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Angry Video Game Nerd
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Dangerblade
Member
Does anybody know where I can buy the Board James DVD that was released a year or two back? It's not on the ScrewAttack store and I can't find it on eBay even. I'm guessing it's out of print..
brianmcdoogle
Member
So, last night on your guy's recommendation I went and watched all the Board James stuff.
You guys were right. It's great.
The tone is at times sincere, endearing, bizarre, and creepy. And I love that they are so short (most less than 5 minutes). It really forces James to create more interesting shots and edit at a brisker pace than he does with AVGN, and Mike and Bootsy are terrific on it. The only experience I had of Bootsy were his appearances on James and Mike Mondays where he doesn't talk much, does't joke much, and is just good at games, so it's great seeing him have fun and act like a clown; he's probably the most enjoyable thing about Board James for me.
You guys were right. It's great.
The tone is at times sincere, endearing, bizarre, and creepy. And I love that they are so short (most less than 5 minutes). It really forces James to create more interesting shots and edit at a brisker pace than he does with AVGN, and Mike and Bootsy are terrific on it. The only experience I had of Bootsy were his appearances on James and Mike Mondays where he doesn't talk much, does't joke much, and is just good at games, so it's great seeing him have fun and act like a clown; he's probably the most enjoyable thing about Board James for me.
shanafan
Member
I don't want to be "that guy" when I say this, but maybe I already am by saying that, but Cinemassacre wants to portray Bootsy as an expert at retro games. I admit, he does pretty well in the videos. But, is that just smoke and mirrors because Mike and James are just OK at retro games? If I could rank the 3 of them, James is definitely third but Mike is closer to Bootsy as far as playing skill.
The Sonic 06 video was an opportunity to really see them play a video game uninterrupted and unedited. I thought it became a little bothersome how they just didn't know what to do, and especially skipped tips that popped up. Sonic 06 isn't a good game, but it was like come on guys..
What do you guys think?
The Sonic 06 video was an opportunity to really see them play a video game uninterrupted and unedited. I thought it became a little bothersome how they just didn't know what to do, and especially skipped tips that popped up. Sonic 06 isn't a good game, but it was like come on guys..
What do you guys think?
Bill is likely meant to be Bill Rizer, the protagonist of the first Contra.
Though, in the actual game (which was only released in America), the characters are called Burns, Iron, Smith, and... Beans. Yeah, that's who I want to play as, a guy called Beans.
What were they thinking?!
ThirstyFly
Member
neogaffer1
Banned
kinda surprised they didn't do a thing on rare replay. we know mike at least has a xb1 and it seems like something they could do a video on.
brianmcdoogle
Member
It should be a proper AVGN episode: "You guys wanted me to review modern games, well here's one that came out this year!" or something.
I don't know, think they'd complain about X1 updating & having to download some stuff and how Rare's newer games don't hold up to the "good old Rare days" and all that, then maybe a minute about the actual game itself.
Now if they did something like a complete playthrough of, say, Battletoads Arcade, considering this is the first time it's been ported, & would talk about the game & not how things are different and worse now, I'd probably watch it.
....okay, I'd actually be okay with this if the Nerd was unaware of what happened with Rare, going over the history of all their games, questioning the move from Nintendo to Microsoft.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
They need to stay the fuck away from anything after the 6th gen. It's so much better when they dealing with games they grew up with.
Yeah
EDIT: Then they would complain about new consoles not having enough new and innovative games of their own, and then they would praise the old games in the collection.
Pretty much. I don't mind GCN/Xbox/PS2 era, but after that, it's less about the games & more about "UUGGHH, THINGS ARE SO DIFFERENT NOW, LET'S COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CONSOLES oh right we're playing this gaAAAHH THINGS WERE BETTER BEFORE THIS".
I kind of stopped watching their Let's Plays unless it's something I've barely seen played/talked about & is older. I remember trying to watch that NES Remix one and I just couldn't enjoy it, not to mention the comments here on the Godzilla one. They don't actually talk about the games themselves, they just complain about the systems themselves & how things have changed.
Is the original contra force this slow or it was the hacked japanese version? I remember loving this game, having the characters with different specialities really added to it and made the gameplay different with all 4 of them , didn't know it was considered the worst old school contra :/
GustyGardens
Banned
They really didn't complain about the Wii U the few times they played it. In the Nintendoland, they commented on an update, but after that they had a good time. Their biggest complaint are the constant updates and the need to update games on the day of their release.
I like watching them play newer games. Mike certainly is more well versed in modern gaming, but it's fun to watch how connected and disconnected James is to the current gaming trends.
The latest episode of James & Mike was pretty good. I've never played Contra Force, but this version seemed really slow and not fun.
Well the thing is, they don't turn on their new systems constantly like some people, so of course after months of not playing it, it'll need an update. I haven't turned my 360 on in months & was fully expecting an update and it happened.
To be fair, updating a game on release or waiting to play a new game you bought because your system needs to update are valid complaints, but there's only so much before they sound like "well back in MY DAY games were better". I understand they're busy adults so they can't always keep up with modern gaming, but it's just an annoyance when it gets brought up for the #th time. Comparing today to the past is fine, but it's just tiresome when it's about the same things over & over.
I just remember their NES Remix video beginning with them talking about Miiverse and the internet & such. I think after that, it wasn't as bad as you said.
To be fair, updating a game on release or waiting to play a new game you bought because your system needs to update are valid complaints, but there's only so much before they sound like "well back in MY DAY games were better". I understand they're busy adults so they can't always keep up with modern gaming, but it's just an annoyance when it gets brought up for the #th time. Comparing today to the past is fine, but it's just tiresome when it's about the same things over & over.
I just remember their NES Remix video beginning with them talking about Miiverse and the internet & such. I think after that, it wasn't as bad as you said.
shanafan
Member
About that missing elevator at the 12 minute mark.. they never decided to run to the left to get the elevator shaft off the screen, and then come back to it? That's like NES Fundamentals 101.
EDIT: Ha, hey look. The elevator came back when Mike fell because he went off screen. Come on guys..
Sectorseven
Member
Gaming is kind of their business though, and in some ways it seems like they're growing out of touch. They've also mentioned on occasion how N64 isn't there forte, yet there's a rapidly growing demographic of gamers whose nostalgic memories are N64 or newer. I'm curious how they and other retro themed personalities will retain viewers if they can't stay relevant.
I think the "Bill" in that game is supposed to be Billy Lee...except that gave Billy Lee's character sprite to "Ryu" on that select screen, lol.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Interest in retro gaming isn't going away anytime soon. I think they'll be OK.
Sectorseven
Member
I don't know, a few years ago it seemed like he was averaging 4 million views, then 3 million, now the last year or so it's been 2 million.
They should play Battletoads Doubledragon
I hope they can survive the stages after 3.=p
Along with that Rambo game that came on 360 and PS3, lol.
Yeah I agree, and more Dreamcast and Sega Saturn as well.
Oh yeah, I'm totally for him going into the N64/PS1/Dreamcast era stuff, that's fine. It's been so many years since he's started that those systems are now old enough to be worthy of an episode. & as I've said before, it'd open the door for many more games.
Seaman is a great example. The game was a great choice & there was nice small moments like questioning the placement of the controller cord or that silly rant about the system having a clock.
Or heck, go back to stuff like the 3DO.
Seaman is a great example. The game was a great choice & there was nice small moments like questioning the placement of the controller cord or that silly rant about the system having a clock.
Or heck, go back to stuff like the 3DO.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
That might have been my favorite part of the episode.
goldenpp72
Member
Believe it or not, there aren't a lot of outright bad games on that system, at least in the US. Keep in mind almost no one published games for the system outside of Sega, which led to something like 100 releases on the system proper.
There are a few stinkers but, not a lot of terrible ones.
shanafan
Member
I wouldn't mind seeing them play Double Dragon on the Sega Master System, since they are huge fans of the series.
One of James's best rage moments was from the NES playthrough of Double Dragon.
https://youtu.be/ECXJG7U0M70?t=14m21s
One of James's best rage moments was from the NES playthrough of Double Dragon.
https://youtu.be/ECXJG7U0M70?t=14m21s
GustyGardens
Banned
Mike is live streaming VVVVVV on the Cinemassacre Extras. I like watching him, but the chat is something else.
Let me guess: they're talking about his huge dick?
canoli2006
Member
Contra 3 in 1 Part 2
http://cinemassacre.com/2015/08/17/super-contra-6-nes-part-2-james-mike-mondays/
http://cinemassacre.com/2015/08/17/super-contra-6-nes-part-2-james-mike-mondays/
canoli2006
Member
Thanks. It wasn't up earlier this morning on YT.
Streets of Rage 2 and other games James, Mike, and Ryan Live Stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zRgcjE34QA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zRgcjE34QA
ThirstyFly
Member
James just said he's started work on Monster Madness and new Board James eps on that SoR2 stream. Can't wait!
They got Game Over on normal.=O Also, they need to know how to Up+C when being thrown by enemies.
ThirstyFly
Member
From the bit I saw, people were just asking dumb "joke" questions and generic stuff like what's your favorite genre of games.
I saw that the last question was someone asking him what his favorite FF was. What a waste. He's repeatedly said FF6 was one his favorite games ever made and I've never seen him talk about another FF. But even if he had said nothing about FF before, of course he would say a SNES game.
It'd be awesome if someone could convince him or Mike or Bootsy to come either here or on Something Awful where there's older more intelligent gamers.
The thing I most wonder about is what are his thoughts on survival horror games. He loves games and loves horror movies, it seems like it would be a perfect fit. Yet he never mentions them. The original Resident Evil begs for a AVGN episode. One of those like Ninja Gaiden or Zelda 2 where he gives it credit for what it does well and takes it to task for it's bad parts.