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AJ-enova
10-13-2009, 05:59 PM
If you like piss-take reviewers like the Angry Video Game Nerd, then you have to check out Spoony's (Noah Antwiler's) reviews found at http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/

He does a wide range of reviews - mostly early FMV titles :shock:, 'retro' games, sometimes slightly newer ones (His Final Fantasy VIII Review is fucking EPIC!) and also movies.

Believe me - He is worth checking out...
Schwaltzvald
10-13-2009, 06:05 PM
...If you like piss-take reviewers like the Angry Video Game Nerd...

check out Spoony

reviews - mostly early FMV titles, 'retro' games, sometimes slightly newer ones

(His Final Fantasy VIII Review is fucking EPIC!) and also movies.

Believe me - He is worth checking out...:lol: (no not really sorry to waste your time)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/Schwaltzvald/uhyeah.png
AJ-enova
10-13-2009, 09:50 PM
Uh? wtf? get off the forums if ur gonna be a gimp...
Schwaltzvald
10-13-2009, 10:06 PM
Alright I'll bite.

Out of the various reviews I watched from him, he comes off rather flat; almost as if there's a requirement to take him seriously only to pity him for not having anything else better to do. It's as if he's doing it for the attention rather than the actually trying to entertain his audience. The best way I could compare this would be watching someone back in highschool, trying to give a report, putting up a facade, and trying to be cohesive as well as not boring.

Perhaps I should consider looking at his other stuff, but overall I felt I was given false advertisement considering your attempt to make comparisons to AVGN; even the nerd is just a gimmick as James is just some guy doing a show about the exceptionally bad game titles along side the rare good ones, this as well as looking back at a large variety of movies from monster-mash flicks, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, sports (rocky series).

Perhaps this spoony guy only just started and may have a following of some sort, but I wouldn't try to make a comparison imo. :lol:
halc
10-13-2009, 10:07 PM
his reviews are accurate but as far as comedy goes he's not even worth the dirt under avgn's feet

also,
http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?p=576235
Nekofrog
10-13-2009, 10:54 PM
His FF8 review was great up until the third or fourth part, where he completely ventures away from FF8 for a long time and doesn't bother with its many many flaws. Instead he puts on little annoying skits that go on for 5 minutes too long. UGh.
Arek the Absolute
10-14-2009, 12:54 AM
Spoony is alright, but he has nothing on AVGN.

Seen him and many other game reviewers on "that guy with the glasses" and they aren't really all that much different from each other or that great.
OverCoat
10-14-2009, 01:20 AM
I love spoony

I had a thread about him a couple months ago

definitely watch through the phantasmagoria 2 playthrough
Gollgagh
10-14-2009, 02:05 AM
eh, I can only just stand AVGN as it is

between him and Yahtzee, my "angry" video game person queue is quite full enough thanks
LuketheXjesse
10-14-2009, 02:09 AM
Say what you want about spoony as a whole, but his Yor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doS-sxtlNfU) review is amazing.
Nekofrog
10-14-2009, 02:52 AM
I watched Yor a few months ago without the knowledge that spoony had reviewed it.

Has one of the most awesome theme songs to come from that time period.
herograw
10-14-2009, 03:41 AM
You know, when I started watching the Let's Play for Phantasmagoria 2 I was NOT a fan. by about halfway through the 2nd video, though, it really started to get good and it got even better with the 3rd and 4th iterations. The 5th was pretty bad but I still go back once in a while.
CHIPP Damage
10-14-2009, 03:50 AM
He misspelled "bukkake". Hahaha.

I don't know. I don't find this FF8 review terribly entertaining. I could understand making something like this solely for the purpose of comedy but I just don't see why he goes on about things like, for example, why the gunblade sucks. Especially, when there's no good argument for it because it simply comes down to preference.
OverCoat
10-23-2009, 12:15 AM
On the latest review, Terror TRAX: Track of the vampire, I noticed at the end of the credits that the game had been donated by... Amayirot Akago (http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=9258)!

I bet it felt good to get rid of that POS
sephfire
10-23-2009, 03:25 AM
I could never stand the Nerd. Spoony's stuff I enjoyed, but then I found That Guy with the Glasses (http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/). His weekly Nostalgia Critic (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic) movie reviews have become a highlight of my week.

His Video Game Confessions (http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/vgcon), Bum Reviews (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews), and Ask That Guy (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/ask-thatguy) mailbag shows are great too.
Faustt
10-23-2009, 06:31 AM
Not a lot of spoony love it seems.

I will give you that it's not always a bag full of laughs. It's somewhat in the same vein of MST3K. Taking B movies and games and poking fun at them. You never know what you're going to see on the front page either, which can be a nice surprise.

The way I found him was from his FF8 review. I hate that game nearly as much as he does. lol. So maybe that's what one me over. On one hand I wish he would have done the whole game, but I totally understand why he wrapped things up the way he did.

Plus I can relate to the guy. College grad with a CS degree that's doing crap from them.... :?

Now, I need to watch some Terror Traxx!
Nekofrog
10-23-2009, 06:32 AM
the ff8 review was like 40% ff8 and 60% him trying to show off his own original shit.

not funny
KyleJCrb
10-23-2009, 07:27 PM
Spoony is awesome. Also, Linkara (http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/).
abg
10-23-2009, 11:37 PM
Forget Spoony. The Forky Experimentation (http://www.youtube.com/user/HypomaniaMan#p/c/5AEF06D3A36A7DE5/4/O16kIzAJ83o) is where it's at!
Chris8282
10-24-2009, 02:57 PM
My God, I love that funny bastard, AVGN. If there's anyone near his quality I want to check his stuff out. The Nostalgia Critic or The Guy With the Glasses are the closest thing I've ever seen. Long live these two great comedians.
Otakatt
10-24-2009, 03:33 PM
I never knew his Yor review existed until reading this thread.

Wow.

Best. Thing. Ever.

Also, not sure why some make it Spoony vs. AVGN? I think they're different. They do similar things, but have their own way of doing it. I also think it's possible to enjoy both. I can see why people might not like Spoony though. Even though I think he's fantastic. XD
Amayirot Akago
10-25-2009, 09:51 PM
On the latest review, Terror TRAX: Track of the vampire, I noticed at the end of the credits that the game had been donated by... Amayirot Akago (http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=9258)!

I bet it felt good to get rid of that POS
Wait, someone around here actually noticed I exist?

And yeah, I love Spoony. Period. Getting him to review that game was a dream come true.