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[[File:SuburbanKnights_6323.jpg|thumb|400px|Teamshot circa April 2011.<ref>The smudges are [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110707021038/thatguywiththeglasses/images/thumb/2/26/3year.jpg/607px-3year.jpg autographs]. Left to right, top row: [[Dark Maze Studios|Ed Glaser]], [[Todd in the Shadows]], [[Paw Dugan]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]], [[Phelous]], [[That Dude in the Suede]], [[The Game Heroes|Handsome Tom]], [[Jew Wario]], [[Marz Gurl]], [[Bennett the Sage]]. Bottom row: Holly Brown (TGWTG showrunner), [[Obscurus Lupa]], [[The Angry Joe Show|Angry Joe]], [[Benzaie]], [[The Spoony Experiment|The Spoony One]], [[The Nostalgia Chick]], [[The Nostalgia Critic]], [[The Cinema Snob]], [[Captain Planet and the Planeteers|Ma-Ti]] (Bhargo), [[Luke Mochrie and The Inners]], [[Bad Movie Beatdown|FilmBrain]], [[The Game Heroes|8-Bit Mickey]], That Other Guy (Rob Walker).</ref>]] |
[[File:SuburbanKnights_6323.jpg|thumb|400px|Teamshot circa April 2011.<ref>The smudges are [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110707021038/thatguywiththeglasses/images/thumb/2/26/3year.jpg/607px-3year.jpg autographs]. Left to right, top row: [[Dark Maze Studios|Ed Glaser]], [[Todd in the Shadows]], [[Paw Dugan]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]], [[Phelous]], [[That Dude in the Suede]], [[The Game Heroes|Handsome Tom]], [[Jew Wario]], [[Marz Gurl]], [[Bennett the Sage]]. Bottom row: Holly Brown (TGWTG showrunner), [[Obscurus Lupa]], [[The Angry Joe Show|Angry Joe]], [[Benzaie]], [[The Spoony Experiment|The Spoony One]], [[The Nostalgia Chick]], [[The Nostalgia Critic]], [[The Cinema Snob]], [[Captain Planet and the Planeteers|Ma-Ti]] (Bhargo), [[Luke Mochrie and The Inners]], [[Bad Movie Beatdown|FilmBrain]], [[The Game Heroes|8-Bit Mickey]], That Other Guy (Rob Walker).</ref>]] |
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{{quote|''"[[Catch Phrase|Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to.]]"''|'''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]'''}} |
{{quote|''"[[Catch Phrase|Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to.]]"''|'''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]'''}} |
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[[Doug Walker]] is [http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]. Best known for being [[The Nostalgia Critic]], a somewhat cynical man who reviews some of the shows and movies we grew up with in [[The Eighties]] and [[The Nineties]]. There's stuff like ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie|Pokémon the First Movie]]'', ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (film)|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', [[Scare'Em Straight|Drug PSAs]], and the infamous ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]''. He also has other features on his site, such as "[[Bum Reviews]]", in which another of his characters, a homeless guy named [[Crazy Homeless People|Chester A. Bum]], "reviews" recently released movies. Another is the "5 Second Movie" series in which he edits together a very brief collection of clips from the given movie to give an overall summary. For instance, he summarized ''[[The Matrix]]'' thus: |
[[Doug Walker]] is '''[http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]''', part of '''Channel Awesome'''. Best known for being [[The Nostalgia Critic]], a somewhat cynical man who reviews some of the shows and movies we grew up with in [[The Eighties]] and [[The Nineties]]. There's stuff like ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie|Pokémon the First Movie]]'', ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (film)|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', [[Scare'Em Straight|Drug PSAs]], and the infamous ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]''. He also has other features on his site, such as "[[Bum Reviews]]", in which another of his characters, a homeless guy named [[Crazy Homeless People|Chester A. Bum]], "reviews" recently released movies. Another is the "5 Second Movie" series in which he edits together a very brief collection of clips from the given movie to give an overall summary. For instance, he summarized ''[[The Matrix]]'' thus: |
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{{quote|'''[[Keanu Reeves|Neo]]:''' [[Dull Surprise|Whoa]].}} |
{{quote|'''[[Keanu Reeves|Neo]]:''' [[Dull Surprise|Whoa]].}} |
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In addition to his own videos, Walker also hosts a number of other pop culture reviewers on his site. You can find a list of most of them (or at least the ones we tropers remembered to add) '''[[That Guy With The Glasses/Characters|here]]'''. |
In addition to his own videos, Walker also hosts a number of other pop culture reviewers on his site. You can find a list of most of them (or at least the ones we tropers remembered to add) '''[[That Guy With The Glasses/Characters|here]]'''. |
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The site spun off into ''Blistered Thumbs'' in November 2010, for gaming-centric videos and article. |
The site spun off into ''Blistered Thumbs'' in November 2010, for gaming-centric videos and article. It shut down in January 2014. |
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Contributors who have left Channel Awesome get their pages and videos deleted off the site. |
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Please restrict examples from the following shows to their respective pages, unless they're from non-anniversary special crossover videos. |
Please restrict examples from the following shows to their respective pages, unless they're from non-anniversary special crossover videos. |
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'''Subpages and Related Pages:''' |
'''Subpages and Related Pages:''' |
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* The site's anniversary specials: |
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Anniversary Specials= |
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:1. [[TGWTG Year One Brawl]] |
:1. [[TGWTG Year One Brawl]] |
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:2. ''[[Kickassia]]'' |
:2. ''[[Kickassia]]'' |
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:3. ''[[Suburban Knights]]'' |
:3. ''[[Suburban Knights]]'' |
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:4. ''To Boldly Flee'' |
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:4. ''Untitled Fourth Year Space Themed Anniversary Special'' (coming soon) |
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:5. ''The Uncanny Valley'' |
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* ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'' (site affiliate and occasional guest-star) |
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* ''[[Ask That Guy With The Glasses]]'' |
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Current Members= |
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* That Guy with the Glasses ([[Doug Walker]]) |
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** ''[[Ask That Guy With The Glasses]]'' |
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** ''[[Bum Reviews]]'' |
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** ''Demo Reel'' |
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** ''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]'' |
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** ''[[Video Game Confessions]]'' |
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* ''[[The Angry Joe Show]]'' (Angry Joe) |
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* ''Ask Lovecraft'' |
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* ''Awesome Comics'' |
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* ''[[Awesome Video Games]]'' (Fraser) |
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** ''[[Video Games Awesome]]'' (Fraser) |
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* ''[[Bennett the Sage]]'' |
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* ''Blood Spattered Cinema'' (The Horror Guru) |
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* ''Brandons Cult Movie Reviews'' (Brandon Tenold) |
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* ''Chris Stuckmann'' |
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* ''[[The Blockbuster Buster]]'' (ERod) |
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* ''[[The Cinema Snob]]'' |
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** ''[[80's Dan]]'' |
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** ''[[The Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]'' |
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* ''The Dom Reviews'' |
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* ''Dtoons'' |
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** ''Toons These Days'' |
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* [[Guru Larry and Wez]] |
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* [[The Last Angry Geek]] (''Comic Book Issues'') |
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* [[Lee and Dena]] (''Still Gaming'' & ''The Game Den'') |
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* ''Rocked Reviews'' |
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* ''Some Jerk with a Camera'' |
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* [[That Guy With the Glasses Index]] (works spoofed/reviewed by these people) |
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* ''[[What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?]]'' (Nash) |
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Former members= |
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* ''[[Apollo Z Hack]]'' |
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* ''Animerica'' (Fox Catcher and Phoenix) |
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* ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' (Linkara) |
* ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' (Linkara) |
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** ''[[History of Power Rangers]]'' (Side-series) |
** ''[[History of Power Rangers]]'' (Side-series) |
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* ''[[Bad Movie Beatdown]]'' (Film Brain) |
* ''[[Bad Movie Beatdown]]'' (Film Brain) |
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** ''Projector'' |
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* ''[[The Blockbuster Buster]]'' |
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* [[Benzaie]] |
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* ''[[Brows Held High]]'' |
* ''[[Brows Held High]]'' |
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* [[Chaos D 1]] (''The MMO Grinder'') |
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* Count Jackula |
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* ''[[The Cinema Snob]]'' |
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** ''[[80's Dan]]'' |
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** ''[[The Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]'' |
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* ''[[Dark Maze Studios]]'' |
* ''[[Dark Maze Studios]]'' |
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** ''[[Deja View]]'' |
** ''[[Deja View]]'' |
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** ''[[Space Ninja]]'' |
** ''[[Space Ninja]]'' |
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* ''[[Diamanda Hagan]]'' |
* ''[[Diamanda Hagan]]'' |
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* [[The Amazing Atheist|Distressed Watcher]] |
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* ''[[Familiar Faces]]'' |
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* ''[[Familiar Faces]]'' (CR) |
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* [[Harry Partridge|Happy Harry]] |
* [[Harry Partridge|Happy Harry]] |
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* [[Iron Liz]] |
* [[Iron Liz]] |
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* [[Internet Personality Vangelus]] |
* [[Internet Personality Vangelus]] |
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* iRawss |
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* ''[[JesuOtaku]]'' |
* ''[[JesuOtaku]]'' |
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* JewWario (''[[You Can Play This]]'') |
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* [[The Last Angry Geek]] (''Comic Book Issues'') |
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* [[JonTron]] |
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* [[Lord Kat]] |
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* [[Luke Mochrie and The Inners]] (''Film Conscience'') |
* [[Luke Mochrie and The Inners]] (''Film Conscience'') |
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* [[Marz Gurl]] |
* [[Marz Gurl]] |
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* [[Mike J]] (''Shameful Sequels'') |
* [[Mike J]] (''Shameful Sequels'') |
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* ''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]'' |
* ''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]'' (Lindsay Ellis) |
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* [[Obscurus Lupa]] (Allison Pregler) |
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* ''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]'' |
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* [[Obscurus Lupa]] |
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* [[Paw Dugan]] |
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* ''[[Phelous]]'' |
* ''[[Phelous]]'' |
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** ''[[Mortal Komedy]]'' |
** ''[[Mortal Komedy]]'' |
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* [[Paw Dugan]] |
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* [[Peanut Butter Gamer]] |
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* ''[[Pushing Up Roses]]'' |
* ''[[Pushing Up Roses]]'' |
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* ''[[The Rap Critic]]'' |
* ''[[The Rap Critic]]'' |
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* ''[[Reviewtopia]]'' (site featuring certain TGWTG contributors and members of its community) |
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* [[Rollo T]] |
* [[Rollo T]] |
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* ''[[Sad Panda Q& |
* ''[[Sad Panda Q&A]]'' |
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** ''[[Forget About It]]'' |
** ''[[Forget About It]]'' |
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* ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]'' (Noah Antwiler) |
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* [[Team Four Star]] |
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** [[Counter Monkey]] |
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** [[Spoony's Campaign]] (''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' campaign featuring various site contributors) |
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** [[Lanipator]] |
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** [[Little Kuriboh]] |
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* [[That Dude in the Suede]] |
* [[That Dude in the Suede]] |
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* [[That Guy With the Glasses Index]] (works spoofed/reviewed by these people) |
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* [[That SciFi Guy]] |
* [[That SciFi Guy]] |
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* [[Todd in the Shadows]] |
* [[Todd in the Shadows]] |
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* ''[[Transylvania Television]]'' |
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* [[Welshy]] |
* [[Welshy]] |
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* ''[[What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?]]'' |
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* [[Y: Ruler of Time]] (Read Right to Left) |
* [[Y: Ruler of Time]] (Read Right to Left) |
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'''Blistered Thumbs contributors:''' |
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* ''[[The Angry Joe Show]]'' (Angry Joe) |
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* [[Stuart Ashen|Ashens]] |
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* ''[[Awesome Video Games]]'' (Fraser) |
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** ''[[Video Games Awesome]]'' (Fraser) |
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* ''[[Bennett the Sage]]'' |
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* [[Benzaie]] |
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* [[Chaos D 1]] (''The MMO Grinder'') |
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* ''[[Clan of the Gray Wolf]]'' |
* ''[[Clan of the Gray Wolf]]'' |
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* ''[[Eric Power Up]]'' |
* ''[[Eric Power Up]]'' |
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* [[The Game Heroes]] |
* [[The Game Heroes]] |
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* [[Guru Larry and Wez]] |
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* [[JonTron]] |
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* [[Lee and Dena]] (''Still Gaming'' & ''The Game Den'') |
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* [[Peanut Butter Gamer]] |
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* [[Psychotaku]] |
* [[Psychotaku]] |
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* [[Sean Fausz]] |
* [[Sean Fausz]] |
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* ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]'' (The Spoony One) |
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** [[Counter Monkey]] |
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** [[Spoony's Campaign|Spoonys Campaign]] ([[Dungeons & Dragons]] campaign featuring various site contributors) |
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* ''[[Video Game Confessions]]'' |
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* ''[[Weird Video Games]]'' |
* ''[[Weird Video Games]]'' |
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* ''[[You Can Play This]]'' |
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Affiliates= |
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* [[Stuart Ashen|Ashens]] |
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'''Former Contributors:''' |
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* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] (James Rolfe) |
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* ''[[Apollo Z Hack]]'' |
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* ''[[Reviewtopia]]'' (site featuring certain TGWTG contributors and members of its community) |
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* [[The Amazing Atheist|Distressed Watcher]] |
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* [[Team Four Star]] |
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* [[Lord Kat]] (Though still closely affiliated with the site) |
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** [[Hbi2k]] |
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* ''[[Transylvania Television]]'' |
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** [[Lanipator]] |
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** [[Little Kuriboh]] |
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