My Two Favorite Non CLGamer Internet Shows

I usually don’t like to use different platforms to talk much other platforms. Since one is well known (and gaming related) and the other has it’s own unique gaming collaborations, I figured I’d give a brief run down on them. One of the two, I am quite sure most people here have heard of the first –

The Angry Video Game Nerd

James Rolfe started this addicting, and hilarious phenomenon, as a joke. He was encouraged to do another ‘episode’ and it just started to spread. Over 50 reviews later, James has created a quite a following, with his reviews of the horrible games of the past, dropping f-bombs and other crude words and references, consumption of Rolling Rock, and some memorable guests during some episodes. Although there may be a few questionable titles he disliked (I thought TMNT on the NES was fun  as hell), there were quite a few ghastly titles that he dared to play and review (Batman Forever on the SNES, Zelda CD-i games).

James also does other things outside AVGN reviews, such as movie reviews at Spiketv.com, Top 10 compilations (Jackie Chan stunts, movie bad guys, etc) and other projects that he’s constant working on. Kyle Justin, who performs the awesome AVGN theme song as well as some other episode specific songs, is a talented musician in his own right. His first album, Live at the Tin Angel, is quite the piece of work, although not everyone’s cup of tea.

Recommended Nerd episodes — Fester’s Quest, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Bugs Bunny’s Birthday Blowout, The Wizard of Oz and The Wizard & Super Mario Bros 3.

My other favorite non CLGamer internet show is something I discovered while bored with job searching one late night. Bored as hell I started sifting through Youtube for the hell of it. I saw something about an i-Dog, and that got my attention. I had once worked at Toys R Us in Times Square, and i-Dogs were sold there and tried to be pushed as the next big phenomenon riding of the coattails of anything with “i” at the beginning. To spare any further unnecessary details, this i-Dog had something done to it that I never thought anyone would do….and now I present to you –

Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?

The whole premise of the show is to microwave various things in each 3-6+ min episode, and see what happens.  It sounds stupid, but the weirdo inside me got hooked and enjoys watching this. Throughout the series (160+ episodes) they have microwaved many different things, ranging from a Nintendo Gamecube, to firecrackers, to a laserdisc, to even Pikachu. Some things have no real reactions, and some things look pretty killer (CD, John McCain and Barack Obama….yes you read that right) It’s not a bunch of kids randomly throwing stuff into their microwaves. It’s college kids putting a microwave outdoors about 10-15′ away from the door, with masks, gloves, goggles and a tin foil shield. It’s to protect their nuts, because nobody likes roasted nuts (you’ll get that if you watch it).

Look up “Is it a good idea to microwave this” on Youtube and you should have a lot of options open to you. The 6th season just got underway on April 1st with the gang microwaving an XBox 360 and original XBox controller. New episodes will air every Monday and Friday evening until sometime in July. I’m sure there’s one episode that everyone would get a kick out of.

My recommended microwave episodes — Is it a good idea to microwave…. a Gamecube, Furbys, Ping Pong Balls, Fireworks, Giant Mercury Light Bulb, Pikachu.

I would have mentioned Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager, but this long awaited new season started off in such a boring way, I stopped watching it so I could save it for a really long dragged out day. Anyone else watch anything good out there on the web?