Episode 143's terrible.

You're definitely a very generous person to give this episode a 5/10.

I want AVGN to be as good as he used to be but he just isn't and this is yet another example.

I am sort of conflicted, as I want to be fair, but I also see the bad.

AVGN did give us a plethora of good stuff, but then something started happening, and we get sudden turds like this.

On the other hand, who would buy ANY of this awful junk they 'review' in the episode - even as an idea, it's mind-boggling that someone thought to make it.

AVGN and game corporations both have a 'blindness' problem. Corporations don't seem to understand, that it's better, if a game doesn't involve your whole body and physical activity, because you tire faster that way, and it DOES NOT ADD to the immersion, at least as much as some people obviously think. Playing a golf game on your gamepad, mouse and keyboard, or Wii controller is almost equally immersive. You are immersed in the game if you see, hear and control it - that's it.

It doesn't HAVE to involve any 3D-gimmick, your physical body, 'actual gun', 'actual golf club' or whatnot for you to enjoy it maximally. It does not ADD to the enjoyment that you have to ACTUALLY swing a bat, when you can just use gamepad and see the swing happen. I'd rather play Epyx's 'Street Sports Baseball' over ANY kind of 'super realistic virtual baseball' ANY day, because it will be more immersive, more fun, more quickly and has more personality, but most importantly involves your imagination.

AVGN's blindness comes from not always seeing what the perfect balance is - it's not enough to jump into cardboard for 15 minutes and throw styrofoam brix at some guy no one knows, you HAVE to have information as well. The NES accessories videos were good, they had some organic humor (like the Rollin' Rock and Roll 'n Rocker stuff) that didn't feel manufactured and scripted or over-the-top, but most importantly, they had actual commentary, experimentation and expression of the experience-result of that experimentation.

You need INFORMATION to balance out the skits - if you have 10% information and 90% 'skit', it doesn't work.

Agreed on all points.

I never thought I would say this about an Angry Video Game Nerd review but, wow, that was painful to sit through.

I'm also okay with the fact that he likes to try different things. Who knows, maybe it would actually turn out to be fantastic. I guess that was the complete opposite in this case.

Maybe he'll take the hint and just save the slapstick humor for his other videos. His AVGN reviews should stay in the same format as they were from the early era (2006 - 2010).

Remember his guest review with Lloyd Kaufman in Toxic Crusaders (2013)? People disliked that one as well, complained loudly enough, and James heard his audience.

It's a shame that we receive less reviews as the years go on. If one of them is bad, then you have to wait several months before he produces another one.

I understand some of them take time (anywhere from up to a month), but, if he stopped trying to add scenes like he did in the Berenstein Bears (2016) review, then he could easily go back to doing one or two a month and still produce his other weekly videos with Mike Matei & Co.

To add, even the Beavis and Butthead (2016) was lackluster.

Since he doesn't have a two week deadline anymore like he did working with Screwattack and GameTrailers, he just kinda produces them at his own pace now.