So yeah,unfortunatly Armake21 has retired,but thankfully there are a lot of other great YouTube reviewers that have gained a cult following...so therefore,it's time to alter this thread to mention said reviewers. No disrespect to AVGN,but the quality of his work has really declined quite a bit (although he is STILL watchable,and dispite said decline,is still LIGHT YEARS better than The Irate Plageris...er I mean Gamer),so I am more prone to watch these guys instead.
Silent Rob AKA LeisureSuitGamingThis guy was the other major reviewer,other than Armake21,to be spawned from AVGN's popularity. He's had a long history with YouTube,which includes a now defunct account. He reviews old AND new games,but has shyed away from that as of late. Now he mostly does "Game Talk" videos,skits,and other assorted game/movie related videos. Here is a sample of his review work:
Here is his account address:
www.youtube.com/user/LeisureSuitGaming2As well as an account containing works from his now defunct original account:
www.youtube.com/user/ShawnD1Aqualung's Game ReviewsIf you're looking for rage filled AVGNish style humour,you'd best look elsewhere. This is the most straight forward reviewer on YouTube right now. I would consider his the PBS or public radio of the YouTube game reviewers. He even has a bit of a monotonish voice to the point that he can be a bit hard to get into. It took me some time to get into his stuff,but I finally did and if you're looking for a mucho informative style of game reviewing as an alternate to the comedic AVGN style reviews,this is a great guy to watch. Here is a sample of his work,where he reviews a certain underappreciated game that I talked about in my Underappreciated Games Thread,General Chaos:
And a link to his channel:
www.youtube.com/user/AqualungGameReviewsAnd hell,the intro to all his videos is Aqualung by Jethro Tull,which in itself is awesome.
AsalieriNow THIS is interesting...this guy typically doesn't review games,crappy or otherwise...no,he reviews REVIEWERS...and he's not afraid to be as blunt and honest as he can be. Most of the reviewers he's done have been shitty ones,and although he respects AVGN,Asa commented on his huge decline in quality and HARSHLY reviewed AVGN's 100th episode (which I also thought was shit BTW). Needless to say this has caused quite a bit of controversy,so much to the point that he's recently been involved in a feud with YouTube reviewer JFreeDan (whom Asa once somewhat praised) which lead to his original account to be suspended. From person who has a history of being brutally honest and not afraid of the consequences from it to another,I respect the hell out of this guy even if I don't always agree with him...and just like the reactions I get for telling it like it is,I am amused to death by how butthurt some of these people get in reaction to Asa's harsh truth telling. Here is his current YouTube account:
www.youtube.com/user/Asalieri2Unfortunatly,a good lot of his Reviewing A Reviewer (RAR) videos are not on that account since it is an alt account. However,he also has a blip.tv account where all his old work can be found:
blip.tv/asalieri/Here is the aforementioned video criticising AVGN as an example (which also happens to be a collaboration with the reviewer I'll be talking about next):
blip.tv/asalieri/reviewing-a-reviewer-avgn-vs-irate-gamer-vs-rob-the-robot-5249357RazorFistThis guy mostly does reviews of current games,and let me tell ya,he is for the most part NOT a fan of modern games at all. Most of the time I don't agree with his views and find them RIDICULOUSLY nit picky,but I do still enjoy watching him and he DOES point out SOME legit flaws to games I even like. However,there is one review of a popular game that I actually agree 110% on and am glad SOMEBODY had the balls to tear this game a new asshole,and that game is the abominally overrated Street Fighter IV,as well as Super SFIV. Here are BOTH reviews as examples:
And the channel itself:
www.youtube.com/user/xRazorFistxAnd last but not least...
The Nostalgia CriticHe reviews what are considered nostalgic movies,and sometimes even other things nostalgic related (such as games and even commercials). Unlike the other reviewers,he has his own website:
thatguywiththeglasses.com/However,there are a couple of fan accounts dedicated to putting up his reviews on YouTube since blip.tv can be finicky on some computers:
www.youtube.com/user/NostalgiaCriticFan4www.youtube.com/user/NostalgiaCriticFan7As an example,here's his review of a movie I ("praised") reviewed in my Scientology April Fools Joke back in 08...the utter shittastic Battlefield Earth:
And there you have it...hopefully the few that come on this board (mostly BD members that want to read my retaliations to my name being dropped on that board) will check these guys out. They definatly deserve to be watched.