Cheese, weird, kind of cringey, but I still don't hate it as much other people seem to.Figured this may be a good place to ask. How is the AVGN movie actually?
It's fun if you know what to expect.
Cheese, weird, kind of cringey, but I still don't hate it as much other people seem to.Figured this may be a good place to ask. How is the AVGN movie actually?
Figured this may be a good place to ask. How is the AVGN movie actually?
James said:This video has been in the works since last October (2017), when I first started the playing Earthbound on the mini SNES Classic. It wasn't originally meant to be an AVGN episode. It was for myself.
I never played much of Earthbound before, but it's a game that always appealed to me. Yes, even when I saw the ads in Nintendo Power. The only reason I never played it much was because I was too busy with Final Fantasy 3 (6) and Chrono Trigger. SNES has so many amazing masterpieces, it's almost impossible to play them all. But after more than 20 years, I owed it to myself to complete Earthbound.
The gameplay took me 45 and a half hours. After recording it all, I decided to put all those hours to good use, and make a video. At first, I didn't think it would be an AVGN episode, but more of a casual "James review". But I realized there were plenty of wacky moments in the game that the Nerd could react to.
If you're wondering about the characters' names such as "Milly" and "Lilly", my 4 year old daughter named them.
To write the script, I had to search through 45+ hours of game footage, to confirm and describe accurately all the moments that I wanted to comment on. Then came a bunch of researching facts, and developing my own personal theories. It turned out, I had a ton to say. It became the longest single-part AVGN episode, by total accident (running nearly 40 minutes). On top of that, I couldn't resist adding a dream scene with laborious green screen effects. In total, counting gameplay, writing, shooting, editing, the entire video took 137.5 hours to finish, making it the 2nd most time-consuming AVGN episode to date. (Episode 139: Mega Man still barely holds the record at 138.5 hours). Ironically Earthbound was meant to be a break for myself, but it turned into a major task, as all my other projects screeched to a halt.
I had fun with this video and am happy with it, but now that it's finally done, I hope to get back to my personal long-term projects such as a film and a book I am trying to write. But I will always be jumping back and forth with AVGN episodes. I'm always trying to keep those coming.
-James
Fun episode.
James movie knowledge and trivia will never not entertain me.
Jeez I remember when Spoony reviewd this game.
Oh, man. I can't wait for these two episodes to come to YouTube. I can relate way more to shitty PS2/Xbox/GC games than I ever could NES-era games simply because I played that generation more. But boy, Drake and Angel of Darkness, he just went straight to the heart of the shit mountain didn't he?
You could cheat & say Shadow the Hedgehog considering that was multiplatform, but it was only one game being reviewed in a group of games. This is indeed the first Xbox focused episode & the first Xbox exclusive game he's played.
Maybe he want to go this styleThe time has come for James to make a decision about his hair because it is starting to hit him hard.
Horror themed James and Mike every Monday. New Monster Madness review every Wednesday, horror themed Rental Reviews on Fridays. Every other day is a resurrected review.
I know, but we had usually threads for Monster Madness and I want to know if we continue with thisHorror themed James and Mike every Monday. New Monster Madness review every Wednesday, horror themed Rental Reviews on Fridays. Every other day is a resurrected review.
I'd like it, personnally. I've done marathons for the past three years but because of some personnal stuff I don't feel like it this year, but James' reviews are usually perfect to put me in the mood, and also discussing about it. Well I guess I'll watch some old ones, I always forget stuff, he has put out a lot of horror reviews over the years.I know, but we had usually threads for Monster Madness and I want to know if we continue with this
I really dont like the rental shop reviews. But his Hollow Man Video review was amazing.I'd like it, personnally. I've done marathons for the past three years but because of some personnal stuff I don't feel like it this year, but James' reviews are usually perfect to put me in the mood, and also discussing about it. Well I guess I'll watch some old ones, I always forget stuff, he has put out a lot of horror reviews over the years.
I've tried to watch one of the Rental videos he has started to do with his friends. It's okay but it seems to drag for too long. Don't know if I need half an hour of unscripted discussion about Surf Ninjas.
The Screenwave Media buyout of Cinemassacre has just been garbage all around. They wrote a few AVGN episodes like the Dirty Harry one and these Rental Reviews are just trash.
What do you mean, other guys have been writing AVGN episodes?...The Screenwave Media buyout of Cinemassacre has just been garbage all around. They wrote a few AVGN episodes like the Dirty Harry one and these Rental Reviews are just trash.