The Happy Video Game Nerd: Difference between revisions

[[File:HVGN.jpg|frame|How can you be angry at that face?]]

 

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* ''[[Dragon Quest II]]'' (Game Quickie)

* ''[[DuckTales (video game)|Duck Tales]]''

* ''[[Enemy Zero]]''

* ''[[Eternal Darkness]]''

* ''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]'' (in what he called "a confession" -- watch the review, you'll see)

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' Tobal No. 1 Sampler [[Final Fantasy VII]] CD Demo VS [[Final Fantasy VII]] (Gettin’ Super Nerdy)

* ''Ghoul Patrol'' (Game Quickie)

* ''[[Goof Troop]]''

* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] 10''

* ''[[Metal Storm]]''

* ''[[The Ninja Warriors]]''

* ''[[Resident Evil Gun Survivor|Resident Evil: Survivor]]'' (Is It Really That Bad?)

* ''[[Zombie Panic in Wonderland]]'' (Game Quickie)

* ''[[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]]''

 

He reviewed a technically-new game (''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] 9''), but he did so because of the self-parodying [[Retraux|Old School]] feel to it; he later reviewed ''10'' as well (and was much less kind to it). He also reviewed the new ''Rocket Knight'' and ''Splatterhouse'' games, as well.

The Happy Video Game Nerd (HVGN) is a deliberate attempt to contrast the trend of [[Caustic Critic|Caustic Critics]] on the Internet, and it's also a way to bring up old retro gaming classics that [[Needs More Love (Sugar Wiki)|deserve a little more attention]]. Surprisingly, James Rolfe - The Angry Video Game Nerd himself! - [[Colbert Bump|subscribes to Derek's YouTube account]].

 

 

Compare ''[[Wiiviewer]]'', ''[[Classic Game Room]]''.

* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: Normally averted, but his reviews of ''[[StarTropics]] 2'' and ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] 10'' had this in spades. Also in the second half of his ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' review.

* [[Adorkable]]: Derek, especially when he [[Squee|squees]] over the games he reviews.

* [[April Fools' Day]]: He's done something on April Fools' Day every year since starting as the HVGN, one of only two occasions (the other, of course, being Halloween) for which this is the case:

** 2008: He posted [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBlotxX0qOQ&feature=channel_video_title an audio-only vlog] ripping into the AVGN (originally titled "Sick to death of hearing about the Angry Nintendo Nerd") that was actually a parody of the infamous Armake21 vlog ripping into the [[Irate Gamer]].

** 2010: He switched shows with the Gaming Historian, another Retroware personality. Derek talked about ''[[Shenmue]]'', while Norman reviewed ''[[Ristar]]''. This is also the only April Fools prank to date in which Derek does ''not'' break character, [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|at least not explicitly]].

** 2011: His friend and bandmate Calvin hijacked his show, and did an improvised quasi-review/playthrough of ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''.

** In his reenactment of the Bugs Bunny AVGN episode with Nightshade, at the point in the dialogue where AVGN punched Bugs, instead Nightshade punches HVGN.

* [[Bowdlerise]]: In a special video produced before his review of the 2010 ''Splatterhouse'' game, HVGN explored the changes made to the original ''Splatterhouse'' -- including the Bowdlerized elements -- in its transition from the arcade to the TurboGrafx-16.

** He also appears in the [[Board James]] review of "Loupin' Louie", a [[Live Episode]] filmed at PAX 2011, and is identified by an onscreen caption. It's the first time he has ever appeared in a [[James Rolfe|Cinemassacre]] video, and Derek naturally joked about it being "the much anticipated [[The Angry Video Game Nerd|AVGN]]-HVGN [[Crossover]]".

* [[Caustic Critic]]: Inverted, as his reviews are (generally) positive in tone.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: [[In-Universe|His basic shtick]] is showcasing retro gaming's [[Ensemble Darkhorse|ensemble darkhorses]].

* [[Follow the Leader]]: So relentlessly, cheerfully [[Lampshaded]] that he seems to have escaped the wrath of even AVGN's fervent fanbase. (As pointed out above, AVGN even subscribes to his [[YouTube]] account.)

** When HVGN discovers that Darkwing Dark can deflect knifes, he gleefully imagines who would [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|win in a fight]] -- then realized it's pretty much no-contest.

* [[Halloween Episode]]: Much like the Angry Nerd, Derek likes to review horror-themed games in late October, as well as in May under the same logic as Christmas in July.

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