Gradius V (PS2) Review By Mike Matei

If you have been living under a rock, you may not know who Mike Matei is. Cinemassacre is the home of James ”The Angry Video Game Nerd” Rolfe and his friend, Mike Matei. These guests often provide additional commentary on the games, mock the Nerd's anguish, and act as parodies of the characters from which they had been derived. James Rolfe, being the movie fan that he is used practical effects for pretty much the whole movie and only seems to turn to CG when it is really needed.

9 is definitely harder than say, 2 or 3; and 10 is definitely easier than 9. But, that's how you make NES games…you have to give players a challenge or they're going to plow through it in a weekend, at most. One interesting aspect of the video is that Mike commissioned a video game hardware wizard to make him a Game Gear that is capable of video out.

As of this review, there are 137 episodes of AVGN - this Blu-Ray contains the first 100. It is, without a doubt, one of the best Zelda games ever. His anger and profanity over these bad games would sometimes climax in him destroying whole game cartridges, or defecating, burning and sometimes even crushing entire video game consoles.

Rolfe's channel, JamesNintendoNerd, is currently the 171st most popular YouTube channel with over 928,000 subscribers and 421.9 million views, according to VidStatsX. In 2007, the series became a program on ScrewAttack and GameTrailers , where it was renamed The Angry Video Game Nerd to avoid trademark issues with Nintendo , and to allow Rolfe to review games from non-Nintendo consoles.

The same way kids of the 80's grew up with the NES, we also all grew up around board games. When I played that game, it was the first time since probably A Link to the Past where I felt like I was playing a proper Zelda title. The Nerd couldn't get over the fact that there's a typo in an NES game.

What occurs next is where the video truly starts to pick up speed, as Gadget asks McGangBang Matei if he has the game Miney Crafta”. Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Mike Matei about his role in content on Cinemassacre, his thoughts on several Zelda videos he's produced, and what he hopes to see Zelda do in the future.

The video quality is about what you'd expect from YouTube, however, this set is far better simply for the fact that you don't have to deal with YouTube's cumbersome interface, ads, and the random pixilation that sometimes occurs during YouTube videos.

James Rolfe's first videos were intended as "just a joke", with no intentions of making them public, showing them only to his friends. When the actual Nerd reviewed such a game in AVGN Games, he didn't know who Mike was. I love horror films and getting to edit all those reviews helps me learn so much more about them than I normally would by just watching them for enjoyment.

Cinemassacre, home of the Angry Video Game Nerd, is typically a Nintendo leaning site. I feel like a sequel to the SNES game should have been done several times over by now. I loved the Mike Matei Oracle games and Minish Cap. Currently Matei spends most of his time editing James & Mike Mondays and other Cinemassacre videos.

The AVGN plays the NES game Friday the 13th based on the horror movie. But, just like in the games that the nerd finds himself tirelessly trudging through, you'll come across many reasons to swear like a sailor. I like his movie reviews, but not his video game glitches.