggest crime is that there's no semi-serious reviews of the actual products because knowing if the boxing game or that autistic vest thing where you feel the action would have been genuinely interesting. But nope. Alas. Squandered over unfunny pratfall nonsense. And I like Nathan too but it's a bad video.

Sure, they weren't Ade and Rik quality, but the slapstick was kind of energetic, stupid and ridicilous, it checked all notes. I liked it achshually!

 

[paperwork]

Old AVGN is still top tier content and his ghostbusters reviewers and DIck Tracy are amazing.

Spider-Man, Nintendo Power, and Battletoads are the best episodes

fuck yeah, top-tier. I also love the Double Vision ones, the Sega CD & 32X. can watch the ones y'all have listed and those ones on loop, so much fun and they've aged so well.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

It's as if Rolf is trying to exclude anyone younger than 45

I'd be surprised if anyone watches AVGN that is under the age of like 30

 

[CyrusHowler]

He’s still capable of making good content that’s what’s so frustrating. The Halloween and Christmas specials were good, the Jekyll and Hyde one especially.

Even that Goonies 2 one was pretty decent. It felt as if the direction was being corrected but my god this last one was a stink bomb. This month is the 20th anniversary of the character. We’ll see what happens. I’m not as black pilled as most of y’all so it’s not all doom and gloom from me.

2006-2011 will always be top tier to me.
2012-2013 were very hit and miss cuz he was making that stupid movie.
2015 was great mostly cuz of Board James.
2016 had some okay stuff.
2017 is when the slobs showed up I believe.
2018-2021 was mostly bad with some decent ones here and there.
2022-203 seemed as if it was getting better.
2024 so far has had an eh one and a massive shitbomb.

I would honestly rather he take time and make like 6 decent episodes a year. But time is the one thing he doesn’t have as I’ve been told.

 

[demicolon]

The Street Fighter 2010 is my favourite. Made me play and beat the game myself.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

I saw James' final Fantasy 6 review and I honestly think that will be the last review of the AVGN that could ever be considered great.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Sorry to double post, but new AVGN

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

I say Castlevania 3 Dracula's Curse

 

[Cringestorian X]

Sorry to double post, but new AVGN

I was about to post it.

Eh it was alright, certainly better than the last one. It's mostly just covering Castlevania Chronicles and some of the stuff that he missed from Rondo of Blood & Symphony of the Night.

Kinda weird that he only shows his face in the sponsorship segment but not the review part.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

AVGN should revisit the N64 Castlevania games. Especially the one with Blue Crescent Moon the werewolf.

 

[Foltest]

After the last episode (which was cringe beyond belief) this was a nice episode.
I do enjoy when he just sit and talk about game series that is very important to him.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Yeah this episode was decent since it felt more authentic, and ironically despite being The Angry Video Game Nerd, some of the best episodes he's made recently were ones where he talks about games he likes.

 

[BullfrogBill]

I haven't watched the new episode yet (I haven't attempted to watch any new AVGN since Earthworm Jim) but I might give this one a try. In my opinion the first Castlevania on NES is the best and infinitely replayable, Super Castlevania 4 may be 2nd place for me because it's a little too easy for a Castlevania game.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

It's authentic but boring

Which is better than inauthentic and boring I guess

 

[BrunoMattei]

Sorry to double post, but new AVGN

There is something seriously up with the fact that we got another AVGN two weeks later. Granted, okay, you could say it's just a coincidence since it's released on the same day (April 8th) as the YT upload of Castlevania 2 but I just don't buy that as an excuse. Did they make the Horse Princess video expecting it to fail? Were they caught behind a deadline? Or, are the views so bad there was a panic to squirt out another video? The timing is just weird. My hypothesis is that they were waiting to release this video later but the low views on the last AVGN caused them to panic upload it to farm engagement?

0:30 James looks weirdly fatter or is it just me? The lighting gives him a weird double chin.

Edit: the video is just a re-review of several Castlevania titles and includes one for Chronicles on the PSX. James say's something very perplexing when he realizes that Rondo of Blood has secret levels and he decides to bitch and say that's just like the cryptic bullshit in Castlevania 2. And no, that's wrong. The difference is that you need to know the cryptic bullshit in order to complete Castlevania 2. Not knowing cryptic bullshit doesn't lock off the ending to Rondo of Blood. If anything, it's more like the branching paths in Starfox 64.

I assume Mike is the source of most of the footage.

This is another video that 'feels' like it could be the last one but we know better. It even ends with yet another montage of past AVGN's. How many videos has there been that's either an anniversary or celebration of the character? There has to be at least 4-5 videos like this now. Now it's just pretentious to watch.