Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 51: Superman 64 – Episode Review

Here’s an episode that, at the time, fans of The Angry Video Game Nerd were begging for – Superman on the Nintendo 64. However, since fans like to call it “Superman 64” James takes this opportunity for a joke he can’t even keep a straight face through – he opens by covering a Superman game …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 50: Superman – Episode Review

Oh, look, we’ve finally made it up to episode 50. Damn, that took longer than it should have. For perspective, we’re up to the Summer of 2008 in AVGN history. At this time the show was a major hit, and showed no signs of slowing down. In fact, production at this stage began to ramp …
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Cinemassacre – The AtmosFearic Garage of the Supernatural

Here we have part 2 of the History of Haunted Tours, “The AtmosFearic Garage of the Supernatural.” Yes, it’s as corny as you can imagine, in a good way, of course. This was James’ last haunted house and as such it was not only his best (at least, we can presume so) but he also …
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Cinemassacre – History of Haunted Tours (1993-1998)

Ah, Halloween, pretty much my favorite time of the year. I’m certainly not alone in feeling this way, of course, and one of the many people who shares this opinion of that oh so spooky end to October is James Rolfe! Of course, if you’ve seen any of his Monster Madness videos from the past …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 45: Double Vision: Part 2 – Episode Review

Moving on from the explosive end of the previous episode, we have part 2 of Double Vision. Just as part 1 covered the Intellivision, part 2 covers the Colecovision, a mighty system in its own right. Released in 1982, the Colecovision came a few years after the Intellivision, and well into the life of the …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 44: Double Vision: Part 1 – Episode Review

This is the point where, from a historical perspective the Angry Video Game Nerd start to really get interesting – the “Double Vision” episodes. For those previous years, the character and the series were generally focused on games from the Nintendo Entertainment System, with some branching out Sega Genesis and Super NES topics with only …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 43: The Wizard Of Oz – Episode Review

The Wizard Of Oz episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd is one I consider somewhat pivotal at the very least in my personal experience with the series, as this is actually the first episode of AVGN which I saw when it was new. I recall a friend and his brother watching it in early …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 42: Virtual Boy – Episode Review

Time to get into Season 3 of The Angry Video Game Nerd, and this particular season starts off rather strong with the Nerd’s review of Nintendo’s first true failure of a gaming system, the Virtual Boy. The Virtual Boy is quite the unique console, seemingly designed for virtual reality, it really never got much further …
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Just Why Am I Reviewing Every AVGN Episode?

I thought I’d take a bit before we get into Season 3 of Angry Video Game Nerd episodes to express just why I’m reviewing all of these episodes, as well as touch on a few other points on James and the Nerd series that are worth me saying here. The very short answer to the …
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Angry Video Game Nerd – Season 2 Review

It took over a year to do, but the episode reviews for AVGN Season 2 are complete. I’ve covered all 24 episodes and it’s a strange thing to do – going back over these videos somewhat nostalgically and taking a slightly different look at them, trying to figure out just what makes them work, for …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 41: Rambo – Episode Review

Time to finish off Season 2 of The Angry Video Game Nerd, and we have quite the review to go out on – Rambo, on the NES! Now, this is a game I actually had for my NES when I was a kid. I have vague memories of playing it and not having a good …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 40: The Legend of Zelda Timeline – Episode Review

We have another odd Nerd episode here – one discussing the timeline for “The Legend of Zelda” game series, at least as it was in 2006. This comes off the previous “Movie and Video Game sequels” video, but was shelved, only to be tweaked a bit and released in January 2008, making it out of …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 38 / 39: An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol – Episode Review

It’s time for the 2007 Christmas Episodes – An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol! This was a pair of episodes released in December 2007 which follow the classic holiday story of “A Christmas Carol” but with the Nerd replacing Scrooge. Christmas is still key, of course, but the idea here is how it relates to the …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 37: Dragon’s Lair – Episode Review

Dragons Lair was an amazing game for its day. At least, an impressive one, anyway, for appearances, if not for gameplay. It used a LaserDisc system to play video clips that the player would react to, making decisions to progress in the game. Think “Quick Time Events” in games like God of War, Shenmue, and …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 36: Halloween – Episode Review

That’s right, we’re doing back to back Nerd episode reviews. In this case, we hit the second half of the Halloween 2007 videos, the other Atari 2600 game James bought in the last episode… Halloween. This game is, debatably, a little better. It’s got it’s own gory elements, much like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but at …
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