ScrewAttack
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ScrewAttack. is a video game-related website that showcases original entertainment for an audience of video game enthusiasts. Its content is also shown on GameTrailers
and IGN
. The name and logo comes from the "screw attack" ability from the Metroid series and Super Smash Bros.
Current programs on ScrewAttack.com include The Angry Video Game Nerd
, Video Game Vault, Top 10's, Hard News, Talking Classics, Metal Gear Ben, The Game Overthinker, The Game Underthinker, Free To Play Weekly, VGR, SideScrollers, Underbelly, Jose's Punto's, The Armory, "brentalfloss
", Safety First, Brotherhood of Leet, Death Battle and Digital Forecast.
called SideScrollers.
In February 2007, MTV Networks
acquired rights to some of ScrewAttack’s programming (Top 10's, Video Game Vault and the Angry Video Game Nerd) adding it to their GameTrailers
service. Since working with GameTrailers, ScrewAttack's features have been downloaded over 245 million times.
ScrewAttack.com relaunched with its fourth version, termed "version 4," in November, 2009.
In September, 2011, ScrewAttack.com launched it's newest version, which featured serval overhauled interfaces and designs to the website.
. The site’s creator "Stuttering" Craig Skistimas and staff shoot and edit most of the ScrewAttack videos from there.
They hire several intern
s, that are often featured in the videos on the site. Many of the current personalities of the site started out as interns for the company.
Current Staff
Craig Skistimas- Stuttering Craig
Chad James- ScrewAttack Chad/Boomstick
Jared Knabenbaur- Professional Jared
Bryan Baker- Freelance Bryan the Intern
Nick Cramer- Nervous Nick
Ben Singer- High School Ben/Metal Gear Ben/Wiz
Ian-Merch Dude Ian
Brad Skistimas- Unaware Steve
Sean Hinz
Chaz Tine
Lauren Moore
Drake McWhorter- Trailer Drake
Ryan Conway
Andrej Preradovic
, ScrewAttack Europe was one of the longest lasting associates of ScrewAttack and second most popular partner provider after the AVGN.
Their programs included:
In September 2010, Screwattack Europe was closed.
SideScrollers runs contests with the forum members which originate directly from the show. For instance, in the feature "Name That Video Game Tune", the hosts play samples
of short musical clips from often obscure video games and let the fans guess its origin via e-mail. Winners are entered in a contest drawing.
The show frequently runs short promotions and commercials to advertise new content on the site, often using it as a segue
into the next discussion topic.
As of the 15th February 2011, SideScrollers changed its audio podcast format to a video format.
for a particular reason.
and The Daily Show
, which described the story, then presented a humorous comment). The show is roughly 3 minutes long and is branched off of the Hard News segment on SideScrollers. Hard News is posted on ScrewAttack's website (usually posted at 6:30pm Central time). It has once ceased postings on YouTube since November 30, 2009, but has resumed on April 19, 2010, as confirmed by Destin on his Twitter account. It was revealed on February 25, 2011 that Destin would be leaving Screwattack on March 4, and thus, Hard News. The ScrewAttack Team looked for a new host and g1s could upload their auditions to YouTube. Until a new host was found, Stuttering Craig and Professional Jared (as Craig had a surgery) acted as filler. Jared announced in the Hard News Episode of April 20 that he is going to be the new anchor of Hard News.
Games", and “The Best and Worst Gaming Peripherals” (more than 650,000 views).
retro gaming reviews by James D. Rolfe, an independent filmmaker and professional video editor. The show consists of reviews for older video games on console systems, such as Atari 2600
, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, PlayStation
, SNES
, Nintendo 64
, and NES
. The series' original music is played on guitar by Kyle Justin with lyrics by Rolfe. On August 8, 2007, Rolfe’s character was featured on the Opie and Anthony
radio show.
Recently Ben Switched direction Seat With Nervous Nick, Who directs Cotw .
he wore a "sophisticated" outfit which was just a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume. More recently he has started a new series "Unaware Steve's Video Game Extravaganza." He reviews an old game, usually giving obvious hints or adding in a different game somewhere down the line. The character is played by Brad Skistimas, Stuttering Craig's brother. According to his interviews at Quakecon 2008, he once drank lots of Sprite
after playing Cool Spot
(which actually endorses 7 Up
), passed out and woke up in 2007 which may explain why he hasn't played a game since then.
Currently, Unaware Steve has been put on hiatus while Brad is promoting his band's
new album. Unaware Steve made his return on August 14, 2011 while looking at QuakeCon.
. Keith Apicary (called the "Borat of the gaming world") is a 28 year old gamer who favors Neo Geo
, Virtual Boy
, and Sega
. Nathan has been forcibly removed from numerous events, including:
Barnatt is currently developing a TV series for Keith Apicary based on Talking Classics for Comedy Central.
Which are called Escape to the Movies And The Big Picture.
In his show, the Game Overthinker chooses to talk about topics ranging from how originality in modern games are more of an exception than rule, violence in video games, the longevity of video game characters, racism in games, and much more.
, is hosted by Ben and Chad playing the characters Wiz and Boomstick, who guide the viewer through the arsenal of two fictional characters before pitting them against each other in a bloody fight to the death. Each episode showcases a custom-animated fight scene between the two characters, which is created by Ben. The show is scheduled to air a new episode every two to four weeks.
1.Boba Fett
(Star Wars
) VS Samus Aran
(Metroid
) - Winner: Samus Aran
2.Akuma
(Street Fighter
) VS Shang Tsung
(Mortal Kombat) - Winner: Akuma
3.Rogue
(X-Men
) VS Wonder Woman
(DC Comics
) - Winner: Rogue
4.Goomba
(Mario
) VS Koopa Troopa (Mario
) - Winner: Draw
5.Mike Haggar
(Final Fight
) VS Zangief
(Street Fighter
) - Winner: Zangief
6.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Battle Royale - Winner: Leonardo
7.Leonardo (TMNT) VS Zitz (Battletoads
) - Winner: Leonardo (again)
8.Yoshi
(Mario
) VS Riptor (Killer Instinct
) - Winner: Yoshi
9.Felicia
(Darkstalkers) VS Taokaka (Blazblue) - Winner: Taokaka
10.Kratos
(God of War) VS Spawn
(Image Comics
) - Winner: Spawn
11.Bomberman
VS Dig Dug
- Winner: Dig Dug
12.Shadow the Hedgehog
(Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Vegeta
(Dragon Ball Z) - Winner: Vegeta
13.Mario
VS Sonic the Hedgehog
- Winner: Sonic the Hedgehog
14.Justin Bieber
VS Rebecca Black
- Winner: Draw (Both Died)
DEATH BATTLE! T-Shirt Vs Every Other T-Shirt
in the World - Winner: DEATH BATTLE! T-Shirt
15.Harry Potter
(Harry Potter
) VS Luke Skywalker
(Star Wars
) - Winner: Luke Skywalker
16.Chun-Li
(Street Fighter
) VS Mai Shiranui
(Fatal Fury
) - Winner: Mai Shiranui
17.Starscream
(Transformers
) VS Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic) - Winner: Rainbow Dash
18. Master Chief
(Halo
) VS Doomguy
(Doom) - Winner: Master Chief
19. Team Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog
) VS Team Dr. Wily (Mega Man
) - Winner: TBA
First episode - "Rocket Knight
" or "Rocket Knight Adventures
"
Second episode - "Hard Corps: Uprising
" or "Contra: Hard Corps
"
Third episode - "Final Fantasy IV
" or "Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
"
, Vigilante 8
, Bionic Commando
and a feature over geometric shapes
in gaming.
In the story, The GameJew dons his red Mario hat and his red overalls, all while existing in real life situations, and composing songs relevant to games.
GameJew took part in the Austrian Big Brother Awards, produced the Mario Opera, and was featured in the January 15, 2008 edition of EGM
Magazine after serenading video game guru, Shigeru Miyamoto
.
From July 2006 to August 2007, the GameJew made videos.
As of February 27, 2008, Mann has recommenced production of GameJew videos which air Wednesdays.
Puntos include Pokémon Red and Blue
, Halo 3
, Uno, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
, Call of Duty: World at War
, Fable
, Fable II, Gears of War 2
, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Bulletstorm
, Killzone 3
, Homefront
and Mortal Kombat(2011)
The first episode was showcased this summer at SGC 2009, and the series officially launched on November 23, 2009.
The series finale of Metal Gear Ben was posted on May 15, 2010.
, including brief glimpses into the minds of the characters. It also uses various video game music for its soundtrack.
The store of the show, which has remained unnamed (but is meant to parody GameStop
), is filmed in the club house of Jared's improvisation comedy troupe, while all the scenes in the apartment are done in the actors' actual apartments.
). It often contains short interviews or information about the game at the beginning. However, with the departure of DJ Axis, the series has ended.
. The show ended with the departure of Daily Destin in March 2011.
, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
, Saved by the Bell
and Full House
(opening credits). The show follows the adventures of high school junior, and major Sega
nerd, Chad Belmont after he happens upon a magical Sega Genesis cartridge that enables him to enter into Video-Land through his TV. When he arrives in Video-Land, he is briefed by its benevolent keeper, the Giant Blue Head. Prophecies foretold his arrival, and from that moment forward he would be called Captain S, Video Defender. He must keep the world safe from the evil clutches of the Game Genie
and his minion NES
. He is joined on his journeys by his best friends Lunk and Becky, and he pines after the sweetheart of Bromley High, Stacey Newfeld. Usually, Chad must use lessons he learns in Video-Land to help him become a better person on the other side of the screen. Season One contained ten episodes, which aired from January to May 2007. The series premiered at MAGFest
V in Vienna, VA.
A second season had been planned, and was indeed announced by show creator Chad Williams at MAGFest
VI on January 6, 2008. To fill the gap until the second season airs, the writers produced a Captain S web-comic that is available to view on their website.
In May 2009, PBC officially announced the second season of Captain S had been canceled, the second season having never left early preliminary development stages. In addition, the Captain S web-comic has not been updated in quite some time, indicating the concept has been rested entirely.
Main Cast
Chad Belmont/Captain S - Brett Vanderbrook
Nigel Edmund Silverman/NES - Devon Riley
Lunk Stogsdill - Shael Riley
Becky O'Connor - Ivy Hong
Stacey Newfeld - Kitty Ostapowicz
Head, and Game Genie - Chad Williams
The effect of Video-Land is achieved through stop-motion animation, where the image of Captain S is super-imposed on the game sprite. In the season one finale, a more free-form style of animation, mimicking Mortal Kombat
's motion capture style was used.
A special episode of Captain S was released in August 2007. In this episode, Captain S meets the Angry Video Game Nerd to join forces and save Christmas
in July. Since Captain S is considered a family-friendly show, the AVGN's language is heavily toned down (only using the word crap), although at the end, he slips and curses (but it was censored), to which the Captain S characters react in shock.
While the title of the episode says it is non-canonical, an AVGN video seems to continue from where that episode left off.
The show stars Guy, a normal person who realizes that classic video game items, characters, and music have begun affecting his everyday life. After fighting and destroying the Jackal, a mysterious boss character who had been stalking him, Guy is thrown into ever-stranger circumstances, from deadly chases to dance competitions. After defeating the reincarnated Red Jackal, Guy meets Frog of Chrono Trigger
fame. The reasons for Guy's peril, the threat of the Jackal, and the arrival of Frog are all tied to an as-of-yet unexplained force termed The Haxx.
On April Fool's Day 2009, Enemy Crab Productions & Jared from Nametags pulled a prank on the g1 community, with the season finale of LiaG revealing that the show to that point was just a dream, and in fact, the characters had personalities & lives very similar to the Nametags characters, before it was eventually revealed as a prank at the end of the episode by Jared, and that the real final episode was shown at SGC.
2007
The tournament was held at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas
, between August 30th to September 2nd 2007. The winner was advertised to take home $1,000 US dollars and a ScrewAttack championship belt.
First place was awarded to Chris "Kumachine" Delp. Second place was
awarded to Louis "Big Lou" Hughes.
2008
The Iron Man of Gaming hosted its second year at the Grapevine Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas
from June 19–22, and advertised itself as "all consoles", "all genres" and "all eras". Contestants competed for $10,000 in cash and prizes. Registered ScrewAttack members were eligible to vote on which games are being played at the event; five classic games, four current and one secret mystery game were played during the tournament. The event was documented by PBC Productions.
The winner was Harrison Fluster, with the prior year's champion Chris Delp as runner up.
2009
Since SGC, the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention, was announced, the Iron Man of Gaming took place during the convention in early July.
The winner was Jamal Nickens and runner-up Joshua Wiegand, with the prior year's champion Harrison Fluster finishing eleventh. 2007 champion Chris Delp did not compete.
2010
As of July 4, 2010, all of the games have been revealed. According to the June 23rd edition of SideScrollers, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was intended to be one of the mystery games, but whilst they had permission from Capcom USA, Capcom Japan did not give them permission to showcase the game due to short notice. The mystery game Sonic 4 was the first time the game was given a chance to be played at a public event.
2011
2011's Iron Man of Gaming took place at NekoCon in Hampton, Virginia from November 4-6. Two games have been currently revealed, with a subsequent game being revealed every week. The currently known games are:
F-Zero
(SNES) · Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
(Nintendo 64) · Mortal Kombat (PS3/Xbox 360) · Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
(Xbox 360) Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (SNES) · Call of Duty: Black Ops
(Xbox 360)
and iPod touch
. It is coming soon to Android.
GameTrailers
GameTrailers is a media website that specializes in video game related content. It provides free access to original programming , game trailers and recorded game play. Along with standard definition , many of the video clips are offered in a higher resolution .Users can upload videos, create...
and IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
. The name and logo comes from the "screw attack" ability from the Metroid series and Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros., known in Japan as , is a fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was released in Japan on January 21, 1999, in North America on April 26, 1999, and in Europe on November 19, 1999. Super Smash Bros. is the first game in the Super...
Current programs on ScrewAttack.com include The Angry Video Game Nerd
The Angry Video Game Nerd
The Angry Video Game Nerd , is the main character and title of a series of farcical retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe...
, Video Game Vault, Top 10's, Hard News, Talking Classics, Metal Gear Ben, The Game Overthinker, The Game Underthinker, Free To Play Weekly, VGR, SideScrollers, Underbelly, Jose's Punto's, The Armory, "brentalfloss
Brentalfloss
brentalfloss is an American songwriter, lyricist, and singer, who has achieved some notoriety mainly on YouTube.-Early life:...
", Safety First, Brotherhood of Leet, Death Battle and Digital Forecast.
History
ScrewAttack originally started in 2006 by the site's creators "Stuttering" Craig Skistimas and Thomas "Handsome Tom" Hanley. First show was an audio podcastPodcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
called SideScrollers.
In February 2007, MTV Networks
MTV Networks
MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operations of many television channels and Internet brands, including the original MTV channel in the United States...
acquired rights to some of ScrewAttack’s programming (Top 10's, Video Game Vault and the Angry Video Game Nerd) adding it to their GameTrailers
GameTrailers
GameTrailers is a media website that specializes in video game related content. It provides free access to original programming , game trailers and recorded game play. Along with standard definition , many of the video clips are offered in a higher resolution .Users can upload videos, create...
service. Since working with GameTrailers, ScrewAttack's features have been downloaded over 245 million times.
ScrewAttack.com relaunched with its fourth version, termed "version 4," in November, 2009.
In September, 2011, ScrewAttack.com launched it's newest version, which featured serval overhauled interfaces and designs to the website.
ScrewAttack
The ScrewAttack World Headquarters is located in Dallas, TexasDallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. The site’s creator "Stuttering" Craig Skistimas and staff shoot and edit most of the ScrewAttack videos from there.
They hire several intern
Intern
Internship is a system of onthejob training for white-collar jobs, similar to an apprenticeship. Interns are usually college or university students, but they can also be high school students or post graduate adults seeking skills for a new career. They may also be as young as middle school or in...
s, that are often featured in the videos on the site. Many of the current personalities of the site started out as interns for the company.
Current Staff
Craig Skistimas- Stuttering Craig
Chad James- ScrewAttack Chad/Boomstick
Jared Knabenbaur- Professional Jared
Bryan Baker- Freelance Bryan the Intern
Nick Cramer- Nervous Nick
Ben Singer- High School Ben/Metal Gear Ben/Wiz
Ian-Merch Dude Ian
Brad Skistimas- Unaware Steve
Sean Hinz
Chaz Tine
Lauren Moore
Drake McWhorter- Trailer Drake
Ryan Conway
Andrej Preradovic
ScrewAttack Europe
Introduced in late 2006, ScrewAttack Europe, located in Northwood, London, UK, was the name used by video game enthusiasts and TV presenters Guru Larry (Larry Bundy Jr) and "UK" Wez (Wesley Lock) for voluntarily creating video game related content for ScrewAttack.com. ScrewAttack Europe was the first official international feature and the only outside group to have 'ScrewAttack' in their title. Alongside The Angry Video Game NerdThe Angry Video Game Nerd
The Angry Video Game Nerd , is the main character and title of a series of farcical retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe...
, ScrewAttack Europe was one of the longest lasting associates of ScrewAttack and second most popular partner provider after the AVGN.
Their programs included:
- Games Yanks Can't Wank, a series showcasing and making fun of video games never released in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
or CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Hack-Job, a machinimaMachinimaMachinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation...
-based sketch show - Pop-Up Review, a review show which posts false facts about games, parodying television shows such as Pop-Up VideoPop-up VideoPop Up Video is a VH1 television show that "pops up" bubbles — officially called "info nuggets" — containing trivia, witticisms and borderline sexual innuendos throughout music videos. The show was created by Woody Thompson and Tad Low and premiered October 27, 1996. For a time, it was the...
. - Guru Larry's Retro Corner, from December 2007-April 2010, ScrewAttack.com aired episodes of ScrewAttack Europes XLEAGUE.TVXLEAGUE.TVXLEAGUE.TV was a broadcast production unit owned by The New World Assembly Group, creating and providing content on its primary subject of video games...
television series Guru Larry's Retro Corner.
In September 2010, Screwattack Europe was closed.
SideScrollers
SideScroller was a weekly audio podcast covering activities at ScrewAttack and general video games news. Features include "Hard News", which looks at the latest news in the gaming industry, "The SideScrollers News Desk", which is filled with unusual news from around the globe, and "Forum Questions", where they answer questions from members on their official forum.SideScrollers runs contests with the forum members which originate directly from the show. For instance, in the feature "Name That Video Game Tune", the hosts play samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
of short musical clips from often obscure video games and let the fans guess its origin via e-mail. Winners are entered in a contest drawing.
The show frequently runs short promotions and commercials to advertise new content on the site, often using it as a segue
Segue
A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...
into the next discussion topic.
As of the 15th February 2011, SideScrollers changed its audio podcast format to a video format.
Video Game Vault
Hosted by Stuttering Craig, the series serve as a nostalgic, informative and humorous look at classic video games that are infamousInfamy
Infamy, in common usage, is notoriety gained from a negative incident or reputation . The word stems from the Latin infamia, antonym of fama ....
for a particular reason.
Hard News
A daily news program shown on the site which is hosted and edited by Professional Jared. Its purpose is to inform viewers on the gaming news highlights of the day, often accompanied with humorous comments (mildly like Weekend UpdateWeekend Update
Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch that comments on and parodies current events. It is the show's longest running recurring sketch, having been on since the show's first broadcast, and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance...
and The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
, which described the story, then presented a humorous comment). The show is roughly 3 minutes long and is branched off of the Hard News segment on SideScrollers. Hard News is posted on ScrewAttack's website (usually posted at 6:30pm Central time). It has once ceased postings on YouTube since November 30, 2009, but has resumed on April 19, 2010, as confirmed by Destin on his Twitter account. It was revealed on February 25, 2011 that Destin would be leaving Screwattack on March 4, and thus, Hard News. The ScrewAttack Team looked for a new host and g1s could upload their auditions to YouTube. Until a new host was found, Stuttering Craig and Professional Jared (as Craig had a surgery) acted as filler. Jared announced in the Hard News Episode of April 20 that he is going to be the new anchor of Hard News.
ScrewAttack Top Ten
Stuttering Craig tries to keep the Top 10 lists non-traditional by focusing on games which might not have received as much critical acclaim as others, instead citing facetiously that because it is their list, the list is automatically great (an example comes from the "Top Ten Worst Fighting Games", where after Handsome Tom stated that everyone's list would be different, Stuttering Craig said "and besides, we're right anyways"). As well, they will have Top 10 lists (such as the Top Ten Fighting Games) which only allow one game from a given franchise on to the list to allow more variety. Airing on GameTrailers, the Top 10 lists generally receive over 300,000 views. The most popular Top 10 list to date is “Top Ten Boobies [in Video Games]”, which has received over 1,000,000 views since February 2007. Other favorites include "Top Ten Douchebags of Gaming" (more than 750,000 views), “Top Ten Worst Fighting Games” (more than 690,000 views), "Top Ten Worst MarioMario
is a fictional character in his video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the main protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation...
Games", and “The Best and Worst Gaming Peripherals” (more than 650,000 views).
The Angry Video Game Nerd
The Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN; formerly "The Angry Nintendo Nerd") is a series of farcicalFarce
In theatre, a farce is a comedy which aims at entertaining the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include word play, and a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases,...
retro gaming reviews by James D. Rolfe, an independent filmmaker and professional video editor. The show consists of reviews for older video games on console systems, such as Atari 2600
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
, SNES
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
, Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64
The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...
, and NES
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
. The series' original music is played on guitar by Kyle Justin with lyrics by Rolfe. On August 8, 2007, Rolfe’s character was featured on the Opie and Anthony
Opie and Anthony
Opie and Anthony are the hosts of The Opie & Anthony Show, a talk radio program airing in the United States and Canada on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. Since the merger of the two satellite companies, this is now called Sirius/XM...
radio show.
Clip/Quote of the Week
Originally under the direction of Ben,it stars the entire SA staff and some rare cameos, the "Clip of the Week" (also is branded as "Quote of the Week") is a series of vignettes posted weekly that showcases offbeat and strange commercials, movie clips or promotions for products. Originally, the "Quote of the Week" was merely used to spotlight a specific quote from the featured clip, but after evolving into the 'Clip of the Week' it began to feature the SA staff in a skit inspired by the featured clip. After the departure of Hanley, the skits began to become more extravagant, to the point of full-fledged productions in some cases.Recently Ben Switched direction Seat With Nervous Nick, Who directs Cotw .
g1 Submission Sunday
A segment in which fans of ScrewAttack submit their own videos to the site. Created by g1 SWAT Doctor, the segment evolved into a standard feature on the site. The videos vary from user created Video Game Vaults, spoofs of the site’s characters, Flash animation and other video game related material.Unaware Steve
Unaware Steve, having not played a game since 1992, the last game he played was Cool Spot, goes to gaming conventions and interviews gamers. The interviewee usually ends up agitated with Steve as he is quite annoying when he wants to be. The last time he went to QuakeConQuakeCon
QuakeCon is a bring-your-own-computer computer gaming event with a competitive tournament held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty...
he wore a "sophisticated" outfit which was just a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume. More recently he has started a new series "Unaware Steve's Video Game Extravaganza." He reviews an old game, usually giving obvious hints or adding in a different game somewhere down the line. The character is played by Brad Skistimas, Stuttering Craig's brother. According to his interviews at Quakecon 2008, he once drank lots of Sprite
Sprite (soft drink)
Sprite is a transparent, lemon-lime flavored , caffeine free soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced in the United States in 1961. This was Coke's response to the popularity of 7 Up, which had begun as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929...
after playing Cool Spot
Cool Spot
Cool Spot was a mascot for 7 Up beginning in the late 80s. During this time, the red spot in the 7 Up logo was anthropomorphized: given arms, legs, a mouth, and sunglasses....
(which actually endorses 7 Up
7 Up
7 Up is a brand of a lemon-lime flavored non-caffeinated soft drink. The rights to the brand are held by Dr Pepper Snapple Group in the United States, and PepsiCo in the rest of the world, including Puerto Rico, where the concentrate is manufactured at the Pepsi facility in Cidra...
), passed out and woke up in 2007 which may explain why he hasn't played a game since then.
Currently, Unaware Steve has been put on hiatus while Brad is promoting his band's
Five Times August
Five Times August is the name of a solo music project by Dallas, Texas independent singer/songwriter/guitarist Brad Skistimas . Every song off the album "The Independent " was placed on popular MTV programming like Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. He is also the first unsigned act to get...
new album. Unaware Steve made his return on August 14, 2011 while looking at QuakeCon.
WTF Is That?
"WTF Is That?" is a feature where a still frame is paused and zoomed in to the point of blurriness and near absolute unclarity on a screenshot of a particular game. The purpose is to run a contest on which video game the screenshot is from. The winner usually receives a free lunch or some other merchandise from the ScrewAttack store. Recent installments, however, ask what the games featured have in common.VGR
VGR is another video game review show on ScrewAttack, similar to The Scoop. However, instead of talking about the highs and lows of the game in question, categories of story, gameplay, sound, etc. are reviewed. At the end of the video, viewers are given a recommendation by the reviewer to Buy it, Rent it, or F' it. For example, New Super Mario Bros. Wii had gotten a Buy It, Green Day Rock Band officially got a Rent It, and Dead To Rights Retribution got a F' it. Currently a score out of 10 is also given to each game reviewed.Out of the Box
Now produced by Bryan, this is a show that previews recently released games and sneak peeks at upcoming ones. Stuttering Craig and Freelance Bryan the Intern play and express their thoughts about the game they're playing while answering G1 questions about the games on the show.Talking Classics
As of May 2009, ScrewAttack is the home to this mocumentary that follows video game fan Keith Apicary, starring and created by comedian Nathan BarnattNathan Barnatt
Nathan Barnatt is an American actor and comedian. Barnatt appeared on Comedy Central's The Gong Show with Dave Attell in 2008, on Comedy Central's GHOSTS/ALIENS pilot in 2009, and on in 2010...
. Keith Apicary (called the "Borat of the gaming world") is a 28 year old gamer who favors Neo Geo
Neo Geo (console)
The is a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released on July 1, 1991 by Japanese game company SNK. Being in the Fourth generation of Gaming, it was the first console in the former Neo Geo family, which only lived through the 1990s...
, Virtual Boy
Virtual Boy
The was a video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was the first video game console that was supposed to be capable of displaying "true 3D graphics" out of the box. Whereas most video games use monocular cues to achieve the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional...
, and Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
. Nathan has been forcibly removed from numerous events, including:
- The 2009 Comic Convention in San Diego (for jumping on stage as Keith during Peter Jackson and James Cameron's panel to get a drink of water).
- E3 2010 for interrupting a G4 interview and asking where the Sega Dreamcast 2 was. He was later given a "Dreamcast 2" in the form of two Sega Dreamcasts taped together by Felicia Day at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards, which he was present for as Gametrailers.com Press.
- At PAX East 2011 he was also forced offstage by security while hosting a panel.
Barnatt is currently developing a TV series for Keith Apicary based on Talking Classics for Comedy Central.
The Game Overthinker
On July 4, 2009, it was announced at the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention that the "Game Overthinker" was the winner of the finals round of the "my vids don't suck" contest. In this tournament style contest, average users submitted videos with the object of becoming the next featured ScrewAttack show. , five episodes have been released officially as features. "The Game Overthinker" was an already active show on YouTube, where user "moviebob" rants and explains about video game phenomena purposely in too much depth. Moviebob also has shows on The EscapistThe Escapist (magazine)
The Escapist is an online magazine covering video games, gamers, the gaming industry, and gaming culture. Published by the Themis Group, it was edited by Julianne Greer up to June 30, 2009, then by Russ Pitts through September 2011, and is currently edited by Steve Butts. The Escapist was first...
Which are called Escape to the Movies And The Big Picture.
In his show, the Game Overthinker chooses to talk about topics ranging from how originality in modern games are more of an exception than rule, violence in video games, the longevity of video game characters, racism in games, and much more.
Death Battle!
This show started on December 7, 2010. The show, which parodies the show Deadliest WarriorDeadliest Warrior
Deadliest Warrior is a television program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of them is the "deadliest" based upon tests performed during each episode...
, is hosted by Ben and Chad playing the characters Wiz and Boomstick, who guide the viewer through the arsenal of two fictional characters before pitting them against each other in a bloody fight to the death. Each episode showcases a custom-animated fight scene between the two characters, which is created by Ben. The show is scheduled to air a new episode every two to four weeks.
1.Boba Fett
Boba Fett
Boba Fett is a character in Star Wars. A bounty hunter hired by Darth Vader to find the Millennium Falcon, he is a minor villain in both Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi....
(Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
) VS Samus Aran
Samus Aran
is the protagonist of the Metroid video game series. Introduced in the 1986 video game Metroid, Samus is a female ex-army soldier bounty hunter usually fitted with a powered armor suit with weapons that include beams and missiles...
(Metroid
Metroid
is an action-adventure video game, and the first entry in the Metroid series. It was co-developed by Nintendo's Research and Development 1 division and Intelligent Systems, and was released in Japan in August 1986, in North America in August 1987, and in Europe in January 1988...
) - Winner: Samus Aran
2.Akuma
Akuma
Akuma may refer to:*Akuma , a punk band from Quebec, Canada*Akuma-kun, an animated TV series by Toei Animation**Akuma-kun: Makai no Wana, a video game based upon the above series*Akuma , a character in the NX Files universe...
(Street Fighter
Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...
) VS Shang Tsung
Shang Tsung
Shang Tsung is a boss and player character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. A powerful and deadly sorcerer and a primary antagonist in the Mortal Kombat series, Shang Tsung is a shapeshifter who absorbs the souls of those he slays in order to maintain his youth and power...
(Mortal Kombat) - Winner: Akuma
3.Rogue
Rogue
Rogue may refer to:-Jargon:* Rogue agent, in espionage - a renegade, turncoat, or defector, as popularized by Electronic Arts's video game, Rogue Agent; the character Jason Bourne ; and the 2007 movie, Shooter.* Rogue elephant, in zoology* Rogue planet, in astronomy* Rogue software, in computer...
(X-Men
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
) VS Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....
(DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
) - Winner: Rogue
4.Goomba
Goomba
Goombas, known in Japan as , are fictional species from Nintendo's series of Mario video games. They first appeared in the NES video game Super Mario Bros. as the first enemy players encounter. They have appeared outside of video games, including in film, television, and other media...
(Mario
Mario (series)
The video game series, alternatively called the series or simply the series, is a series of highly popular and critically acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping on and...
) VS Koopa Troopa (Mario
Mario (series)
The video game series, alternatively called the series or simply the series, is a series of highly popular and critically acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping on and...
) - Winner: Draw
5.Mike Haggar
Mike Haggar
, also known simply as Haggar, Mayor of Earth, is a fictional character in the Final Fight series of video games. Haggar first appeared in the 1989 Capcom arcade game Final Fight and its subsequent sequels, later appearing in the Saturday Night Slam Masters series of video games and various other...
(Final Fight
Final Fight
is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in . It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware...
) VS Zangief
Zangief
is a fictional character in the Street Fighter series of video games. Created by Akira Yasuda for Capcom, Zangief first appeared in Street Fighter II, later appearing in other games, media, and promotions related to the Street Fighter franchise...
(Street Fighter
Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...
) - Winner: Zangief
6.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
Battle Royale - Winner: Leonardo
7.Leonardo (TMNT) VS Zitz (Battletoads
Battletoads
Battletoads is a platformer video game created by Tim and Chris Stamper and developed by Rare. Starring three anthropomorphic toads named after skin conditions , the game was created to rival the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games....
) - Winner: Leonardo (again)
8.Yoshi
Yoshi
, is a fictional dragon-like character who appears in video games published by Nintendo. His debut was in Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Mario and Luigi's sidekick , and he later established his own series with several platform and puzzle games, including Super...
(Mario
Mario (series)
The video game series, alternatively called the series or simply the series, is a series of highly popular and critically acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping on and...
) VS Riptor (Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Midway and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in 1994, and rumored to use an "Ultra 64" hardware engine, in reality the proprietary arcade hardware was co-developed by Rare and Midway. The game received a high profile launch...
) - Winner: Yoshi
9.Felicia
Felicia
The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective felix, meaning "happy", though in the neuter plural form felicia it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase tempora felicia, "happy times". The sense of it as a feminine personal name appeared in post-Classical use and is of...
(Darkstalkers) VS Taokaka (Blazblue) - Winner: Taokaka
10.Kratos
Kratos (God of War)
Kratos is a video game character from Sony Computer Entertainment'sGod of War series, which is loosely based on Greek mythology. Kratos first appeared in the highly successful video game God of War , which led to the development of five additional games featuring the character as the protagonist...
(God of War) VS Spawn
Spawn (comics)
Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...
(Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
) - Winner: Spawn
11.Bomberman
Bomberman
Bomberman is a strategic, maze-based computer and video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft. The original game was published in 1983 and new games in the series are still being published to this day. Today, the commercially successful Bomberman is featured in over 70 different games...
VS Dig Dug
Dig Dug
is an arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan in 1982 for Namco Galaga hardware. It was later published outside of Japan by Atari. A popular game based on a simple concept, it was also released as a video game on many consoles.-Objective:...
- Winner: Dig Dug
12.Shadow the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog
is a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Shadow is an artificially-created life form. His trademark hover shoes propel him at extreme speeds that rival those of Sonic, and with a Chaos Emerald he has the ability to distort time and space using "Chaos Control." Often referred to as being...
(Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Vegeta
Vegeta
is a fictional character and antihero in the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta first appeared in the manga chapter #204 first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 19, 1988, and in episode 5 of its anime adaptation Dragon Ball Z...
(Dragon Ball Z) - Winner: Vegeta
13.Mario
Mario
is a fictional character in his video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the main protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation...
VS Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
, trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
- Winner: Sonic the Hedgehog
14.Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
VS Rebecca Black
Rebecca Black
Rebecca Renee Black is an American pop singer who gained extensive media attention with the 2011 single "Friday". Her mother paid $4,000 to have the single and an accompanying music video put out as a vanity release through the record label ARK Music Factory. The song was co-written and produced...
- Winner: Draw (Both Died)
DEATH BATTLE! T-Shirt Vs Every Other T-Shirt
T-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
in the World - Winner: DEATH BATTLE! T-Shirt
15.Harry Potter
Harry Potter (character)
Harry James Potter is the title character and main protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard...
(Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
) VS Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise, where he is portrayed by Mark Hamill. He is introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, in which he is forced to leave home, and finds himself apprenticed to the Jedi master...
(Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
) - Winner: Luke Skywalker
16.Chun-Li
Chun-Li
is a video game character produced by Capcom. First introduced in Street Fighter II, she has since appeared as a player character in nearly all subsequent games....
(Street Fighter
Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...
) VS Mai Shiranui
Mai Shiranui
is a player character in both the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series of fighting games by SNK and in related media, also appearing in a large number of other games...
(Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury
is a fighting game series developed by SNK for the Neo Geo system.Producers Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto, who were the producers of the series from Fatal Fury 3 and onward, were the planners of the original Street Fighter...
) - Winner: Mai Shiranui
17.Starscream
Starscream
Starscream is a fictional character in the Transformers franchise. He is one of the most prolific characters in the Transformers fictional work, appearing in almost all incarnations of the story. Starscream is usually portrayed with the same characterization...
(Transformers
Transformers
A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling.Transformer may also refer to:* ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, an Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet computer manufacturer by Asus...
) VS Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic) - Winner: Rainbow Dash
18. Master Chief
Master Chief
Master Chief may refer to:*Master Chief Petty Officer, a U.S. military rank*Master Chief , the main character in Halo media...
(Halo
Halo
Halo may refer to:* Halo , a glow or ring of light around a head or person in art-Game franchise and spin-offs:*Halo , a video game franchise by Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios...
) VS Doomguy
Doomguy
The Doomguy is the protagonist of the Doom series of video games created by id Software, and its sequels and spin-off media.In all the games, he is a UN marine, wearing green combat armor, working with the Union Aerospace Corporation. He never speaks . In the games, he is never referred to by name...
(Doom) - Winner: Master Chief
19. Team Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog may refer to:* Sonic the Hedgehog , a video game series released by Sega starring its eponymous mascot** Sonic the Hedgehog , a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega** Sonic the Hedgehog , a 1991 platform game developed by...
) VS Team Dr. Wily (Mega Man
Mega Man
Mega Man is a video game franchise from Capcom, starring the eponymous character Mega Man, or one of his many counterparts. The series is well-known and comprises well over fifty releases, easily making it Capcom's most prolific franchise. As of December 31, 2010, the series has sold approximately...
) - Winner: TBA
Reboot or Retro
Premiered May 2010, second made in March 2011. Initially hosted by Craig but now hosted by Jared, it follows games that have been rebooted and compares them both to tell you if you should do the reboot or the original.First episode - "Rocket Knight
Rocket Knight
is a 2.5D platformer and a revival of the Rocket Knight series, which first began with Rocket Knight Adventures. It was developed by Climax Studios and published by Konami for Xbox Live Arcade , PlayStation Network and Steam on May 12, 2010...
" or "Rocket Knight Adventures
Rocket Knight Adventures
is a 16-bit generation side scrolling platformer produced and released in 1993 by Konami for the Mega Drive/Genesis console, designed by Nobuya Nakazato, designer of several titles in the Contra series such as The Alien Wars, Hard Corps and Shattered Soldier...
"
Second episode - "Hard Corps: Uprising
Hard Corps: Uprising
Hard Corps: Uprising is a video game developed by Arc System Works. It is part of the Contra series and is a prequel to Contra: Hard Corps. Kenji Yamamoto, the producer, has said that the intention is to make the Hard Corps series into a brand new franchise. The player will play the role of Colonel...
" or "Contra: Hard Corps
Contra: Hard Corps
Contra: Hard Corps, released in Japan as and in Europe and Australia as Probotector, is a side-scrolling run and gun-style shoot-'em-up video game released by Konami for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in...
"
Third episode - "Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy IV
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1991 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game was originally released for the Super Famicom in Japan and has since then been rereleased for many other platforms with varying modifications. An enhanced remake with 3D graphics...
" or "Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection is a compilation consisting of enhanced ports of the role-playing video games Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. It was published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable in Japan on March 24, 2011, in North America on April 19,...
"
Free To Play Weekly
A new Partner feature to ScrewAttack, from the good folks at MMOBomb.com, Free to Play Weekly brings you the most important news of the week about free-to-play online games and the latest releases, with a few jokes thrown in for good measure.Screwin' Around
A new live streming show, featuring random ScrewAttack members playing video games for 1 or 2 hours. The purpose of this program is to reconnect with their audience and have a good time.The Art in Gaming
The Art in Gaming is a series of short videos that focus on the visual art in gaming. This show is more serious and an educational approach, compared to the usual easy-going and humorous, sporadic paces as seen in other ScrewAttack shows and features. , four episodes have been released, RygarRygar: The Legendary Adventure
Rygar: The Legendary Adventure, known in Japan as , is a console game for the PlayStation 2 first released in November 2002. It is an update of the original Rygar released for arcade machines and various consoles. The new features are a transition to 3D graphics and portions of the environment are...
, Vigilante 8
Vigilante 8
Vigilante 8 is a vehicular combat video game released on June 4, 1998 for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color. It is a spinoff of the PC game Interstate '76, and features several concepts carried over from that title.Vigilante 8 was developed with a team of only five people Vigilante...
, Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando may refer to the following video games:* Bionic Commando , the original arcade game released in 1987* Bionic Commando , a 1988 NES video game, partly based on the arcade game...
and a feature over geometric shapes
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
in gaming.
The Scoop!
The Scoop! is a short program hosted by Highschool Ben. The program highlights the highs and lows of games and usually focuses on the "top 3" of both aforementioned categories. Once in a while a clearly terrible game is reviewed and is given ironic praise from Ben. It aired on ScrewAttack for quite some time but now has been merged with VGRs.Awesome Video Games
Awesome Video Games was a show on ScrewAttack which featured Chet, Ace and their father. After creative differences regarding the direction of the show, it was decided that it would separate from ScrewAttack. It aired on ScrewAttack from September 2006 to March 2007.GameJew
GameJew was a former ScrewAttack series featuring Jonathan Mann, a Jewish fan of Mario.In the story, The GameJew dons his red Mario hat and his red overalls, all while existing in real life situations, and composing songs relevant to games.
GameJew took part in the Austrian Big Brother Awards, produced the Mario Opera, and was featured in the January 15, 2008 edition of EGM
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly is a bimonthly American video game magazine. It has been published by EGM Media, LLC. since relaunching in April of 2010. Its previous run, which ended in January 2009, was published by Ziff Davis...
Magazine after serenading video game guru, Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto
is a Japanese video game designer and producer. Miyamoto was born and raised in Kyoto Prefecture; the natural surroundings of Kyoto inspired much of Miyamoto's later work....
.
From July 2006 to August 2007, the GameJew made videos.
As of February 27, 2008, Mann has recommenced production of GameJew videos which air Wednesdays.
Jose's Puntos
Jose's Puntos is a short program hosted by Jose ElMexicano where he gives gaming tips to the g1s. On May 13, 2011, it was rumored on the forums that Jose would be leaving ScrewAttack. Jose confirmed this on the same day. It is Unknown whether Puntos will continue, though it has been mentioned (By Jared) that it might come back some time later,in a different form and With a Different Host.Puntos include Pokémon Red and Blue
Pokémon Red and Blue
Pokémon Red Version and Blue Version, originally released in Japan as , are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. They are the first installments to the Pokémon series. They were first released in Japan in 1996 as Red and Green, with Blue being...
, Halo 3
Halo 3
Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...
, Uno, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. A handheld game was made for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America, Australia, and...
, Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It is generally considered to be the fifth mainstream game of the Call of Duty series and returns the setting to World War II. The game was...
, Fable
Fable (video game)
Fable is an action role-playing video game in the Fable series. It was developed for Xbox, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms, by Big Blue Box, a satellite developer of Lionhead Studios, and was published by Microsoft. The game shipped for Xbox on October 14, 2003...
, Fable II, Gears of War 2
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games with lead design by Cliff Bleszinski, and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the second installment of the Gears of War series. The game was officially released in North America, Europe and...
, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Bulletstorm
Bulletstorm
Bulletstorm is a first-person shooter video game developed by People Can Fly and Epic Games, and is published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows...
, Killzone 3
Killzone 3
Killzone 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3, developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the fourth installment in the Killzone series, the first game in the series to be presented in 3D and the first to include motion controls using the...
, Homefront
Homefront
A home front is the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of its military. The term can refer to:* Home front during World War II* United States home front during World War I* United States home front during World War II...
and Mortal Kombat(2011)
Metal Gear Ben
Based on the character 'Metal Gear Ben' that appeared in a few Clip of the Week's, this show was set to come out in 2009, and was going to be made with lots of help from the g1 community.The first episode was showcased this summer at SGC 2009, and the series officially launched on November 23, 2009.
The series finale of Metal Gear Ben was posted on May 15, 2010.
Nametags
Nametags is a sitcom that follows Jared and Dom in the daily grind at the video game store at which they work. In addition to dealing with moronic customers who embody common gamer stereotypes, the pair must often contend with their blunt, mysterious manager, Josh. Several episodes also revolve around Jared's love interest, Cheryl. The show is done in a style similar to that of ScrubsScrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, including brief glimpses into the minds of the characters. It also uses various video game music for its soundtrack.
The store of the show, which has remained unnamed (but is meant to parody GameStop
GameStop
GameStop Corporation is an American video game and entertainment software retailer. The company, whose headquarters is in Grapevine, Texas, United States, operates 6,500 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New...
), is filmed in the club house of Jared's improvisation comedy troupe, while all the scenes in the apartment are done in the actors' actual apartments.
RetroRemix
Hosted by DJ Axis, a half-blind musician, the show featured remixes of old video game soundtracks, with a more modern sound and rhythm (similar in execution to OverClocked ReMixOverClocked ReMix
OverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix and OCR, is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through arranging and re-interpreting the songs with new technology and software, as well as by various traditional means...
). It often contains short interviews or information about the game at the beginning. However, with the departure of DJ Axis, the series has ended.
Toilet Tuesday
A series of shorts created relating to people sitting on the toilet and playing video games. Movies were submitted by g1s to be featured on the site.The Armory
The Armory was a feature created 100% by host Daily Destin in which the best weapons known in video gaming are detailed. from December 11, 2009 on, the show was hosted by IGNIGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
. The show ended with the departure of Daily Destin in March 2011.
The New Adventures of Captain S
The New Adventures of Captain S is an online web serial created by PBC Productions which parodies cartoon and television shows of the 1980s and 1990s, particularly Captain N: The Game MasterCaptain N: The Game Master
Captain N: The Game Master was an American animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show incorporated elements from many of the most popular Nintendo games of the time...
, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is an American live-action children's television series based on the 16th installment of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Both the show and its related merchandise saw unbridled overnight success, catapulting into pop culture in mere months...
, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad is an American television series. It was produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultracom and DIC Entertainment, with distribution by All American Television , and ran for two seasons from September 12, 1994 to July 15, 1995 on ABC, as well as syndication...
, Saved by the Bell
Saved by the Bell
Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...
and Full House
Full House
Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...
(opening credits). The show follows the adventures of high school junior, and major Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
nerd, Chad Belmont after he happens upon a magical Sega Genesis cartridge that enables him to enter into Video-Land through his TV. When he arrives in Video-Land, he is briefed by its benevolent keeper, the Giant Blue Head. Prophecies foretold his arrival, and from that moment forward he would be called Captain S, Video Defender. He must keep the world safe from the evil clutches of the Game Genie
Game Genie
The Game Genie is a series of cheat systems designed by Codemasters and sold by Camerica and Galoob for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Sega Game Gear that modifies game data, allowing the player to cheat, manipulate various...
and his minion NES
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
. He is joined on his journeys by his best friends Lunk and Becky, and he pines after the sweetheart of Bromley High, Stacey Newfeld. Usually, Chad must use lessons he learns in Video-Land to help him become a better person on the other side of the screen. Season One contained ten episodes, which aired from January to May 2007. The series premiered at MAGFest
MAGFest
MAGFest is an annual convention held in Virginia that celebrates video games and video game music, as well as their surrounding culture...
V in Vienna, VA.
A second season had been planned, and was indeed announced by show creator Chad Williams at MAGFest
MAGFest
MAGFest is an annual convention held in Virginia that celebrates video games and video game music, as well as their surrounding culture...
VI on January 6, 2008. To fill the gap until the second season airs, the writers produced a Captain S web-comic that is available to view on their website.
In May 2009, PBC officially announced the second season of Captain S had been canceled, the second season having never left early preliminary development stages. In addition, the Captain S web-comic has not been updated in quite some time, indicating the concept has been rested entirely.
Main Cast
Chad Belmont/Captain S - Brett Vanderbrook
Nigel Edmund Silverman/NES - Devon Riley
Lunk Stogsdill - Shael Riley
Becky O'Connor - Ivy Hong
Stacey Newfeld - Kitty Ostapowicz
Head, and Game Genie - Chad Williams
The effect of Video-Land is achieved through stop-motion animation, where the image of Captain S is super-imposed on the game sprite. In the season one finale, a more free-form style of animation, mimicking Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (video game)
Mortal Kombat is a 1992 fighting-game developed and published by Midway for arcades. In 1993, home versions were released by Acclaim Entertainment. Released in the Fall of 1994, the Microsoft Windows 3.1x version was released by Activision Interactive. It is the first title in the Mortal Kombat...
's motion capture style was used.
A special episode of Captain S was released in August 2007. In this episode, Captain S meets the Angry Video Game Nerd to join forces and save Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
in July. Since Captain S is considered a family-friendly show, the AVGN's language is heavily toned down (only using the word crap), although at the end, he slips and curses (but it was censored), to which the Captain S characters react in shock.
While the title of the episode says it is non-canonical, an AVGN video seems to continue from where that episode left off.
Life in a Game
Life in a Game was a comedy/adventure series produced by Jonathan Tran from Enemy Crab Productions. It first aired on ScrewAttack in March 2008.The show stars Guy, a normal person who realizes that classic video game items, characters, and music have begun affecting his everyday life. After fighting and destroying the Jackal, a mysterious boss character who had been stalking him, Guy is thrown into ever-stranger circumstances, from deadly chases to dance competitions. After defeating the reincarnated Red Jackal, Guy meets Frog of Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. Chrono Triggers development team included three designers that Square dubbed the "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Square's Final Fantasy series; Yuji Horii, a...
fame. The reasons for Guy's peril, the threat of the Jackal, and the arrival of Frog are all tied to an as-of-yet unexplained force termed The Haxx.
On April Fool's Day 2009, Enemy Crab Productions & Jared from Nametags pulled a prank on the g1 community, with the season finale of LiaG revealing that the show to that point was just a dream, and in fact, the characters had personalities & lives very similar to the Nametags characters, before it was eventually revealed as a prank at the end of the episode by Jared, and that the real final episode was shown at SGC.
The Iron Man of Gaming
The Iron Man of Gaming is an annual gaming tournament, presented by ScrewAttack, to find who is the best all-round video gamer. Unlike traditional video game tournaments where participants compete on a single title, competitors are given a raft of video games from various genres to compete on. The winner is decided on a points-based system; the contender with the most points is declared the winner.2007
The tournament was held at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, between August 30th to September 2nd 2007. The winner was advertised to take home $1,000 US dollars and a ScrewAttack championship belt.
First place was awarded to Chris "Kumachine" Delp. Second place was
awarded to Louis "Big Lou" Hughes.
2008
The Iron Man of Gaming hosted its second year at the Grapevine Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas
Grapevine, Texas
Grapevine is a city in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the city population was 46,334. The city's moniker is derived from the native grapes prevalent in the area. In recent years several wineries have...
from June 19–22, and advertised itself as "all consoles", "all genres" and "all eras". Contestants competed for $10,000 in cash and prizes. Registered ScrewAttack members were eligible to vote on which games are being played at the event; five classic games, four current and one secret mystery game were played during the tournament. The event was documented by PBC Productions.
The winner was Harrison Fluster, with the prior year's champion Chris Delp as runner up.
2009
Since SGC, the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention, was announced, the Iron Man of Gaming took place during the convention in early July.
The winner was Jamal Nickens and runner-up Joshua Wiegand, with the prior year's champion Harrison Fluster finishing eleventh. 2007 champion Chris Delp did not compete.
2010
As of July 4, 2010, all of the games have been revealed. According to the June 23rd edition of SideScrollers, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was intended to be one of the mystery games, but whilst they had permission from Capcom USA, Capcom Japan did not give them permission to showcase the game due to short notice. The mystery game Sonic 4 was the first time the game was given a chance to be played at a public event.
2011
2011's Iron Man of Gaming took place at NekoCon in Hampton, Virginia from November 4-6. Two games have been currently revealed, with a subsequent game being revealed every week. The currently known games are:
F-Zero
F-Zero
is a futuristic racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . The game was released in Japan on November 21, 1990, in North America on August 23, 1991, and in Europe on June 4, 1992...
(SNES) · Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey is a video game developed by Atari Games and released for the arcade in 1996.-Summary:This video game was later ported to the Nintendo 64 console on October 31, 1996, where it was the first-ever 4-player game for the Nintendo 64...
(Nintendo 64) · Mortal Kombat (PS3/Xbox 360) · Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
The game has received universal praise from critics and gaming websites, citing a big improvement over the original. IGN gave the game a perfect 10/10 and an Editor's Choice award, calling it "a master class in game design." GameSpot gave the game 9.0/10, praising the new elements which make...
(Xbox 360) Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (SNES) · Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch, published by Activision and released worldwide on November 9, for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii consoles, with a separate version for Nintendo DS developed by n-Space. Announced on April 30, 2010,...
(Xbox 360)
Texting Of The Bread
In 2010, ScrewAttack released a game for the various mobile phones and handheld devices called Texting Of The Bread. It involves texting words to kill incoming Gingerbread men. The game includes the Angry Video Game Nerd as a character and will soon include another ScrewAttack personality, brentalfloss. It is currently released on iPhoneIPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
and iPod touch
IPod touch
The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...
. It is coming soon to Android.