This episode was freaking awesome. I've never watched an episode of AVGN so I can't comment on that one, but your impression of Mark from CGR was great, as was Metal Jesus. I only wish you had done AlphaOmegaSin, but I guess that's going for the low-hanging fruit.
How have you resisted watching AVGN all these years after all the coverage, hype, etc?
Well, first of all I am not a big consumer of YT gaming content. Most of my YouTube watching consists of loading up mixtape videos to listen to at work, and motor racing videos (watching the GP of Long Beach right now, in fact.) Second, the first time I saw a screenshot of AVGN making his trademark mad face I knew I that I would hate the show, so I've never watched it. You'd be surprised at how many "famous" gaming YouTube channels I've either never watched, or have only watched a couple of times.
I also really dislike channels where the content creator is ostensibly selling some kind of character instead of just being themselves. I want to at least believe that the person is just being themselves. That's why I like Game Sack. For all I know Joe and Dave are gigantic a$$holes in real life, but I don't care because on-screen they are a couple of likable, relatable average Joes (no pun intended). So any channel where the person is fake-angry [Irate Gamer, Angry Joe, AVGN (all of whom I've never watched)] or over the top "wacky" (PewDiePie - again never watched) is just not something I care to watch. The occasional LGR or Game Sack is more than enough YT gaming content for me. I used to watch Metal Jesus (kind of a colorful character but I totally believe that what you see is him just being himself), but once YT turned into his full-time job he just started making the kinds of videos that would get maximum clicks and I lost interest. More power to him, but it's not for me anymore.
Well I guess it's all about what you are after. There are informative gaming shows like Game Sack, and entertainment shows like AVGN. The character bit makes sense for an entertainment show, as watching some goof ball just sit and talk about games isn't very entertaining for the most part. I'm looking at you Metal Jesus.
That is what makes games sack stand out. Very polished production, very informative, and enough humor to be entertaining.
I will say though, AVGN was the first gaming show I ever watched. First YT show period for that matter. I always assumed YT was just a bunch cellphone shot bullshit people uploaded. Once I found AVGN, I started looking for more and found game sack.
AVGN is also single handedly responsible for motivating me to dig out my old consoles and games. I owned a lot of the games he covered early on, and had a lot of the same gripes, which made the show even funnier. It made me want to play them again. This is probably true for a lot of folks who have returned to retro gaming.
