Magician under the moonlight
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Feb 26, 2011 0:57:27 GMT -5
Armake21 was alwas my favourite. Anyone knows what he is doing these days?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2011 8:45:01 GMT -5
Armake21 was alwas my favourite. Anyone knows what he is doing these days? He's been in a few of Guru Larry's videos (formerly ScrewAttackUK), but thats all I can recall. And even then he's just done guest voices (the video I'm thinking of had him as Phoenix Wright). I don't think he's been on-screen as Armake. (I had part 1 posted, but remembered Armake's appearances are only in part 2)
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Post by Red Impact on Feb 26, 2011 9:09:13 GMT -5
Including James After a while I just don't care what he is doing now, and thanks to him the internet was filled with ''angry gamers cursing every 3 seconds doing reviews'' I tend to agree. If other people love him, that's cool, but his shtick wore out really early and he hasn't done anything to change it.
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Post by Crazy Diamond on Feb 26, 2011 9:15:17 GMT -5
I always thought that Ashens was the best of all these reviewers. He gets his point across without having to NERD RAGE. I also like that he reviews games for the Spectrum, because I've never played it.
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Post by Ash Kingston on Feb 26, 2011 9:21:05 GMT -5
S-Sonic R? *ahem* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*whimpers and rocks back in forth in a corner* ...I... I 100%'d that game... my soul still hurts from 100%ing that game... screw whoever designed that game... screw the music... screw the weeks and weeks of trying to unlock Super Sonic... I need a hug.
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Feb 26, 2011 9:49:26 GMT -5
There was one video in particular that made me a fan of a angry VG reviewer, and that was a review of Deal or No Deal by Ebeeto.
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Post by ani on Feb 26, 2011 9:53:55 GMT -5
HVGN is my favorite. Though he's not a clone, Ashens is good too.
I really like AVGN. I really doubt he's the 100% reason people do angry reviews. This is the Internet. I also like him because his character is no where near his real personality. He's actually the exact opposite of character (nice and kinda shy.)
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Post by shiranui on Feb 26, 2011 10:06:38 GMT -5
I'm not going to call any of these angry video game reviewers AVGN clones, because except for Irate Gamer's early stuff I don't feel any of them are really copying James' shtick or anything.
With that said, I liked Spoony's old NES game reviews a lot (I thought they were more entertaining than most of AVGN's stuff), as well as PlayItBogart. Whatever happened to PlayItBogart anyway? He disappeared at one point, then came back to post his review of Metal Gear for the NES and proceeded to disappear off the face of the earth again after that.
My least favorite reviewers of this sort are the Irate Gamer (nothing to do with him ripping off AVGN, it's just that Chris Bores has no comedic talent or sense of timing whatsoever and is even worse of an actor than most of these guys, not to mention his constant research failures and nonsensical complaints about the games he's ostensibly reviewing) and Armake21, whose popularity I have never managed to understand. His RAAAAAAAARRRGH NERD RAGE fits were embarrassing to watch, and it's no wonder even the guy himself apparently thinks those old videos of his are shit.
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Post by Red Impact on Feb 26, 2011 10:12:27 GMT -5
I really like AVGN. I really doubt he's the 100% reason people do angry reviews. This is the Internet. I also like him because his character is no where near his real personality. He's actually the exact opposite of character (nice and kinda shy.) Shouldn't the fact that this is the internet be more of an argument for the fact that people are going to copy anything that is popular?
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Post by ani on Feb 26, 2011 10:56:52 GMT -5
I really like AVGN. I really doubt he's the 100% reason people do angry reviews. This is the Internet. I also like him because his character is no where near his real personality. He's actually the exact opposite of character (nice and kinda shy.) Shouldn't the fact that this is the internet be more of an argument for the fact that people are going to copy anything that is popular? I guess but people would still do angry reviews if say James had just stuck to horror film making.
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Post by Free Hat on Feb 26, 2011 12:11:19 GMT -5
I don't think anybody can deny that the AVGN's success was the catalyst for the explosion in internet video reviews. Sure, they existed long before he showed up, but it was only because of his popularity that suddenly everybody and their mother thought they could do the same thing. Since then it's diversified enough that most can't really be called "AVGN Clones" though. Guys like Spoony, Ashens, etc. don't count because they have different styles.
When I think of AVGN ripoffs I think of guys like Armake21, UrinatingTree, the Irate Gamer, etc. That's the group I was referring to when I said "they're all terrible."
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Post by dav on Feb 26, 2011 15:27:36 GMT -5
Armake21 was alwas my favourite. Anyone knows what he is doing these days? He kinda went a bit doo lally when Spoony disagreed with him over Alone In The Dark, made a long meandering video where he said Spoony was only popular because he was a pretty boy with long hair (Among many other subjects) and then dropped out the game for a while.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Feb 26, 2011 20:52:03 GMT -5
I like Irate Gamer. Yeah, I said it! So what? He's really strayed away from being the clone so much. I saw his Cool Spot review out of curiosity and thought it was pretty good. He's hit the point where he is less annoying than the fans that cry foul every chance they get as if it'll get him to quit or "confess" or something. I mean, if you think he isn't any good that's fine. I'm not gonna tell anyone what to like and hate. But these people thinking they're on SRS internet cruisade business, and they're fighting some noble cause for the sake of some reviewers on the internet...give it a rest, seriously. OH! And I CANNOT believe I didn't mention JonTron!!! This guy is awesome too! I also like his "reviews?" which are not even remotely accurate: Aaaand subscribed.
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Post by Citizen Zero on Feb 26, 2011 21:07:16 GMT -5
The correct question is 'Who's the best Seanbaby clone?'
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Post by theryno665 on Feb 26, 2011 21:55:46 GMT -5
The correct question is 'Who's the best Seanbaby clone?' Me! Well, at least I'm trying to be...
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Red Lion
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Post by Red Lion on Feb 26, 2011 22:10:24 GMT -5
Save State Gamer, hands down
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Post by eDemento2099 on Feb 27, 2011 1:28:54 GMT -5
Armake21 and UrninatingTree were 2 of my favorites. Aside from Armake21, I like EricManSuper and UndercoverGamer. All three seem out of action, unfortunately.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Feb 28, 2011 23:26:50 GMT -5
Nothing to see here, move along.
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Post by default on Mar 1, 2011 3:59:50 GMT -5
Third Rate Gamer by far.
Granted, he's a parody of Irate Gamer as a parody of AVGN, but his videos are still hilarious in my opinion. Plus, he definitely seems to be a gamer with his non-parody videos on youtube.
That's my problem with Bores. He may have ditched being a blatant ripoff of AVGN (and let's not forget his Ghost Hunters ripoff too) But at the end of the day, he doesn't seem to have any common knowledge nor the necessary gaming skills to do the reviews. I've read he admitted to buying his game collections off ebay to get into reviewing and whether it's true or not, I wouldn't doubt it. But regardless... it's pretty simple. Either inform me or entertain me. Irate Gamer does neither.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Mar 1, 2011 4:10:54 GMT -5
Nothing to see here, move along. Wait, what happened here? Oh god, the GD is like Candlejack isn't h
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