History WebVideo / GirlfriendReviews

* {{Spectacle}}: She believes that this is the only reason why ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' was praised the way it was at launch, arguing that its [[invoked]] [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome gorgeous (for the time) graphics]] and cinematic flair masked its awful gameplay and writing for a lot of critics and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 owners.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Shelby's boyfriend proposed while she was slaughtering demons in ''[[{{VideoGame/Doom2016}} Doom]]''.

* ThePowerOfBoobsCompelsYou: Averted In [[https://youtu.be/25f7yYjB7ro Living With a Lord of the Rings Nerd]]: Matt was ignoring Shelby in favour of his ''Lord of the Rings'' collection:
--> '''Shelby:''' A power beyond any boobs is corrupting his mind.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4aImnFlIWs "Every Gamer Wants To Be A Cat"]] a parody of "Everybody Wants to Be a Cat" from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' spoofing {{VideoGame/Stray}}.

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: ZigZagged. While Shelby doesn't find Horror Movies to be scary at all, saying that she finds watching [[DawsonCasting "Beautiful Teenagers in their late 20s]][[invoked]] dying" fills her with the smugginess. She is terrified of playing horror games, because it isn't as fun to be the teenagers who die.

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: [[invoked]] Gave out an award for it in their 2022 My Girlfriend's Choice Awards. It went to [[spoiler:Margit, the Fell Omen in ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' saying "put these foolish ambitions to rest" whenever she killed you, because [[ThatOneBoss it happened a lot]]]].

** Whenever Creator/ProZD cameos, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he demands to know if he's going to get paid]].

* MostAnnoyingSound: [[invoked]] Gave out an award for it in their 2022 My Girlfriend's Choice Awards. It went to [[spoiler:Margit, the Fell Omen in ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' saying "put these foolish ambitions to rest" whenever she killed you, because [[ThatOneBoss it happened a lot]]]].

So one day a young woman called Shelby got tired of her boyfriend Matt playing so much ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' that it affected his IRL behavior, so she made a Youtube channel for the express purpose of complaining about her boyfriend's video game-related behavior. And thus ''Girlfriend Reviews'' was born, in which she doesn't review the games as much as the experience of watching her boyfriend play the games.

Occasionally however she would play and review the games themselves but only if she's actually good enough at them to finish them.

* SoBadItsGood: [[invoked]] Meta example. Shelby freely admits that she loves games with glitchy graphics, because they are more fun to watch.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: [[invoked]] Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvELrZxUNOs "Why are video game movies so poo poo?".]] Shelby notes the irony of it, given that the entire basis of the channel is that many video games are quite watchable even if you're not playing, so it stands to reason that a film adaptation shouldn't be that difficult to pull off. She excoriates the ''Film/MonsterHunter2020'' and ''Film/ResidentEvil'' films in particular, though she admits that she liked ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' for how it faithfully stuck to the games' [[TournamentArc fighting tournament plot]], even if all of those films were directed by the same guy, Creator/PaulWSAnderson.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Their defense of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' infuriated people who hated that game, one of whom set out to destroy their channel's reputation, [[MaliciousSlander accusing them of siccing their fans on him]] to send him death threats. When some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF9HLsPFfCw basic sleuthing]] into his poorly-concealed paper trail revealed that all of the death threats [[FalseFlagOperation actually came from him]], they confronted him, and he hastily tried to DestroyTheEvidence and delete all of his accounts once he realized that his own credibility was shot.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: [[invoked]] Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvELrZxUNOs "Why are video game movies so poo poo?".]] Shelby notes the irony of it, given that the entire basis of the channel is that many video games are quite watchable even if you're not playing, so it stands to reason that a film adaptation shouldn't be that difficult to pull off. She excoriates the ''Film/MonsterHunter'' and ''Film/ResidentEvil'' films in particular, though she admits that she liked ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' for how it faithfully stuck to the games' [[TournamentArc fighting tournament plot]], even if all of those films were directed by the same guy, Creator/PaulWSAnderson.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: [[invoked]] Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvELrZxUNOs "Why are video game movies so poo poo?".]] Shelby notes the irony of it, given that the entire basis of the channel is that many video games are quite watchable even if you're not playing, so it stands to reason that a film adaptation shouldn't be that difficult to pull off. She excoriates the ''Film/MonsterHunter'' and ''Film/ResidentEvil'' films in particular, though she admits that she liked ''Film/MortalKombat1995'' for how it faithfully stuck to the games' [[TournamentArc fighting tournament plot]], even if all of those films were directed by the same guy, Creator/PaulWSAnderson.

* OutOfGenreExperience: "Understanding ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII''" is not a meme-filled review of the game, but a rather serious video essay where Shelby analyzes the plot points and plot structure of the game. The channel felt the need to do so due to how heated the debate about the game was. They would, subsequently make their usual comedy review of the game.
* {{Railroading}}: Apparently Matt dislikes games forcing the player to do cruel things- case in point, ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', where the protagonist is friends with outlaws who often kill people. No ''Robin Hood''-style heroics here.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Believes that Keanu Reeves is immortal and has lived for centuries in her E3 2019 review.

* SoBadItsGood[[invoked]]: Meta example. Shelby freely admits that she loves games with glitchy graphics, because they are more fun to watch.

** The ''{{VideoGame/Bioshock}}'' review ends with a parody of "Beyond the Sea" which features in the game with the lyrics changed to reflect the plot of the game.

** The review of ''VideoGame/Fallout76'' includes fan favorite "Todd Howard, fancy shoes." sung to the tune of "[[Music/JohnDenver Take me home, country roads.]]"
** In April 2020 Girlfriend Reviews released its first full length music parody, the Music/BillieEilish and ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' parody [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwGp7osyvE "Bass Guy"]], sung to the tune of "Bad Guy".
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Shelby named her ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons Animal Crossing]]'' village 'Tuchus Town', and used peppered in some Hebrew in one of her ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'' rants .

* SensoryAbuse: This is Shelby's reoccurring issue with VideoGame/DeadCells and VideoGame/AstralChain. Both games fill the screen with so many particle effects during combat that it makes it too much of a mess for her to enjoy watching. She refers to this phenomenon as "diarrhea Christmas lights".

So one day a young woman called Shelby got tired of her boyfriend Matt playing so much ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionII'' that it affected his IRL behavior, so she made a Youtube channel for the express purpose of complaining about her boyfriend's video game-related behavior. And thus ''Girlfriend Reviews'' was born, in which she doesn't review the games as much as the experience of watching her boyfriend play the games.

So one day a young woman called Shelby got tired of her boyfriend Matt playing so much ''[[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption Red Dead Redemption II]]'' that it affected his IRL behavior, so she made a Youtube channel for the express purpose of complaining about her boyfriend's video game-related behavior. And thus ''Girlfriend Reviews'' was born, in which she doesn't review the games as much as the experience of watching her boyfriend play the games.