Angry Video Game Nerd.

[pannoni1]

For those of you thinking that his later episodes aren't as good, check out his latest episode (#115) that features himself reviewing his OWN games! You can even download the AVGN Adventures game; give it a try!

I've also come across some of his Board James episodes, and while some are funny, that dream phone video gave me the creeps, more than anything that he's ever presented, and he does explain why it freaked him out on the latest episode.

[shuriken]

I was gonna mention Board James too. But they're cool in my book. He does have some practical info on his reviews before he starts to rage and scream profanities. His Die Hard, TMNT, and Shwarzenegger game reviews are my faves.

[Leo656]

I found out about that guy way late. He's good for laughs. My wife had never seen most of those older games - heard of 'em, but never played 'em - so we had fun watching a bunch of AVGN videos so she could better understand things I could never fully explain in words.

Some of the skits are a little over-the-top but it's all in fun.

[RaphAndDonnie]

I like AVGN. I've watched him for a bit now. One of my favorite reviews has got to be the Bible games episode. The Noah's Ark game with a Doom-esque feel was hilarious. I also really enjoyed the skit with Mr. Bucket.

[Peanut]

I think the quality of his stuff has been a bit up and down (mostly down) the last few years prior to and following the R.O.B. episode, which is sad, because I think from episode 59 with the CD-I stuff right up to episode 91 Action 52/Cheetman he was absolutely at the top of his game.

He has had some decent/good episodes within the post-100 episode run, such as Ghosts N' Goblins and Schwarzenegger Games, but he also had some of his absolute worst stuff, which culminated into what is easily the worst episode he's ever made with Toxic Crusaders.

Both the AVGN Games episode and the Wish List episodes were more up to his standards, though. So I'm hoping he's turning a corner. Honestly, he's done so much stuff at this point that even if he doesn't recover I think he's made some of the best entertainment about games yet seen, so I'd be perfectly alright with him hanging up the pocket protector for good.

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by Peanut

He has had some decent/good episodes within the post-100 episode run, such as Ghosts N' Goblins and Schwarzenegger Games, but he also had some of his absolute worst stuff, which culminated into what is easily the worst episode he's ever made with Toxic Crusaders.

I thought it was funny having Lloyd Kauffman around. But most of it was pretty bad. You could tell James was having a blast filming with him.

[billbot85]

I love James Rolfe. I watched his AVGN vids for a while, and it led me to his other work on Cinemassacre. I especially love his movie reviews and marathons, his Turtle Tuesday videos, Board James, his vid on the Video Store and even the Michelangelo Pizza Taste Test. I like him a lot more than NC, and feel he's very insightful when reviewing movies (I find that he and I look at the same kinds of things in films).

[Peanut]

His other stuff is pretty neat, but I personally don't have an interest in much of it. The stuff he does with Mike is OK, but I find Mike to have a kind of grating personality.

[Prowler]

Been watching his stuff since late 2006. I believe around the time he released the Friday the 13th and the Nightmare on Elm Street episodes. He was still known as the Angry Nintendo Nerd haha. Hard to believe it's been over 7 years since I've discovered him one day randomly on Youtube while searching for TMNT stuff.

I still enjoy his episodes, nowadays more for their history facts of gaming than for the comedy. I really like those Atari 5200, Atari Jaguar, Tiger Electronics and Colleco/Intellivision episodes where he focuses more on the consoles than on the games he's reviewing. His old NES episodes, while hysterical back when they came out, they seem to have aged badly. Probably because he got a better camera and better production since moving to Gametrailers to make his movies look more professional.

I also enjoy his non-AVGN stuff such as Board James, James and Mike's Mondays and You Know What's Bull****.

Not sure how to feel about his upcoming movie. I've seen the trailer and I had to take a step back.

[d3m01iti0n]

Great stuff. My gf likes his shows too. He seems to be a huge TMNT fan so Im sure hes lurking somewhere around here.

[sdp]

I've watched since the TMNT II NES review came out and was posted here in the drome, back then he was just starting and becoming popular, wow in the coming months he became huge and a year later he was an icon on the internet, I'm glad I saw him rise.

Personally while I loved his style, after all the copycat reviewers on youtube, I kind of lost interest in his "normal" style but so did the Nerd and he started doing more elaborate videos with random stories. I personally loved that since instead of doing more of the same, he was evolving the show, sadly most people wanted more of the tired formula and he eventually started doing more what the fans wanted, and I don't like those videos as much. You still have plenty of gems in the later episodes.

I'm looking forward to the movie since it seems to be more of what he was going for before going "back to the basics".

[ledahead]

Mike Mattei is such a douche bag. He just seems like a mean, condescending person. I don't even know how James can tolerate him.

[Peanut]

That seems a bit harsh, but he certainly is difficult to tolerate for very long. In videos at least. I'm sure he's not always as over the top as he appears.

[Casey]

Irate Gamer all the way!

Kidding. That guy is pathetic.

[Casey]

Originally Posted by ledahead

Mike Mattei is such a douche bag. He just seems like a mean, condescending person. I don't even know how James can tolerate him.

Also, yes.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ledahead

Mike Mattei is such a douche bag. He just seems like a mean, condescending person. I don't even know how James can tolerate him.

No idea if he is or not since I don't know him personally, but he's voice is annoying and his jokes are pretty cringe worthy.

[chrisdude]

I never got that vibe. I look forward to James and Mike Play, every Monday.

[Lou 500]

I enjoyed his early videos. He colourful, rage-filled metaphores for describing crappy video games made me crack up. Nowadays he isn't so over-the-top and I kind of miss it.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Lou 500

I enjoyed his early videos. He colourful, rage-filled metaphores for describing crappy video games made me crack up. Nowadays he isn't so over-the-top and I kind of miss it.

Honestly, I prefer watching him reviewing a game normally or just talking about gaming history nowadays. Jokes such as "buiffalo diarrhea" and "what a piece of ****" get old fast. Fortunately, James knows this quite well and tries to keep some variety in his episodes. His character had some development. If he kept doing the same formula of his early videos, it'd have gotten old fast.

I prefer the straight-up video game reviews myself. Especially NES ones. Not a big fan of his Atari games repisodes since those usually have him fighting Mike Matei dressed up as Jason or something like that.

Anyway, since the movie is coming out soon, I'm guessing he's gonna finish doing the AVGN stuff?

[AT-Man]

One of my favorite scenes is from the Atari Sports episode, where he flipped out on football.