avgn is in talks of buying ronnie the skeleton for his show.

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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Is there anyone worse than The Irate Gamer.

Yes, he is.

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.

You do realise a huge amount of content IG uses is lifted from James? I guess the IG fanboys won't comprehend this.

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.

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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.

If Rolfe is The Beatles, Bores is The Monkees.
Rolfe's Street Fighter 2010 episode was good. For years, I thought it was a Street Fighter game. It's a Street Fighter game in name only.

The Irate Gamer put an Angry Video Game Nerd look-a-like in his Robocop episode.

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why would anyone watch irate gamer anyway? one episde was enough for me to go away.

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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.

beep IRATE GAMER AVGN IS THE beep

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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.

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.
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Interesting since the Irate Gamer did manage to rip off some of the Nerds videos.
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The Irate Gamer has a few decent reviews that are not rippoff of AVGN, but overall he sucks.
He only released 6 videos in 2009, 2 of them were actual reviews and one was for a and classic well liked game (Aladdin on the Genesis). So, basically that leaves a single "Irate Gamer" review in a whole "season" (kool-Aid Man).

Not only is Irate Gamer gamer a BLATANT ripoff of AVGN, not only are his videos inferior and not entertaining, but he is also a giant douchebag. This is a guy who posted reviews on amazon for his own DVDs, for another ripoff show called Haunted Investigators, but was too stupid to use a different account and disguise the fact he was planting reviews. On his website, y2bproductions.com he refers to himself as a "youtube celebrity". I don't know if that's genuine egotism or compensation for insecurity, but either way it's douchebaggery. That's a label you earn, not give to yourself. On top of that he disables comments for all of his videos on youtube, cuz he knows people are going to post the truth about him at best, and rip on him to end at worst. There's more. He has also made multiple efforts and (I believe) succeeded at some times in getting people banned from youtube who make videos exposing him. It only takes a few minutes of internet research to find out what a piece of beep this guy is. And James Rolfe rules by the way, for more than just AVGN. He has creativity, talent, and passion out the wazoo.

Do you now understand the point of the guest stars and silly gags?
James was/is a filmmaker. It's easy to see he tries to implicate that into his reviews. I think it's a pretty smooth move. I mean, if he took the guest stars and silly gags out, what would we be stuck with? Him sitting on the couch playing the game. It's filler but it works.
I don't see how you can say Irategamer in the same sentence with AVGN; let alone think he's better. Irate also uses guest stars, silly gags but I also think his jokes are ALOT cornier. As if his target audience is ten and under. Plus, to say he's more nostalgic makes me suspicious that you're a troll. Irate reviews everything. New, old games and now that he saw James do it, he had to do movies too. The only original thing he did (and I say original meaning not a complete ripoff of AVGN)if those stupid Ghost Hunter videos.
I could careless regardless cause I don't have time for him. Even he knows he's a ripoff. Which is why he disables ratings/comments.
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This is just flat out wrong. The IrateGamer isn't more nostalgic! He only got into the reviewing business because he saw the AVGN do it. The Nerd does it because he loves it. The IrateGamer isn't even a real gamer. Also, you mentioned that the IrateGamer reviews "classics". Yeahand he dogs on a lot of them because he sucks at them.
The Nerd is in it for the love of the craft. Everything he does is a labor of love, rather than a cash in.

I watched a few episodes of IrateGamer, but ass mentioned before, that bitch can't act, neighter is he funny at all.
I prefer AVGN, I like his reviews and it's just top notch. But it's starting to get on my nerve that he lacks a great deal of imagination when it comes to swearing, it's all just different words for 238beep and piss. Diarea this, and beep that Better buy the guy a wordbook. Anyway, the dude's awesome!

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