In the third part of the “Castlevaniathon,” James reviews Super Castlevania IV on SNES and Castlevania on the Nintendo 64. He loves the former for its control and graphics but criticizes the latter’s awkward gameplay and camera issues.
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November 2019 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Better slightly late, than never, I guess — it’s October 30th, and Microsoft finally released the video for the November 2019 Games with Gold lineup! Let’s dive in! Starting off on the Xbox One we have Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter and The Final Station. Okay, this looks kind of interesting at least. Sure, it’s …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 80: Castlevania – Part II – Episode Review
The Nerd revisits Castlevania II, noting its flaws and achievements, and tackles Castlevania III’s challenges, ending the Castlevania NES series.
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 79: Castlevania – Part I – Episode Review
It’s the week of Halloween, my favorite time of the year, and what better way to do the week here on Xadara than by covering not one, not two, not three, but a whole 4 AVGN Halloween episodes in a 4 day marathon! This is partially by coincidence, but just as much by plan — …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 78: Wayne’s World – Episode Review
Wayne’s World is an absolutely classic early 90’s film. While one of many films based on Saturday Night Live skits, it maintains a cult following to this day. Much like seemingly any movie, it was natural, if an odd choice, that video games based on the film would be made and in this episode The …
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A Look Back At “Sonic And Knuckles”
As a kid growing up in the early 90’s I loved video games. That’s probably pretty obvious. By 1994, I was a heavily in the Sega Genesis scene, having gotten one for Christmas of 1993. It’s kind of surprising how late I was to get one, now that I think about it, but I don’t …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 77: Godzilla – Episode Review
If you were to ask anyone about Japanese monster movies, the firs thing that would probably come to their mind is the Godzilla franchise. As one might expect, James Rolfe is a Godzilla fan, and has been since his youth when he would on occasion see Godzilla films on TV. Later in life, he would …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 76: Super Pitfall! – Episode Review
After the insanity that was the Bugs Bunny’s Crazy Castle episode, it’s only fitting we go back to a more traditional Nerd episode, and for this one we take a look at Super Pitfall for the NES! The episode begins with an incredibly brief overview on the character Pitfall Harry — the guy you’re playing …
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AVGN “Bugs Bunny’s Crazy Castle” – The Making Of + Outtakes
Much like the previous “behind the scenes” for the Magnavox Odyssey episode, I’ve got a few “behind the scenes” clips for the Bugs Bunny’s Crazy Castle AVGN episode to share. First off we have one of those “the making of” segments which many people enjoy. This shows the process of creating the episode, as it …
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What If The Dreamcast Had Survived?
Last month marked 20 years since the release of the Sega Dreamcast console in the United States. The Dreamcast was the final game console released by Sega and while it started off with strong sales and a very solid game library, by March of 2001, just two and a half years after the consoles Japanese …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 75: Bugs Bunny’s Crazy Castle – Episode Review
Has it really been 75 episodes already? Man, I’ve been getting these reviews out at a pretty good pace! Anyway, this time we take a look at an Angry Video Game Nerd episode which had quite a bit of hype and promotion around it back in 2009 – Bugs Bunny’s Crazy Castle! Where the past …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 74: Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties – Episode Review
Ah, here we have one of the best episodes of “The Angry Video Game Nerd;” Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties. The game in question is, as I can best class it, a “storytelling” game for the short lived 3DO platform, an early CD-ROM based 32-bit system, with all the quirks and nuances you would expect of …
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October 2019 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Wow, Microsoft actually got this one out somewhat early this month! Impressive. What may or may not be impressive, however, is the selection of games given to us Xbox Live Gold members this October. That’s why I do this each month — to share my opinion on what’s being offered! Righto, let’s get into it! …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 73: Mario Is Missing! – Episode Review
It’s time for a trip into “Edutainment” territory here with some Mario games which I’m quite certain disappointed every single kid in the early 90’s – Mario is Missing and Mario’s Time Machine. Oh how I remember these games. It was fitting by this time in the series James would cover these atrocities to the …
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We’re Preparing For Black Friday Already. Joy.
In past years I’ve written about working in retail during the holiday season, from the perspective of both an employee at big box retailers as well as one in a one-off game store. Honestly, I always want to write more about retail, but never seem to make time for it. Now, however, is as good …
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