This time the Nerd rips into a product placement disguised as a video game: McKids for the NES.
Category:Gaming
Game Accessory Maker Mad Catz Is No More
UPDATE: The company returned on January 4th, 2018: http://www.xadara.com/the-return-of-mad-catz/ Back on March 30th, 2017, video game hardware accessory maker Mad Catz announced it was closing, after filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy and being de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange. The company has been spiraling downhill for quite some time now, sadly, and while there are …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 6: Back To The Future – Episode Review
A legendary film, with a legendarily bad game — this time the Nerd takes a look at Back to the Future for the NES!
April 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Wow, I’m late as anything for this one. The video was uploaded about a week ago, but I just now went back to see it – looks like I missed it when it was uploaded. In any case, time to cover another months free games on Xbox Live. Edit: I originally published this with the …
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GameStop Store Closings – Oh How The Mighty Have Fallen
Gamestop announced that sales for the last quarter of 2016 – That is, the holiday season – were much lower than they expected. So much lower that, to help buffer costs, the company is planning to close about 3% of its stores worldwide, which equates to somewhere around 150-250 stores, depending on your source. This …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 5: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Episode Review
Here we have the episode that blew up and made James and his game review series the phenomena it became: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES.
Of Course The Nintendo Switch Has Had Record-Breaking Sales
The Switch is certainly the hot system we all expected it to be; reports are that the console has sold better for its launch than any other system in Nintendo history, and some say that it is going to outsell the Wii, the top selling console in history, as time passes. Let’s take this in …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 4: Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Episode Review
Next up in what was at the time “The Angry Nintendo Nerd” we have a review of Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the NES.
Game Player’s Gametape Vol. 1 No. 1
Getting back onto the video game scene, we have the first proper video in the Game Players magazine gametape series. There are about 10 of these to come, with me already having covered the Super Mario Bros. 2 tape, and the Power Glove tape. This video features the games Double Dragon, Bionic Commando, Milon’s Secret …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 3: The Karate Kid – Episode Review
With inspiration from his friend Mike, James makes another Bad NES Games style video to round the series out to a trilogy. Little did they know what they were creating when this review of The Karate Kid on NES was uploaded to YouTube.
The Bitter Taste Of Nintendo Switch Games
As is well known by now, both through general discussion and via many YouTube videos, the actual game cards for the Nintendo Switch taste terrible. The games are physically tiny, similar to a thick SD card, and would be very easy for a child to swallow. Nintendo’s answer to this problem is to make the …
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Game Player’s Gametape – Super Mario Bros. 2
Ah, Super Mario Bros. 2. A classic game, beloved by many. Not so much me – while I don’t hate the game, it honestly isn’t one I’m super fond of, or enjoy playing much. Still, it’s one hell of a game, with one hell of a story behind it. I’m not here to talk about …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 2: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Episode Review
Following up from the Castlevania II review, James takes a look at Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, also on NES, to cap off his “Bad Video Games” film pair.
‘Twas The Night Before The Nintendo Switch Launch
This is it. Tonight. Midnight (or opening time for stores not doing a midnight run) is the launch of the Nintendo Switch. March 3rd, a day many a gamer has been waiting for is finally here. Already friends of mine are waiting outside for the chance to get theirs at midnight, with others planning to …
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Xbox Game Pass – It Seems Alright To Me
Upon waking up today I looked through twitter, as I do every day, and found Xbox’s “Major Nelson” tweeting about a new service coming to the Xbox brand: Xbox Game Pass. https://majornelson.com/2017/02/28/introducing-xbox-game-pass-unlimited-access-to-more-than-100-games/ This is pretty straightforward service, from the looks of things: Pay about $10 a month and have a selection of full games to …
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