Better than Irate Gamer?
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cerealkiller2000 — 15 years ago(August 08, 2010 11:53 AM)
one thing that always bothered me was that most of IG fans talk about his green screen effects all the time .if you read any youtube comments in favour of him (which is rare) they will always be about these stupid tricks .no one mentions his gaming skills (if any) .its like they are all impressed by his stupid explosions.
oh! come on.
first thing about being a critic is you should have a sound knowledge about stuffs which you will comment upon.
if you want to find some quality friends you have to wade through all the d**ks first -
JDC_Ghaleon — 15 years ago(October 23, 2010 01:52 AM)
The first time I watched the IG was when he did the Contra review. I could only take him for about 2 minutes. Everything he says is forced. When he cusses its like its all he can do to get it out and it sounds like he has never said that word before in his life and is embarrassed and ashamed that he did say it. He tries to talk the same way that James does but ends up just talking really fast and throwing in some awkward curses here and there. Have you ever watched someone before and just feel embarrassed that you are watching them because of how bad it is? Me, alone in a room watching one of his videos makes me feel this way.
I broke down and watched his review of Jaws on the NES. I used to play Jaws a lot and could beat it easily. Heck I even pulled it back out a few months ago and played it again and didn't have a problem getting through it. First thing IG says is that this game is super hard and that you better not let anything touch you. It's practically one of the easiest games on the NES and hes like having a melt down over the difficulty. -
JDC_Ghaleon — 15 years ago(February 27, 2011 09:14 AM)
Didn't the IG send an email to James right when James got popular about how much he admired him and wanted to do the same thing that he did? I remember James posting the email up on his site at one time. I guess if you can't be the original then just lie and claim you had no knowledge of the first shrugs.
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sticksstoneswwiv — 13 years ago(February 20, 2013 03:32 PM)
(odd thread)
Irate Gamer [reviews] classics instead of unknown obscure games which not many recall from their childhood.
I disagree that is a problem with AVGN, without those reviews many of the games he mentioned would have disappeared into obscurity. The whole idea about AVGN was to review bad games, not loved classics.
With the internet, ebay and downloadable roms it is possible to play these old games, it really doesn't matter how rare they are.
The last thing I want to see is yet another review of how great SuperMario Bros is. All the weird games, like Bible Games for example, they have found a new audience thanks to his (and other) reviews. In turn these reviews have pushed the collectible market for games. -
jbhutt0 — 12 years ago(October 27, 2013 06:23 AM)
Irate Gamer is a plagiarist douchebag.
And now instead of acting like AVGN doesn't exist, he is showing his true colors and starting to take pot shots at James. I can't say I'm fully behind AVGN anymore but that doesn't make Chris Bores any less of a slimeball. -
Darth_ZH — 12 years ago(January 16, 2014 10:27 PM)
I don't hate the Irate Gamer. He's okay, the only thing i like about his show more than AVGN is his random storyline with Satan and his Evil Twin Gamer. Other than that, its pretty much the same thing. I like both shows. but recent AVGN reviews haven't been so great for me.
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jenoor — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 07:48 AM)
I find both equally overrated. Neither one of them are, or haven been, any good reviewers or good actors at all. What the AVGN has that the Irate dont have, is that Rolfe seem to actually have some form of relationship with the media he's "reviewing". Bores on the other hand has clearly NEVER in his life had any interrest in video games whatsoever something you can clearly tell by watching his videos.
Nostalgia is what put AVGN on the map in the first place, not his sketches. Bores has never had anything worthwhile watching his shows, beside the unintentional laughs he provides.
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