History Heartwarming / TheAngryVideoGameNerd

* Episode 202: The end of the review.

** His theory that Buzz Buzz [[ExtyYearsFromNow arriving in Onett from ten years in the future]] represents the spirit of the players who discovered ''[=EarthBound=]'' a decade after it had [[AcclaimedFlop flopped in North America.]]

* Episode 186: He reviews the games on Taito Legends 1 & 2, when he gets to Operation Wolf, he doesn’t show any footage out of health and safety for the viewers since the game has seizure enducing flashes.
* Episode 187: When the Nerd realized that the ''Bartman vs Radioactive Man'' was made by Acclaim, which acquired LJN in that time, he lamented that "Why couldn't it have been Creator/{{Konami}}??", citing that they made good ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' games and ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' Arcade game. Considering Konami's down in the dumps status at the date of the video creation, it shows that the Nerd has a good sense to differentiate the past Konami (which was respected, made kick ass games, especially some licensed ones) and the more modern Konami (which was considered insulting to gamers), and unashamedly showed adoration to it.[[note]]In fact, much like James' stance towards certain controversial drama-baiting movies, he showed complete neutrality in the Konami's debacle.[[/note]]

* Episode 86: He reviews the games on Taito Legends 1 & 2, when he gets to Operation Wolf, he doesn’t show any footage out of health and safety for the viewers since the game has seizure enducing flashes.

* There's something wonderful at seeing someone who's given us so many laughs [[{{Corpsing}} absolutely crack up]] in turn from the infamous "live like a windrammer" email in Cinemassacre Mailbag 3.

* In his Godzilla review, he praises the newer Godzilla games, saying he should have been born later for these games. Even better is that it is rather obvious that it isn't the Nerd speaking, but James himself.

** To elaborate, ROB tells him that he aims to destroy every bad game, except for Gyromite and Stack Up. The Nerd realizes that all his troubles will be over...but he decides to stop ROB anyway.

** The setup to the whole video is amazing too. the Nerd never played Earthbound as a kid and all he knows about it was the gross-out ads and the fact that it flopped. In his mind, Earthbound is the ultimate bad game for him to play and to his shock ''it's great.'' You'd expect the video to end on that gag right? Well, in a nice twist on things the Nerd ''keeps going.'' He finds himself legitimately enjoying the game and praising its most imaginative moments with genuine glee. We even get to see a rare [[WhenHeSmiles genuine smile]] from him when he's thinking about the "mandatory happy town music" before he catches himself.
* In the review of the other Home Alone games, it's pretty nice to see the Nerd bonding with Creator/MacaulayCulkin. Particularly notable is the end, where the Nerd helps Culkin vent his frustrations at seeing so many shitty video games featuring him, and then the two of them brutalize said terrible games with traps from the movies.

* Episode 175: The Nerd makes no apologies for hating the gameplay segments of Majora's Mask, but its story, characters, and art direction genuinely impress him. It's not every day you see the infamously ill-tempered geek express genuine sympathy for the characters from the game he's spitting venom at.

* Episode 175 opens with the Nerd giving a succinct, eloquent, and ''blistering'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the ''Ninja Turtles'', ''Action 52'', and ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' cartridges -- paying deliberate homage to ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. Every syllable that escapes the Nerd's mouth is dripping with seething disdain toward these abominations of gaming. Here are his words, quoted in full.
-->'''The Angry Video Game Nerd:''' You are cruel and miserable games. You exist for one purpose: to reap everything I've sown. You've robbed me, not only of my childhood, ''but my adulthood, too!'' ([[INeedAFreakingDrink downs a shot]]) I've been cursed to play your bullshit until the end of time, but thankfully, the end of time is about to come: the year 2020 is upon us! Doomsday -- yeah, they were 20 years off with Y2K -- but this is it, for real! And with only one week left, the ceremony must begin. (He grabs three small paper masks: one is a Ninja Turtle with dollar signs for eyes, the second is a screaming Cheetahman, and the third is a distorted TwoFaced mask with a hand FlippingTheBird.) You must wear these masks until the midnight of New Years. They've been carefully selected as caricatures of your true, shitty natures.\\
(He puts the Ninja Turtle mask on the TMNT cartridge) ''Your'' mask represents The Solicitor, the one who [[CashCowFranchise uses familiar source material to cash in]] [[InNameOnly and disrespects the love for the franchise]]. You don't respond to love. [[OnlyInItForTheMoney You only respond to what your petty hunger dictates; to things that have value. You're the kind that appraises franchises without seeing their beauty]]. You're nothing but {{greed}}.\\
(He places the Cheetahman mask on the Action 52 cartridge) ''Your'' mask is [[MilesGloriosus The Overzealous Coward]], the one who has nothing to give but somehow gives too much of it. You're an overflowing garbage can of filth, bloated and packed to the gills with nonsense, bullshit to the highest capacity to hide your incompetent, broken gameplay!\\
(He puts the TwoFaced mask on the Jekyll and Hyde cartridge) And of course, ''you.'' You wear the mask of [[{{Sadist}} The Heartless Punisher]], tricking me with useless weaponry and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou sucker-punch pitfalls at every step]]! You see humanity as small animals caught in a trap to be tortured! Your pleasure is the giving of pain! From this, you feel the same sense of joy one might get from a kiss or an embrace! ''Shame on you!''\\
Shame on ALL you shitty games! All your [[GuideDangIt cryptic mazes]], bad controls, unfair jumps, vomit-inducing graphics, lack of continues, long passwords... I hope you're proud of yourselves. May God, the Devil, and whatever else have pity on you. And as for me... I wear the mask of the thing that stalks me at this very moment. (He puts on [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]], then opens the window to show the WeirdMoon in the sky above the cityscape) You shitty, shitty games. You stole my life away. It's all yours. You inherit everything left of my soul. Now, you can dig deep in the treasury, but before the world ends, I must play one last game.

(He places the Cheetahman mask on the Action 52 cartridge) ''Your'' mask is [[MilesGloriosus The Overzealous Coward]], the one who has nothing to give but somehow gives too much of it. You're an overflowing garbage can of filth, bloated and packed to the gills with nonsense, bullshit to the highest capacity to hide your incompetent, broken gameplay! (He puts the TwoFaced mask on the Jekyll and Hyde cartridge) And of course, ''you.'' You wear the mask of [[{{Sadist}} The Heartless Punisher]], tricking me with useless weaponry and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou sucker-punch pitfalls at every step]]! You see humanity as small animals caught in a trap to be tortured! Your pleasure is the giving of pain! From this, you feel the same sense of joy one might get from a kiss or an embrace! ''Shame on you!''\\

* Episode 175 opens with the Nerd giving a succinct, eloquent, and ''blistering'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the ''Ninja Turtles'', ''Action 52'', and '"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' cartridges -- paying deliberate homage to ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. Every syllable that escapes the Nerd's mouth is dripping with seething disdain toward these abominations of gaming. Here are his words, quoted in full.
-->'''The Angry Video Game Nerd:''' You are cruel and miserable games. You exist for one purpose: to reap everything I've sown. You've robbed me, not only of my childhood, ''but my adulthood, too!'' ([[INeedAFreakingDrink downs a shot]]) I've been cursed to play your bullshit until the end of time, but thankfully, the end of time is about to come: the year 2020 is upon us! Doomsday -- yeah, they were 20 years off with Y2K -- but this is it, for real! And with only one week left, the ceremony must begin. (He grabs three small paper masks: one is a Ninja Turtle with dollar signs for eyes, the second is a screaming Cheetahman, and the third is a distorted TwoFaced mask with a hand FlippingTheBird.) You must wear these masks until the midnight of New Years. They've been carefully selected as caricatures of your true, shitty natures. (He puts the Ninja Turtle mask on the TMNT cartridge) ''Your'' mask represents The Solicitor, the one who [[CashCowFranchise uses familiar source material to cash in]] [[InNameOnly and disrespects the love for the franchise]]. You don't respond to love. [[OnlyInItForTheMoney You only respond to what your petty hunger dictates; to things that have value. You're the kind that appraises franchises without seeing their beauty]]. You're nothing but {{greed}}. (He places the Cheetahman mask on the Action 52 cartridge) ''Your'' mask is [[MilesGloriosus The Overzealous Coward]], the one who has nothing to give but somehow gives too much of it. You're an overflowing garbage can of filth, bloated and packed to the gills with nonsense, bullshit to the highest capacity to hide your incompetent, broken gameplay! (He puts the TwoFaced mask on the Jekyll and Hyde cartridge) And of course, ''you.'' You wear the mask of [[{{Sadist}} The Heartless Punisher]], tricking me with useless weaponry and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou sucker-punch pitfalls at every step]]! You see humanity as small animals caught in a trap to be tortured! Your pleasure is the giving of pain! From this, you feel the same sense of joy one might get from a kiss or an embrace! ''Shame on you!'' Shame on ALL you shitty games! All your [[GuideDangIt cryptic mazes]], bad controls, unfair jumps, vomit-inducing graphics, lack of continues, long passwords... I hope you're proud of yourselves. May God, the Devil, and whatever else have pity on you. And as for me... I wear the mask of the thing that stalks me at this very moment. (He puts on [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]], then opens the window to show the WeirdMoon in the sky above the cityscape) You shitty, shitty games. You stole my life away. It's all yours. You inherit everything left of my soul. Now, you can dig deep in the treasury, but before the world ends, I must play one last game.

-->'''Nerd:''' ''Top Gun'' may be a piece of shit, but at least, has a nostalgia factor to it. It's a piece of shit, I might just have some affection for.

-->'''Nerd:''' ''Top Gun'' may be a piece of shit, but it's a piece of shit I might just have some affection for.

* Episode 167, Aladdin Deck Enhancer. After the Nerd wishes for the Genie to jump into a septic tank just because, he decides that if the Genie comes back, [[JerkAss he'll subject him to an even more horrible third wish]]. When the Genie does return to reluctantly grant the Nerd's last wish, [[KindnessBall the Nerd actually decides to be merciful for once]], and instead simply wishes for the destruction of all Aladdin Deck Enhancers, which the Genie grants with joy.

* In episode 167, Aladdin Deck Enhancer, after the Nerd wishes for the Genie to jump into a septic tank just because, he decides that if the Genie comes back, [[JerkAss he'll subject him to an even more horrible third wish]]. When the Genie does return to reluctantly grant the Nerd's last wish, [[KindnessBall the Nerd actually decides to be merciful for once]], and instead simply wishes for the destruction of all Aladdin Deck Enhancers, which the Genie grants with joy.

** Reliving his memories of doing the show, and getting encouragement from a talking poop and the Big Rigs guy.