AVGN (Angry Video Game Nerd) Is stupid, here is proof

[escobert]

I don't watch AVGN for an actual review of a game. I watch it to laugh and remember how much I hated trying to land the goddamn plane in Top Gun. and then the mothersmurfer does it with a powerglove! wtf!?

[Ayen]

I don't watch AVGN for an actual review of a game. I watch it to laugh and remember how much I hated trying to land the goddamn plane in Top Gun. and then the mothersmurfer does it with a powerglove! wtf!?

That could have been part of its ad campaign: want to land the plane in Top Gun? Get the Power Glove!

[Elskidor]

This thread has posts pissed off about the op getting pissed off about youtubers getting pissed off and quite frankly I'm getting pretty frustrated over the whole thing

I don't get pissed off. I actually find threads by the OP very entertaining and look forward to them daily, because even though I disagree with nearly every thing, they bring me amusement that I just can't explain. OP been gone a couple days now...please come back! They have brought an odd but fun color to the Christmas season!

[escobert]

I don't watch AVGN for an actual review of a game. I watch it to laugh and remember how much I hated trying to land the goddamn plane in Top Gun. and then the mothersmurfer does it with a powerglove! wtf!?

That could have been part of its ad campaign: want to land the plane in Top Gun? Get the Power Glove!

Seriously, I remember him doing just the game and couldn't land then he threw it in for trouts and giggles with the power glove and landed.

[Jibril]

I hate to break it to you guys, but AVGN is a character and the show is meant to be a blue comedy take on the stereotypical "nerd with no life." James Rolfe is a filmmaker and AVGN is his sketch comedy show.

He's Bob Saget. Speaking of which, Bob Saget did my favorite aristocrats joke. What a sick bastard.

[escobert]

Well duh

[Skyblade]

I hate to break it to you guys, but AVGN is a character and the show is meant to be a blue comedy take on the stereotypical "nerd with no life." James Rolfe is a filmmaker and AVGN is his sketch comedy show.

I'm aware of this. That doesn't mean that I find his show actually funny, or that I enjoy the character.

I'm not a fan of blue comedy in general, but I really don't think much of his version. There's nothing at all risqué or shocking about the material, so he just throws in litanies of profanity. And that's about all there is to the character and performance.

And, again, I think that the monotone he holds during the delivery hurts the show. It may be a part of the blue comedy, showing that he doesn't care or have any feelings for the profanity he's using, but it simply comes across as the character having no enthusiasm or investment in the games or his work. He never seems to care, and it really makes it hard for me to care. How can I relate to the frustrations that he's experiencing when he never actually seems to experience any (or any other emotion)?

The fact that the AVGN is a character doesn't immediately excuse all the legitimate faults that people find with the show and performance.