VGMV: Weezer - I Am the Greatest Gamer that Ever Lived

[VAHIOUSgree]

is dead ?

[johnmorisi8]

damn that was awesome... one of my favorite songs ever too!

[Rettungsliegerfan]

@johnmorisi8 me too :D 

[perun1nj]

I hate to be "that guy", but what game is that at 0:35? It looks interesting.

[evilbearfromhell]

@perun1nj that would be Parasite Eve  .. on the PS1... if i'm not mistaken... it's fucking awesome!

[enochbranard]

The greatest trivia game ever invented: Name every single game in this VGMV! Love the Chrono Cross clips btw ;).

[Theb0YWh0lived1]

this video is realy realy good, watched about 20 times over last month to listen to the song, then i started noting how much everything matches up, realy nice job

[Nostaligia1223]

Name your favorite game in the comments. Mine is street fighter 2

[sunshine8888dino]

awe inspiring.

[SideSmash]

Because of this video, I was introduced to what is now one of my favorite songs ever. Thank you.

[Arexmusic]

what's the name of the intro song ? thanks

[evilbearfromhell]

@Arexmusic hmmm.. it's borrowed from Mega Man 2... . Woodman's level? check it out at /watch?v=uVn96gyZ5cM i'm too lazy. =P

[ZachYahooXD]

Thumbs up if your favorite game was in that video.

If not,...thumbs up anyway. XD

[retrofraction]

dude good editing, especially on the mega man 2 roof!!!

High Five!

[MarioNintendoh]

Derek, how about you make more music videos like this one? I keep coming back for more, the references are perfect... UGH. The cuts are timed perfectly as well, everything is perfect. I want to see more!! :D

[209awesomeman]

Hey Derek I'm swing these guys in ireland this summer. :D

[thenintendofanboy64]

this song sucks

[ryan9169]

@thenintendofanboy64 nobody gives a shit

[sunshine8888dino]

@thenintendofanboy64 ^&#$ OFF!!! THIS IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER!!!!!!

[aglewi41]

Can someone tell me the first three games shown in the video. cause they look familiar but i cant remember them

[ROMBomb001]

Wow. That was the greatest thing I've ever seen from the greatest man that ever lived.

[Xavygravy]

Weezer and Video Games? What could be more awesome? =w=

[l337ness555]

Awesome amv man. I'm impressed. Can I ask what song you used int he credits?

[BrandurJustinussen]

yawn

[SchlossRitter]

No need to list the games. I already recognize almost all the games shown, heh.

[MLP270SS]

I saw all these great iconic video games and i was getting realy worried you weren't gonna show sonic. but then i was satisfied by the slpit second near the end

[Solidox2k]

niccce

[MarioNintendoh]

So much knowledge went into this video, wow. I love it. I'll go watch it again.

[TheRealBurninator]

I went to a Weezer concert last summer. It was pretty good, but I left early 'cause the stench of all the weed all the 18-20 somethings were smoking was making me literally sick to my stomach. Shame, too. I wanted to buy a T-Shirt.

[ryan9169]

Thank you soooo much derek for introducing me to weezer

i now have all 8 CD and cant wait for death to false metal

this still remains my favorite song

[watcharervideos]

I love this song! one reason is because it keeps changing the style of music first it seems nice with the piano then like a dark song then hes sing all nicely then chanting then sing and kind of screaming then some rock singing then singing in a kind of oldies singing then more rocking then hes talking then a harmony echoing thing :) THEN MORE ROCKING!!!!

[Aquariousi]

Hey, do you think you can do a review on the games Legend of Dragoon and Chrono Cross?

Both of those games are severely under rated and yet are the jewels of what people should have played. They are definetely not the worst- i should know, i played the former and loved every minute of it. Chrono cross, its just great as well- even though i never played it before, just watching it made me like it a lot.

[pungrmn]

hey, derek, have you ever thought about reviewing act raiser 1 and 2?

[3afterPM]

Feel free to continue for me, because i know i missed a lot.

[3afterPM]

I could identify most of the games in the video, such as gunstar heroes, parappa the rapper, zombies ate my neighbors, castlevania symphony of the night, warioware, zelda 2, super punchout, resident evil 4, viewtiful joe, contra 3, super mario bros 3, megaman x, metal gear solid, earthbound.....

[209awesomeman]

I fucking love weezer

[joaovictor1994]

IDK if I wasn't paying attention or something, so correct me if I'm wrong, but... NO SHINOBI 3 ?? NO BATTLETOADS ?? No respect. ^-^

[AwshomeneshShquared]

Well. That was epic.

[foolio1990]

GREAT

[LionHeartST]

I watch this every day maybe 20 times and every time i do i thumbs up!

[LionHeartST]

That...was...AWESOME!

[Bylga]

\m/ O.o \m/

[universallogin1290]

Please do Grim Fandango! I know it is a bit out of your area of expertise, but the game has several loyal fans that honestly want it to see the light of day in some form. Made by lucas arts, grim fandango is about the grim reaper ,manny calavera, as he tries to uncover a vicous murder/gangster plot corrupting the land of the dead. With a memorable film noir style/ day of the dead/ mexican afterlife story, great graphics, and memorable characters, I say grim fandango is deserving of a review.

[universallogin1290]

@universallogin1290 I mean the game only sold about 6,000 copies and is considered a classic critical success.

[doppleganger4827]

I was thinking of suggesting Gunforce as a game quickie review a few minutes before watching this. Very amazing video! A lot of my favorites are here, even Parappa & Parasite Eve!

[SogekingsRevenge]

Not sure if I should be proud or ashamed of myself for catching all of the games...

Lots of Chrono Cross!

[reviewmaster007]

so where is your copy of NWC?

[evilralfwiggum]

Fricking Awesome like finding the Hadouken in Mega Man X.

[grenegunman]

Dear Avgn can you a review a Pokemon?

Are you up on the challage?

[lophatjello]

@grenegunman i don't know, why don't you go ask him

[xainRM]

@lophatjello Yes AVGN, can you review a Pokemon? Can you review Magicarp?

Snickers.*

[RedNBluesLetsPlay]

@lophatjello if you can HVGN , will you next year on October 29 because it will be the anniversary of Takeshi Shudo the creator of the anime who died this year

[AJFedora]

@grenegunman what's a challage?

[BillMajelo]

What, ratings have been disabled? Was youtube overloading from my MASSIVE FUCKING THUMBS UP!?!?!?!?!

[lophatjello]

@BillMajelo i have no idea how but, ratings got disabled! all better now.

[vaug4116]

If you think Weezer is rap you are an idiot.

[vaug4116]

@Sinekyre14 If you think Weezer is rap you are an idiot

[TrevRman]

@Sinekyre14 are you kiddin, weezer is no where near rap

[DrSaering]

@Sinekyre14

- negro rap music

- american jew media

Clearly, this is someone we should be listening to.

[VoidKeeper]

@Sinekyre14 Rap? Are you sure you know what Rap is?

[KirbyY15]

this is really very great

[hayesmanga]

OK, that was awesome.  At first, the whole showing an image to go with the noun is hackneyed, but because there are SO MANY of them, it becomes awesome again. A lot of work and thought went into this, and I'm really pleased with it. I know I'll be watching this vid a lot!

[LOVGcrew]

i literally cannot stop watching this video. what both wheezer and you have done here is sheer brilliance. This is all the proof anyone needs. Video games are art. They have amazing stories,and are the greatest thing that evar lived.

Keep it up lophatjello

[FurryFoolURMine]

I wish ratings weren't disabled. Can I mail you my thumb instead? Because it's just that damn good. Anyone else that agrees should give this comment a thumbs up.

[anorexicfatkid571]

HOLY SHIT! total overdrive of awsomness. i luv this song and all those games. This vid. could be used to demenstrate that games really are art. and anyone who thinks otherwise can shove it. lophatjello phan since 2007. :)

[gator159]

jeez by the title i thought you just being full of yourself.

[conceitarturo]

@IPossessAHugePenis hahahahahah. Go play with your penis

[spideyman2099]

@conceitarturo Dude best diss ever I congratulate you for that

[punkmario06]

@IPossessAHugePenis you must have a pretty pathetic sense of preportion if all you think about is your penis, and if you have the time to rip into someone who spends their time gaming, because they spend their time gaming.

and before you flip this entendre on me. i think Derrick is a damn good entertainer and a decent form of human being and whilst he proberbly doesnt care, the guys just a nice guy who doesnt deserve some idiot who thinks mainly about his penis

[thedragonb0y]

@IPossessAHugePenis Life is just a game. You study hard to get good grades, you work hard to get a raise, ect ect... Plus gaming is purely for fun anyways. People just don't understand that what they think is wasted time is actually what is supposed to be what life is about: FUN. Without fun, people just work to work.

Stop hating and be happy with every second you have to play games and have fun. ^^d

[lophatjello]

@IPossessAHugePenis i love everything about this comment!

[gator159]

@IPossessAHugePenis it doesent make a better person, but more or less shapes the person, wherther its good or bad is up to the person. some games are meant for fun every here and there.

[ThatKiddAzn]

@IPossessAHugePenis and yet we still play them anyway ^^

[darkaurora96]

@IPossessAHugePenis

You do realize you are just Trolling right? Trolling is neither great nor an accomplishment no matter how well you think you do it. You must have a pretty pathetic sense of proportion to think that your time spent leaving dumbass comments has made you a better person.

[clearvisonlover]

what game is that a 4:11

[Sonic2332]

@clearvisonlover Rocket Knight Adventures. :D

[Anemicnapalm]

love the Dr Wiley meg man two intro, im presuming thats u on the axe?

[winnelow]

That was incredible! Keep it up, man!

[dividedbyazero]

Amazing games with an awesome song makes this a great video! I really thought the Super Punch Out and Little Nemo clips fit well with the lyrics. The only thing that made me sad was a lack of clips from Chrono Trigger, any of the first or second generation Pokemon games, Super Mario World (I think?) and Fire Emblem games (all great games!). Keep up the great work, HVGN!

[HerculesBlade7]

@dividedbyazero Actually, there was a scene from Chrono Trigger at 5:37, just a short clip of the solo Frog vs Magus fight, but it was there. Would be nice to have more scenes from it, though.

[ff2paladin]

@dividedbyazero

No SM World, but we got to see it's great sequel. WAAAAHHH, WAAAHHHHH, WWWAAAAAHHHHHHHH

[menroflkuk]

Lack of Chrono Trigger footage makes me sad :( But great VGMV!

[ff2paladin]

@menroflkuk

There was about 1/4 of a second in there.

[asscrack244]

weezer + video games= AWESOMENESS OVERLOAD!!! whats next? How bout "Only in Deamcast"(Only in dreams + dreamcast tribute)?

[lophatjello]

@asscrack244 LOL!! thats pretty funny! i have more VGMV's in the pipeline, but this is the only one weezer related. in all seriousness, "only in dreams" may be the greatest song ever written. i wouldn't dare soil it.

[Pixelbuddy]

@lophatjello By the way derek, I've noticed a copy of Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE on your DVD shelf. Any chance a quickie horror film review as we get closer to Halloween? I know it's not a game... but its such an epic film I would hope an exception could be made ;)

[KomaruMedare]

Hah, especially liked the footage of 'Gun Force' right as he said 'This is nothing new', really made my day.

[apeman505]

Favin' it for the song.

[onitgraff]

WEEZER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[awesomo400000]

i really like the video!!! it was fun trying to think of what game and where in the games each part was. Thanks for making this!

[oosterh5]

This was really, really great. You clearly have a love for every game you feature in a video, and it shows. Your vids have a lot of heart, and that's what makes you awesome.

[blackfedoraful]

Awesome video

[nekokitwolf]

I'm the type of nerd that knows almost 99% of those games great vid by the way

[antagonist42]

I saw Hulk: Ultimate Destruction in there!

"He looks PISSED!"

[BeastOfSoda]

2002 called, it wants game music videos back :P i'm kidding, of course, good one.

[BlastProcess]

Fantastic work! Weezer forever!

[Sonic2332]

To all those 58 people who disliked this video, you can shove it! But you don't like it, you love it.

[TrevRman]

i liked that moonwalker montage you made.

[omarcortes88]

I find this video's lack of Metroid disturbing

[KryptonsSon]

@omarcortes88 Metroid @ 5:36 but Prime is missing, and that's inexcusable.

[Jonkki]

Why Derek? Why did you do this? Mario now?

[shinynewjb]

Before playing this video, after seeing the title, this Weezer song is the first thing that came into my head!

[supersheeppo]

2:50

It's BABY MOSES!

"For some reason I can't stop saying baby moses.

BABY MOSES BABY MOSES!"

[TheMandalorianHunter]

@supersheeppo AVGN bible Games!

lol

[marscaleb]

Do you ever feel that you don't have enough games to use for your videos?

[furtivefox]

Awesome.

[Metroidevil14]

this is the best thing ever!

[mentalisor]

awesome video derek!

[mirokyu]

Derek, this is the greatest and best video tribute to gaming and Weezer that I have seen. I nostalgia'd hard during this montage. Fantastic!

[Walleyboy001]

That was a really awesome video. It is sad I knew all those games LoL

[sandman189]

happy video game nerd?

[Frudler]

awesome video! could you make a video for the song i made? (you can find it in my profile)

that would kick ass!

[UltraJFan]

You good sir win all 7 of my Interwebs! Take good care of them!

[finalkamehamehaflash]

the start was awesome but it got completely ruined at 0:48... that part fuckin sucked assballz

[dudeitsjoe]

@finalkamehamehaflash I thought it fit well with the Police Sirens..

[Back4Fungame]

2:31 Laff Out Lowd =D

[DD2225]

That was cool that you included Boxboy from the Turbografx 16.

It's crazy to think I've played about 2/3 of the games you showed in this video.

[SinsErased]

Epic video indeed! Also, very much admirable editing and synchronizing skills.

My hat is off, sir.

[gamefreak4789]

that was beautiful :')

[ericmsandoval]

Weezer used to be so much better.



[PoLaRIV]

Epic video, but I would have used a different song...

[MinionPoopsYou]

@PoLaRIV why? this song is awesome, and he built the video around the song!

didnt you notice the Lyrics synched up with what was happening in the vid?

[PoLaRIV]

@MinionPoopsYou Yeah I noticed, and the video was put together perfect! I thought that was stellar. And I also love the music In the first 48 seconds with the piano and everything, It was mint. But then I hear Rivers Cuomo's voice... and he try's to rap... that just ruined It for me... he can't rap lol

[MinionPoopsYou]

@PoLaRIV okay... rap sucks, rivers knows this, and hes doing it ironically

INTENTIONALLY bad, also, rap takes no talent... thats what rap is

[listerfiend21]

@MinionPoopsYou I dont think so, seeing that hes in a b.o.b song, but i do believe/hope hes rapping like that intentionally. And rap does take talent, check out Nas's illmatic and youll see.

[PoLaRIV]

@MinionPoopsYou Okay... that's your opinion.. I'm not here to rag on any genre of music, I respect them all. But, I guess It doesn't help that I'm not a huge fan of Weezer... they actually have a few good songs I kinda like. But this song I just really don't like (other then the epic intro). But yeah, I never said "THIS BAND SUCKS" or anything.

[MinionPoopsYou]

@PoLaRIV true true, at least you didnt nerd rage like everyone else lol

[Sinekyre14]

My GOD, it must have taken weeks to gather all that footage!!

[invisiblepopcornmonk]

i think you just made me a fan of weezer. btw my replay button hates me :) is what i ment XD

[stomkieken]

this vid brings back memories

[Jemoiii]

Here's hoping that Hurley doesn't suck...

[xRocketzFighterx]

5:39 RIP Holy Diver referenceing the band, Dio RIP one of the best bands I've heard ever.

[XXXTheShadowXXX]

wow, if this is all you, you got an amazing singing voice. I dont get why this video has so many dislikes :(

[Hellspawn472]

@XXXTheShadowXXX he's not singing it's weezer

[Dtothedon]

at 3:56 there is a beat-em-up game with a guy in orange. Does anyone know what it is?

[Hellspawn472]

@Dtothedon final fight

[Seantendo]

@Dtothedon Final Fight

[Sinkoga66]

parasite eve woot!

[derdude]

is it true that derek died?

[hamuto243]

this is an awesome song

[Xexyz1337]

What was that balancing puzzle game at around 2:46?

[thedarkfiredragon]

@Xexyz1337

its a mini game in wario ware smooth moves :)

[megabrowser17]

Too much final fantasy, retro and nintendo game. Only "true" "greatest" gamers play it all.

[xenniex2]

booo

[BillMajelo]

I don't listen to Weezer, I don't play most of these games, but this was one of the greatest tributes to a childhood and medium I've ever watched. You're the man, Derek.

[FCT5809]

Loved it; nostalged hard.

[WillisFilms1]

A winner is you.

[Mysterious0Bob]

I'm sorry. But no.

[SirBroadsword]

Sorry Derek, but you really dropped the ball on this one... It sounds terrible, the pacing is terrible and the lyrics are terrible... No sir, I didn't like it... Then again, I should quote Ren and Stimpy because I didn't like that either, but that's neither here 'nor there...

[evilbearfromhell]

@SirBroadsword that would be Weezer. he only made the vid to go w/ the song.

[frenzymatt]

Really great job!

[RanmaYagami]

"ZOMG, He used a song I don't like (possibly by a band I don't like)! I have to unsub now, as well as tell everyone else I'm unsubbing!"

Anyways.

Great video, Mister HVGN :D

Looking forward to your Sparkster/Rocket Knight video! It's nice to see someone review good games with a positive attitude :)

[invisiblepopcornmonk]

i think you just made me a fan of weezy. btw my replay button hates me :)

[Mr8bitgamer]

lol nice!

[xXbelmontXx]

Nice work. That was cool.

[Garthman03]

I knew most of those, but what was the game @ 4:00??

[evilbearfromhell]

@Garthman03 - Super Tetri-Street Troller 2. A winner is you.

[uematsufreak]

Been watchin' and listening to your stuff since Metalstorm, Derek, and I have to say that this was a great song for this kind of project. I don't know if it was really easy for you to think of clips to play along with the lyrics or not, but you made it seem like it was, and the cuts you made were excellent. You knew when to use different transitions to fit the feeling of the song at the time, and that really added to the level of polish on this thing.

Keep on keepin' on. Oh, and =w= rocks.

[88pieceone]

thumbs up for Weezer and video games!!!!

[vweet]

@88pieceone I love video games! how did you guess!?

[Charactereyes]

Uninstall your vocal chords plz.

[nuclearbulldog]

cool song

[jamak42]

Outstanding! Big fan of you and everyone on RetroWareTV (you guys got me back into retro gaming).

Great song, great video. I will say it again. Outstanding!!

(PS--Please keep the HVGN videos and Ben and Derek Podcast going!)

[BigBuulok]

Awesome, reminds me of that Nintendo slogan "Who are you?" Im the baddest mofo in the gaming universe!