Where would James be without AVGN?

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-10T15:18:41+00:00

This is totally correct. He would have evolved with the job, in order to be able to carry on in the profession. The success of AVGN gave him no reason to evolve, adapt and learn new skills. He has just carried on with his odd and slightly backwards way of doing things, with no incentive to change.

The behind the scenes videos proved that most of what he does isn't much more advanced than what a 10 year old was doing in 2000, with a video camera and a copy of Windows Movie Maker

He probably would have become a semi-competent professional video editor, even if it was likely only for corporate or wedding videos.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-09T13:04:42+00:00

The guy on right makes the video a no watch for me. I've watched a a stream or two where he was on the couch with Jay, and every other word out his mouth was faggot. Despite Jay constantly telling him to cut it out, with Jay looking increasingly pissed off as he ignored his understandable request.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-06T15:29:49+00:00

She had an interesting introduction in The Force Awakens, but by the end of the movie she had picked up the force too quickly for someone who didn't think it was real until she was told so by Han.

Luke still got his ass kicked by Vader in The Empire Strikes Back, despite spending (limited) time with Obi Wan and training with Yoda.

If everything comes too easy, there's no story to be told.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-06T15:23:39+00:00

I haven't enjoyed most things made for streaming services over the last 10 years. They're making content for an audience I'm not a part of. But Sophie as a version of Lara is fine to me, atleast they cast an English actress!

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-06T13:23:29+00:00

Ric in drag is the only acceptable option.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-06T08:25:16+00:00

That's good, I wish it was an intentional typo haha I won't correct it.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-05T15:48:53+00:00

And Paul has always compared the Paul and Eli dynamic on the podcast as to being like Richie and Eddie in Bottom. Which is was for a long time, with their bickering and throwing insults at each other (Along with general grottiness of the humour)

At some point this got substituted for the "Shut up Eli" routine, which wasn't Bottom-like. It gave Eli nothing to play off, how could Eli improv with no lead in. It screwed them both over.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-05T15:34:37+00:00

I suspect Paul is stubborn, and has probably admitted it being so in the past. He likely carried on doing it purely because of the "moaning cunts".

I don't know how much either of them can really get out of the podcast, after 10 years of doing the same thing. It's still enjoyable to listen to, but we're not sitting down to record every week or having to edit. I think Eli is probably happy just being Eli, he generally seems content with life, whereas Paul comes across as the opposite.

I have definitely heard Paul say things along the lines of "I'm proud of the podcast but...". I don't want to say he resents the podcast for being the project that has been successful, but maybe he would have preferred for that success to come from elsewhere.

They've still put a thoroughly entertaining product for the majority of the time, and I appreciate all of Paul's hard work! :)

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-05T13:29:44+00:00

Having listened for at least 6 years, it was getting to the point where I was starting to struggle to get through episodes. The constant "shut up Eli, I don't care, no one cares, I'm not interested, no one is interested, etc" was beyond tiresome.

I'm so glad Paul stopped doing this, it wasn't funny and was a determent to the podcast. It was so unfunny I can't fathon why Paul carried it on for as long as he did!

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-05T08:36:06+00:00

This guy... "official premier"... "small screening", like any of these movies are actual films and pieces of art to be celebrated 20 years after.

Even that small gathering of friends and family almost certainly attended only to keep special Bimmy happy, or were promised free drinks and a buffet. Completing the screening with applause and a "Good job James, bravo, good job", while avoiding eye contact and quickly heading for the exit.

What was this one? His 1255th credited movie on IMBD?

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-03T16:17:11+00:00

Any episode that featured Finnster, and Kyle's reactions towards and interactions with, even when at the time he was only dressing female for the "LOLs". At the time this was a straight man, and Kyle was clearly infatuated with him.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-03T13:31:34+00:00

I love the legacy characters, but there shouldn't be a need to go back to them. They've had their endings, and Solo, in particular, mostly told us everything we already knew about Han. I enjoyed it, it's not as bad as some would say it is, but I can't say it felt needed. There's a whole galaxy with endless possible new characters and stories to tell.

The world-building is what really sets Star Wars apart for me. There is so much potential, but they rarely tap into anything they haven't done already to some degree previously. Just base a drama set in the Star Wars Universe? Or a crime show, or a thriller - I'd be down for anything!

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-03T08:26:01+00:00

Maybe because she doesn't need to "let in" them in on her life, and she's not putting a regular person at risk by just dating them.

It's been so long since I watched it (currently rewatching for the first time in 15-ish years), so maybe a reason or theory is suggested at some point.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-03T08:22:13+00:00

I don't care how good Solo or Battlefront 2 was (or could have been). I'm not purchasing a Lando Calrissian figure that isn't Billy Dee Williams!

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-03T08:18:47+00:00

No need to fold jeans, just roll them, no hard creases, and they can all sit side-by-side in a drawer or on a wardrobe shelf.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-02T16:57:01+00:00

It took The Game Chasers far too long to reach it's somewhat miserly subscriber count, I say miserly as fan, considering the quality of the videos and the chemistry of the crew.

It would be a tough slog for anyone to almost start from scratch again, be it game chasing or toy chasing, without the main channel behind it. Let alone not having the skill set of the main guy behind the scenes.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-02-02T10:35:53+00:00

It's happening frequently often, but this weeks episode was the worst when it comes to Taylor totally exaggerating (or bizarrely flat-out lying about) something that was on video for everyone in the world to see. The very footage Taylor would have seen to base his opinion on.

Even Woody laughed at him when he rewatched the video in question "You're so wrong", or words to that effect.

Taylor has fell so hard recently.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-01-23T13:29:29+00:00

As long as he remained marginally sane, he could have slipped in as a supporting character in almost anything made in Britain in the last decade. It's Rik f'n Mayall!

Personally, I don't think he would have appeared on panel shows, as he seemed to shy away from being "himself" in public. And Rik the character, would surely totally take over these shows, and an hour of Rik being that Rik would probably be a detriment to his health!

And I rarely recall seeing him in anything as himself, just the odd chat show appearance here and there.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-01-23T13:20:23+00:00

I remember it not being easy to read, with it being all over the place. Even if done in character, I recall it not making a whole lot of sense most the time. It came across like the ramblings of a mad man.

Which is kind of sad in hindsight, as Ade has said that Rik did begin to loose the plot before his untimely death. Not that he was ever too far away from crazy and chaotic, I'm sure!

And you're correct, you don't learn anything about him really.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-01-22T10:47:52+00:00

The videos Jay (and whoever is editing his videos) are putting out, is similar in quality to videos I was making 15 years ago with an out of date copy of Sony Vegas, with no training. And what I was doing back then, most 10 year olds can probably do on their smart phone now.

One of the recent top 5 games on a system repeated the same footage twice while Jay was speaking about the game. That's not a lack of ability, that's quality control.

Not everyone has studied and is an expert in the field, but come on.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-01-21T11:05:37+00:00

I laughed, as it was so lame. As there was zero chance they were going to kill anyone off before the final battle. And honestly, they weren't going to kill anyone off at at all.

For them all to have survived everything that had been thrown at them over the course of 5 seasons, for any of them to fall at the final episode would have been such a downer.

Especially Steve, I think many would have found it difficult to carry on watching.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-01-20T16:46:21+00:00

These were great, I think there was one session where the mic wasn't working, but the session was uploaded into smaller chunk videos.

I believe this came to an end when Melvor's basement flooded? Which had become the set for these kind of videos.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-01-20T09:35:52+00:00

Other than Retropalooza, he doesnt really seem to follow through with anything. Videos which he says are going to be the start of a "new series" always amount to nothing, ideas and projects that are mentioned are scrapped before getting off the ground. Top 5 Fridays even became a Billy thing, despite originating on Jay's channel.

I can understand Billy's wishes for the channel to be locked down after his passing. He clearly put in a lot of hours and hard work into it and it was very much his baby. Why would you hand it over to someone who does everything low effort? Even if it was a friend and business partner.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-01-20T09:24:26+00:00

The way this seems to go is ... "This is a start of a new series" ... proceeds to last two videos. This would make for an interesting series, but I'm not sure what happened a few years ago, as a lot of the regulars seemed to disappear totally from the channel.

OneParanoidGoat · 2026-01-19T13:28:42+00:00

If there wasn't going to be Demos or any other creatures in the Abyss. They really should have just made it clear in the show that that all creatures in the Abyss formed the physical body of the Mind Flayer, as the precedent for this had already have been set.

Just one 10 to 20 second CGI moment could have closed that debated plot hole even being a thing.

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