Hey, Dylan. At first, I was a bit nervous about what you were going to say about me, but after viewing my segment, I do wanna say thanks. I accepted my mistakes in the past plagiarizing, but I'm glad to put that part of my past behind me. I'm not gonna stop doing what I love because I love reviewing video games and I wanna make people happy when they watch my content. Plus, I still have plenty of past games that I did plagiarize that I would like to correct. I don't know when, but I'll fix them. Anyway, thanks again. - Thomas Hathaway
No problem! I genuinly do like your stuff and the chemistry you have with your friends in your reviews. Please keep doing what you love, and keep making great content. Also you should do a video on Dark Souls someday, sounds random but I have a feeling it would be interesting in your style. But either way I look forward to what you do next!
16:51 Video Game Reviewer Archive is a channel I set up many many years ago, a lot of the old channels were saying they were moving on and wanted to close their channel, and I asked them if it would be okay to keep an archive of their old work. All of them said yes :)
Those UrinatingTree reviews still slap. Absolute legend, and further proof that no matter where I go on the internet, you'll be no more than 3 degrees of separation
Too iconic. Also, Capcom was able to improve their Disney license with Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, and the 'Disney Afternoon Collection'. Also Shinji Mikami, who helped develop Goof Troop on the SNES, made Resident Evil starting with it's 1996 debut. Let that sink in.
I was the writer of "Irate Gamer Sucks", the blog chronicling him. I retired two years ago as I found him way too boring and samey. Seems I was holding him back as he pumped out a bunch of IG videos, though it sounds like I'm not missing anything. I also see he went full schizo over on Ghost Doctor. Not just with the Chris-chan stuff, but saying some messed up crap like telling legitimate schizophrenics that "the voices are real". And this is after his early video on the "Paranormal Pandemic" where he called people on TV reptilians and Satanic, or the one where he says he heard the ghost of George Floyd. But yeah, I'm interested in seeing a full video on Bores.
Vinesauce also had a big impact in ending AVGN-mania., So many streamers just wanted to be weird and emulate Joel and Vinny's Humor after that, not vulgar.
Shouts out to the Pissed Off Angry Gamer a.k.a. Eric Abramov, forever a legend amongst the AVGN clones of early UA-cam for his GameCube review, Jaakko Järvinen the ASMR pleasing "original" Angry Video Game Nerd and his hilariously unhinged Super Metroid review (open doooor), and The Pissed Off Gamer Show, a classic UA-cam satire of the AVGN/Irate Gamer.
I appreciate Eric improving after a break from the internet. Lost plenty of weight, got married, and currently makes vlogging videos. I'm proud of him. He's grown so much, and I assume Abramov had fun with people recognizing him as the Pissed Off Hardcore Gamer, as it was a faint memory from his past, so playing along with his original identity as a meme is a delight for sure. On the other hand, I should recommend Jaakko Järvinen's videos(like his Super Metroid review) as something worth sleeping to. Better than ASMR videos that have become pornographic and very sexual in nature thanks to Elsagate and other problematic UA-cam rabbitholes. Just don't search them up...
i am mixing up my names a bit- The Pissed Off Hardcore Gamer is his actual moniker, and search for "The Irritated Gamer Show Archive" if you want to check out the final creator i mentioned edit: also wanna mention Joueur du Grenier, the "french AVGN" that Mike Matei accused of being an AVGN clone back in the day (how shall we deal with this bum?) that still pulls in lots of views to this day and has always made quality stuff.
i am mixing up my names a bit- Eric Abramov actually went by the "Pissed Off Hardcore Gamer" and if you want to watch the third creator i mentioned, it's actually The Irritated Gamer Show- there is an archive available. one also can't forget Joueur Du Grenier, the so called "French AVGN" that Mike Matei accused of being an AVGN clone back in the day ("how shall we deal with this bum?") that has always made quality content and still does so to this day, still pulling in lots of views. There's also Silent Rob who reviewed Action 52 before the AVGN did.
Chris called me a few months ago for about 3.5 hours. He was trying to get me to build him some sort of ghost Tesla antenna (I’m an engineer). Truly bizarre his takes on everything, his views on himself and his legacy. Feel free to HMU if you’d like info. I might even be able to set up an interview
I'm glad Pioneer Productions(Randy Stair/EGSWorld) isn't mentioned here, because we all know the story of how he became an infamous UA-cam criminal and shooter. Dylan even discussed him earlier in the final tier of his DeviantArt iceberg, so if Stair was in this video, then case closed?
Glad Armake21 was mentioned - I knew him back after his more popular times (2011-2014) so hearing someone else talk about his work was definitely a trip, seeing his old content definitely took me back to the late 00s and early 10s. I learned more about film, gaming and just nerd stuff in general thanks to him so I owe him that. Hearing about his passing definitely broke my heart.
The first Action 52 vid I saw was from another reviewer inspired by Armake named Silent Rob. Used to think his edgy brand of reviews were funny, but the schtick got old. I think he had a thing for Bookittty or something.
There's a sweet-spot for 'angry reviewing' that only people like James and Doug can hit. Where it's believable enough that they sound 'mad', while not going so far where they sap themselves of any and all charisma and sound like they need to be on the FBI's radar.
Fascinating compilation! In Hungary we also had a high profile AVGN clone (FreddyD), who in turn spawned his own imitators during the 2000s. Ha made more off-the-cuff let's play style videos about budget PC games, and fashioned himself as some sort of a consumer advocate. After his popularity peaked he started blogging, mainly writing movie reviews. I'm sure many other countries had their own angry / bad game reviews series around this time period.
About Bookitty, I am certain that she was a swinger and hooked up with Silent Rob. They ended up having beef with him and her bio in the Wayback Machine references Silent Rob charging a $5 paywall on his website. Phone calls between Rob, Bookitty, and her partner have been archived on the channel ShawnD1. I wouldn't doubt that this feud caused her to quit UA-cam altogether.
@@Go_away_loserbro I watched his stuff cos it was so weird. He loved NC and channel awesome. He really did not understand film and just wanted to be part of the Doug walker crew.
I made a rant video about FreeNintendo when he was called out copying Johnny and AVGN and needless to say, I'm glad he's got his own spin on the angry gamer type content. He took the callouts and critique to heart it seems and as long as he sticks with that, I hope he continues to grow. Also, it was Johnny's Mega Man 4 video but not like it matters now lmao. Excellent video btw!
You could probably make an entire series based on forgotten video game review shows from the golden age of UA-cam. There were so many of them: NC-17 Productions, Retrogamer3 and his short-lived series called Gaming Ra**st (I'm not making this up), wizwar100, stanburdman, Awesome Video Games, Classic Game Room... Hell, at this point you could also include all the JonTron-inspired UA-camrs from the early-to-mid 2010s like Space Hamster.
I find Retrogamer3 a bit scummy, he was selling a modded and hack version of Castlevania 2. Makes me wonder how Konami didn't sue him for copyright. Although gotta admit his hack version do look nice
Lonely Goomba is one of the sane angry game reviewers out there that uses the “crappy games” term that AVGN uses. He’s really funny too, check him out.
I can't overstate how much I love this "archelogy" of the older internet, especially how you have strong instincts for how much coverage each topic should get. I get a lot of interesting second hand nostalgia for a lot of this, having not really delved into the video centric part of the internet until the early 2010s (I was very much more into message boards and the like, took me forever to understand streaming video wasn't nearly as janky as it was in the late 90s/early 2000s). The amount of second hand cringe is astonishing, how many people figured a surface level knock off of AVGN was more than enough to get them some kind of recognition.
Love this, it’s a nice throwback. There was a guy who did a video response to the AVGN Double Dragon 3 video where he basically continues where he left off. He wore a shirt and pocket protector like James but had a bag on his head. His editing was relatively decent for 2007-2008, I’ve never been able to locate that video
It’s so bizarre to think back on times when “ANN” held the number 2 spot on UA-cam back in the mid 2000s. Those were strange times compared to today. But now we live in very strange times indeed… The most normal thing I have experienced in the last 10 years was DOOM 2016. It felt like DOOM 1993 when I was a kid.
The Game Dude is one of the more cringe knockoffs in my opinion. His voice, timing, and delivery just cause every punchline to… not even fall flat so much as flounder around and squirm in agony
Discovered Urinating Tree years ago from a hilarious Mario Kart DS Machinima, which used audio from his Hard Drivin' review. Glad to see he wasnt forgotten despite his short run as an angry reviewer.
I loved the early days of UA-cam gaming. Before grifting for RV trips and museums, before charity scams and shills. Just gamers doing reviews with a comedic style. I miss those days.
Will there be a sequel? There's a few I remember like Undercoverfilmer00v. He had some mad editing skills unlike any other AVGN clone I had ever seen. Unfortunately, he also made quite a bit of enemies after 2007 and especially in the last decade.
i was so excited to see this video !! you never hear people talk about avgn clones nowadays [which may be partially for the better] so ive been excited to see you talk about some of them in a video! i was so surprised to see urinating tree honestly? thought nobody remembered him. another great video!!
SICK! More avgn stuff! Your huge avgn video is one of my favorite videos by you im a big fan of the rolf so its cool to se more people carring enough to make videos about him. so im very happy to see more! Also, when is the next part of the crash bandicoot coming? It's been so long.
I remember there was a guy that called himself “the undercover gamer” who wore bubble wrap on his head, later he became “NAViGaxTR” as far as I know he only reviewed Double Dragon 3
It was a treat seeing Thomas Hathaway here! I too have been watching him for years now and it's been weird to see so little discussion around his videos when they're so interesting.
A couple of things: First off, WHAT was Spax3 referencing 37:42 after the Kamehameha? I never got that. Also, who thinks Spax lied? He says his mom's a Lawyer, but that house doesn't look anything like a Lawyer's house. Lawyers make up to in excess of $100,000.
To answer your question, some say the second quote is meant to be Chaos Beam. Second, I heard Spax’s mom is a public defender, take that with a grain of salt.
A formula as old as time... Yelling about bad video games. Sure hope one of them didn't go insane, started stalking his ex and then fled his country before his court date is due. That would be so rude.
Great video. As a side note, I don't think AVGN was the first to review Action 52, he just made one of the most popular reviews for it. I remember back when that episode came out, my brother and I were so excited because he had been requesting that game for some time.
Personally, my favourite AVGN clone is "Le joueur du Grenier", he even appeared in one of AVGN's old video. Sadly all his videos are only in French, but up till YT removed community caption most had some good English subs, what a stupid change. Out of all the AVGN clone he has by far the best production quality, and the fact that they're a duo also really helps keep things dynamic. Not sure if he is really obscure since his videos all do a few million views but obviously he is basically unknown over here. Strangely he seems to have been the only AVGN clone in another language to really take off. I also speak a bit of Spanish so I've looked for a Spanish one but found nothing, surprisingly. There seem to be a Russian one but he never got big, so for some reasons it seems like French is the only other language where that trend ever got big.
I already knew that UrinatingTree was a game reviewer back in the day, but to hear him be lumped in as an AVGN clone is still very jarring. Like, to hear a UA-camr that is very popular in a category of UA-cam that I enjoy be discussed as part of a completely different category is definitely a mindfuck
Bookitty182 did a collaboration with longtime channel Aqualunggamereviews. She was married and had an affair with youtuber Silent Rob/Leisuresuitgaming/facedestroyer inc. I remember she brought in the Archfiend and they leaked each others nudes.
I've been on yt since 2007, and i had no idea about a lot of these angry reviewers until years later. I mostly stuck to avgn, spoony, ashens, and tgwtg. I still love spoony. I hope he can overcome his issues.
I guess Spoony was kind of an AVGN clone as well. I really liked his Final Fantasy videos, even if I didn't agree with all of them. The skits were also the best of these AVGN-likes, I love Dr. Insano.
25:00 Where did you get that slow motion of Mario paint music? Maybe I could find it if I just type in Mario paint slowed/reverbed but I just felt like asking.
Another great, informative, and entertaining video! I actually didn't know about a lot of these guys. Thomas is like the real-life version of Professor Frink. Lol
Nvm I was able to watch it afterall. My laptop is currently being repaired and I am so nervous lol. 2:04 NO WAY SOMEONE MODDLED THE ROOM 7:27 The longer it takes to select Wario, the better the Mario Kart is you’re playing. 😜 9:36 Wait you’re censoring cursing in videos now? Lmao must because of youtubes new policy. Damn.. 23:37 She’s not a girl. She’s a gamer. 24:37 I have some theories. 1: AVGN has a audience of mostly men, because of the agressive and unhinged content. Still not a perfect theory though, since I like AVGN and unhinged content like it a lot, and I’m sure lots of women like me like it, too. So idk about this lol. 2: Eh maybe this makes more sense considering the timeframe, girls playing games was seen as a kinda weird but quirky thing and not as normal like it is today. 28:43 This forum reminds me of this strange awkward state of “gamer girls” and isn’t talked as much as I think it should be since I actually experienced being bullied in school for liking video games. I’m actually so glad someone like you touched upon this, by putting spotlight on this angry girl gamer 41:19 Makes me wonder what your thoughts are of Caddicarus, he was my favorite game reviewer for a while lmao 49:09 In my opinion, Plaguerism like this depends on the person and their intend behind it. 50:03 YOOOOOO COPYRIGHT OWL IS BACK NO WAY 57:40 Make fun of him all you want, but you gotta respect the weight loss here. That crap takes a LOT of effort, dedication, commitment, self disapline and resistance. 1:01:07 MMMM GREEN SODERRR GULP GULP YUMMMM Eh there are no AVGN clones I can think off. Just doing games and being pissed off is not enough it’s gotta have a simular formula. Also am I crazy or did you lower the patreon prices? Maybe I am crazy. Lol.
Thank you! Also yeah had to censor the curse words a bit because the video was coming up as "limited ads" Guess there was to much cursing lol. Also no I still have the same patreon prices lol.
@@DylantheKnightOwlLMAO no suprise there! Dayum I am crazy.. I thought the highest tier was 20 dolla a month. But thats the case for the YT version and not Patreon. Huh!
The one thing that I notice that pretty much EVERY SINGLE ONE of these bad imitators have in common is their horrendously formed opinions and bad takes. When all of these are SO focused on just pretending to do the same thing that James does, they all completely forget (or maybe even never understood from the get go) how "Critique" works. None of their opinions are ever well formed, none of them ever make sense, a lot of them are based on complete ignorance, or whining and ranting and raving when they get stuck in a game for 10 seconds, and loudly screaming things about the games that just are not true. James Rolfe formed his opinions on mostly constructive viewpoints, but merely exaggerated, and none of his imitators ever seemed to get that memo that being "constructive" might make them look less unintelligent. The general takes from all the AVGN clones are seemingly even worse, and even more brainless and childish than the majority of poorly spelled, bad grammar one-star reviews left on Amazon products. These kids just saw that someone else was doing something they thought was easy and equaled instant fame without understanding what the bare minimum of reasonable criticism is. The end result is just most of these people grandly embarrassing themselves in front of millions of people. It's why I've gravitated and changed gears to watching more Essay-themed channels from more intelligent people who actually have reasonable, normal, non-unhinged, non-gut reaction opinions and who bothered to do actual research, first, or who value the concept of "Knowing what you're talking about on the subject you tackle, ahead of time"
Man, time fly by really fast, I remember most of them and really feel "Nostalgic" in a youtube way back when every channel will at least give you 1000 views easily. Also every "Angry reviewer" at least would have some fans. My favorite was actually the late Armake21 and Happy Video Game Nerd (who later changed to Stopskeletonfighting)
the AVGN inspired me once to create an angry reviewer character but as I grew up, I realized it would never work and I never made any videos with that character, still frightening to know I was this close to becoming an AVGN clone, I prefer just being me :)
Surprised at the lack of mention of Silent Rob aka LeisureSuitGaming2/Face Destroyer Inc., BooKitty had a little fling with him back in the day, dude had AVGN and Armake influence himself and is pretty notable within that sphere. He still uploads to this day, he just does whatever he wants. His Action 52 and GameStop rant videos are classics, also has a bunch of classic funny skit comedy videos
He got into a bunch of fueds and drama back in the day, most notably with TheArchfiend and with his infamous $5 website, which Bookitty referenced him in her channel description with the five dollar rant.
I wasn't aware of the plagiarism that FreeNintendo21/Thomas did for reviews, and now I know it, I'm glad he's doing pretty well for himself. I saw his channel when I click on his review of Home Alone Games and yeah.
Anyone who hasn't seen it needs to check out the fever dream of a reviewer called "Isvaffel"; particularly their Super Metroid review. Absolute cinema.
Hey, Dylan. At first, I was a bit nervous about what you were going to say about me, but after viewing my segment, I do wanna say thanks. I accepted my mistakes in the past plagiarizing, but I'm glad to put that part of my past behind me. I'm not gonna stop doing what I love because I love reviewing video games and I wanna make people happy when they watch my content. Plus, I still have plenty of past games that I did plagiarize that I would like to correct. I don't know when, but I'll fix them. Anyway, thanks again.
- Thomas Hathaway
No problem! I genuinly do like your stuff and the chemistry you have with your friends in your reviews. Please keep doing what you love, and keep making great content. Also you should do a video on Dark Souls someday, sounds random but I have a feeling it would be interesting in your style. But either way I look forward to what you do next!
@NuclearBronsonRex First impression lasts, am I right?
"Once you plagiarize, you're done. That's what I always say. I always say that."
I created this quote :)
@@JimMilton-ej6ziTommy Tallarico did
@@IDHLEBNo, it was Joey Kuras. It's always Joey!
16:51 Video Game Reviewer Archive is a channel I set up many many years ago, a lot of the old channels were saying they were moving on and wanted to close their channel, and I asked them if it would be okay to keep an archive of their old work. All of them said yes :)
@@Larry that's awesome! Glad ya thought to do that at the time. I always appreciate a good archive.
Hello you!
Those UrinatingTree reviews still slap. Absolute legend, and further proof that no matter where I go on the internet, you'll be no more than 3 degrees of separation
Id never experience Urinating Tree without your help Larry
Look how much longer it takes to select Wario!
WHAT A MINOR INCONVENIENCE **NOT EVEN WORTH MENTIONING**
My avatar likes your way of thinking👍🏼
"Nyyaahh, what's up doc?"
"I can't believe it! In my house! Bugs Bunny! BUGS FREEKING BUNNY! (punches Bugs)"
NYYYYEEEEEEHHHH WHAT'S UP C0CK?
Nintendo shitcube! This Looks like a fukin chocolate chip cookie 🍪
Chris Bores looks way better now than he did 20 years ago. Massive respect for that.
Ikr, like i didn't even recognize him, he had a total glow up
That's what dealing with ghosts does to you if you bust them @@JimMilton-ej6zi
He is the Game Dude and he is so Rude…
He ran away before his court date is due.
He plays the games that brought mankind shame
He was so rude he had to fled his state
@@raptorskilltor4554 that's not how the song goes.
That line is fire
All I could think of during this was that one Game Grumps episode where Arin does a fake AVGN voice while playing Mickey Mousecapade
Too iconic. Also, Capcom was able to improve their Disney license with Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, and the 'Disney Afternoon Collection'. Also Shinji Mikami, who helped develop Goof Troop on the SNES, made Resident Evil starting with it's 1996 debut. Let that sink in.
That episode was the funniest thing to ever come out of Arin's (now over a decade long) Let's Player era.
That was the only funny thing he has ever said
I was the writer of "Irate Gamer Sucks", the blog chronicling him. I retired two years ago as I found him way too boring and samey. Seems I was holding him back as he pumped out a bunch of IG videos, though it sounds like I'm not missing anything.
I also see he went full schizo over on Ghost Doctor. Not just with the Chris-chan stuff, but saying some messed up crap like telling legitimate schizophrenics that "the voices are real". And this is after his early video on the "Paranormal Pandemic" where he called people on TV reptilians and Satanic, or the one where he says he heard the ghost of George Floyd.
But yeah, I'm interested in seeing a full video on Bores.
Geez.... Dude, you must be about 45 now, let the IG Hate go! Take up transcendental meditation or something!
I was sad you retired, especially since I'd have loved to see your take on the whole "crossover" debacle 😂
I kind of miss when channel had good opening songs. JonTron, pro Jared, avgn etc. the classics
Vinesauce also had a big impact in ending AVGN-mania., So many streamers just wanted to be weird and emulate Joel and Vinny's Humor after that, not vulgar.
Shouts out to the Pissed Off Angry Gamer a.k.a. Eric Abramov, forever a legend amongst the AVGN clones of early UA-cam for his GameCube review, Jaakko Järvinen the ASMR pleasing "original" Angry Video Game Nerd and his hilariously unhinged Super Metroid review (open doooor), and The Pissed Off Gamer Show, a classic UA-cam satire of the AVGN/Irate Gamer.
I appreciate Eric improving after a break from the internet. Lost plenty of weight, got married, and currently makes vlogging videos. I'm proud of him. He's grown so much, and I assume Abramov had fun with people recognizing him as the Pissed Off Hardcore Gamer, as it was a faint memory from his past, so playing along with his original identity as a meme is a delight for sure.
On the other hand, I should recommend Jaakko Järvinen's videos(like his Super Metroid review) as something worth sleeping to. Better than ASMR videos that have become pornographic and very sexual in nature thanks to Elsagate and other problematic UA-cam rabbitholes. Just don't search them up...
i am mixing up my names a bit- The Pissed Off Hardcore Gamer is his actual moniker, and search for "The Irritated Gamer Show Archive" if you want to check out the final creator i mentioned
edit: also wanna mention Joueur du Grenier, the "french AVGN" that Mike Matei accused of being an AVGN clone back in the day (how shall we deal with this bum?) that still pulls in lots of views to this day and has always made quality stuff.
i am mixing up my names a bit- Eric Abramov actually went by the "Pissed Off Hardcore Gamer" and if you want to watch the third creator i mentioned, it's actually The Irritated Gamer Show- there is an archive available. one also can't forget Joueur Du Grenier, the so called "French AVGN" that Mike Matei accused of being an AVGN clone back in the day ("how shall we deal with this bum?") that has always made quality content and still does so to this day, still pulling in lots of views. There's also Silent Rob who reviewed Action 52 before the AVGN did.
This...looks like...a fucking...chocolate chip cookie! 🍪
Reminds me of the Game Sack parody episode. "ASSSSSSS!!!"
As someone who used to read the Encyclopedia Dramatica article on Video Game Reviewers, let’s see who I can recognize in this video.
The game dude is still missing. At this point, he's not wanted for his crime. He's wanted for an interview
Chris called me a few months ago for about 3.5 hours. He was trying to get me to build him some sort of ghost Tesla antenna (I’m an engineer). Truly bizarre his takes on everything, his views on himself and his legacy. Feel free to HMU if you’d like info. I might even be able to set up an interview
I'm glad Pioneer Productions(Randy Stair/EGSWorld) isn't mentioned here, because we all know the story of how he became an infamous UA-cam criminal and shooter. Dylan even discussed him earlier in the final tier of his DeviantArt iceberg, so if Stair was in this video, then case closed?
Glad Armake21 was mentioned - I knew him back after his more popular times (2011-2014) so hearing someone else talk about his work was definitely a trip, seeing his old content definitely took me back to the late 00s and early 10s. I learned more about film, gaming and just nerd stuff in general thanks to him so I owe him that. Hearing about his passing definitely broke my heart.
The first Action 52 vid I saw was from another reviewer inspired by Armake named Silent Rob. Used to think his edgy brand of reviews were funny, but the schtick got old. I think he had a thing for Bookittty or something.
There's a sweet-spot for 'angry reviewing' that only people like James and Doug can hit.
Where it's believable enough that they sound 'mad', while not going so far where they sap themselves of any and all charisma and sound like they need to be on the FBI's radar.
Genuinely saddened to hear the passing of Armake21. He was one of my favourite early UA-camrs. 😢
Chris Bores. Its all in the name.
Fascinating compilation! In Hungary we also had a high profile AVGN clone (FreddyD), who in turn spawned his own imitators during the 2000s. Ha made more off-the-cuff let's play style videos about budget PC games, and fashioned himself as some sort of a consumer advocate. After his popularity peaked he started blogging, mainly writing movie reviews.
I'm sure many other countries had their own angry / bad game reviews series around this time period.
I never knew there was an angry video game man woman.
....that's cool..
About Bookitty, I am certain that she was a swinger and hooked up with Silent Rob. They ended up having beef with him and her bio in the Wayback Machine references Silent Rob charging a $5 paywall on his website. Phone calls between Rob, Bookitty, and her partner have been archived on the channel ShawnD1. I wouldn't doubt that this feud caused her to quit UA-cam altogether.
I’d love to see Dylan cover “Cinematic Venom” a lesser known lolcow
DeadwingDork did a pretty solid stream a while back exploring Cinematic Venom and his weird videos.
@@Go_away_loser he made another one
@@Go_away_loserbro I watched his stuff cos it was so weird. He loved NC and channel awesome. He really did not understand film and just wanted to be part of the Doug walker crew.
Hey! I'm Justin!
AYY FREENINTENDO21 MENTIONED
I made a rant video about FreeNintendo when he was called out copying Johnny and AVGN and needless to say, I'm glad he's got his own spin on the angry gamer type content. He took the callouts and critique to heart it seems and as long as he sticks with that, I hope he continues to grow.
Also, it was Johnny's Mega Man 4 video but not like it matters now lmao. Excellent video btw!
You could probably make an entire series based on forgotten video game review shows from the golden age of UA-cam. There were so many of them: NC-17 Productions, Retrogamer3 and his short-lived series called Gaming Ra**st (I'm not making this up), wizwar100, stanburdman, Awesome Video Games, Classic Game Room...
Hell, at this point you could also include all the JonTron-inspired UA-camrs from the early-to-mid 2010s like Space Hamster.
Yeah I know whatchu mean.
I'll definitely be making more videos on this topic.
I find Retrogamer3 a bit scummy, he was selling a modded and hack version of Castlevania 2. Makes me wonder how Konami didn't sue him for copyright. Although gotta admit his hack version do look nice
Used to watch stanburdman all the time. Not sure if he still uploads.
in france we have " joueur du grenier " pretty famous channel 👍
Damn, the first dude is EXACTLY like the nerd but without glasses, like, can't be any more obvious he is cloning the style
He's James’s homunculi
What has he THINKING?!?
The goat! FreeNintendo21!
Really enjoyed this one. Actually learned of some new clones I had never heard of... which is genuinely a surprise because I thought I knew 'em all.
Bookitty is literally me. She's not like other girls.
Lonely Goomba is one of the sane angry game reviewers out there that uses the “crappy games” term that AVGN uses. He’s really funny too, check him out.
Yeah I've actually watched some of his stuff before.
I can't overstate how much I love this "archelogy" of the older internet, especially how you have strong instincts for how much coverage each topic should get. I get a lot of interesting second hand nostalgia for a lot of this, having not really delved into the video centric part of the internet until the early 2010s (I was very much more into message boards and the like, took me forever to understand streaming video wasn't nearly as janky as it was in the late 90s/early 2000s). The amount of second hand cringe is astonishing, how many people figured a surface level knock off of AVGN was more than enough to get them some kind of recognition.
“Doesn’t have very much good games” Eric Abramov are words to live by
Love this, it’s a nice throwback. There was a guy who did a video response to the AVGN Double Dragon 3 video where he basically continues where he left off. He wore a shirt and pocket protector like James but had a bag on his head. His editing was relatively decent for 2007-2008, I’ve never been able to locate that video
The video was by UndercoverFilmer00v
This it? ua-cam.com/video/Zs8PoPbtvYI/v-deo.html&pp=ygUTVW5kZXJjb3ZlcmZpbG1lcjAwdg%3D%3D
It’s so bizarre to think back on times when “ANN” held the number 2 spot on UA-cam back in the mid 2000s. Those were strange times compared to today. But now we live in very strange times indeed…
The most normal thing I have experienced in the last 10 years was DOOM 2016. It felt like DOOM 1993 when I was a kid.
The Game Dude is one of the more cringe knockoffs in my opinion. His voice, timing, and delivery just cause every punchline to… not even fall flat so much as flounder around and squirm in agony
Discovered Urinating Tree years ago from a hilarious Mario Kart DS Machinima, which used audio from his Hard Drivin' review. Glad to see he wasnt forgotten despite his short run as an angry reviewer.
Ok, I definitely wasn't expecting to hear UrinatingTree review video games lol.
I loved the early days of UA-cam gaming. Before grifting for RV trips and museums, before charity scams and shills. Just gamers doing reviews with a comedic style. I miss those days.
This is the kind of content I live for
🎶He is the Game Dude, he is so rude,
He flees the country when his court date is due🎶
OBVIOUSLY THATS A GAME DUDE
While I condemn the plagiarism, it’s great that FreeNintendo21 started making his own content. Even if it may be a bit “cringe”. Let the man cook.
Will there be a sequel? There's a few I remember like Undercoverfilmer00v. He had some mad editing skills unlike any other AVGN clone I had ever seen. Unfortunately, he also made quite a bit of enemies after 2007 and especially in the last decade.
Yeah there for sure will be a sequel to this video.
i was so excited to see this video !! you never hear people talk about avgn clones nowadays [which may be partially for the better] so ive been excited to see you talk about some of them in a video! i was so surprised to see urinating tree honestly? thought nobody remembered him. another great video!!
also had no idea he did sports content now! crazy...
Thank you!
Tree's Days of Thunder review is forever a part of my early YT viewings. Him and Urgent Game Review's NFL Football (1987) specifically.
Some of the parody youtubers were fun to watch back in the day two that come to mind were Irate Gamer parodies like The Game Boob and IGSRJ.
I'm probably the only person on earth who knew of Bookittty.
SICK! More avgn stuff! Your huge avgn video is one of my favorite videos by you im a big fan of the rolf so its cool to se more people carring enough to make videos about him. so im very happy to see more!
Also, when is the next part of the crash bandicoot coming? It's been so long.
As someone who watches urinatingtree for NFL content, I had no clue he used to review games.
That was really interesting. Hope you gonna work on a part2 one day. All these little channels from the past deserve a little attention.
I remember there was a guy that called himself “the undercover gamer” who wore bubble wrap on his head, later he became “NAViGaxTR” as far as I know he only reviewed Double Dragon 3
I dont know what it is about Game Dude but all the clips made me laugh. It's like performance art or a car crash or both.
It was a treat seeing Thomas Hathaway here! I too have been watching him for years now and it's been weird to see so little discussion around his videos when they're so interesting.
I remembered a couple of Jakkao’s videos before I discovered AVGN but I did watch his Godzilla-a-thon series.
No wonder Ericman got praised. Although amature, looks creative and the guy shows effort in make those videos.
A couple of things: First off, WHAT was Spax3 referencing 37:42 after the Kamehameha? I never got that. Also, who thinks Spax lied? He says his mom's a Lawyer, but that house doesn't look anything like a Lawyer's house. Lawyers make up to in excess of $100,000.
To answer your question, some say the second quote is meant to be Chaos Beam.
Second, I heard Spax’s mom is a public defender, take that with a grain of salt.
A formula as old as time... Yelling about bad video games. Sure hope one of them didn't go insane, started stalking his ex and then fled his country before his court date is due. That would be so rude.
Great video. As a side note, I don't think AVGN was the first to review Action 52, he just made one of the most popular reviews for it. I remember back when that episode came out, my brother and I were so excited because he had been requesting that game for some time.
Personally, my favourite AVGN clone is "Le joueur du Grenier", he even appeared in one of AVGN's old video. Sadly all his videos are only in French, but up till YT removed community caption most had some good English subs, what a stupid change.
Out of all the AVGN clone he has by far the best production quality, and the fact that they're a duo also really helps keep things dynamic.
Not sure if he is really obscure since his videos all do a few million views but obviously he is basically unknown over here.
Strangely he seems to have been the only AVGN clone in another language to really take off. I also speak a bit of Spanish so I've looked for a Spanish one but found nothing, surprisingly. There seem to be a Russian one but he never got big, so for some reasons it seems like French is the only other language where that trend ever got big.
I already knew that UrinatingTree was a game reviewer back in the day, but to hear him be lumped in as an AVGN clone is still very jarring. Like, to hear a UA-camr that is very popular in a category of UA-cam that I enjoy be discussed as part of a completely different category is definitely a mindfuck
You are the only reason I survive between MagicMush videos.
Bookitty182 did a collaboration with longtime channel Aqualunggamereviews. She was married and had an affair with youtuber Silent Rob/Leisuresuitgaming/facedestroyer inc. I remember she brought in the Archfiend and they leaked each others nudes.
I've been on yt since 2007, and i had no idea about a lot of these angry reviewers until years later. I mostly stuck to avgn, spoony, ashens, and tgwtg. I still love spoony. I hope he can overcome his issues.
Maturing is when you realize, Irate Gamer wasn’t necessarily “BAD” it was more AVGN very, very lite.
I guess Spoony was kind of an AVGN clone as well. I really liked his Final Fantasy videos, even if I didn't agree with all of them. The skits were also the best of these AVGN-likes, I love Dr. Insano.
Spoony was actually more inspired by Armake21. He mentions that in an early vlog and got a little nod in his x-files video game review.
The Video Game Reviewer Archive is actually run by Guru Larry, who used to be one of the OG Channel Awesome guys
@@andrewoliver7095 oh that's awesome! I didn't know that.
25:00
Where did you get that slow motion of Mario paint music? Maybe I could find it if I just type in Mario paint slowed/reverbed but I just felt like asking.
Another great, informative, and entertaining video! I actually didn't know about a lot of these guys. Thomas is like the real-life version of Professor Frink. Lol
Nvm I was able to watch it afterall. My laptop is currently being repaired and I am so nervous lol.
2:04 NO WAY SOMEONE MODDLED THE ROOM
7:27 The longer it takes to select Wario, the better the Mario Kart is you’re playing. 😜
9:36 Wait you’re censoring cursing in videos now? Lmao must because of youtubes new policy. Damn..
23:37 She’s not a girl. She’s a gamer.
24:37 I have some theories.
1: AVGN has a audience of mostly men, because of the agressive and unhinged content. Still not a perfect theory though, since I like AVGN and unhinged content like it a lot, and I’m sure lots of women like me like it, too. So idk about this lol.
2: Eh maybe this makes more sense considering the timeframe, girls playing games was seen as a kinda weird but quirky thing and not as normal like it is today.
28:43 This forum reminds me of this strange awkward state of “gamer girls” and isn’t talked as much as I think it should be since I actually experienced being bullied in school for liking video games. I’m actually so glad someone like you touched upon this, by putting spotlight on this angry girl gamer
41:19 Makes me wonder what your thoughts are of Caddicarus, he was my favorite game reviewer for a while lmao
49:09 In my opinion, Plaguerism like this depends on the person and their intend behind it.
50:03 YOOOOOO COPYRIGHT OWL IS BACK NO WAY
57:40 Make fun of him all you want, but you gotta respect the weight loss here. That crap takes a LOT of effort, dedication, commitment, self disapline and resistance.
1:01:07 MMMM GREEN SODERRR GULP GULP YUMMMM
Eh there are no AVGN clones I can think off. Just doing games and being pissed off is not enough it’s gotta have a simular formula. Also am I crazy or did you lower the patreon prices? Maybe I am crazy. Lol.
Thank you!
Also yeah had to censor the curse words a bit because the video was coming up as "limited ads"
Guess there was to much cursing lol.
Also no I still have the same patreon prices lol.
@@DylantheKnightOwlLMAO no suprise there!
Dayum I am crazy.. I thought the highest tier was 20 dolla a month. But thats the case for the YT version and not Patreon. Huh!
There is a universe in which the irate game and avgn swapped places.
That timeline is right now
@@justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145dear god
@@justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145yeah, people hate James now and love irate gamer, for alot of reasons that are vailed
Is this video quiet for anyone else? I can't hear very well on Bluetooth headphones
Yeah I had to turn up my volume a bit
The one thing that I notice that pretty much EVERY SINGLE ONE of these bad imitators have in common is their horrendously formed opinions and bad takes. When all of these are SO focused on just pretending to do the same thing that James does, they all completely forget (or maybe even never understood from the get go) how "Critique" works. None of their opinions are ever well formed, none of them ever make sense, a lot of them are based on complete ignorance, or whining and ranting and raving when they get stuck in a game for 10 seconds, and loudly screaming things about the games that just are not true. James Rolfe formed his opinions on mostly constructive viewpoints, but merely exaggerated, and none of his imitators ever seemed to get that memo that being "constructive" might make them look less unintelligent.
The general takes from all the AVGN clones are seemingly even worse, and even more brainless and childish than the majority of poorly spelled, bad grammar one-star reviews left on Amazon products. These kids just saw that someone else was doing something they thought was easy and equaled instant fame without understanding what the bare minimum of reasonable criticism is. The end result is just most of these people grandly embarrassing themselves in front of millions of people.
It's why I've gravitated and changed gears to watching more Essay-themed channels from more intelligent people who actually have reasonable, normal, non-unhinged, non-gut reaction opinions and who bothered to do actual research, first, or who value the concept of "Knowing what you're talking about on the subject you tackle, ahead of time"
Armek21 is not a clone. Dude is a lunatics all on his own.
Man, time fly by really fast, I remember most of them and really feel "Nostalgic" in a youtube way back when every channel will at least give you 1000 views easily.
Also every "Angry reviewer" at least would have some fans. My favorite was actually the late Armake21 and Happy Video Game Nerd (who later changed to Stopskeletonfighting)
RIP Armake 😢😢
37:08 Bro got the Taco Bell sound like it’s the Undertaker theme song 😂
Cool video 👍 still hoping for nostalgia critic part 3
the AVGN inspired me once to create an angry reviewer character but as I grew up, I realized it would never work and I never made any videos with that character, still frightening to know I was this close to becoming an AVGN clone, I prefer just being me :)
57:18 Honestly, great impression of current-day AVGN's fake mental breakdowns
What is the song that is played at 22:59 ?
Darude - Sandstorm
1:00:08 😂 he kinda reminds me of blade when he's drinking lol
Wow I never thought I'd see one of these good avgn clones, but urinating tree is very solid
Wow I actually didn’t know thats where urinating tree started
Get back on Red Cow ! you were great on there!
today i learned urinating tree still uploads
That FreeNintendo21 apology video shifts from sappy and rehearsed stuttering to genuine pain, regret and lamenting on life as a whole. Jeez. ☹
Surprised at the lack of mention of Silent Rob aka LeisureSuitGaming2/Face Destroyer Inc., BooKitty had a little fling with him back in the day, dude had AVGN and Armake influence himself and is pretty notable within that sphere. He still uploads to this day, he just does whatever he wants. His Action 52 and GameStop rant videos are classics, also has a bunch of classic funny skit comedy videos
He got into a bunch of fueds and drama back in the day, most notably with TheArchfiend and with his infamous $5 website, which Bookitty referenced him in her channel description with the five dollar rant.
This sounds like a fun video
I wasn't aware of the plagiarism that FreeNintendo21/Thomas did for reviews, and now I know it, I'm glad he's doing pretty well for himself. I saw his channel when I click on his review of Home Alone Games and yeah.
Anyone who hasn't seen it needs to check out the fever dream of a reviewer called "Isvaffel"; particularly their Super Metroid review.
Absolute cinema.
its always interesting to see how people attempt to carve out their own niche and make it their own thing.
If you ever want a great IG Parody, Save State Gamer really leans into the amateurish nature of that era of UA-cam and it’s hilarious
Well...I know Irate was hated back in the day, but I didn't know he jumped that badly into the deep end
Sick Ape Escape outro
Based tastes.
Unsettling enough, Randy Stair also started out as a AVGN clone
True actually