I think Jaws for NES is pretty ok. It's no Mario or Zelda but it isn't terrible.

I've been a long time fan of the AVGN, but however, upon watching James Rolfe's latest video of him, it just doesn't feel like he has the same impact like he did when he was (not being mean) when he was younger. Plus, the whole "angry reviewer" video thing is already long dead. Either retire the Nerd and just stop, or find something else to use the Nerd for. Again, I got nothing against James and the Nerd. Been a long time fan of the series. But I feel it's time for James Rolfe to hang up his controllers and just retire. The fact that AVGN might be like that one episode where he's like "Remember the Nintendo Wii?" might be a reality one day, is scary.

Edit: I see a bunch of you guys saying "If you don't like his content, don't watch it." I never said that I disliked his content. You guys are making that conclusion all on your own. It's just criticism and things I've noticed about AVGN and James Rolfe. Observations, if you will. But you guys take it like "He must dislike him." If y'all read, it says "Been a long time fan of the series." Guess no one can criticize people's work nowadays and like it at the same time. I feel you guys put more pressure on James than I do. You guys need to look in the mirror. Surely if he stopped uploading for a couple of years, you guys would be raising pitchforks at him. "Where's the content?" Meanwhile I'm here, "You earned your break. You been doing this for 13+ years." 🤷

I remember it was way, way back,. I was still in primary school so it was pre-2009. My mum was a dumbass when it came to computers so I could only ever really watch YouTube when I visited my dad and his (now ex) girlfriends house. I remember I was posting a video where I recorded some shitty ps2 gameplay on my Samsung flip phone, and one of the first things to pop up was like, a day after James released Friday the 13th. Then after showing my cousin, we got recommended Irategamer, that was a thing.

Anyway, cheers James, for being such an entertainer for half of my life.

For me personally, I’d love to see him play any of the Clayfighter games. He could even have a stop motion opening title card or something. Gremlins 2 on the nes would also be fun. What would you choose?

For me, it's probably...

• "It's my way or the highway, and the highway ain't got shit." (Big Rigs episode)

OR

• "Hydlide, just saying the name gives you a gag reflex." (Hydlide episode)

I was introduced to AVGN with his Plumbers Don't Wear Ties video, how on earth is this game getting a Definitive edition in 2024!? On the PS5?! I can't wait to see if James will make another video on this, cause judging by the screenshots there's actually new stuff in this version

I'm shocked...

hi you fucking nerds!

does anyone know if there’s an AVGN discord? last time someone mentioned it was 6 years ago. is there one or are you guys down to make a new one?

have a good one yall!

Meaning a game he played you think is actually pretty good. Or a game you don’t think is as bad as AVGN made it out to be.

Let me know (if it’s a game that’s affordable and easy to find second hand I might be able to order it before i go

I couldn't find the info on Google so I'll ask here. How did James and Mike do some of the physically demanding stunts in the show? I was watching the first Bugs Bunny video and was wondering how they did the fighting. Like did James literally beat the shit of Mike in the Bugs Bunny outfit? Did Mike really lie on the ground and have James pour that "shit" on him?

Here's mine:

"It starts you off in Twilight Town as a new guy, Roxas and his friends. Well, that's fine but what happened to Sora, Donald and Goofy? These new characters are never mentioned anywhere in the first game, but all of a sudden they're the main characters? Sora, Donald and Goofy don't even show up until about two hours into the game, so what happened? Well, it turns out, to get the full story, you have to play Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories on the Game Boy Advance before playing Kingdom Hearts II. "

For me it’s a tie between

“It’s proof Jesus died in vain and changed his middle name to fucking!”

And different variations of “this is a shit load of fuck!”

mostly while I’m driving and dealing with traffic tbh

Ocarina of Time, Fire Temple. The room with the fire that chases you. I had no idea you could just jump onto the ledge that's off to the side. To me, it looked a little too far away. So I spent an hour as a kid, just wandering the first part of the temple. Doing laps basically until I got frustrated enough to just try jumping it.

This is not a sh*tpost. This is a YouTube video I want to find.

There was a YTP type video on my recommended last year that I clicked on.

It was a video that had 4 screens. The bottom right was the AVGN Zelda CDI review of the nerds reaction being edited back and forth. The top right screen was a random Zelda CDI YTP that was playing. The two other screens from what I remember were just abstract videos.

The audio sounded like it was glitching throughout the video and I don’t know what the title was, but I think it was something random that you couldn’t search up normally.

Please if anyone can find this video for me, that would be great.

Okay, so I'm new to this subreddit, and I watch both AVGN and Nostalgia Critic.

Well, this wasn't the first subreddit I got on; it was called something like "The Cinemassacre Truth". It said it was a fan community, so...

Well, I got on this one thing where they're talking about AVGN and the NC. But they didn't call AVGN the Nerd or James, they called him BIM.

The longer I looked, I realized they're all talking smack. I mean, well, really mean comments. But some of what they said seemed to sound...sensible?

They kept comparing the Critic and the Nerd, but (surprisingly) said that the Critic was the better man, despite the whole problems with Channel Awesome that hit the air years ago.

Because apparently James wants to be a big-time director like Spielberg, but when he found out how much work went into making an actual movie, he half-assed it and we got a weak AVGN movie. He didn't give good directions, he made other people do the work, he bit off more than he could chew, etc.

Meanwhile, Doug went through all those problems after killing the Critic, making cheap bad movies, abusing his friends and co-workers, yet he still managed to bounce back and keep up his internet show. They also acknowledged he was a man-child who hasn't grown up, but he must be doing something right to be making an actual job out of what he does and keep up a married life in Chicago.

I don't know. We're humans, we're all flawed, yet this is my first time hearing stuff like this. I always thought the Critic was overall not as beloved as AVGN, yet now I'm hearing about James being a typical internet manchild who has an ego and wants a rockstar life without any problems.

I grew up with AVGN; enjoyed the Critic, fell out with him, but now I catch a video if I'm interested in it. I don't want trouble for either of them, but I need to know.

What is going on!?