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Old 08-15-2007, 03:18 AM   #21
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Old 08-15-2007, 03:19 AM   #22
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Old 08-15-2007, 03:23 AM   #23
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Voltron is your god. Worship him or be cast in the fiery pit of eternal damnation.
I'm going to tell you what I told him last time he was demanding worship. I can't worship him because his avatar creeps me out and gives me nightmares! So, I try to keep him as far out of my mind as possible lest I lose precious hours of sleep.
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Old 08-15-2007, 07:59 AM   #24
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So yeah, if you don't like James or what he does. That's fine. You're allowed to have your opinion. Just know that if you don't like them, then one of two things is true:
(1) You didn't grow up playing old school Atari, Nintendo, and Sega games.
(2) You're some kind of robot.
I never said I didn't like him. I said he's not consistent, and his basic premise grows dull sometimes. And saying that there is two strict reasons behind someone not enjoying his work is just silly. I did grow up playing all those games, so I can resonate just as well as anybody, but that's not a reason that someone should HAVE to enjoy his work. That's like saying everyone in the world should enjoy a observational comedian, because what they joke about is something everyone can relate to.

And seriously, what are you getting so worked up over? People have different tastes. Just because someone doesn't like something that you're in love with doesn't make them wrong.
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Old 08-15-2007, 10:59 AM   #25
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I never said I didn't like him. I said he's not consistent, and his basic premise grows dull sometimes. And saying that there is two strict reasons behind someone not enjoying his work is just silly. I did grow up playing all those games, so I can resonate just as well as anybody, but that's not a reason that someone should HAVE to enjoy his work. That's like saying everyone in the world should enjoy a observational comedian, because what they joke about is something everyone can relate to.

And seriously, what are you getting so worked up over? People have different tastes. Just because someone doesn't like something that you're in love with doesn't make them wrong.
Jeez, I'm not getting worked up ya robot. I already said that I don't care if you guys enjoy his work or not. I've also said that the last paragraph in my one post was just a joke.

I was just defending why I feel that he's consistently good. And even then I admitted that I didn't like everything he's done. I just thought that it was unfair to judge his show by saying "He just complains and cusses and that gets old" (isn't that the definition of consistency?) because I feel that there is more to it then that.

And everyone knows observational comedy is the best kind of comedy right after farce.
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Old 08-15-2007, 11:12 AM   #26
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Jeez, I'm not getting worked up ya robot.
How mature...and ironic.
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Old 08-15-2007, 11:26 AM   #27
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How mature...and ironic.
*sigh*

Sorry, humor and sarcasm doesn't really transfer well over the internet. I'm not trying to be malicious.
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Old 08-16-2007, 02:17 AM   #28
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I never said I didn't like him. I said he's not consistent, and his basic premise grows dull sometimes.
But it works for him. It's just a character he plays. AVGN is not the real James so he doesn't really need to stay consistant in what he does. This new bugs review was a nice new idea. Instead of just bashing a game, he literally bashed the main character, which was funny as hell.
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Old 08-16-2007, 12:54 PM   #29
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It's just a character he plays. AVGN is not the real James so he doesn't really need to stay consistant in what he does.
That...makes no sense at all.
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Old 08-16-2007, 04:07 PM   #30
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Numero Twa about popular things: React badly to being told you hate popular things

Anyhoo, the Nerd keeps himself fresh by having an almost Jecklye/Hyde persona, his calmer vids are an education, like "Chronologically confused about Video Games" and the last part of the "Ghostbusters" review was virtually non-profane besides Ghostbusters 2 and was partial to the Genesis version.

That is'nt observational comedy, that's making the character "real" beyond the overexaggerative narrative and then returning to form after once he makes it clear he's not a one-trick pony. It's the same with the amazing Captain S series which have "Filler Fridays" and breaks between filming with other projects that promote.

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Old 08-16-2007, 04:32 PM   #31
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I like pretending I know everything, too. It makes me feel good about myself.

Anyway, I thought this was one of his better videos. Personally, I love his videos. I guess I have a bad sense of humor, or are easily amused or something. Who knows.
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Old 08-17-2007, 12:25 AM   #32
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Whatever you say, Zarius. As long as you're happy.
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Old 08-25-2007, 09:07 PM   #33
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Old 08-26-2007, 02:58 AM   #34
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Old 08-26-2007, 07:06 AM   #35
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I can't believe games like that exist. I'm watching the first game he's reviewing right now, and it's going straight on my "list of games that should have never existed" list
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Old 09-07-2007, 04:12 PM   #36
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Old 09-07-2007, 04:28 PM   #37
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Oh man, I actually subscribed to that magazine, haha. It was great in such a weird way.
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