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dmxratedToday is a great tie-in opportunity, because the Angry Video Game Nerd has posted a new video, which happens to be his Christmas special for the year.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/60232
Anyway, on with the real content for this entry.
Two years ago, I compared myself two times to the AVGN and the two main characters of Penny Arcade. Not much later, I wrote something on the VGMusic forum about the Wii Virtual Console, and BillyBandit went to prove how much of a nerd I'm actually not. Then, along comes Jake, to question why I consider(ed) myself a nerd, and told me that gaming nerds have to play every single game in existence and get absolutely perfect playthroughs on each of them. I then showed Mom and Brian some stuff that I had written on my blog around that time, which I would compare to clips from the Nerd's videos. The next morning, I ranted in my blog about how Jake was treating me in general at the time, and the following day, I receive an email from him that having to read anything along the lines of "I'm just like James Rolfe and Gabe and Tycho! I'm awesome!" only became one more thing on top of others that pissed him off. (I deleted both the rant and the email in question.)
Months later, I brought this issue up with Dr. Perret, about mentally comparing myself to these three folks. Being familiar with various consoles, both obscure and not-so-obscure, and even a few scrapped ones; knowing bits of gaming history; writing some game reviews; etc.
Well, that's what gamers in general talk about: video games.
But anyway, let's get started.
James Rolfe, the Angry Video Game Nerd
After already having compared myself to him (here and here), it's time to see how many ways I'm not like him.
Well, the most obvious thing about him, is that he reviews video games from waaaay back. And as far as reviewing anything goes, I've done very few. Started when I was a member of the Empty Box Gaming online magazine team. My first review was for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Game Gear, which was pretty decent. The next one was a really scathing review for Sonic Spinball, also on the Game Gear. I wrote at least a paragraph or two explaining how suck-ass that version of the game is, and in some aspects, how much better the Genesis version is. After that, came a four-paragraph review for Wild Arms on the Playstation, mainly focusing on the boring aspects of the game, and then a few more games would follow, which I could barely review. Truth be told, I don't own Wild Arms, legit or as an ISO, and it's been so many years since I've played that game.
Well, as far as reviewing goes, there games that get mixed reviews, and then there are those games that are so blatantly craptacular that even any non-gamer would agree, just by watching a review, that they suck! The worst games I had ever played so far were Makeruna! Makendou Z, the aforementioned 8-bit Sonic Spinball, and Death & Return of Superman, and even those aren't nearly as bad as the notoriously hated Superman 64.
To quote the fuckin' Nerd during his Super Mario Bros. 3 review, "there isn't much you can say that already hasn't been said a million times" (7:57). Review a game, and chances are, anything you said about it has already been mentioned by someone else. Especially if the game in question has no redeeming qualities, like Bebe's Kids, Batman Forever, Independence Day, Little Red Hood, Superman NES, or anything else so bad that even the three Zelda CD-i games look better. The reason why Rolfe stands out while Video Game Vault doesn't is because each of his videos are 10+ minutes long (save for the earlier ones), and he peppers them with pieces of gaming history, movie references, jokes, theatrics, special effects, aspect comparisons to good games (or other shitty games that he already reviewed), and other neat stuff.
Look... If I've got something to say about a particular game or anime, I'll just write what I have to say about it on this blog, be it good or bad. I don't have the willpower to learn any of the stuff that Rolfe is good at; TheNewX already attempted to become an AVGN wannabe, and gave up on it after he lost production material to computer damage. Chelle does full-out reviews of anime on her blog, anime is my other favorite entertainment format aside from video games, the Nerd's favorite non-game entertainment format is movies (which he also reviews in depth), and Chelle mentioned in her blog that I only tend to nitpick stuff in anime and games.
In short, I'm not a fuckin' Nerd!
Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel and Tycho Brahe
Already mentioned on Jaunary 4, 2008. Almost everything I'd be able to say about them has already been mentioned in that post, although they did play other anime games besides Grandia III.
As for their dead friend Jim... well, I guess I'd be some kind of equivalent to him, as far as my relationship with Chelle goes. Me, Jake, and Chelle all like anime, but while they don't know each other, and Chelle doesn't play video games, I play even more video games than I watch anime. It's like the reverse of Gabe, Tycho, and Jim, who are all mostly into video games.
One thing I didn't mention, though... Check out any entry in the Penny Arcade news archive, and try comparing it to any entry in this blog. While writing mostly about games is something I have in common with them, all three of us also talk about real life stuff. For example, Tycho one time wrote about stuff you could get at any Asian 7-11 store (A Carnival of Delights), and in another entry, Gabe wrote about his experiences at Disneyland.
Konata Izumi
Actually, being like this lackadaisical girl (which, thankfully, I hardly am) is not something to be proud of. Yeah, I do play lots of video games, watch anime (sparingly), and used to get a side-dish with lunch back at school. However, this girl eats chocolate cornets as her main lunch course, copies homework, and generally doesn't do any work on her own. On the plus side, even though Kagami does criticize her in the first episode for having friends mostly on an MMORPG and only three in real life, that's a lot more of a social life than I have, both physically and online.
So, how do I compare myself to cute little Konata? Well, take a look at this entry from not too long ago, where I described my party in Pokemon Diamond when I battled Byron. Then, watch any conversation in Lucky Star where she brings the subject up with her friends. Never watched it before? How about 6:08 in this clip of episode 9?
Oh, wait. I don't generally play dating simulators, with the obvious exception of Getter Love!! Though I do play plenty of RPGs, among other games. That's our Kona-chan's other favorite genre.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/60232
Anyway, on with the real content for this entry.
Two years ago, I compared myself two times to the AVGN and the two main characters of Penny Arcade. Not much later, I wrote something on the VGMusic forum about the Wii Virtual Console, and BillyBandit went to prove how much of a nerd I'm actually not. Then, along comes Jake, to question why I consider(ed) myself a nerd, and told me that gaming nerds have to play every single game in existence and get absolutely perfect playthroughs on each of them. I then showed Mom and Brian some stuff that I had written on my blog around that time, which I would compare to clips from the Nerd's videos. The next morning, I ranted in my blog about how Jake was treating me in general at the time, and the following day, I receive an email from him that having to read anything along the lines of "I'm just like James Rolfe and Gabe and Tycho! I'm awesome!" only became one more thing on top of others that pissed him off. (I deleted both the rant and the email in question.)
Months later, I brought this issue up with Dr. Perret, about mentally comparing myself to these three folks. Being familiar with various consoles, both obscure and not-so-obscure, and even a few scrapped ones; knowing bits of gaming history; writing some game reviews; etc.
Well, that's what gamers in general talk about: video games.
But anyway, let's get started.
James Rolfe, the Angry Video Game Nerd
After already having compared myself to him (here and here), it's time to see how many ways I'm not like him.
Well, the most obvious thing about him, is that he reviews video games from waaaay back. And as far as reviewing anything goes, I've done very few. Started when I was a member of the Empty Box Gaming online magazine team. My first review was for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Game Gear, which was pretty decent. The next one was a really scathing review for Sonic Spinball, also on the Game Gear. I wrote at least a paragraph or two explaining how suck-ass that version of the game is, and in some aspects, how much better the Genesis version is. After that, came a four-paragraph review for Wild Arms on the Playstation, mainly focusing on the boring aspects of the game, and then a few more games would follow, which I could barely review. Truth be told, I don't own Wild Arms, legit or as an ISO, and it's been so many years since I've played that game.
Well, as far as reviewing goes, there games that get mixed reviews, and then there are those games that are so blatantly craptacular that even any non-gamer would agree, just by watching a review, that they suck! The worst games I had ever played so far were Makeruna! Makendou Z, the aforementioned 8-bit Sonic Spinball, and Death & Return of Superman, and even those aren't nearly as bad as the notoriously hated Superman 64.
To quote the fuckin' Nerd during his Super Mario Bros. 3 review, "there isn't much you can say that already hasn't been said a million times" (7:57). Review a game, and chances are, anything you said about it has already been mentioned by someone else. Especially if the game in question has no redeeming qualities, like Bebe's Kids, Batman Forever, Independence Day, Little Red Hood, Superman NES, or anything else so bad that even the three Zelda CD-i games look better. The reason why Rolfe stands out while Video Game Vault doesn't is because each of his videos are 10+ minutes long (save for the earlier ones), and he peppers them with pieces of gaming history, movie references, jokes, theatrics, special effects, aspect comparisons to good games (or other shitty games that he already reviewed), and other neat stuff.
Look... If I've got something to say about a particular game or anime, I'll just write what I have to say about it on this blog, be it good or bad. I don't have the willpower to learn any of the stuff that Rolfe is good at; TheNewX already attempted to become an AVGN wannabe, and gave up on it after he lost production material to computer damage. Chelle does full-out reviews of anime on her blog, anime is my other favorite entertainment format aside from video games, the Nerd's favorite non-game entertainment format is movies (which he also reviews in depth), and Chelle mentioned in her blog that I only tend to nitpick stuff in anime and games.
In short, I'm not a fuckin' Nerd!
Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel and Tycho Brahe
Already mentioned on Jaunary 4, 2008. Almost everything I'd be able to say about them has already been mentioned in that post, although they did play other anime games besides Grandia III.
As for their dead friend Jim... well, I guess I'd be some kind of equivalent to him, as far as my relationship with Chelle goes. Me, Jake, and Chelle all like anime, but while they don't know each other, and Chelle doesn't play video games, I play even more video games than I watch anime. It's like the reverse of Gabe, Tycho, and Jim, who are all mostly into video games.
One thing I didn't mention, though... Check out any entry in the Penny Arcade news archive, and try comparing it to any entry in this blog. While writing mostly about games is something I have in common with them, all three of us also talk about real life stuff. For example, Tycho one time wrote about stuff you could get at any Asian 7-11 store (A Carnival of Delights), and in another entry, Gabe wrote about his experiences at Disneyland.
Konata Izumi
Actually, being like this lackadaisical girl (which, thankfully, I hardly am) is not something to be proud of. Yeah, I do play lots of video games, watch anime (sparingly), and used to get a side-dish with lunch back at school. However, this girl eats chocolate cornets as her main lunch course, copies homework, and generally doesn't do any work on her own. On the plus side, even though Kagami does criticize her in the first episode for having friends mostly on an MMORPG and only three in real life, that's a lot more of a social life than I have, both physically and online.
So, how do I compare myself to cute little Konata? Well, take a look at this entry from not too long ago, where I described my party in Pokemon Diamond when I battled Byron. Then, watch any conversation in Lucky Star where she brings the subject up with her friends. Never watched it before? How about 6:08 in this clip of episode 9?
Oh, wait. I don't generally play dating simulators, with the obvious exception of Getter Love!! Though I do play plenty of RPGs, among other games. That's our Kona-chan's other favorite genre.
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Date: 2019-07-13 07:27 pm (UTC)Lol, you spent some year+ referring to me as "he", what tipped the change?
Anyway, I don't quite get the point of the entry, but I've got something to add about geekery and nerding. The definitions tend to vary, especially on nerds, but by going on the above definitions you probably aren't. You are a geek though, since you've got more time for games and anime than a social life, and likely have skill at them.
In fact, in one way or another most autists are geeks, as obsession and oddly specific hobbies happen a lot more with us than elsewhere.
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Date: 2019-07-13 07:27 pm (UTC)Guess it was just random. In truth, I don't even know what your gender is, but Mom does assume that you're female.
The point of this entry? Just some thoughts I felt like getting out. It's a compare-and-contrast thing.
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Date: 2019-07-13 07:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-07-13 07:28 pm (UTC)