What is the worst AVGN episode?

The new horse episode might be a contender.

I think you are right about this because I didn't know any of this before I watched your video. I only knew the AVGN vid

I would love to hear your impressions of “Madame Web” if you watched it.

I love Hong Kong 97, it's one of my favorite semi-contemporary works of art and I'm glad you found a way to talk about it.

And I appreciate the history lesson about HK97, I like learning about art like this in a way that faces it. in the same way that I would genuinely watch your video about the Wall, I would watch your video on this game.

I haven't watched AVGN in so long that I don't have an opinion, but I really like the projector/classroom vibe for this episode

And today I learned what AVGN is, heh. Doesn't sound like my cup of tea. HK97 sounds like it might be interesting? But not enough for me to go hunting up more info about it. (Like, I have family in HK, so I'm usually down for learning about it, but it doesn't sound like it's really *about* HK.)

There is no good AVGN episode so pick any one you like I’d rather watch him than the nostalgia critic I guess if you put a gun to my head but yikes

That one you showed with the christmas tree was the first new release during a period I had convinced myself to maybe get back into avgn. I did not get back into agvn.

Thanks for the video! I had no idea what Hong Kong 97 actually was. I'm familiar with some protest games or serious game like they're sometimes called like 'Leichenberg' and '1387 km', but it never occured to me that Hong Kong 97 was one of them. So thank you for the lesson. As far as worst AVGN gets... I'd say the movie still sits at the top. I was really rooting for James when e made that film, but the product was so off, I don't even know how we got here.

It took me a minute to register that you were actually projecting the videos on you while you talked and it’s really cool.

I think I just realized that the AVGN and the Nostalgia Critic are not, in fact, the same person.

Ummm....wow. I'd have to catch up on over a decade of videos just to form a halfway-qualified guess. I won't. He was a gateway video creator, but that was a long, long time ago. I do remember enjoying his Silver Surfer video back in the day.

In the interest of providing the *most* confrontational answer, the worst AVGN episode is all of them

I've watched AVGN diligently starting from the Batman episodes (back when they weren't available on YouTube and you had to watch on his website) until episode 200 - to me, Life of Black Tiger and Seaman are the worst by far, I was never able to finish watching them. I agree with your points regarding HK97, but his video about it is lighthearted and has some good jokes, so I wouldn't call it the worst.

The reason I liked the HK97 video before was because of what I thought was James’ authentic reaction to the subject. Knowing what the “game” is now it does explain why I haven’t watched that video in years. My personal favorite AVGN will always be the Action 52 and Cheetahman ones.

I think I occasionally watched AVGN many years ago, maybe, but I picked up the two last videos you mentioned - Hong Kong 97 and Life of Black Tiger - and watched them. Okay, that's a lie, I watched Hong Kong 97 and I made it far enough into the other one for Gottfried to appear and start talking and a certain word to appear in the subtitles, and my hand pressed the pause button before my brain could even process it. Anyway, after that experience, I guess I'm wondering... what exactly is the bit? Like... he's not even angry. He makes negative comments and cusses, but he's clearly not acting frustrated, or upset. I feel like I'm missing what the appeal is supposed to be.

Every one of these shorter videos I watch convince me that Dan would have been the perfect model for the Riddler in the Christopher Nolan Batman movies.

I really enjoy getting these little videos in my inbox. Like a fun newsletter for random opinions! Also, crazy that there's so many YouTube reviewers who make videos about important media but seemingly don't understand it and therefore just make fun of it because movie/ game/ song/ whatever bad and me no likey. If I had a dollar for every time-...

I stopped watching shortly after he did Crazybus or Big Rigs or HK97 I forget if they were all the same year or not. The HK97 video is the only one here that I've even heard of. And I stopped watching because it got boring. So finding out that nope wow it went *places* is just bewildering

I've never watched an AVGN video even tho I was the prime age/interest group/demo, but I've watched hours of "AVGN kinda sucks in retrospect" content

I've never watched AVGN, and this video makes me feel fortunate for that.

Can’t say I have a specific pick for worst, but I’m generally not a fan of the newer episodes. Well, I say newer, but it’s been years since I watched an episode I haven’t seen before. Has _anyone_ ever finished the LoBT one? Bonus Opinion: Funnily enough, your pick is actually one of my all-time favorite episodes, since it’s always read to me as more of a showcase formatted as an AVGN episode. Plus it’s an unintentional riff on the type of games that HK97 is criticizing, and as they’re very much not my cup of tea it’s weirdly cathartic for that. The game itself does a lot of heavy lifting in that episode, though, which is probably why it feels so much like a showcase to me.

Grandad beard is accelerating

Unprecedented beard levels rn

Does the movie count? I haven’t seen all his videos, especially the more recent ones, but the movie is easily my least favorite bit of AVGN content.

Never watched a single AVGN ep but I suddenly find myself with new opinions about them.

I thought this was going to be the new worst Doug Walker video based off of your re-tweet today (Doug rating the worst Bill Cosby commercials, and I really don't think AVGN can compete here)

Really enjoying the miniseries of "unorganized topics Dan was reminded of by the HBomb plagiarism video"

Been enjoying these journeys through internet ephemera (if that in any way encourages it to continue, I'm here for it)

I don't have any informed opinions on avgn but I am enjoying this Bemused Videography Expert series