AVGN episodes will now debut on Amazon first, remastered episodes coming to Prime

[Deleted member 1378]

- First episode on the service is the longest single time running one, Earthbound
- Episodes will still come to YouTube, but this allows people to support him on Prime where he makes more money
- While plenty of episodes are now up, there are remastered episodes on the way

Important to note that this is seemingly region locked. They are only available for American and UK consumers. Meaning everyone else in the world has to wait to see the new episodes, even if you pay from Prime. Seems like VPNs will not work, as well.

 

[MegaSackman]

I'll always be fond of James Rolfe and the Nerd.

How the remastered episodes are going to work!?

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

Damn, good for Rolfe and crew but kinda sucks about the region problem.

 

[Deleted member 1378]

I'll always be fond of James Rolfe and the Nerd.

How the remastered episodes are going to work!?

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I imagine they'll use the highest quality recordings they can find of them and touch up the special effects to be less... Shitty. I hope they don't though, because those effects are endearing because they're shitty.

 

[Nikus]

Important to note that this is seemingly region locked. They are only available for American and UK consumers. Meaning everyone else in the world has to wait to see the new episodes, even if you pay from Prime. Seems like VPNs will not work, as well.

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Fucking hell, why do they do this?...
You know what's BULLSHIT? Region locked content for paid online services.

 

[CenturionNami]

YES YES YES!

 

[Deleted member 1378]

Fucking hell, why do they do this?...
You know what's BULLSHIT? Region locked content for paid online services.

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I dunno, but it really sucks paying from Prime in Canada and missing it. I'd love to support him that way, but I literally cannot

 

[firehawk12]

I get it, since Youtube probably pays next to nothing, but I didn't even know Amazon was looking for original content like this.

 

[Dynheart]

Cool. I guess I'll be watching some AVGN tonight.

 

[firehawk12]

I dunno, but it really sucks paying from Prime in Canada and missing it. I'd love to support him that way, but I literally cannot

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It works with a proxy, fwiw.

 

[Loudninja]

Oh nice!

 

[CommodoreKong]

He doesn't come out and say it but it almost sounds like he got some sort of deal with Amazon? If that's the case congrats.

 

[BassForever]

I'll always be fond of James Rolfe and the Nerd.

How the remastered episodes are going to work!?

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I imagine they'll use the highest quality recordings they can find of them and touch up the special effects to be less... Shitty. I hope they don't though, because those effects are endearing because they're shitty.

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I know some episodes got additional content on the dvd/blu ray release like the virtual boy episode getting gameplay footage of jack bros since he got a copy after recording it. I know some of these are on already on youtube, but that idea could extend to several of his older reviews in theory.

 

[SergioFerrazJr]

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[Deleted member 1378]

It works with a proxy, fwiw.

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Interesting, the comments I was reading were from people claiming they were getting errors about proxies when they tried. Where are you located?

 

[Border]

He's really going to rip into Earthbound? Why would you want to make everyone hate you with your debut video?

 

[ranmafan]

I finally ended up getting prime since it's so cheap in Japan and I would've been so happy to watch this as I love AVGN, but if it's really region locked that's just ridiculous. Making those of us wait in other countries even if we have amazon prime, not fair, not fair at all. I hope the wait isn't long but that's something they need to fix for those of us in other countries outside the us and uk

 

[Deleted member 21709]

Shame, Amazon Prime Video is such a shit way to watch content.

 

[TheFireman]

He's really going to rip into Earthbound? Why would you want to make everyone hate you with your debut video?

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I mean, he said "I know, a good game for once" and that he was playing it for himself, but recorded his playthrough and ended up thinking it'd be a fun video.

 

[Tagyhag]

He doesn't come out and say it but it almost sounds like he got some sort of deal with Amazon? If that's the case congrats.

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That's usually how it goes, I believe Classic Game Room also got a deal.

It doesn't help that Youtube keeps trying to demonetize everyone but their biggest players.

 

[Deleted member 28962]

Good on these content creators for finding new ways to monetize.

 

[Metal Slugger]

Do people still actively want the toxic gaming personality schtick? Who is the target market other than Gators?

 

[--R]

When I first entered I was like "Hey, nice. Finally I'll have something to watch on Prime Video". Then I realized this is only for US and UK and my disappointment became immeasurable. What a shame, really.

 

[DecoReturns]

He's really going to rip into Earthbound? Why would you want to make everyone hate you with your debut video?

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Don't think it will be outright negative. He's done a few positive Episodes as the Nerd. But who knows really

 

[sn00zer]

AVGN is good people. His 'angry' character was done with a clear sense of 'this is a joke' that was clearly lost on on 'angry' gamers since who genuinely seem upset about really stupid inconsequential shit.

 

[Deleted member 1378]

Do people still actively want the toxic gaming personality schtick? Who is the target market other than Gators?

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...Gamergate supporters are not the only people allowed to enjoy someone having fun playing a character shitting on awful games. And even then, this episode isn't even about a bad game. He likes the game.

I think you've missed the point if you think AVGN is a "toxic gaming personality".

 

[Metal Slugger]

...Gamergate supporters are not the only people allowed to enjoy someone having fun playing a character shitting on awful games. And even then, this episode isn't even about a bad game. He likes the game.

I think you've missed the point if you think AVGN is a "toxic gaming personality".

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Angry is literally his entire branding, how is that not toxic? There's a way to laugh at shitty games without blowing your top about it, "satire" or not.

 

[Llazy]

is this cause of the channel awesome fallout?

 

[maximumzero]

Props to AVGN to presumably making bank via Amazon. A shame I won't be able to watch his content as early.

 

[WillyFive]

Angry is literally his entire branding, how is that not toxic? There's a way to laugh at shitty games without blowing your top about it, "satire" or not.

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I don't see how you are making a connection between playing an angry character and associating it with toxic people.

 

[Barely Able]

He's really going to rip into Earthbound? Why would you want to make everyone hate you with your debut video?

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It's more of a critique of some design choices common to the era or due to the limitations of the hardware, but in the nerd format. I would say 80% is positive or neutral comments about how strange the game is. Even get some into some of the theories associated with the game.

 

[Nikus]

Angry is literally his entire branding.

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Nope.

 

[Deleted member 135]

Do people still actively want the toxic gaming personality schtick? Who is the target market other than Gators?

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Are you trolling?

 

[Deleted member 1378]

Angry is literally his entire branding, how is that not toxic? There's a way to laugh at shitty games without blowing your top about it, "satire" or not.

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Cinemassacre is his branding. AVGN is his most popular character he plays. Films are his true passion, he just likes games a lot.

How is it toxic for someone to play a character that screams "fuck this shitty game" about old games? The videos are apolitical, he doesn't encourage any kind of harassment whatsoever, etc.

 

[AtomicShroom]

It's more of a critique of some design choices common to the era or due to the limitations of the hardware, but in the nerd format. I would say 80% is positive or neutral comments about how strange the game is. Even get some into some of the theories associated with the game.

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Yup. To be fair Earthbound had some really questionable design choices. The extremely punishing item limit and management is one of them.

 

[CommodoreKong]

Do people still actively want the toxic gaming personality schtick? Who is the target market other than Gators?

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Considering that his latest AVGN episodes have 1.4-1.6 million views on Youtube quite a few people still enjoy his content.
And good job shitting on his fans as being Gamer Gate supporters. Just because you don't enjoy his content or style doesn't mean that his fans are Gamer Gate supporters. Why even post in this thread?

 

[low-G]

Toxic towards shitty games that suck ass.

 

[Deleted member 1378]

Considering that his latest AVGN episodes have 1.4-1.6 million views on Youtube quite a few people still enjoy his content.
And good job shitting on his fans as being Gamer Gate supporters. Just because you don't enjoy his content or style doesn't mean that his fans are Gamer Gate supporters. Why even post in this thread?

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Gotta make sure we know he's superior to us by not enjoying the "toxic" character Rolfe plays.

 

[Sectorseven]

I predict people will rip his new episodes from Prime and upload them to their own Youtube channels.

 

[Metal Slugger]

I don't see how you are making a connection between playing an angry character and associating it with toxic people.

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...because he was one of the progenitors of the act which has morphed into toxic gamer entitlement and a crushing cynicsm in the hobby by people who can't tell that it's an act?

 

[Jebusman]

Angry is literally his entire branding, how is that not toxic?

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Anger is a natural human emotion. It's something we all experience. He's playing up the "anger" angle at video games.

Not personalities, not journalists, not specific developers (companies in the abstract, but not people), but literally just the games.

If you think that's somehow related to GG, that's on you.

 

[Dyle]

Weird, but glad to see he's still doing well. Earthbound is an interesting choice, hopefully the harshest comment he has for it is some long and excessively nasty explanation of what the scratch and sniff sticker smelled like

 

[SaberVS7]

Man, I'd totally want to support this but uh...

Paying for Amazon Prime Video also supports NRA-TV and InfoWars, so uh, no thanks.

 

[Llazy]

...because he was one of the progenitors of the act which has morphed into toxic gamer entitlement and a crushing cynicsm in the hobby by people who can't tell that it's an act?

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oof

 

[ZeoVGM]

Do people still actively want the toxic gaming personality schtick? Who is the target market other than Gators?

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So the long thread specifically for his new videos on GAF and the current one on Era are all Gators?

What a useless and ignorant contribution.

 

[sappyday]

I'm happy for James. I've been wanting to rewatch his older videos since they're straight up nostalgia for me now

 

[mantis]

Important to note that this is seemingly region locked. They are only available for American and UK consumers. Meaning everyone else in the world has to wait to see the new episodes, even if you pay from Prime. Seems like VPNs will not work, as well.

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I am able to watch it on the UK site with my Austrian/German (Prime) account. May have to do with the new EU law about streaming services.

 

[Gamer4life]

New episode was good. Earthbound is trippy lol.

 

[WillyFive]

...because he was one of the progenitors of the act which has morphed into toxic gamer entitlement and a crushing cynicsm in the hobby by people who can't tell that it's an act?

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That is a reach so massive it probably wouldn't fit in a hard drive his character uses.

 

[Sargerus]

...because he was one of the progenitors of the act which has morphed into toxic gamer entitlement and a crushing cynicsm in the hobby by people who can't tell that it's an act?

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