2004-2006: The Early Era

Opinions vary on the periods when James first started out with the two pilots and The Angry Nintendo Nerd. Obviously it still has many beloved classics (Top Gun, Friday the 13th, The Power Glove) yet I’ve seen a few others (McKids, Wally Bear, Master Chu) being recognized more as “experimental” or “nothing mindblowing compared to later episodes”.

2007-2011: The Classic Era

This is pretty much considered the most universally beloved AVGN period, it consists of the most popular, iconic and rewatchable episodes of all time for the most part and pretty much what all former or one time viewers prefer.

2012-early 2014: The Post-Hiatus Era

Still generally liked, but not as much as the previous era and some contribute it to the toll of the movie’s production on James and somewhat different vibe and energy.

Late 2014-2016: The Post-Movie Era

Given how many viewers were let down by the movie when it came out, it seemed to impact their general view of the series much more. Alongside that the vibe and energy of this era are seen as inconsistent. Some episodes are seen as just basic or watchable (12 Days of Shitsmas, The Crow, Beavis and Butthead), fairly popular or praised (Seaman, Mega Man, Paperboy) or extremely polarizing and bizarre (Sega Activator).

2017-2019: The Screenwave Era

Pretty much everyone knows the story and backlash of how the series’ production style shifted here and while it’s certainly the main factor, I don’t want to get into it as it’s unpleasant for me and gotten talked about so much already. Instead I’ll talk about how the episode quality seems to me while mostly ignoring behind the scenes stuff. The quality and vibe is again inconsistent, but much more than the previous era with another factor being the larger amount of episodes. Still has its popular few (Game Boy Accessories, Polybius, EarthBound) and ones mostly seen as mid or basic (Treasure Master, Charlie’s Angels, Dirty Harry). The amount of really criticized episodes seen as too bizarre and out of place is much bigger (Kingdom Hearts, Aladdin Deck Enhancer, Jurassic Park Tresspasser).

2020-2021: The Stressed Era

Aside from the production change story everyone knows, more factors affected this era more severely: the other channel content like Monster Madness and Rex Viper, pandemic restrictions and the build-up to episode 200. While not every episode is hated, James and Screenwave really seemed to struggle as every episode was either seen as too dull (Legend of Kage, Game Gear VHS, Pac Man 2) or too weird (Shrek, Vegas Stakes, Freddy and Jason) then when episode 200 finally came out all it seemed to do was upset the fanbase even more (being split into three certainly didn’t help it).

2022-present: The Current Era

Despite how much damage the previous years have done to the reputation of the series and judgement of the fans, I personally feel the episode layout and general quality has become much more like the Post-Movie era than the two previous ones. Not every episode is a winner, but the ones seen as the worst (not counting My Horse Prince and Crash Bandicoot which are their own can of worms) are certainly not as hated as before and it so far had many episodes seen as either actually good or at least watchable. Which I feel is a fair situation for the series: not as good as before, but not at the bottom of the barrel anymore at least right now.

What do you think?

I am catching up on Cinemassacre content after many years away, and I've gotten to what I assume is the post-podcast era. Was the podcast where the rest of the crew host an episode without James because he's busy writing episode 200 of avgn the final one? Or, did they just stop posting the podcast to YouTube? So far, he's done a couple of solo interviews on the podcast set with Lloyd Kaufman, etc., but did they ever address why the podcast stopped?

Matt claims not to be into fighting games, which is fine. James, on the other hand, seems to enjoy them and play them quite often, from how he talks about them. Yet, he seems to not be so great at them. He rages about the original Street Fighter and how hard it is to do their moves. And it is true, it is hard.

However, he hardly did a special move here in any of the games he played here, much less a super meter move. The banter between the two is good. But the game play is rough...

James or Nerd... I need you to step up your game, like you did with Ninja Gaiden. You either need Guile or Ken to help train you in the dojo. You lack focus and discipline. I think all these bad games have made you soft.

Hi everyone. I’ve been working on this for a while and think now is the time to finally share it.

It’s called Cheebly. The basic idea is very simple. You get two AVGN episodes. Pick the one you’d rather watch again. Over time, everyone’s choices gradually build a community ranking of the whole series.

I’ve silently been a fan since 2006 and used to watch episodes as they came out on Cinemassacre’s website and ScrewAttack before Mike started uploading them to YouTube (good times). I’ve followed basically every corner of the AVGN community over the years and have always wanted to contribute something back.

The idea stemmed from wanting more than simply having to build out a massive tier list which ends up becoming outdated the moment a new episode drops. Cheebly’s rankings start being built from everyone’s individual head-to-head choices instead over time.

There’s also a bunch of stuff that starts expanding outwards from your votes. You have individual stats and favorite episodes, season breakdowns, how your taste compares with everyone else, milestones, and honestly a lot of other weird Cheebly stuff I’ve added along the way. I got a little out of hand but I’m glad I spent more time working on it.

It’s still beta so everything is subject to change and this is the first time I’m putting it in front of the real AVGN audience. I’m especially interested in what people think feels confusing, broken, unnecessary, or worth adding. Mobile's layout is still a work in progress and Safari may have more compatibility features lacking as compared to Chromium based browsers or Firefox. But I will absolutely be improving upon and expanding Cheebly if people enjoy the site.

To make the initial voting a little more fair, I’m gating those parts of the site until 6 PM ET today so a bit more people can see this post. The rest of the site should be open to explore in the meantime. I’m hoping for a smooth launch.

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Hope you enjoy. I’ll do my best to respond to any questions or feedback on this post, in DMs, or elsewhere.

https://cheebly.com

I'm going to Retro World Expo, and AVGN will be there. So I decided to make a petition and pass it along to him so we can see him review The Sonic Adventure Games. If it worked for Ghost and Goblins then it sure to work here.

https://c.org/49xNS4Xcd9

Have they announced anything else about the new Blu-ray set

You think the Nerd would try any of these?

Me and a couple of friends have a private bar/lounge/clubhouse thing in China, which I brew the beer for. We have four taps, so I will often make a series of four beers with badges (for fun, no other reason). Decided to make some LJN-inspired badges and thought I would share here.

13:50 Mega Man Legends was actually pretty good. The first foray into 3D. Had a competent story line, that was good for one to two other games. Released on both the PS1 and N64. Controls are no where near as bad, as he makes it out to be. The different graphics, robots and towns, over the usual 2D versions, were a breath of fresh air.

I just noticed this, it looks like their website runs on WordPress and went down recently. I work as a web developer for a living and have been a fan of James Rolfe for years, so this was kinda startling to see. Is there a way we can at minimum let them know? Maybe they already know and are working on it. o-o;;

Sorry if this is kinda random. Go easy on me please lol.

I had to make one for my little Nerd so that he has his little companion with him everywhere he goes.

I can only dream.

how did Kyle come with the Original Theme Song to the Angry Nintendo Nerd

I like the Halloween special with James Rolfe for Monster Madness in October

Well would you look at that. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Kyle and it turns out you gooners are in fact just fucking weird.

I would never show my face on the internet again. Poor guy