As seen below in the Angry Video Game Nerd’s latest installment, the Nerd offers up a Christmas episode fit for gaming curmudgeons like himself, with Culkin stopping by to deliver a pizza box full of Home Alone titles of yesteryear. With the games ranging from classic platforms such as the NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, PlayStation 2, and even the Game Gear, there’s plenty of schadenfreude on display, as the AVGN and Culkin suffer through the content of the old licensed games for our enjoyment.
At about halfway through the episode, Culkin eventually drops his character as “The Pizza Boy” in order to fully lambaste the Home Alone games and point out the absurd contrivances that developers came up with to pad the actual plot of the movies and make certain scenes playable. For instance, one stage in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York for SNES shows how disconnected the game is from the film’s story, as it contains a chef as a boss character that strips away his clothes during the battle for no apparent reason. Thankfully, Nintendo didn’t include it in the SNES Classic’s game lineup.
All things considered, the gags and the writing, along with Rolfe and Culkin’s fun rapport with one another on-screen, makes for a great Angry Video Game Nerd entry that fans can enjoy both during and outside of the holiday season. Not to mention, it’s nice to see the Home Alone star show the retro classic ToeJam & Earl some love by wearing a t-shirt with the title’s logo printed across the front. So, with any luck, Rolfe and the rest of the team behind Cinemassacre Productions will keep putting out more solid content like this latest video for many more years to come.
Source: Cinemassacre – YouTube
