Well well, it’s October and with perfect timing the next AVGN episode on the review list is the Halloween episode for 2012 – Ghosts n’ Goblins! That’s right, in this episode James takes on not just one of the more difficult games in the NES library, but a game that has haunted him since his …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 107: Schwarzenegger Games – Episode Review
To quote James in the opening of this video: “I’m back.” That’s right, I’m back to continue my insane project of reviewing every Angry Video Game Nerd episode and next up on the list is a video focusing on games based on films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. This was the first episode to come after the …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 106: Bible Games III – Episode Review
It’s time for the 2011 Holiday episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd, and in this case we have the third and, so far, final installment of “Bible Games” — games produced with Christian themes targeted towards religious audiences, with virtually all of them, by the nature of their subject matter, being (ironically) unlicensed by …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 105: Dark Castle – Episode Review
Here we have the 2011 Halloween AVGN episode – Dark Castle for the Sega Genesis. The Nerd introduces the episode pondering on why the NES had so many terrible games for it, and decides to give the big, bad 16 bit Sega Genesis a go as a change of pace, and the game of choice …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 103: Kid Kool
Next up in season 6 of The Angry Video Game Nerd we have a much more traditional episode than the previous one — this time an 8 minute look at the NES game “Kid Kool.” Of note is right at the opening we have the “new” Nerd intro for widescreen episodes, where 2 separate panes …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 102: The Making of an Angry Video Game Nerd Episode – Episode Review
Welcome to Season 6 of The Angry Video Game Nerd. At this time James was still getting production of the movie underway, and this time period, the late half of 2011, would mark a final spurt of Nerd episodes before a 6 month break as filming of The Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie would …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 101: Spielberg Games – Episode Review
Here we go: Episode 101 of the Angry Video Game Nerd, and the end of Season 5! This time the Nerd is taking a look at a bunch of games based on films by the acclaimed director Steven Spielberg. Of course, since we’re talking about games based on the NES (for the most part) based …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 100: R.O.B. the Robot – Episode Review
Well, here we are. Episode 100 of the Angry Video Game Nerd. Honestly, I didn’t think I’d make it this far with these reviews — I figured I’d get maybe 10 or 20 in and then get tired of it. Nope. That’s not the case, and today we’re taking a look back to the (then) …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 99: Star Wars – Episode Review
This is one of those Angry Video Game Nerd episodes that was seemingly destined to happen. Being the big fan of Star Wars that James Rolfe is, it seemed inevitable that he would spend some time on the multitude of Star Wars video games which have been released over the years, especially in the early …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 94: Back to the Future Re-Revisited – Episode Review
Remember the early days of the Angry Video Game Nerd, when he was the Angry Nintendo Nerd? Well, this episode goes back to this days, with James taking a look back at some of his earlier videos. He opens parodying Lucas and how he changed the Star Wars films over the years. The comparisons are …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 93: Zelda II – Episode Review
It’s time for something a little different in the Angry Video Game Nerd series, at least, different from what we’ve had in the past year or so worth of episodes — in this one, James takes a look at Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Yep. A Zelda game that isn’t the CD-i ones. This …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 92: Game Glitches – Episode Review
Moving on from the nightmare that is Action 52 the Angry Video Game Nerd takes a bit of a twist, in this episode covering “game glitches” in all their various forms. We start off with an intentionally glitched version of the opening. Once that crashes (literally) we get to the Nerd just trying to enjoy …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 89: Pong Consoles – Episode Review
Ah, Pong. Not the first video game, but the first one to really become popular. Through the mid 70’s Pong was pretty much it — the genesis of gaming in our cultural consciousness. In the wake of the success of the original arcade hit, a home version was made. Then another, and another, with tons …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 84: Winter Games – Episode Review
Here we have the “Holiday” episode for 2009. Recall that Castlevaniathon went into November, meaning December 2009 had the previous episode, Little Red Hood, and this episode, Winter Games. Yeah, no Bible games this time around, just some frosty Winter gaming enjoyment. Okay more like frozen Winter crap. What we have here is a game …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 81: Castlevania – Part III – Episode Review
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.