People really do have all kinds of opinions, but are you kidding me?
Atari 5200 episode is my FAVORITE by far, it's full of such great humor, and the musics fit the situations, and it is like a social commentary about the greedy eBay practices, sellers not understanding things or lying about them, the irrationality of a paperboy delivering newspapers by THROWING packages into people's heads and so on.
The only thing missing, is what I agree with you upon - he SHOULD've reviewed some games!
But the problem is, those same games exist pretty much in an identical form on the Atari 800 family, so we didn't lose much. Also, there's not that much that can be said about that era's simplistic console games that most Atari 2600 game reviews haven't pointed out already. The games are just simple fun, and not much else, there's not enough depth for a proper review.
I don't usually like AVGN's 'theatrical skits', I prefer the game footage with proper commentary, but that Atari 5200 episode is just all-around hilarious and well done, plus, VERY relatable for anyone tinkering with old game systems, computers and consoles.
"Dragons Lair"
Someone picked this as not a favorite - why? It's expertly done, he's on point in everything he says, he's passionate about it, and he ends it with a quick, poignant skit that proves a point - NO ONE should ever die from just WALKING TO A DOOR! It's hilarious, it shows off the game and it has proper sense of desperation about it. Maybe it's too short? I don't know, I really like that episode, though.
Ninja Gaiden is actually pretty cool, there's like a 'story progression' there, that's also relatable. However, I do agree that there are a bit too many 'skits' and not enough about the game itself.
Ikari Warriors didn't seem too bad, but I can't really remember it well, so who knows.
Dark Castle is actually a good episode, he's very good at making me never want to play that.
My worst is any Mike Matei one.
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