Top Gun may be a well loved film, but the same can’t be said about the NES Game.
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 10: Top Gun – Episode Review
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 9: Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu – Episode Review
Here we have the Nerd looking at another unlicensed game for the NES: Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu. This time, however, the Nerd isn’t alone…
Bits And Bytes – Program 4: The Computer As A Filing System
One thing that all computers do in some form is store data, be it programs we install on them, or data we generate ourselves using these programs. This is, of course, by design – computers are tools to help us do work (or at least, that’s why they are made, whether or not we use […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 8: Wally Bear and the NO! Gang – Episode Review
Anti-Drug video games were a bit of a thing in the late 80’s and early 90’s, and here the Nerd takes a look at the unlicensed “classic” that is Wally Bear and the NO! Gang on NES.
Game Player’s Gametape Vol.1 No. 2
It’s time for another Game Players magazine Gametape, the circa 1990 video tape series that told you, well, quite a bit about how to best play many NES games. Corny as ever, this tape covers Ninja Gaiden (pronounced correctly, to boot!), Mega Man 2, Bad Dudes, Amagon, and lastly Air Wolf. The video skips some […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 7: McKids – Episode Review
This time the Nerd rips into a product placement disguised as a video game: McKids for the NES.
Bits And Bytes – Program 3: How Programs Work
Ah, programs. You’re using one right now, whether you realize it or not. Actually, you’re using several. Probably several dozen at once, and you don’t even know it. The browser you’re viewing this website with, that’s a program. The operating system your computer or mobile device is using is, guess what, a program. The extra […]
“Psycho Family” Documentary Review
Psycho Family is a documentary, released April 3rd of 2017, which covers the story of the YouTube video phenomena known as “The Psycho Series.” I covered the gist of the series in my previous article on the documentary, so we will skip that and go right into the review. The Documentary is broken up into […]
Psycho Family: The McJuggerNuggets Documentary
On June 6th, 2016, YouTuber Jesse Ridgway ended what would become known as “The Psycho Series”, a 3 year video series that spanned at its core 50 episodes, but in total included well over 600 videos over those 3 years, all of which told the story of a young gamer and his dysfunctional family. You […]
The Troubles of a Merchant and How to Stop Them – 1917 N.C.R Promotional Film
YouTube is full of interesting historic films of all types. I’ve been on quite the binge of old 1950’s and earlier informational films (I have no idea why, I’ve just been watching a bunch of them) and one popped up in my feed from 1917 – A film produced by NCR, one of the worlds […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 6: Back To The Future – Episode Review
A legendary film, with a legendarily bad game — this time the Nerd takes a look at Back to the Future for the NES!
April 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Wow, I’m late as anything for this one. The video was uploaded about a week ago, but I just now went back to see it – looks like I missed it when it was uploaded. In any case, time to cover another months free games on Xbox Live. Edit: I originally published this with the […]
GameStop Store Closings – Oh How The Mighty Have Fallen
Gamestop announced that sales for the last quarter of 2016 – That is, the holiday season – were much lower than they expected. So much lower that, to help buffer costs, the company is planning to close about 3% of its stores worldwide, which equates to somewhere around 150-250 stores, depending on your source. This […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 5: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Episode Review
Here we have the episode that blew up and made James and his game review series the phenomena it became: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES.
Bits And Bytes – Program 2: Ready-Made Programs
Returning to Bits and Bytes, we step into the land of ready made programs: that is, software that you just put in and run. You don’t have to write it yourself in basic. Of course, this is how computers are for us today, naturally – we have everything we could ever need, and probably more, […]