The Problematic Video Game Nerd
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- In this video I look at some of the problems that have been surrounding not only James Rolfe aka "The Angry Video Game Nerd", but also problems with his channel Cinemassacre in general.
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The "Nintendo Power" song by Kyle Justin was fire. That song and the original AVGN theme were far better than anything Rex Viper did. I'm sad that guy got left behind.
His cover of double vision was on fire too. He was always great on the show.
rex viper is THAT bad, that people long for justing kyle...
@@MalcomJuliaMorgan I mean, I know Kyle Justin’s playing and singing were pretty basic. But you’ve got to admit, his stuff is way more listenable than any of the Rex Viper stuff. I mean, I’m still a big fan of James and AVGN, but even I can’t defend the music. All I can say is that if it makes him happy, then I guess that’s nice.
Also: I legit think the AVGN intro song is a great theme song. Kyle Justin put every bit of talent he had into that one, and it actually turned out pretty decent.
Of course I’d be interested to hear from actual musicians about their opinions.
don't forget about Double-Vision
@@WarlockX4that's my favourite of Justin's.
My take: I believe the movie was his downfall. I think he probably suffered from a mental breakdown (not joking) because as a long time fan, I noticed it instantly after his movie tanked and I suspect that he got scared to make another movie and feels a certain type of way about his “nerd” character. He’s having an identity crisis
I mean the collapse of Cinemassacre began the moment the film entered production. The channel was handed to the mentally deficient Mike Matei for two years which was an even worse period for Cinemassacre than the current era.
No matter the reception of the film it was never going to be the same.
Well that's you and your after the movie theory. I personally have sensed the strange disconnect of him VS reality when he uploaded his first "how things are going behind the scenes" video about the movie's progress, and he, a guy holding a crowdfunding campaign so he can then sell either tickets or DVDs, while talking about editing, dared to drop the line "from PC i've gone Mac, and never looked back"... at least, to me, that sounded mental. Instead of going on a budget that still works fine, to choose a company that takes thousands for a board swap because of a single faulty component somewhere. And than saying that you need money. I donno, maybe it's just me.
I believe your right... but I also think the AVGN movie was shit due to another reason. I believe a good portion of the funds he raised was used for his young family instead of the project. I just don't see him being able to tell his wife no. He has beta energy. At times James almost seemed panicked in some of his director's notes relating to time. What puzzles me is how a guy with a strong background in DIY effects and filmmaking could create something so oblivious to his fanbase. All he had to do is to put forth the same energy he uses for a standard nerd video and people would have been more than pleased.
@@SP-qo3pd I've seen independent films made with half that budget that looked better! Filming in Hollywood probably didn't help costs but I agree that at least some of the budget went elsewhere...
I can't find the video but James admitted that his movie started to fall apart the second he got to Hollywood and found out the permits he needed to film anywhere in that state drained more than half the money he raised for it. No doubt in my mind that finding out the movie you wanted to make was immediately getting cut to shreds before you filmed a second of footage would be the first domino to fall that would lead James to this moment.
I legit think James rolfe is depressed. The way he always says he never has time for anything. Depressed people usually don't want to do anything and find anything to be a chore. That's why they think of ending their lives because they feel like what's the point.
Then it's time to get a real job.
@@JohnSmith-yd5wq Ahh finally, the cure for depression: get a job. You heard it here folks.
@@JohnSmith-yd5wq Fuckers like you who always say this... I have to ask, what is a "real job"? Define it.
@@cobracommander8133 It's John's suggestion for anything. Leg is broken? Get a job. Falling out of a plane? Get a job.
It's an NPC mentality and should be treated as such.
He's a family man too.
The worst thing about all this is, if James just came out and said he needed a break and took a few months off, all his fans would support and encourage it if it meant he would come back on his own. But unfortunately, an idea like that requires time. Which we all know we know, he doesn’t have.
i'm sure his sponsors wouldn't approve of that, plus he'd have the screenwave goons prodding him to "GET BACK TO WERKKK" it's unfortunate
He did say he needed a break-Both he and Mike said so.
It's not even about that:
1-He doesn't want to do it anymore. He's done. He hates the character and making videos in general. A break would not fix that. Not a 2 month long break anyway.
2-AVGN pays his bills. He can't afford to stop the gravy train. Especially not when his woke wife is cucking him.
I’ve been noticing the drop in quality of AVGN episodes the last 5-6 years as well. I thought maybe I was crazy for thinking that since the comments didn’t seem to mention it. Guess I wasn’t.
i think everyone has noticed it but wont admit it.. not to say there aren't some good stand out episodes but every episode used to be really good now you're lucky to get a good one every few months
mike did a lot of the gameplay footage and wrote the script of a lot of avgn episodes. I don't get why james was on board with screenwave when he already had a lot of help from mike, kyle and boots, whom are all gone now.
@@DancingwithGhosts the last episode I remember really liking was the Mega Man episode, and that was what 5 years ago?
@@professorpenne9962 i guaruntee it was a money thing
@@FlyingV555 ya that was a hot minute ago
I stood up for James but he seems miserable and lazy these days.
Here I am, commenting on another video of yours RE AVGN. I would like more of this content, and the people in these comment sections getting angry prove that there is some traction (and it's funny). I'm not gonna tell you how to do your job, but punching up is very entertaining and I would tune in for more of that.
The peak AVGN years were 2006-2010 for me for various reasons.
UA-cam was still a new thing, and the idea of an angry game reviewer was a fresh and funny concept.
80’s nostalgia itself seemed like a new thing at the time too (I was born in ‘81 and throughout the 90’s I kept hearing how the eighties were awful. It wasn’t until the mid-2000’s that I saw people celebrating the eighties), and James hit that nostalgia wave at just the right time.
Plus the scrappiness of those early (non-HD) videos added to the charm of the whole thing.
Those days will never come again, but that’s ok, they don’t have to.
While I think AVGN should probably have been retired a few years back, I don’t begrudge James for continuing with it. There’s still an audience for it, and no-one is being forced to watch them.
Hell, every so often I find myself enjoying one of the newer episodes, and he’s made so much content over the years (AVGN, Board James, YKWB, Monster Madness etc.) that I can’t really fault him. I even enjoyed the early Rental Reviews for capturing that ‘Friday night at the video store’ vibe (though after a year or so I think even that concept had worn thin, so didn’t miss it when it got cancelled).
The fact is, his priorities changed now that he’s in his forties and married with children, and things simply won’t be the same as they used to be. His sensibilities have changed, the climate has changed, the audience has changed (and that’s ok), but some people are quick to judge and hand out condemnation because it doesn’t align with how they think he should make content and run his channel.
The movie didn't break the channel, it broke James. He was hoping the movie was going to open doors into Hollywood but it never happened.
Wanting access to Hollywood is a bad goal.
@@theunholinesswithin3601 and it's such a contradiction to what comments James would make about Hollywood and all of its shortcomings. Then all of a sudden wants to work in that wheelhouse ??
@@xtraflo Yeah... Well, all great things must come to an end-James didn't have his priorities straight if he wanted AVGN to continue.
@@xtraflo that's nonsense, nowhere did he say that
@SFEX七瀬 I don't know, did he want to make other movies?
It's weird how blind the fanboys are of James. He's not some mastermind of film making and technology. He self mythologizes all the time is my biggest issue. I mean he even said he started his autobiography in his 20s.
He should stick to games and things he actually played or cared about. He shouldn't worry about hammering out videos fast either. Plenty of gamers UA-camrs take months to make a video.
The Earthbound episode is still good, in spite of Screenwave's stink emanating from the video. It has some of the cringey SW humor and stuff like elderly James trying to rasp out curse words, but it also feels like a genuine video, and it was cool to see James play something he actually enjoyed.
The Earthbound episode was incredible. Easily in his top 5 of all time.
It sucked balls. So did the one for Majora's Mask.
@@themonsterunderyourbed9408 I still like it. But I'll agree with you on the second point; as a longtime fan of MM, that MM review did in fact suck major balls, and James totally sucked at actually playing it. Guy went through the entire 10-15 hour game without realizing you could lock onto enemies in combat.
@@Henskelion I think his worst review is the Taito one. Holy crap was that ever terrible. I think my favorite one might be Silver Surfer or maybe the Batman one. The rant about the cryptic controls on the Batman review was fkn legendary.
@@themonsterunderyourbed9408 My favorite one is probably the Atari 5200 one, or the Virtual Boy one. Something about when he reviews hardware alongside the games is really funny.
I stopped watching AVGN after Mike left. He was actually a huge part of their production and writing. They cancelled him over some stupid shit.
was he cancelled? I thought he just left because he wanted to stream and had no interest in Rex Viper
Yeah, he wasnt cancelled, he left probably because of James lack of interest.
@@dannysummers4591 he was unbearable onscreen
@@sn1000k he really sucked as a co-host!
I mean good riddance. Dude was terribly unfunny. All he did was post an endless series of brown bricks.
You’d think someone would take their “day job” more seriously if it’s fun and keeps the lights on.
The saddest thing is Bimmy doesn't caring even about writing his own material for horror movies
*harrer
@@tnt070 🤣
Cinemassacre right now is the strangest amalgamation of "This is a franchise mudafuka!" and "Yo it's James your homebrew video maker doing it all just for fun still stuck in 2007!"
What is this even supposed to mean?
And why is it top comment
It was over the very moment that hack Silverman took control. Now he's parading James' broken, half-conscious body around for sponsorship shekels.
Dafuq is this comment?
@@AbbasKhan9364 Sorry, for 120 IQ points and up pal. Strangely enough 67 or more understood what it means.
What most people don’t ever talk about is his kids are sick and the youngest almost died so that going on, on top of the pressure of the movie and whatever else is going on in his life had changed. It’s called getting older and just life in general. But fuck Justin regardless 😅
Really great work on these videos! Love watching each one.
My personal belief is that AVGN's classic era fell apart after that Cheetah Man II crowdfunding thing.
Do you feel like you're part of the generation that was introduced to youtube and video content creation through AVGN?
I'll put it this way, before watching AVGN I only used youtube to watch music videos or funny little viral things.. AVGN showed me you could actually make TV show-like content with higher production. I absorbed every last detail of his "making of an AVGN episode'' like water when i saw it 6 or 7 years ago and aspired to someday be a content creator on his level. What about you?
@@DancingwithGhosts I agree with you on that! I remember one of the first youtube vids I watched was like this 30 second video on how to fold shirts the Japanese way and I still use that technique today lol.
I wouldn't say AVGN was my direct inspiration, but he was definitely a stepping stone. AVNG showed me that youtube was a place for geeky shit that I was interested in but that would never be popular enough to have its own TV show or movie. Which meant that I could find an audience that likes what I like and wants to see more. But that's the thing- it works best for stuff that wouldn't be a tv show or movie. Would anyone ever want to see a Keemstar movie? I was a big AVNG fan but I didn't want him to make his movie because I knew it would be dogshit and the end of an era.
@@StopDropRetro yeah exactly.. that niche shit that they would never make a tv show about or if they did they would water it down for the casual audience... although with all of youtube's new restrictions on monetization i'm already seeing all the big youtubers dial down their content in favor of keeping that money flowing in.. i mean i get it, but ya.. definitely the end of an era
That entire fauxpology was disgusting. Deflecting blame when the responsibility lies with you is bad enough, but doing it with a half shitsmirk is just reprehensible.
And the biggest part was posting it unlisted on a secondary channel. Dude can't even just man up and apologize.
He would have to admit pretty much he doesn't do any writing on it lol
He never mentally came back from that movie failure, Then the kids arrived , April seems like she cracks the whip..... At this point its a job and not a passion.
April is a major ballbuster, she demanded several things about the AVGN movie script be changed. She also insisted on the addition of the black guy and geeekchick main characters. And it's been rumored for years that she's cheated on James several times. She's kinda cute, but not somebody I'd ever wanna be involved with!
@@DreFromMaine8472 I'd skeet on her 5 head but that's about it. Her pussy sounds played out.
@@DreFromMaine8472 The random girl and token black guy who we never saw before was her idea? And he folded? Damn
exactly
Ryan has actually been part of Cinemassacre for a long time before Screenwave, he just didn't make many on-screen appearances in the old days. He operated their website since at least 2006.
It wasn't just the movie but that was the main contribution. James was gone entirely too long with just Mike to run the ship and when he finally did come back it was too late and the internet has moved on and didn't care anymore.
Well,at the very least, he didn’t go completely ass over teacup insane like Noah Antwiler. You might fancy a trip down THAT rabbit hole as well.
You can really tell he was a fan of avgn which makes his arguments dead on and honest as hell. As a fellow fan myself, this is by far the best dissection of what went wrong with AVGN. Kudos bro this was factual and hilarious. Red a Cow has made a fan base on ripping apart screen-wave media and they have great points too
Quickly scrolling through the channel's videos, I think Majora's Mask was his last great video. I agree that ever since he's had a couple of adequate ones, but nothing compared to his classic work. I also think some of the videos like the one featuring Scott The Woz were enjoyable, but that's mainly due to Scott and not the others.
The Pepsi Man episode is one of my least favorite episodes so that checks out
I know you mainly do music stuff but this video was very well done, man. Hopefully you'll do some more of this in the future!
i like some of Jame's content. mainly the ones where he talks directly about movies he loves or games. anything with the screenwave people is awful. i think it's pretty clear that he doesnt have time to continue with being a youtuber while raising a family (i know i wouldn't be able to with my family). I never watched the movie, and yes Rex is bad, but it's a joke band, i dont know what anyone else expected. Btw, you definitely care, at least enough to make content on it vs on something else. just an observation. P.S. now that you mention it, what *is* up with the hair... i'm new to your channel and i see the gradual devolution, lol. Keep on keeping on though, good luck w/ the channel. I sub'd
1:43 that fucking stomp will never not make me laugh lmao. How the mighty have fallen...
The quality of the AVGN episodes defintely got lower but I still enjoy the new videos. It's not the most important thing in life, just some neat entertainment :)
These cinemassacre roasts are great. Please keep them coming!! Also it might be funny if you pulled out James marching guitar dance at one of your live shows
It's called The Duck Stomp!
Honestly, the only thing I hate ANYONE saying about James Rolfe when it comes to “criticism” is when people go after his kids. Calling them names, adding them as a contributor to the downfall of his channels, and even now calling them Crotch Goblins. I don’t care who you are, even if you don’t have kids, pretty damn sure you wouldn’t want someone calling your kids names or saying nasty things about them. Leave his kids out of it.
I call my kids "little bastards" as a term of endearment all the time
@@decker528 that’s your own kids. How would you feel some random stranger saying that about them, or worse. For just being kids? It’s wrong. Plain and simple. Nobody can change my mind on that. And if I really have to defend that point, then the worlds really gone to shit.
@@asneakylawngnome5792 one of my coworkers was just joking about my son being a nerd. My feelings aren't hurt and I'm not mad. It's not a direct insult at them. It's in good humor. And since they've been born I'm much less productive since they take up so much time. Anybody who has kids knows this and either accept it or they don't spend enough time with their kids. Looks like James has made the right choice but his productivity will no doubt suffer. I don't understand the sensitivity about it all
People aren't making fun of his kids. They're making fun of his lack of time management. Parents all over the world work 40+ hour a week jobs, usually commuting on top of that, many as single parents, and still raise their kids. He uses his "muh kids" as an excuse of why he "doesn't have time" to make good content and needed to hire the slobs from ScreenWave. Do you ACTUALLY believe James spends 8 hours a day working on Cinemassacre? Do you believe he even spends 8 hours a MONTH working on it?
His wife doesn't work, what kind of cuck relationship is he in that he has to be the sole breadwinner AND apparently shoulder all the responsibility of raising his "crotch goblins"?
He uses his kids as an excuse and a shield from criticism, plain and simple.
I do agree that insulting his kids is a low blow. Granted from what I have seen, no one trash his kids at all but instead knocking him for using his kids as a excuse to be lazy.
Do you think James has inner psychological torment with the AVGN character he has created? A perfect blue type of situation? Would you like to spend a day with the “cinemassacre crew” minus James?
The double-simp pretzel.
@@russwishtart 😂😂
Selling himself to screenwave was probably the best thing he could do. You can argue quality went down. But it pays out for him.
it was the only logical decision given his circumstances
What? To sell out is good? fuk that
I get it if you want to distance yourself from this type of thing and focus on your music but just like Red Cow Entertainment, i think you present an entertaining yet fair way of critiquing and breaking down the problems surrounding James and his channel. I find the whole situation intriguing and the memes can be pretty hilarious.
Red Cow is pretty good when talking about other topics as well. Not just AVGN
As a Cinemassacre supporter, the comment at 4:31 gives me a good laugh
"Then there's three other people who look like they raided James's kitchen and ate all his food."
I think you're completely right about him suffering burnout. I mean seriously he's gone on hiatus from his character multiple times. After 2011 it took forever for another episode to come out which was that 2012 episode of Schwarzenegger games for the nes. There were literally only three episodes of AVGN in that entire year. That was it.
I absolutely can completely understand burnout. I made the stupid decision of starting a secondary channel when this channel I'm commenting from was never that big to begin with. I've started multiple secondary channels which I have since 2018 learned just get rid of them all and don't even bother with them anymore. Okay well I didn't actually get rid of them I instead just stopped uploading to them. Anyways on one of those secondary channels I tried to make high quality top tens videos and made it a series called top 10 Tuesdays and also try to upload other various videos as well and just doing the top 10 episodes every single week caused me so much burnout that I stopped making videos for months.
I know it doesn't seem like much, but I put so much editing into each of these top 10 videos that I just didn't really have time for anything else. And while they did get a few thousand views that was it. That wasn't enough to make it worth my while if I'm just going to have to keep suffering burn out the whole time and when I asked for help with it well a friend of mine who I asked for help was incredibly unreliable and didn't even finish when I gave him plenty of time to do so. His heart was clearly not in the project at all. Unfortunately unlike James Rolfe who does have help, I've never had help or any good help at getting videos out there. I always had to do them by myself and burnout was just completely unavoidable. But even more frustrating was after 2 weeks I asked my friend what he has done for his new top 10 and he sent me a video where yeah he recorded his voice, but all he showed on the footage were still images which clearly showed that he must have just made that at the very last second when I brought it up to him again about how I need him to get that video done. He didn't even try. Completely by myself. The only contribution he made was his voice and an original song his dad produced near the end.
Anyways I do understand the burnout issue. It was really hard to keep pressing on and I unfortunately couldn't do it. I hope someday that will change. I've kept my channel going by doing much more simpler stuff like reaction videos and some short edits that I can do in just a matter of hours instead of having to work on them for an entire week, but I want to get back into making top tens again and I want to be making movie reviews and video game reviews, but it just takes so much time to make them into quality videos and I'm having to do everything by myself so it's just near impossible to get them done.
The excuse that James Rolfe always doesn't have time is very undermining of other people. He definitely does have time. There are people out there who have even more kids than him and they actually work regular full-time jobs so at least he has the excuse that well he's on UA-cam so he can in fact start working whenever he feels like it. Yes there will not always be time, but the fact is he can stop whenever he wants therefore he can start whenever he wants when he's not busy taking care of his family.
He has a team of people that helps them with his videos which gives him a lot more time. I don't have that luxury and there are other UA-cam channels that are far more successful than mine and more successful than yours and I consider yours way better than mine, but there are ones that are even more successful that are almost doing everything by themself. What is the excuse?
Do you want him to suffer! 😁
It’s laughable how he always says how he never has the time. Bitch please James has all the time in the world. Sure the projects take lots of time out of you but it’s HIS JOB. He works at home. Avarage person goes to work every day and yet they still have time for family life, friends and other passion projects / hobbies.
Frogs will jump out of water that gets too hot 🐸
If you saw James House, you would know where that Kickstarter money for the movie went, lol.
ooh damn, never seen the dudes house, don't know if i would want to, he deserves privacy like anyone else
I agree with you, Josh and you even hit on some stuff I did’t know! I still like James, I just don’t care for all the newer stuff.
i don't blame the guy.. it must suck to have all these contractual obligations to live up to where you're basically forced to make these episodes based off a 15 year old concept that wore out it's formula probably 5 years ago
before they were taken down, a youtuber called darius truxton showed off all the comments cinemassacre got when they were trying to promote a meet and greet with justin and kieran and one with them trying to sell rex viper shirts. it was a slaughter.
Every show and concept get old and stale after 15 years but he has nothing else to fall back on so what are you gonna do? Only RLM remains consistent. They're the South Park of UA-cam
i love Mr. Plinket
that's...not true at all though. people still loyally follow bands that have been around for decades and still watch shows that have been around for decades. the difference here is that james clearly doesn't have the passion for it anymore.
You started watching in 2013, you missed the golden years. I started watching him in 2007 and his best years were from 2007-2011.
I will say this, I feel bad for James. I feel like the older he gets the more he wants to move on to other things that he really loves doing (directing horror movies and playing music), is trying and failing. I'm not knocking for it, but he does need to make better decisions.
It's pronounced "HARRER"!
This. Like it is clear James would rather be a filmmaker but it clearly hasn't gone the way he wanted and he has basically gotten lazy and is stuck doing something that he not only lost his passion for, but is probably is the same thing that he feels killed whatever chance he might have had in doing more.
Oh my goash Josh, a new Video😱😃🎉
err merrr geerrdd
The more hate you get, the more you should keep doing what you're doing. You know, they hated Trump's hair too. He's like a peacock. I hope you roast some of these comments in a video sometime - hilarious stuff.
edit: "I'mnot tryin to be keemstar" maybe you should be.
Alot of people hated Hitler, would've you also say he should've kept doing what he was doing, or Stalin, Putin, Kim? Rapist?
@@ChaosAngel9151 Don't be a fucking dipshit 🙄
Much like many budding lolcows, and once popular UA-camrs, he’s trapped and doesn’t see any other way to make a living. He needs to just rip the bandaid that is screenwave and just find a real job and walk away. He clearly hates the character and is completely burned out.
just as a fun exercise.. what 'real' job could you see James doing? I don't think he can ever go back to the real world lol
Outsourcing for better quality of life is his right, doesn’t bother me, I’m easily amused and still watch it from time to time like I always have. I’ve never noticed the editing tightness lol, but yeah, when somebody else is doing the work, it’s going to be different. Change is a constant, and extra tough in the obsessive fan industry.
I've been a fan from the beginning and I still enjoy everything on Cinnemassacre...except Rex Viper. I even fast forward on the pod cast when they talk about it. If you play music and gig frequently, you'll know.
oh i know.. i did 2 videos hating on rex viper for being such ass lol
1:58 that's very true and when you're surrounded by those types, any constructive criticism isn't taken seriously.
It's crazy - I had the EXACT same experience with the past 4 years or so of his videos - the last one I truly loved was the Polybius vid cuz it felt like James making a horror movie out of the love for the craft
That video proved he still has talent, i legit would love to see him tackle a bespoke horror film
It's very simple. James got married and has kids and doesn't have time anymore to sit around playing video games and getting angry at them. I think the perceived "drop in quality" is simply that he's an older man doing this now. He still has the same standards, but not the same appeal. Don't understand why people get mad at it. It's life.
But it's his day job. Everyone I know with kids works harder now they have them to provide for them
Im commenting so the algorithm :) another thing I didn't like is when James (with i think Mike writing) the sega genesis vs super nintendo and he allowed super nintendo add ons to compete in some categories but didn't allow the sega cd to be on segas side for the music category. This bothered me especially when he says he's a musician and talks like he knows it, he did not give the sega cd any mention during that music category
The DOWNFALL of dancing with ghosts
you have to be popular to have a downfall
@@DancingwithGhosts best get crackin on some hot vids so you can one day give the fans the downfall they deserve
I remember when Cinemassacre was doing these "Let's Play" videos with James and Mike, and James seemed so disinterested in games in general. Mike would be focused on the game they were playing, while James would be reminiscing on something completely unrelated. It struck me that James was kind of caught in this expectation to be a video game guy, but it's just not where his passion is. For him to outsource Monster Madness is not a good sign though, since that was really his core.
Oh well, to paraphrase The Simpsons, he gave us free content for years. He kind of doesn't owe anyone.
What’s your music channel? I didn’t see the link on the vid or description. Thanks
I apologize, I wasn't able to do it when I was uploading it, i will fix that soon
here it is ua-cam.com/channels/-_Fp5xMRz6v9aLahw-tYQw.html
You do an excellent job of breaking down this type of subject matter. I would like to see more vids like this on your channel.
You played clips of the Sega accessories video and that brought me back that video was probably the last time I really enjoyed what I was watching from James which is sad because I used to wait with anticipation for every upload I mean I watched all of his videos and short films even the stuff from when he was like 10yrs old and enjoyed it too
"Justin's face kept annoying me.." 😆
3 episodes yealy personaly edited by the man itself would be awesome
I’d love to see that
Yo an introduction to Screenwave legit would have been nice. I never realized there was a formal intro video or anything!
Discovered you through the rex viper videos, but your music is fire. Are you gonna be touring any time soon?
we want to badly and are working on it everyday
i just don’t have time to comment on this vid. i’ll just copy and paste somebody else’s comment here lol. btw i watched your mv the other day it’s freaking awesome !
"Popped out a few crotchgoblins" 🤣
I agree with your takes but I find it low to insult his kids by calling them "crotch goblins" criticize an adult not children dude
that's a common term people use to describe kids, it's not something i made up for this video, and it's just a joke at that
@@DancingwithGhosts oh my bad I want to apologize then because I had zero idea that it was both a common term and a joke again I'm sorry my bad
1:49 "In that time you were the coolest people on Earth." They were the coolest, because literally nothing else was happening at that time.
Justin is what I think of when I think of the unpopular rich kid who buys his way into a club by buying them new stuff.
He’s like real life Cartman
Damn at the 4 minute mark that was exactly what i was feeling too, kudos for putting words to that exact feeling
"it's getting worse but i refuse to belive it"
This all reminds me of kitchen nightmares (hang on let me explain) but like a lot of the restaurants and James they both started very successful with plenty of people consuming what they had to offer . But like these restaurants they rely on the old days, there past successes refusing to work hard and resting on there laurels , head in the sand and need a Gordon Ramsay to come in and tell them the truth and not blow smoke up there arse
This might be covered in the comments already & I know this is an old video; but I wanted to point out that Internet Historian uses a crew of people to help him create content, but he's always been transparent about it. Also the team I.H. has working with him are doing excellent work. Check his Storymode page. He's not even playing 1/2 of these titles, but the vids are all great entertainment.
Now excuse me while I hop off and quit D riding I.H.
That "coolest dude alive" edit killed me
"AVGN started getting shitty". That sounds like a pun because shit is James favorite thing.
what do you think of Dave Gahan's new solo album Imposter
did not know he had a new solo album i'll have to check that out
To be fair, you would make a better Keemstar and content cop.
haha, im not as mean as Keemstar that's for sure
I get a sneaking suspicion that James' wife wears the pants in the relationship. I think the reason he has "no time" is his wife has a infinitely long, honey do list for him everyday. So he never has time to pursue his passions. but that's just my opinion.
I had been noticing a gradual drop in quality since around 2014 but it didnt truly hit me until the Crash Dummies episode, he looked like he was wearing a bad toupe and it all felt so forced and stiff, and ever since i havent really had an interest in his Nerd vids, which breaks my heart because ive been watching him since the beginning and was super stoked for the movie, even had myself convinced it was good for a while
I am utterly bored of AVGN now. Back when AVGN was in its heyday, nobody could touch it. The golden days of 2006-2011, the days of 2012-2014 even. The franchise plateaued years ago. I used to enjoy the 2015-2019 stuff, but looking back now, they were really a disappointment for me compared to the golden age. The constant milking of the show and the presence of the Screenjackasses hasn't helped much either.
See, when AVGN was king, so was Cinemassacre. There wasn't a website or UA-cam channel out there that could touch them in terms of quality. Now? Now there are plenty of other YT channels that are capable of putting out videos that are as good and even better in fact. Cinemassacre and AVGN lost their lustre a long time ago, so they are no longer the kings of online entertainment.
For me, the AVGN franchise has been run into the ground.
i will agree it's been run into the ground and james is literally going bald on camera in front of everyone it's kind of awkward
I think James should choose a successor to become the new AVGN.
Scott the woz is the only one worthy!
@@khululyp yes
I believe you when you say you aren't trying to be Keemstar. It looks more like you're trying to be Billy Joe Armstrong.
AVGN quality always sucked and that was the charm I thought. Speaking as a fan. I also still faithfully watch each new video. Those new faces are annoying but I do think burn out plays a part. Shit can’t stay the same forever unfortunately. Also, us viewers are growing and changing as well. What we once enjoyed may now be things that annoy us.
valid point
However the old videos were way more entertaining with more passion. The new ones, aren't. There's more problems than just cuck faces.
@@MisterAutist I think the energy in those old days was the James and Mike team. Unfortunately things always change and don’t last forever.
Everything peaks
I feel like many people irl keep telling James to get rid of screenwave however James is just too kind and doesn't listen.
James desperately needs their help to produce content. Why would he get rid of them?
Watching this made me feel like I was in high school.
I fhink alot of james issues are caused by him insisting that he does all or most of the work himself instead of just admitting that he outsources the writing, editing, etc. Just be like hey i got these people im working with and they write some scripts, edit the videos, etc.
Agree he is burned out.🔥
I think the Sega Menacer episode was AVGNs Principal and the Pauper moment
Waiting for the Justin video, please? 😁
I wasn't ever that big on Cinemassacre but I was subbed for about 3 years until one time about 2 years ago I watched one of their horror movie vids (it was October) and about half way through I thought why am I watching this? IT SUCKS! Needless to say I didn't finish the video and unsubbed. I never really thought the quality of the videos were that great to begin with to be totally honest but before those clowns hijacked his channel (with his permission it seems) he did have some alright content.
yeah i often times stick with things for way longer than i should.. like Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast.. it's a sports podcast now.. that's all it is.. with bits of his life barely sprinkled in
I spy the self-titled Genesis album and Moby's Play...
Not a big fan of the new guys James Rolfe still is one of my favorite UA-camrs yeah he is past his 'prime' but he is more entertaining to watch than mister bleach blonde bangs over here.
When he made that "behind the scenes" i took it for what it was at first.
But now i realise that there is no logic in why he has so much problems.
He is a FILMMAKER...
and he has been that since he was a child.
Even Channel awsome rented a studio even though they suck but anyway.
Like what the f&%$ is he doing?
He's pretty much relegated himself to a wannabe because he never actually commited to getting better at his craft. The Head Returns was a clusterfuck of poor choices.
i think hes trying to emulate les claypool but he looks like pitfall harry
not gonna lie, that james rolfe dance was pretty lit
It's the duck stomp. He also does a duck run and a duck walk.
@@NeonKnight83 cool!
My favorite thing is how people seem to think that they are owed the exact AVGN content that they want. Like I totally understand if you even go all the way to hating it so much that you can't stand it but at that point, why not just move on?
I'd rather see the channel die at this point. It's content is awful.
First of your videos I have seen. And I agree 💯. Plus I love your attitude!
why thank you sir
Justin Silverman creeps me the fuck out.
Great video. I'm still a fan of The Nerd, but really haven't enjoyed his content in a long time. Can't knock the guy for his over exposure, and the internet is the cruelest place in the world! Anyway, great video. And side note...are you the guy that was doing the Unsolved Mysteries podcast a few years ago?! I was a fan!
yep that was me! still doing the podcast just not as frequently.
Hateful comments you requested:
[Wow you look dashing with those eyebrows]
[You look young and wise at the same time, you're ageless]
[Your hair is so beautiful it made me so wet]
lol tank yew
I made it to the 3rd video. Kinda sad this is going to be the last video (wait you did some videos on nostalgic critic too? I will have to look those up). Sorta interested in some of the music videos so I'll go ahead and subscribe.
I think the right path for James is drop the angry in he's videos and just review game's because the forced angry moment's is just cringe.
Pretty much sums it up. In short, yes he's burnt out. I watched him around 2007 when I was still in college.
I would click on a video here and there. I stopped watching when he brought screenwave on. He didn't even bother introducing them. They just started popping up. One of his big mistakes is not being open with fans on changes, instead hoping they don't notice. That's extremely lazy and inconsiderate. That's why more and more there's been a great disconnect from him and the audience.
Outside of that, it's apparent it's just a job to him. If he doesn't care, then I'll tune in elsewhere. Nowadays there's much better content on UA-cam alone to watch. He should have retired from the character years ago.
As bad as the band is, at least I feel like he has some enthusiasm for the project, even if it goes beyond his abilities. He would need to study and practice for years before really being good enough to play with other musicians in preparation for playing live gigs. He isn't currently unfortunately.
Lastly, I find it funny Kieron (however it's spelled) was totally kissing his ass in that clip. He ended up rage quitting according to Red Cow Arcade. Kieron let loose and told how he really felt about him lol