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[thefro]

Cinemassacre's Monster Madness 80's-thon begins! First movie, Galaxy of Terror.
http://cinemassacre.com/2012/10/01/galaxy-of-terror/

I think we've had a thread in off-topic for those in the past... really not game-related at all.

In more-on topic news, James is having a premiere event for the AVGN movie trailer in November (same movie theater where the Blob was filmed)

http://t.co/rb0tJl3r

 

[Mr. Enigma]

EDIT:

HD version of the Dark Castle review (Genesis)

 

[krae_man]

New AVGN!

Dark Castle (Genesis)

Didn't he do that one Last Halloween?

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Didn't he do that one Last Halloween?

Goddamn it. Yeah. He just uploaded a 720p version.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

Didn't he do that one Last Halloween?

Yeah, it's old. ):

Still though, thanks for posting. I enjoyed the episode so I'll watch it again later!

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Sorry about that. I saw it was a 720p video and thought it was new.

 

[Shadow Hog]

Maybe he added in some details after the fact like he did with his Virtual Boy review? I mean, he could illustrate the original Mac version or something, where you had mouse aiming instead of the god-awful angle rotation mechanic.

I doubt that he did that, admittedly, but still.

 

[Dereck]

I'll still watch it, I probably don't remember most of it since it was posted awhile ago.

 

[strobogo]

On one hand, I'm super bummed that Monster Madness is only every other day this year. On the other hand, I'm happy that he's doing it at all this year. Monster Madness has been something I've looked forward to great for the past 3-4 years. I'm happy James is still making some time for it despite being as busy as he is.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Universal Monster Family

That was amazing. I love when James talks about movie history.

 

[Ezalc]

People hate TGWTG? I love it, especially the NC.

His voice can be really irritating, though I don't seem to mind it on the Power Ranger History videos.

 

[BatDan]

Speaking of Channel Awesome/TGWTG, Linkara is doing something similar to Monster Madness. Longbox of the Damned, 31 days of looking at horror comic books (both entire series and single issues). And yes, he has admitted this is exactly like Monster Madness.

I imagine some people will hate it since he plays a hammy horror host, and one thing I've seen people claim is that characters are the worst.
http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2012/10/longbox-of-damned-house-of-mystery-room.html

 

[Seraphis Cain]

His voice can be really irritating, though I don't seem to mind it on the Power Ranger History videos.

That's not NC, that's Linkara.

 

[The Real Abed]

His voice can be really irritating, though I don't seem to mind it on the Power Ranger History videos.

Nostalgia Critic is gone anyway. He retired the character after merging it with the plot hole red herring whatever in the 4th anniversary special and will be bringing out a new character soon.

Lindsay Ellis has taken on the role of sole "Nostalgia" person on the site.

 

[alr1ght]

Nerd Memories: Super Mario Kart

 

[maharg]

Nostalgia Critic is gone anyway. He retired the character after merging it with the plot hole red herring whatever in the 4th anniversary special and will be bringing out a new character soon.

Lindsay Ellis has taken on the role of sole "Nostalgia" person on the site.

MacGuffin.

 

[Shining]

OMG, i have completely missed the mailbag episodes. Going back to epside 3.. i'm literally in tears over here! "Live like a windrammer as you fuck" - instant classic

 

[MrCunningham]

Nerd Memories: Super Mario Kart

Nice video, I share a lot of those same sentiments too about the original Super Mario Kart. For me it will always be the best balanced Mario Kart in the series and really the one I will always remember having the most fun with. It was a great competitive game.


I have to wonder what the status report on the Nerd movie is? Has he even started filming the final scenes?

 

[one_kill]

I have to wonder what the status report on the Nerd movie is? Has he even started filming the final scenes?

He's showing the trailer in November according to a recent blog entry in his website.

 

[MrCunningham]

He's showing the trailer in November according to a recent blog entry in his website.

Nice. Can't wait to see it.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Nerd Memories: Super Mario Kart

"It's an asshole game." Haha!

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Rewatching the Friday 13th review and oh man, this may be the funniest review of his. What really makes it is James' obvious sarcasm and disdain.

I also forgot about:

Even Jason's mom makes an appearance. Do you know who she reminds me of? Those annoying fucking Medusas from Simon's Quest. Oh, wait, I'm talking about Castlevania III... Wait, I hate that game too?! So, anyway...

Even watching it years later I'm cracking up.

Plus the whole "Don't kill me!" *shows game* "...kill me." is a classic. Not even to mention the "You and your friends are dead" rant.

 

[John Dunbar]

Not an official review I guess, but AVGN just reviewed Bubble Bobble on Pat the NES Punk's NES Marathon, like he did River City Ransom last year. Don't think it's up anywhere yet.

 

[Throwaway123456789]

Nerd Memories: Super Mario Kart

I kind of get the impression that James doesn't play games that much anymore. Or at least not the sequels to the games he used to play. How can you not instantly know the name of the "rainbow in the dark" stage in Mario Kart?

Also, he's just kind of explaining Mario Kart in this video?

 

[thefro]

Since this got bumped, there's going to be a Halloween Nerd episode.

James kinda hinted that it's going to be Ghosts N Goblins

 

[SilverLunar]

I kind of get the impression that James doesn't play games that much anymore. Or at least not the sequels to the games he used to play. How can you not instantly know the name of the "rainbow in the dark" stage in Mario Kart?

Also, he's just kind of explaining Mario Kart in this video?

He did say Rainbow Road right away.

 

[CrazyDude]

Has he ever done a Disney episode?

 

[Criminal Upper]

Since this got bumped, there's going to be a Halloween Nerd episode.

James kinda hinted that it's going to be Ghosts N Goblins

NICE

 

[TheYanger]

http://youtu.be/94Y6y1MOoEo
It's up

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Ghosts N' Goblins

For episode 108 the Nerd reviews the first NES game he ever owned – Ghosts N’ Goblins! This game is notorious for being one of the hardest games in the entire NES library. Will the Nerd be able to beat it? Watch to find out!

 

[brianmcdoogle]

I miss the multiple October/Halloween reviews

Good episode. Very simple. No skits (which I miss from his Halloween episodes since they were always the most lavish). Glad he....

Spoiler

beat the game twice

and it reminded me of Ghostbusters and, I think, Red Riding Hood.

And, speaking of the ending, I hope he one day reviews

Spoiler

Final Fantasy

since it is a sacred cow that hasn't aged particularly well. However, it is just too damn long to do.

These videos continue to be treats. I always end his reviews with a smile on my face.

 

[BigJonsson]

lol....I never made it past level 1

 

[ThatObviousUser]

This game sounds right up my alley (my alley being playing hard classics off the VC for the first time like Lost Levels, Kid Icarus, and Castlevania.) As long as a game has unlimited continues, I'm set.

I wouldn't beat it twice in a row though. Six stages and I'd consider it "beat."



As for the episode, really good! Not that funny but very classic-Nerd. When he beat it the first time it almost felt like I had beaten it too, such a great moment. Ending varied between kitschy and weak, but I get what he was going for.

 

[Anth0ny]

I gotta finish Ghosts N' Goblins someday.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

if i dwell on thinking about this game long enough ill throw something through a window

 

[MrCunningham]

Those 8-bit black screen "engrish" endings never get old. I swear, nobody ever bothered to proof read them because the developers didn't think that anyone was capable of playing through the game twice to see it.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Ghosts N' Goblins

THAT was great! his expressions are still fantastic

I'm really bad at games but for one resaon I can beat super Ghosts n goblins on normal with out any problem.

 

[Criminal Upper]

That was a fantastic episode, ending was a little weird, but the episode felt very fresh and James's humor and delivery here really shone through.

 

[Sapphire Dreams]

Dear lord that game was hard, I loved the ending of the review, nice tribute

 

[eXistor]

I played it recently and was surprised at how far I got without too much trouble. Still hard as balls though, the controls don't really help. I'm playing the PAL version and, as is the case sometimes with NES PAL games, it's choppy as hell, is the NTSC version smoother?

 

[N4Us]

Those 8-bit black screen "engrish" endings never get old. I swear, nobody ever bothered to proof read them because the developers didn't think that anyone was capable of playing through the game twice to see it.

It's even better hearing them in James' disbelieving voice.

"You feel STRONGETH WELLING??"

 

[BocoDragon]

Those 8-bit black screen "engrish" endings never get old. I swear, nobody ever bothered to proof read them because the developers didn't think that anyone was capable of playing through the game twice to see it.

It's actually because the games were written in English by Japanese for Japanese. Native English speakers weren't really meant to read them. And of course they never bothered to re-translate for a Western release.

 

[antitrop]

The Atomic F Bomb has changed how I think about the English language.

 

[revolverjgw]

His pronunciation of Satan is annoying

 

[one_kill]

Is AVGN still in partnership with ScrewAttack and GameTrailers?

In any case, I really enjoyed the episode. It's always fun to watch AVGN.

 

[Davey Cakes]

I enjoyed it too. Not to much anger in the wrong places. The ending was fun.

 

[Diablohead]

Good ep, I enjoyed it and it's shown me how nasty NES G&G can be.

 

[Teppic]

Liked this one. No excessive anger outbursts like the last one.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

His pronunciation of Satan is annoying

How do you say it? Suh-tan, like sedan?

Is AVGN still in partnership with ScrewAttack and GameTrailers?

In any case, I really enjoyed the episode. It's always fun to watch AVGN.

Doesn't seem like it, or at least not exclusively.

 

[Endo Punk]

Great episode. It must be nice having videos of yourself playing games in the 80's.