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Nice to see Game Gear get some more exposure.
I don't care for this trend of youtube videogame reviewers expressing themselves by asking rhetorical questions.
And I don't care of this new trend of the utterly insipid videos made by Mike being the only output of Cinemassacre.com
Rep'd. Can't stand to watch more than 30 seconds of Mike.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
I don't like Mike either, and I watched this video yesterday and was thoroughly disappointed.
Dude reviews the Game Gear and doesn't review one Sonic the Hedgehog or Disney game? Pssht, fuck that. Nobody really cares about X-Men or Chuck Rock.
And dammit Streets of Rage 2 for Game Gear is a fucking amazing port. Shame on you, Mike Matei. Go back to being the AVGN's annoying sidekick.
Meh, I don't mind Mike all that much. In the over-saturated world of retro game video reviews you can do a lot worse. I also like that he's often a lot friendlier towards Sega than James even though he says he isn't a "Sega guy" in this recent video as if it's a bad thing.
I didn't enjoy his videos at first but I guess he's grown on me.
Also he's just filler, they're busy with the AVGN movie and all.
Mike is uninteresting and doesn't really bring in anything new. What would have been more interesting is showing off that Game Gear and how it works.
There's one enormous thing I hate about Mike. He keeps pulling videos. He put up an Elmo in Grouchland Review, Inspector Gadget Minecraft review, and some Bugs Bunny Outtakes video. All of those videos have been pulled because Mike couldn't take the criticism and negative comments they were getting. Amazing how a channel dedicated to criticizing can't take any criticism themselves.
Also I don't like how they keep uploading their DVD bonus features onto Youtube. The episodes are already online for free, so those extras are the only reason I ever would consider buying one of their DVDs. But now the extras can also be watched online for free.
I should have screenshotted it, but the JamesNintendoNerd channel lost over 80,000 subscribers while James was gone and Mike was making all the videos. Now that James is back, the subscription count is finally going back up.
At least the guy was honest, he said he wasn't a Sega guy in the beginning.
Yeah, the review was not very good either in my opinion, at least for showing off why a Game Gear is worth picking up. Maybe after paying to get a modded system he only had money left to buy a couple crappy games for his video. Triple Trouble would have gone a long way in the video though.
This quote from the comments is pretty telling though
That reminds me of the guy who bashed Nier because he was too stupid to figure out that he was supposed to go to the big red X on the map to continue and just declared the game unplayable.Quote:
Actually, Mike, I owned the Crash Dummies game. in the bomb factory, you're supposed to blow out the fuses on the lit bombs while smashing the dummy parts on the conveyor belt.
I watched the rest of the review now and it was pretty lame. It was just a random jumble of Game Gear games making the title of "Game Gear Review" pretty damn misleading.
I'm not a big fan of Mike's reviews. Not just bc he deletes stuff when people dislike it and he can't deal with it. There is just something about his voice and how he keeps it low until he more or less screams and hell and then he just hurts my ears. Like others have said this is really not a GG review but just him showing off some sub par games.
Quite possibly the worst Game Gear review I've seen... and I don't dislike Mike, he's done some ok stuff like his show about game glitches.
I am interested to meet the guy who gave his game gear tv output.
btw, I can't stand Mike as well. He's like that friend who always tries to get in everything even tho he has now knowledge of it.
What I found more impressive was eviltim's GGTV PCB, that thing is beautiful! It probably costs over $100 though. How come nobody's talking about that?
Yeah, Mike is no replacement for AVGN/James, but he could be far, FAR worse. Pick a random review in the related videos sidebar. You have a 99% chance of getting total crap.
I'm not sure how to link videos but this a video from the guy who did the mod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGvME...1&feature=plcp
Yeah I tried too and eventually got bored of watching / listening to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Genesis Knight
The nintoaster guy is way more entertaining to watch / listen to.
I agree with guntz that video circuit pcb is amazing and deserves more praise than it's been getting.
My first thought after sitting through his "review" was that the modded Game Gear really went to waste on such a gamer.
Look at the bright side he probably sold it once finished with his review.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zz Badnusty
I chuckled at that, haha. Sad but probably true. Nintendo fanboys really are disgusting...Quote:
Originally Posted by Drakon
What's the deal with this guy? Why is he even popular?
Basically, he is generic and uninteresting. I don't see him doing anything different than anyone else does. He reviews common stuff, just gives basic facts and his jokes feel too scripted.
And he's completely uninformative and often straight-up wrong about things, as well.
Awesome artist, though.
He's not really "popular". The only reason he's being talked about so much is because he's all we have for content from Cinemassacre.com for now, since AVGN/James is busy with the AVGN Movie. Without Mike, there wouldn't be much of anything new added to the site and the associated YouTube page.Quote:
Originally Posted by Breetai
I think I'd rather just wait for the movie than watch more Mike videos. That or he needs to really improve his videos. Even James was more informative and he was making AVGN episodes!
Who cares?
The internet is dumb.
Theres worse out there. Sure classic game room and hell all the people who do cgr undertow are probably better than mike, but hes alright.
Actually mark hussler of cgr is prob the best out there, internet vid wise.
I like Happy Console Gamer. He's gets excited and funny. Best reviewer yet is Hank (I forget his name, so I'll just call him "Hank":Quote:
Originally Posted by EddieJ1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wceYHj5VdQ
Mark isn't always terribly informative but he's certainly fun to listen to and his taste in games usually mirrors mine pretty closely.Quote:
Originally Posted by EddieJ1984
Oh I doubt it. The guy who did the mod is probably getting some reasonable business (and notoriety) for having his work mentioned and a link in the description. Now I'd like to talk to DogP about the Virtual Boy and Game Sack.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zz Badnusty
I'm still surprised you didn't get a copy of Battle Ace sent with to you with the SGX when you reviewed it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
No I meant it was wasted on him because he chooses to do such insipid reviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
Seeing the word "business" got me excited that someone was actually offering this as a service for a fee. Sadly, that doesn't seem to be the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
Seriously, I would pay good money for a Game Gear modded in this fashion.
Talk about unloyal fans. The guys making a movie, and those 80'000 couldn't have patience..Quote:
Originally Posted by cheaterdragon1
I have always been loyal and don't plan to unsubbing ever.
I like classic game room, happyconsolegamer and hard4games.
happyconsolegamers shenmue review is the best ever
hard4games although nintendo fan's aren't blind fanboys and their reviews I really like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icdaj8APppo
Unloyal? There were plenty of people didn't support the AVGN's e-begging you know. Then the quality of content went down. The number was dropping slowly but everytime a video was pulled, the subscriber loss went up.Quote:
Originally Posted by evildragon
Again I wish I had saved these numbers. This is the website you use to check a channels subscriber loss/gain: http://socialblade.com/youtube/
e-begging? He's not paid for this you know, he's doing it to a mostly free audience.
Either way, it's like marriage, you should still stick with something you like, even through the rough times. I for one will remain patient and will see this movie when it's released.
I love Sonic the Hedgehog ！
Why he did not introduce it？
X—Men and chuck rock is shit
The video may be bad, but that's one kick-ass mod.
He had a fundraiser for his movie, far surpassing his goal which people didn't like. Many didn't understand it because they figured James already had enough money to fund the project himself based on what he makes on the Youtube channel and Screwattack. I don't know how much Screwattack pays, but it's rumored to be pretty low. And I doubt all of his Youtube videos are monetized (or are able to be). Still, I imagine he's making anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 per month from Youtube. Some of that he must give to Mike and also that guy in the fedora. Don't trust Socialblade's stats. I do know that James does not have a regular job.Quote:
Originally Posted by evildragon
Not getting paid? He's making a fortune!Quote:
Originally Posted by evildragon
He gets money from:
-Ads and commercials played on his Youtube videos.
-The pre-roll commercials on his blip videos.
-Gets money from GameTrailers just for keeping the new content exclusive to them.
-He gets a percentage of his merchandise sold at the Screwattack store.
-He gets money for making content on Spike TV.
-He also would make money from the ads on his website Cinemassacre.com.
-He would also get paid to be in other peoples videos. (like the Cheetahmen 2 episode GameTrailers made)
He's not doing this for free, he's banking a fortune. And to think he actually begged people for money.
I think it's going to suck. He's said it's going to be similar to the Rob and Bugs Bunny reviews. Both of which had poor acting, unfunny jokes, uninformative reviewing, and went on too long. Now he wants to make a 90 or so minute movie of all that. I'll probably end up seeing it too, but only when someone puts it online.Quote:
Originally Posted by evildragon
I think some people just get jealous that he is able to make a living from doing online video reviews. Well I say good luck to him, whether you like his style or not he puts a level of effort in that surpasses what pretty much everyone else does.
Do you honestly think he's getting paid enough to drop everything in his life and make a movie? He has to pay for his house, car, bills, insurance, food, etc. I have no idea what production costs are, but he would have to pay his cast, an editor, for sound/music, travel costs, equipment costs.. and so on. While making the movie he wouldn't have time for a job or side projects like making videos for gametrailers or spike tv.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheaterdragon1
I don't understand why people are so negative about his movie. He gets to fulfill his life long dream and people donated in support of him. You don't have to be jealous about it.
He's no doubt making enough to live on but a fortune is pushing it.Quote:
He's not doing this for free, he's banking a fortune. And to think he actually begged people for money.
Also he asked for donations and people who supported his project gave them, he hardly had to beg and nobody was forced at gunpoint to give him a cent. It's not like he took your money or something.