Tal Shiar Agent
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Just realized that this year is the 10 year anniversary of AVGN.
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Angry Video Game Nerd
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Hope we get more AVGN this year, there's still lots of bad games out there on older systems even!
Tal Shiar Agent
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I'm going from when his YouTube channel was created.
Yeah, I think his videos and his character is older though. Youtube didnt even exist back then, so it makes sense his channel is younger.
The first 2 videos were filmed in 2004 but they didn't exist on the internet until 2006, when he started making more videos for the public. for all intents and purposes, the AVGN is 10 years old this year yeah.
(I don't even think they were called the angry nintendo nerd until the 2006 ones, so it still works).
(I don't even think they were called the angry nintendo nerd until the 2006 ones, so it still works).
I remember first starting to watch the videos in the summer of 2008 I think it was. At about the same time, I got my Nes from the attic, bought a Snes, Mega Drive and N64, and after that, Ive been all into retro and completely lost interest in modern stuff (well, outside of Nintendo which is still a very retro company). Dont know if it has to do with AVGN or if it was my general rediscovery of retro gaming that made me like him though.
Yeah the first videos were just reviews he made of two NES games, not associated with any character at the time. The character was created in 2006.
Finally now I know where that tune originate as I'm clueless which games it came from whenever I played the Namco Medley Tune in Taiko DS.
Here's the part where the Sky Kid tune is on Namco Medley for Taiko DS. If the timestamp link doesn't work, it starts at 1:29.
Here's the part where the Sky Kid tune is on Namco Medley for Taiko DS. If the timestamp link doesn't work, it starts at 1:29.
AVGN game is $2.49 on Steam. Lowest I've seen it.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/237740
http://steamcommunity.com/app/237740
When they have someone younger on the show that they like, it's a good way for them to learn about new games from someone who isn't a dick about it.
shanafan
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It's also on sale for Wii U and 3DS at $4.99. I picked it up for Wii U, and wow, it's not an easy game. Burning through lives on this Assholevania level, lol. But overall, it's pretty good.
Its great imo, and the challenge is just perfect imo. Needs to burn some lives to get that satisfaction at the end
Metroid II: Return of Samus (Game Boy) Part 1 - James & Mike Mondays
The proper James & Mike Mondays episode returns!
The proper James & Mike Mondays episode returns!
Valjean Lafitte
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Entertaining episode, but you could tell James hadn't played in years.
They wasted so much time farming the flying enemies but those tall things, which only take 1-2 missiles to beat, almost always drop large energy orbs. Of course Mike couldn't have been expected to know that, but James seems to have beaten the game before.
shanafan
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Its great imo, and the challenge is just perfect imo. Needs to burn some lives to get that satisfaction at the end
Does the order of stages matter? I went through all my lives on the Assholevania stage. Surely there are easier beginner ones right?
Entertaining episode, but you could tell James hadn't played in years.
They wasted so much time farming the flying enemies but those tall things, which only take 1-2 missiles to beat, almost always drop large energy orbs. Of course Mike couldn't have been expected to know that, but James seems to have beaten the game before.
*shrug* I've beaten the game as both a kid and an adult and I didn't know that. Pretty sure I went the long way farming for health in all of the 2d Metroid games more often than not. Beating a game is not the same as having an encyclopedic knowledge of every detail of it.
MrCunningham
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James and Mikes conclusion to Metroid II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2jbFzc08t8
I just happened upon the IMDB page for the upcoming low-budget biopic on the shooting of Clerks...
And apparently not only is James in this, they even gave Mike a (what looks like) small role in it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3449200/?ref_=ext_shr_tw_vi_tt_ov_vi#lb-vi3745231129
And apparently not only is James in this, they even gave Mike a (what looks like) small role in it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3449200/?ref_=ext_shr_tw_vi_tt_ov_vi#lb-vi3745231129
shanafan
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Pat the NES Punk had a short segment on his podcast about the rising value of Sky Kid on the NES after it was featured on a James and Mike Monday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN-DKRSh4ZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN-DKRSh4ZY
There's actually an AVGN review for Skykid that James did for one Pat's marathons a few years ago.
chalkitdown1
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Oh my god, I've never seen them laugh so hard before. That was hilarious.
Speedwagon
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
It was $1.49 when I bought it sometime ago.
shanafan
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I couldn't handle it enough to finish it, but dayum, Mike sounded like Urkel laughing a few times, lol
MrCunningham
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James just posted a new video in his nerd attire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEk8a70DDz8
Cinemassacre crossed two million subscribers and he is currently filming a new AVGN.
Also Mike just ended a 6 hour long livestream where he completed Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the NES. The last 3 or 4 hours was him fighting Judge Doom, which is the final boss in the game. Quite possibly one of the most bullshit final bosses ever in a game. It was kind of intense. Hopefully he uploads it soon.
Cinemassacre crossed two million subscribers and he is currently filming a new AVGN.
Also Mike just ended a 6 hour long livestream where he completed Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the NES. The last 3 or 4 hours was him fighting Judge Doom, which is the final boss in the game. Quite possibly one of the most bullshit final bosses ever in a game. It was kind of intense. Hopefully he uploads it soon.
MrCunningham
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He is almost completely unbeatable unless you know how to exploit the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXf_c5ggZ4w
Tal Shiar Agent
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2 million subscribers, wow.
Where do they get their revenue stream? Is it through monetization, do they have a partnership throughout anyone? Is it just merchandise sales or donations?
Where do they get their revenue stream? Is it through monetization, do they have a partnership throughout anyone? Is it just merchandise sales or donations?
Lol, I saw that vid years ago, I remember this.
entremet
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Same. But I get the business reasons for the change.Wiki says they were on cinemassecre.com in 2004, but Youtube in 2006 (and that's when they got popular). This thread on it was started August 2006.
Angry Nintendo Nerd -> Angry Video Game Nerd was in 2007. I still think the old name was better.
MrCunningham
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The Cinemassacre channel used to be incredibly inactive for long periods of time before they started to ramp up the content with James & Mike, Mike & Bootsy, Mike's live streams, and the Mike & Ryan reviews.
Before all of that happened, updates used to be incredibly sporadic with the monthly/ bi-monthly AVGN episode and the odd uploads of "Board James", "You Know What's Bullshit?!", Monster Madness promo or just random movie review from James & Mike. Sometimes the channel would go for weeks or even months without an update, which is why it never really grew as big as it could have.
It seems like they didn't start to release content daily until 2015.
The nerd videos had a huge delay during his heyday too due to the deal with Screwattack/Gametrailers, right? I remember it being like, a month or a few weeks at least that any video was exclusive to GT. Results in all of his biggest fans not caring about the youtube channel.
Mr. Enigma
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The delay was worse than that. His deal with ScrewAttack made it to where he couldn't upload the episodes to YouTube for at least full year. They had full exclusivity for 365 days.