What's With All The AVGN Wannabes?

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:10 pm

I'm not even much of a fan of the Angry Video Game Nerd, but what's with all the people on Youtube that try the same formula of reviewing bad games liberally peppered with obscenities and such?

I'm not going to bother to list any of them, but just wanted to vent....

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:15 pm

Young kids are impressionable. Seems pretty simple to me.

Post by **max** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:15 pm

They just rinse and repeat a formula that works well. Just want in on the AVGN spotlight, heh.

Post by **Gamerforlife** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:34 pm

People copying other people's work. Gee, you never see that in this day and age(sarcasm). It's human nature. Most people are sheep. Just look at the tons and tons of "me too" video games out there.

Post by **latenitevacancy** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:59 am

yeah its really dumb. the worst offender is obviously the irate gamer.. but that 9 year old whining about how he sucks at contra is the most painful thing ive ever seen..

Post by **blue_veilvet** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:49 am

The AVGN is cool sometimes, but also sucks greatly in some parts of the videos (it can get really embarrassing), so I do not want to know how the copycats are.

I like the stuff of the Happy Videogame Nerd, though.

Btw, what I consider worse on youtube are all those people that review videogames in a non-AVGN fashion, but who simply cannot TALK. You cannot listen to them without getting a headache. The worst guy is some oldschoolgamer82 something, who makes walkthroughs for old gameboy games, in English, but with such a heavy, stupid German accent that you can barely listen to him.

Post by **max** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:02 am

His new video on Superman 64 is hilarious.

Post by **Daniel Primed** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:46 am

I decided to stop watching AVGN since the last episode, infact I've grown tired of ScrewAttack altogether; it's all just mindless fan rant of medicority, they do a poor job at representing classic gaming.

Post by **Pingfa** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:20 am

That's because everybody who makes videos and uploads them to YouTube has ADD. All just attention whores is all.

Mwaha!

As such, I don't visit any of their channels frequently because they never give me anything I want to know - just mindless ramblings in an attempt to get popular.
Besides, what's the point making videos just to tell everybody how much you hate a game?
Attention, of course!

Post by **HeavyMetalMe** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:13 am

I didn't even know these schmucks existed. I dig AVGN, esp. all of his own CineMassacre stuff.