Sega Game Gear VHS Tapes - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

[@napstab100k]

You'd never want to be near a hotel after watching this.

[@CaveyMoth]

Can you really call this a hotel? I didn't receive a mint on my pillow or anything.

[@coruscant100]

Correction; you don't want to be withing a 100 miles of a Howard Johnson after this.

[@InuYugiHakusho]

I didn't like being in hotels before.

[@benmalsky9834]

Oh it’s fine. That sort of thing would never happen in a real hotel.

[@benmalsky9834]

This has no affect on me being comfortable at hotels

[@DialgaMarine3]

Not gonna lie, with all the cameos lately, I half expected the actual 90’s Game Gear guy to appear too lol

[@firinmahlazer]

SAME

[@kh7296]

Same! 😅😅😅

[@BIGKAT32]

Same, or even a video phone call in

[@TSWaves1]

They did though, the guy at the end was him, right? 🤨

[@DustinCavazosMuisc]

My thoughts exactly!!!

[@heehoproductions8590]

When someone in the Nerd's basement shouted "Hojo" I legit thought he's got the long-haired dude as a guest star.

[@arnvonsalzburg5033]

Was searching if someone else wrote this. After Pepsiman dude now I'm a bit disappointed :-D

[@Marcusianery]

Me to!

[@TheZackofSpades]

I completely expected him to drop in at any moment

[@mayhem4masses363]

Same

[@GenY42]

same, I figured if he can get Pepsiman, he can get this guy

[@_JPkun]

Man... 90's were bizarre. Their KZbin sh*tposts were VHS tapes that you needed to buy with your money.

[@Aeimos]

The early and mid-90's were great.

[@kenrickkahn]

@@Aeimos I grew up in the 1990s and early 2000s.. I hated VHS 📼 When DVDs came along I fell in love and still collect them to this day.. I buy Blu Rays but If it's a rare DVD I will buy it in a heartbeat..

[@jonathanharwood1255]

@@kenrickkahn a false prophet among us. VHS is the way.

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

@@kenrickkahn I remember when I was a little kid in the late 90s early 2000s When I frist saw a dvd Case I was like what the heck is this? Why is it so thin?

[@SwiftSmashGamingZone]

[@ChengTeoh]

Imagine being a customer at a HoJos trying to relax only to have a weird guy invading your personal space with strobe lights causing you to have constant epileptic seizures. Times were weird back then.

[@chevysparkgaming]

i have not watched the video yet, so this is really confusing

[@The-DashFox]

I just did and I feel like s*** and a bit my tongue :(

[@PosthumanHeresy]

Not the worst experience someone has had in a living situation with a hojo.

[@gustavrider5561]

Still beats days inn

[@creatureslim]

That's just the ecstasy kicking in.

[@RGT85]

I remember this whole thing and trying to get my parents to stay at a Howard Johnson so I could get the Sega fun pack. Times were different. Lol

[@mrsoulslike570]

Look at this legend

[@julianauri7528]

He answered my giward johnson questions

[@retiredsnowbunnyhunterx5106]

Wait howard Johnson was giving away a sega fun pack?

[@ironwolf56]

In those days of pre-internet (or at best very crude early internet) it felt like you were uncovering this secret. Makes me think of the same thing with horror movies and stuff. Knowing about things like Evil Dead movies as a teenager in the mid 90s I felt like I was part of some elite secret society or something.

[@cptkilgore]

Dude, I remember getting one of those fun packs packs back in the summer of 93'. I thought that was one of the coolest things ever (call me simply minded). I kept my long afterwards took it out while watching the SATAM Sonic series on Saturday mornings. I probably wouldn't still have it today had it not been for my mother accidental throwing out.

[@patentedorganism1557]

This just proves that video game marketing has always been terrible.

[@Zorander.]

Yep, because people who play with prostitutes on their jacht, are not people who play with video games in their parents basement so there is no connection they can't relate to the customers at all, they have no idea what gamers want.

[@SMAXZO]

Except when it's about a guy in a karate gi beating up folks for not playing the Saturn.

[@jessedub]

It peaked with Mortal Monday.

[@kurtownsj00]

Except for the one or two awesome Nintendo Power VHS tapes that I watched over, and over - 2:36

[@crypastesomemore8348]

No it doesn’t, and no it hasn’t

[@doolittle_]

That ending had me in tears! What a great episode. B-Dubs!

[@foxbomber5]

Japan had Segata Sanshiro, the US had this long haired fellow. We got hosed.

[@Scribblerjohnny]

He was the mascot for the Sega Saturn.

[@thebobbalo1]

We got hojo'd*

[@siegfriedmordrake3229]

You can't bit Sanchiro!

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

The US had Phil LaMarr, actually. He was the announcer for the "Plaything" and "Pretendo" Sega Saturn commercials.

[@agentbeard8806]

I think you mean 'We got Hojo'd'.

[@The_Gamer_91]

I like how out of nowhere, he just says "I cut my thumb".

[@KingPopinLockin]

and a few seconds later he looks at it and hides it without skipping a beat lol

[@spawn760]

I couldn't stop staring at his thumb lol

[@R_I-C_H]

He cut his thumb

[@mver191]

@@R_I-C_H is it still on?

[@CartoonEric]

Ouchies.

[@RavTokomi]

When he started hearing someone say "HoJo" in the background, I thought he was gonna have the original actor show up. That would have been awesome.

[@LeviathanRX]

Still probably a bit too close to a pandemic to have a cameo

[@thema1998]

​@@LeviathanRX He could've had a virtual cameo. A lot of people were still mostly stuck at home in 2021, even as places were *starting* to open back up to the public! Just sayin'. 🤷‍♂️

[@darkdrake0389]

The best part of these VHS is that if they were edited just a little differently they could have easily been horror movies about a man trapped in a hotel and being tormented by a Game Gear cult

[@TheZackofSpades]

That housekeeper disguise could’ve given Bugs Bunny a run for his money

[@ProtoMario]

Missed opportunity for a knuckles Sandwich...

[@carr0302]

Ouuuuu...touchè. ;)

[@floatingf8783]

No, if the Crazy Dude did that the business man would actually sue

[@MST3K81]

OK, you win the internet today

[@DlcEnergy]

After every bite you go "Oh no!"

[@adamtorvill6284]

Resident evil Jill sandwich

[@thatonemovieguy5249]

I love how I look straight at his thumb and he noticed I was and says “I cut my thumb”

[@John-merman]

to be honest I didn’t even noticed till he said it

[@camendiv]

And I kept staring at it after till he hid it.

[@necasperaterent29386]

Everybody gangsta until the Nerd turns into Garth from Wayne's World.

[@theunknownpunch3444]

Lol

[@KenMasters.]

Bully!

[@Dong_Harvey]

I was thinking Howard Stern

[@JV-ll1cu]

No. Everybody is not gangsta.

[@goatintuxedo2206]

He reminded me of Max Headroom.

[@surnis9043]

If you stay at a Howard Johnson hotel, and the bellboy asks for a tip, tell him how to open the door.

[@Whydoesthissitesuck]

Underrated comment right here

[@OddsTheo]

Bravo, sir

[@Blueflag04]

lol

[@anthonybalista7421]

I audibly snorted xD

[@ivanvargas2425]

“Plumbers don’t wear ties” cameo just in time for the new physical release

[@bradleypearl2986]

What? Edit: Looked it up. Why, Limited Run? Just why?

[@ivanvargas2425]

@@bradleypearl2986 “Plumbers don’t wear ties” cameo just in time for the new physical release

[@NotABot55]

@@bradleypearl2986 Why not? That or LR lost a bet.

[@RobotsEverywhereVideos]

welp, there's a sign of the end times

[@Blueflag04]

Kinda suprised Limited Run published that

[@julianmocs2346]

Imagine the horrendous things they’ll do to you if you bring a gameboy…

[@slyfox2022]

Smash it in front of you toss the remains in the pool and bill you for it

[@elhugox1]

They make you dinner

[@liamanderson7082]

*Segata Sanshiro theme starts blaring*

[@pentelegomenon1175]

It actually repels that guy, so I recommend doing so.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

@@slyfox2022 I don't think a hydraulic press could smash a gameboy.

[@SinkFlaMain]

As a hotel employee, this might be my favorite video of yours. I'm dying laughing here. 😂😂

[@UltimateGamerCC]

the character is like Jay from Jay and Silent Bob if he never got high and never met Bob. lol

[@jeice2226]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@TJ1380]

Except Jay can actually be funny.

[@jimbartosevich498]

Honestly, if you put him with Jay, I'd mistake Jay for the sober one

[@Thorn99855]

You read my friggin mind.

[@maxpops8427]

Nah pretty sure he still high

[@40088922]

I always appreciate the episodes where we briefly take a step back from games for a change and look at the crazy 80's and 90's gaming culture

[@sergiowinter5383]

The day AVGN became Tyler from Knowledgehub

[@Mahaveez]

So instead of Train to Busan, it's Night at the Hojo?

[@djpegao]

_"Long haired AVGN isn't real, he can't hurt you"_ 11:09

[@SAM-ru4vx]

Got any red licorice?

[@billystink4611]

It’s ridiculous to hear the AVGN call something “insanely inappropriate” lol.

[@lingux_yt]

I liked that employee better when he was the guitarist from Alice in Chains

[@insensitive919]

He had some nice legs.

[@ccorsaro73]

I wish Jerry Cantrell was an employee at a HoJo

[@Omar_E11]

He looked a little like early 90's Hetfield to me lol

[@BoomstickGaming]

Most places STILL just tell you "tips" that are just the most basic core mechanics of the game. lol

[@Cheezy_Bunz]

“When you use med kits you gain health”

[@Clouds12012]

Like IGN lol

[@NucleaRaptor]

_"To defeat the cyberdemon, shoot at it until it dies."_

[@Dudebrotheguy]

Gameranx

[@quentinparhiala9415]

IGN for example

[@WeeabossVA]

I'm sorry but James' impression of the HoJo Guy is now my new favorite AVGN character. 🤣

[@t.b.8837]

It's ok. You don't have to apologize.

[@doubleii1783]

11:11

[@danielslattery6113]

The editing made it lol

[@kirswords8587]

I was dying 🤣

[@tuxysmagicaljukebox5431]

This is like that episode of Garfield where some guy keeps trying to get Jon to buy a magazine subscription.

[@jag92949]

I’ve seen it & liked it.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

1:42 and 5:47 -- I always thought Hojo was that evil scientist guy you eventually fight in Final Fantasy 7

[@CharlesXavier]

Now we know that the real name of Sephiroth's father is Professor Howard Johnson.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Hojo's Bizarre Adventure Rated B-Dubs.

[@nekonomicon2983]

@@viscountrainbows6452 HOJO!!

[@TheTrainFan9]

He also played for the Mets in the 80s.

[@toyvania]

@@viscountrainbows6452 Underrated comment of the century! Ora Ora ORA!!!

[@DarknetDude]

So the long-haired crazy dude is actually the victim of a virus that slowly turns people into advertisers for Sega Game Gear and this hotel; it's actually kind of a tragedy.

[@Tommi1981]

He actually has some talent.

[@Yabuturtle]

Reminds me of the weegee virus. Everyone who stares back at him turns into weegee. xD

[@sergiowinter5383]

The Sega Snatchers

[@joshuareynolds6958]

Wonder where he is now, and does he feel a proper amount of shame in his old age?

[@Chris-nq3ri]

Well imagine covid19 in 1990s...

[@savagegamer474]

“I cut my thumb” in the real world James just had an accident with a butter knife. In the nerd canon the nerd got an injury in a rematch with bugs bunny.

[@RichardofanFivbe]

I heard he got in a knife fight with that guy who killed all his friends. What was his name again?

[@Gamerdread491]

@@RichardofanFivbe board james

[@franciscorocha9289]

@@Gamerdread491 it was the f*cking phone

[@lyndonluquin4091]

@@franciscorocha9289 Or IS it~? NYEH HEH HEH HEH!!!

[@Parocha]

5:52 my 75-year-old dad still calls Howard Johnsons "HoJos"... and I don’t think it's from having watched these videos (lol).

[@PeteTheWargamer]

9:08 it's like Plumbers Don't Wear Ties all over again

[@smashpro1]

The huge coincidence that they just announced the port!

[@quentinparhiala9415]

Yes it is Pete the Wargamer

[@crazysilly2914]

@@smashpro1 To switch?

[@beauwalker9820]

@@crazysilly2914 not surprising, because Switch (and every console) has "Night Trap" on it. Probably so we can lolz at it. It's shocking to think back in the mid 1990s politicians (left & right) thought "Night Trap" was as bad as "pr0nz."

[@nyancatpoptart5441]

the only difference is that it's full motion video

[@jinx6646]

The acting at the end has got to be one of Jame’s best performances ever!!! Just keeps getting better.

[@LordClydeofOMAR]

I can't stop laughing at the ending. "That is packing in the FU-FU-FUN!"

[@bonfire3283]

Lol same!

[@Blueflag04]

same

[@wardrich]

That ending was amazing lol

[@dr34mcast]

Sideways

[@jmac79ers]

It's like, just when you think James has toned it down a bit.....blam!!!

[@UltraKirby123]

Hearing him say "I don't like it." in a simple, normal tone after going on a tangent never ceases to amuse me

[@rjskillz92]

Jesus this is the most 90s thing ive seen in a long time.

[@Run187]

He's the angriest VHS tape nerd..

[@OlviMasta77]

yooooooooooou've eeeeever heeeeeeeard..

[@ThePhonyAccount]

I want to see that series now.

[@rustyshackleford8170]

He's the B-Dubs, Betamax nerd

[@esmooth919]

He's also an angry DVD neeeeeeerrrrd

[@DTailorUK]

Naw, he's so angry that he forgot it was a VHS tape, after all the other games on cartridges and videodisc or whatever, that he doesn't realize it's a VHS tape.

[@GreenEyedGerudo]

Loved this episode: too bad you couldn’t get this guy for a cameo

[@grahamkelly5341]

Was literally waiting on him to pop into the game room

[@omarolmosstudios7060]

Usually alot of guest appearances do that all the time

[@reyvilla8501]

Epilogue: that man died after the console wars ended in the early 2000s. His life force was connected to the GameGear as hinted in his videos. SEGA!!!

[@Quetzen]

I don't think an animal like him could've survived the Y2K bug.

[@OcondosZ]

What do you mean? The guy showed up at 11:11

[@zachy888]

I feel like someone could make a horror movie trailer out of that video.

[@bobjohnson1096]

Could have fooled me I thought it was.

[@Kieran5]

Ah yes, my favorite tip: "How to open a door"

[@PetProjects2011]

What cracks me up, is I have that Taz game in my collection, and it's VERY cryptic. Yet, "going through a door" is the tip they included.

[@Tranceplant82]

Nah, go through it!

[@Drawersama]

Listen, some times pull and push gets mixed up.

[@Maicol_WK]

"How to jump"

[@PetProjects2011]

@@Maicol_WK "Press the jump button".

[@razor8191]

Sega’s epically absurd, in-your-face marketing campaign is the stuff of legends, the likes of which we have yet to see replicated again in the game industry.

[@HereForAStorm]

hey, it worked for a while, they actually managed to get some folks to believe that the Sega Genesis is better than SNES.......... **runs**

[@Supersonicspyro]

@@HereForAStorm power wise the snes was the better console, but blast processing was a real thing

[@lajeandom]

@@hypercynic I was about to say the same thing, very similar to Sega's advertising in many ways

[@anonymoususer1591]

@@HereForAStorm It is.

[@synth_fox_]

@@hypercynic those are parodies though. SEGA were doing it un-ironically back in the 90s.

[@quickman2663]

Going Hojo sounds like trapping animals to make them cross-breed.

[@collaterale1]

I hate/love you for making this reference.

[@bradleypearl2986]

And then putting alien cells in your son while he's still a fetus.

[@IcePhysicsGaming]

I thought I might not be the only one thinking along those lines.

[@kbgman01]

And then injecting himself with those same cells during his boss fight.

[@crazysilly2914]

?

[@k1ngN0rk]

"And I don't like it" at the end, only true fans will get it.

[@mywhychromosome]

Also, Side Note: it'd be great to see "Game Gear 90's Guy" become a character alongside the "Big Rigs Racing, Tribal Tattoo" James character

[@taxevasionisyyes]

For smash it would be great

[@rokuken]

I agree 100%. I came to the comments section to post this. You just beat me to it 🤣🤣🤣.

[@Mr.Quackerjack]

Game Gear 90s Guy = Michael B. Big Rigs Racing Tribal Tattoo Character = Rex Viper Rigs

[@DarknetDude]

I love that AVGN is basically a video game historian, and comedian.

[@grhp4610]

and also filmmaker. He did an 'adaptation' of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: The Game: The Movie".

[@michaelkeller5927]

And he inspired Norman, the video game historian

[@NotGodlikeWZ]

And a certified filmmaker as well. Can't wait for "Dragon in my dreams"

[@barneyjuniorYT]

He went from an angry energetic dork who lives in a basement to a 80s kid reliving his past in his basement

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

I swear 90% of what I know about video games, I learned from him. I never even knew about *most* of these old games and systems.

[@recorderdude]

I cannot begin to express my joy that the AVGN is going to introduce so many people to these insane tapes. I would LOVE to see a further dissection on the post cereal one too at some point, IIRC the dude just advertises Dynamite headdy by screaming "DYNAMITE??" and then SHOVING LIT DYNAMITE INTO HIS FACE

[@notarmani4804]

Indeed.

[@MrBepis-qx5ye]

Most indubitably.

[@Clouds12012]

But what does cereal have to do with videogames? I kinda hope he doesnt do that as AVGN

[@user-nr2cs2rq7h]

Headdy's the boy.

[@jagtech490]

@@Clouds12012 he already did that remember Chex quest ?

[@Lunar_Blacksmith]

Lol, we actually DID used to call Howard Johnson “HoJo” in our family. And I really don’t think it came from this, but I think they were pushing it a lot in the 90’s in general.

[@lordvolvin470]

This tape is like a horror film where the victim becomes insane and joins the cult

[@JoseRoberto-dk3yy]

Or the victim goes to suicide while the crazy guy just watch the scene with a sadistic smile.

[@Nic5Cyprus]

I had zero idea this existed and am pretty sure almost everybody didn't either

[@WW91_SF6]

same

[@notsure1969]

I kind of wish that I didn't know that this ever existed.

[@adamjames2254]

I remember it. Forgot mostly about it, but this video made me vividly remember something I had forgot for nearly 25 years

[@kevinthepilgrim]

I didn't and I'm a 90's kid and gamer. Maybe because I grew up in the Third World, hahahaga.

[@KuroKoopa]

I memberrrrr

[@markwolkotte5253]

The moving camera angles remind me of the old shoot interviews from ECW in the 90s

[@ThePsychedelicCinema]

Honestly the funniest ending of an AVGN episode I've ever seen. Been watching since '07 and I was literally in constant tears 🤣🤣🤣

[@eavyeavy2864]

Not you are not

[@Spook327]

Part of me is screaming "how is this a thing that existed?" and then I remember that the 90s were a thing that happened and not just a weird fever dream.

[@dickmarx1298]

But did they really? At this point in my life I'm not sure that those years even actually happened.

[@zakazany1945]

The 90's were a decade long fever dream

[@FellowHuman137]

Barcode battler was a thing.

[@kennyslg8914]

Sometimes I wonder if we'll look back at the 2000s and 10s the same way. The 80s and 90s definitely seemed very "primal" as far as entertainment goes.

[@andybunn5780]

The 90s was the last great decade!

[@Deadsea_1993]

James is insanely talented to be making videos like this for nearly 20 years now and still being successful, relevant, and funny.

[@eavyeavy2864]

This is my reaction to anyone who dont credit his hardwork

[@alfredocanas6802]

oh the wonderful 90's, everyone was trying so hard to be so extreme and edgy, even Nintendo being a conservative company jumped into the extreme bandwagon for some time till the early 2000's

[@OlpusBonzo]

Luckily that happened much less in Europe.

[@realJoeMavro]

Better than the over-sensitized, politically correct, garbage we have today.

[@OlpusBonzo]

@@realJoeMavro Luckily this is happening much less in Europe.

[@andrewhudson7108]

In the 80s you were playing with power but in the 90s you PLAY IT LOUD

[@natsume-hime2473]

@@realJoeMavro Funny, because that's the kind of stuff you have to go looking for. There is plenty, more than ever in fact, of the kinds of stuff you'd be interested in. Then again people who complain about political correctness, also complain about perpetual "outrage culture." Which is ironic when you're the kind who are perpetually manufacturing things to be outraged over. What's it like spending so much time making yourself so angry and miserable all the time?

[@jackfables3470]

The AVGN : Talking about tips, numerous times, throughout the entire video. Me, a man of culture : Remembering Sterling Archer's 'Just the tip' compilation. 😹

[@perehn8910]

Parents now: "TikTok videos are weird and makes no sense" What parents grew up watching during the 90's:

[@chrismeulen8108]

'90s* the comma goes BEFORE the 9, because it denotes that something is missing, in this case the 19.........

[@poiuytrewq11422]

How 80's of you.

[@mrmurphy172]

Little known fact. The long haired concierge was the basis for Nicolas Cage's accent for Cameron Poe in Con Air. True story.

[@zapman6528]

Cameron Poe, Poe Dameron (starwars), COINCIDENCE?!?!

[@alexandercarder2281]

That’s amazing 🤩

[@JaredJanhsen]

Put the bunneh back in the box.

[@2482smitty]

@@JaredJanhsen Why couldn't you put the bunny back in the box?

[@kayatien]

Holy macaroni

[@odinsbeard4775]

I remember when they found a corpse in the swimming pool at the HoJo near my house.

[@xotl2780]

Probably a complete coincidence.

[@mikelemikemike]

Did he have a number tattoo?

[@roachdoggjr7020]

was he found with a game gear?

[@alexs6351]

the description of "a mix of gambit from X-Men and foghorn Leghorn" was so apt!

[@wp6192]

If he didn't mention the bandaid, i'd probably never notice it.

[@siegfriedmordrake3229]

What bandaid?

[@solidskullz5736]

Sega really was one of kind back then huh

[@UltimateGamerCC]

they were out of their minds, and we loved them for it. lol

[@KairuHakubi]

you gotta give them this, both back then and now _they take risks_

[@jordandill7863]

this legend is only 7 episodes away from hitting 200 episodes

[@cliffjumper1984]

Never thought about that. I wonder if it will be the 200th episode by then endo of this year...and what will he do. Im sure he has something big planned

[@oliverpony]

I wonder what he's going to do for the 200 episode???

[@IamI3rian]

I hope the next couple are better than the last couple, or it's gonna feel like forever.

[@Jessica-ln2xp]

@@cliffjumper1984 I wonder if he will have the time.

[@AndrewAmbrose]

I love when James does other voices, especially as the nerd; the end part made me legitimately giggle 😄👌

[@hansdieter1439]

„… sounds like someone is tickling his a…“ „Hheuuu heuuuuu ehuuuu“ James, your are a mastermind.

[@UltimateGamingDude]

Always love hearing that snippet of the old AVGN theme song playing from time to time during the title cards.

[@stanstanstan2597]

I kinda wish we had the whole song still…but at this point, that brief jingle speaks for itself

[@SuperCaleb360]

The last time I was this early to AVGN the guitar guy was still a character

[@Truenofan86]

I miss him :,’( Remember when he used his guitar to beat up Bugs Bunny

[@TripleT706]

Whatever happened to that guy?

[@panduvandal]

Isn't he a carpenter or prop maker now?

[@ProdCashhier]

@@TripleT706 he went home and became a family man

[@chandler7695]

Back to living behind the couch I presume.... Right where he belongs.

[@Rambl3On]

AVGN, your impression at the end had me laughing so hard! Well done!

[@jasongretencord3326]

Whenever I hear HoJo, I think of the mad scientist in FF7.

[@kendyer8761]

I don't remember a mad 🥼 in the fast and the furious 7.

[@KawaiiKaabii1993]

@@kendyer8761 i think they meant the lead scientist in the Shinra corporation that created Sephiroth and Aerith and Cloud in Final Fantasy VII

[@siegfriedmordrake3229]

@@KawaiiKaabii1993 what does it have to do with Fast and Furious? 🤔

[@frostare]

Ahhh yes, the true villain.

[@galaxy_kitten95]

Literally my exact thought process throughout the whole video.

[@ShopperKungVtuber]

Why i expect that Howard Johnson is gonna be in this episode?

[@fazeslasher7927]

you mean HoJo?? GO HOJO!!!!!!!

[@batcat2338]

11:40 he is.

[@NotABot55]

@@fazeslasher7927 Hojo? Wait for it... *[meaningful guitar piece, sudden shift in tempo]* *

[@michaelcraig9744]

Maybe Howard Johnson is the friend we made along the way.

[@Mick_92]

I mean, he did have the Pepsiman pizza guy.

[@UhrwerkKlockwerx]

Finally, another episode of the Nerd after a long day.

[@djphildeez6357]

I’m loving how many we’ve gotten recently.

[@Charmicanal2.0]

@@djphildeez6357 true

[@dragonspeed99]

I love it’s on Friday!

[@SpencerBPD]

@Raymond Calamito Episode 200 is planned for November as far as I know

[@adamjames2254]

My thoughts exactly

[@johnshea7871]

If I were a kid when these tapes came out I would say “No thanks I would rather get a Game Boy”

[@Burn_Angel]

The nerve of some people...

[@giuseppeparry1365]

So now we know which hotel Hojo stayed at in Costa del Sol.

[@hunger4wonder]

Hahahaha 👏😉

[@mikelemikemike]

Vincent Valentine want to know your location...

[@secondchanceretro5739]

James is so brave to make his nerd videos with a wounded thumb. Lets take a moment to salute this angry video game nerd for his sacrifices, to make us content. *cries in spanish*

[@theepicdoomlad5790]

Because he is the EPIC BRAVE ANGRY VIDEO GAME NERD

[@donkarasu-9644]

Same dude who kept playing Contra up until beating the final boss with bleeding hands.

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

Maybe the cut thumb is why he watched a video instead of playing a game.

[@secondchanceretro5739]

@@donkarasu-9644 No kidding, the contra guns got you tapping 100 times per second! My Dad is the only guy I know that can beat Contra 1 and 2 without dying a single time. He says that he pretends that he is Rambo and he only gets one life!

[@SMAXZO]

I dunno why but the way the Nerd saying Baboon is hilarious.

[@ShaFnZAM]

Bob-oon

[@mamefan]

He says other words strangely too, like bury.

[@mesk412]

Bah-boon

[@PotterPossum1989]

Monkeyshines!

[@phattjohnson]

@@mamefan Ya'll talkin' like it's not a berry

[@loranfrank4403]

This was pretty cool to see one of the most obscure Sega Sonic promotions I've ever seen but not every promotion is going to be a hit unfortunately & age well. I'm glad this vid was made on it although comically. This shows how hot Sonic's popularity was in the 90's & how much Sega needed to capitalize on it to remain successful

[@sethortiger]

When corporations try to be hip for the kiddies.

[@Cheezy_Bunz]

All of June explained

[@revengefrommars]

Reminds me of the Noah's Arcade guy when he tries to rap.

[@Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser]

I didn't know Sega had VHS tapes. The more ya know.

[@sosplushco.7393]

there are ones in Spain as well and let me tell you they're very WACK especially the one for Sonic 3

[@m1tch506]

Me neither

[@alanrobledo1573]

I know right?

[@ThePapaja1996]

Sega computer

[@TonyBMan]

Sadly, they have more VHS tapes than quality Sonic games

[@sopebarrofficial3557]

I love how it starts with the nerd talking and he pauses for a second and just says “I cut my thumb”

[@skylaquinn219]

It like he answer a question that we asked lol I also like how he look at it again and then hide his thumb like he could see that it was distracting us, he was doing some major fourth wall breaking in this one 😂

[@carpetfluff35]

if there was ever an episode that needed a 'what were they thinking?' and didn't get one, it's this.

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

Imagine staying at a hotel and some nerd is following you everywhere, advertising Express VPN... Oo

[@FK-13]

Can you imagine avgn without swearing

[@TMNWG]

I know the whole Bdubs thing was unrelated but I still laughed.

[@Chris-nq3ri]

Bdubs wasn't 90s....or was it? Probably not..

[@isaaccrowe5069]

@@Chris-nq3ri Late 90's. They were BW3's for a time, then started switching to B-Dub's

[@chadcurtis1246]

The term/slang/name B-Bubs comes from the restaurant's original name Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck (BW3).

[@theopenrift]

James really is on a roll with these impressions lately, I love it

[@jonathanwilliams225]

I like how he came around on the nickname “B-dubs” I’ve been calling it that for years

[@lingux_yt]

I wasn't expecting a grunge Max Headroom at the end. bravo, sir

[@GrannySingaporePVP]

He’s the Angriest Gamer you’ve ever hearrrrrd!!!

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

He’s the angry Nintendo nerd!

[@calmingwhitenoise9317]

He's the angry video game....NEEEERRRRDDDDDD

[@adamuzumaki98]

@@calmingwhitenoise9317 Also the Atari Sega Nerd.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

He's also the angry Sony and Microsoft nerd!

[@adamuzumaki98]

@@adventureoflinkmk2 Thanks, buddy.

[@DrumsTheWord]

WHAT...were they thinking?!

[@Fyrmer]

I had never even heard of Howard Johnson Hotels before. but you're right, this video did make me want to avoid them.

[@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365]

At 6:07 I was expecting the actor from the VHS tape to make a special guest appearance for this episode. How awesome would that have been?

[@theyakkomanguy7522]

This is more like The Angry VHS Nerd.

[@LawWonderTV9]

AVHSN. Huh. I like that one.

[@DUMBERTHANYOUTHINK]

But the tape is about video games

[@KevinGomez-fz1yg]

Is the Angry Video *Home System* Neeeerd 🎶

[@casinoroyalewcheese]

Angry Video Tape Nerd

[@samulivatanen3373]

@@DUMBERTHANYOUTHINK what games did the tape show for us ? Dont remember anymore

[@andtails]

Ah man, this tape is probably one of the cringiest promotions I've ever seen.

[@boareheart6288]

That was the 90s for ya

[@robk.6591]

I want to buy it. For the laughs if course.

[@ig-8887]

It just warms my heart when the nerd discovers he likes saying "B-Dubs".

[@1314Bn]

I thought the Hojo guy was going to make a cameo in this episode.

[@EJsGameplay]

After Pepsi Man guy, I wouldn't have been surprised!

[@1_armm]

PEPSI FOR TV GAME!

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

Me too

[@micahlindley7515]

Don't forget JENOVA.

[@Canadas_Very_Own]

I was half expecting that too!

[@Gadgetbig]

When he mocks the crazy guy at end , I couldn’t stop laughing 🤣

[@bimmerwman]

I remember it being called HoJo's in the 90s when I was a kid.

[@kchorro2012]

wow, the way that dude looks and speaks looks like he could be right at home as your classical AVGN villain along the lines of the Joker and Bugs Bunny. Part of me was expecting a cameo to be honest.

[@jimmyrolls37]

So, we gonna get the HOJO guy as a recurring villain who drops into the nerd room during Sega game reviews? Please?

[@baron_von_brunk]

I remember that Banjo-Kazooie VHS tape because it was hosted by Jon freakin' Lovitz!

[@BenCol]

As Gruntilda might’ve put it: “What Jon would say of that tape methinks, His review would simply be: It Stinks!”

[@AnotherMovieStudio]

“Sounds like a mix of Gambit from X-Men and Foghorn Leghorn.” No Nerd, he sounds like a wanna be Jay from Jay & Silent Bob fame

[@charlesblasini2134]

"Sounds like a mix of Gambit from X-Men and Foghorn Leghorn" That's literally just Fred Durst

[@SwayRod836]

He looks like Adam X from X-Men.