Thursday, September 22, 2011

Free DIY Pioneers - The Angry Video Game Nerd - James Rolfe

For today's FDIYP, I am bringing you the king of online video game recordings in the Angry Video Game Nerd over at http://www.cinemassacre.com/.  Like the Nostalgia Critic, the AVGN looks at older games that are nostalgic and sees how they stack up to modern standards.

If any of you ever owned an NES, you know that a good 95% of the games that were made for it were flat out un-playable.  Either they are too hard, or so poorly designed that you literally cannot figure out WTF to do. 

Talk about RAGE.

That is pretty much his schtick in a nut shell, except his production and editing skillz are extremely high.  He also delves into lesser known systems like Calicovision and Atari, as well as the strange hardware that came out for the NES (Rob the Robot?)

Also, he curses like he has Tourettes, but usually in new and hilarious ways, for instance: "What an ass-load of bull fuck!"

I will be honest, his updates have been slow lately, as he is in the middle of recording a movie, but he has managed to give us a few new reviews here and there.  The latest was a sweet review of the rarest Nintendo game in the world (sort of) - Nintendo World Championships. http://cinemassacre.com/2011/08/26/avgn-nintendo-world-championships/.

Here are a few of my favorite episodes - Rob the Robot , Atari Porn , Bug Bunny Birthday Blowout, and Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle - Bug's Revenge

Also, he does a side show called Board James, where he does kind of the same thing with old board games like Hero Quest or Mr. Bucket.

One more day left in Free DIY week; one more Pioneer to go.  Who will it be?  Find out tomorrow!