History WebVideo / GuruLarryAndWez

** A clip of [[LetsPlay/TheKingOfHate DarkSydePhil's]] infamous "Thank you, you fuckin' worthless humans, for the views."

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two of Creator/{{Sega}}'s patents actually ''helping'' their opponents: trying to patent the transitions between the point of views in racing games, which they started in ''VideoGame/VirtuaRacing'', meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which ended up being a ''blessing'' in a genre that requires very precise timing. Additionally, they also patented the levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi''. When they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', other developers decided to use a far more efficient workaround: a glowing line on the maps that showed you the path to your destination.

--> '''Wez:''' We're not on TV any more, we can say what the fuck we want! Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!

--> "MESSAGE TO FAGSHITE AND PARAPLEGIC AND ALL THE OTHER DICKHEADS! BETTER LUCK THIS TIME! TRY AND REMOVE MORE THAT [sic] 20% OF THE PROTECTION THIS TIME YOU USELESS CUNTS! ISN'T IT TIME YOU STOPPED PULLING YOUR DICKS AND LEFT YOUR BEDROOMS AND GOT A REAL JOB?"

** "I'll get me coat" whenever some particularly horrible wordplay gets a LamePunReaction.

** [[OnceAnEpisode In every episode]], at least one is usually horrible. Larry likes to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] them with a {{Beat}} and a quick "I'll get me coat".

* WhileRomeBurns: Larry's other reason for staying with Channel Awesome other than [[TheDogBitesBack spite for the management ignoring him]]: to watch the site implode.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: {{Invoked|Trope}} in the intro to "Games Yanks Can't Wank" when the normally upbeat theme song suddenly takes a ShockingSwerve to a darker tone, courtesy of [[VideoGame/PunchOut Narcis Prince]]:

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two of Creator/{{Sega}}'s patents actually ''helping'' their opponents: trying to patent the transitions between the point of views in racing games, which they started in ''VideoGame/VirtuaRacing'', meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which ended up being a ''blessing'' in a genre that requires very precise timing. Additionally, they also patented the "levitating arrow that tells you where to go in an OpenWorldGame" concept from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi''. When they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', other developers decided to use a far more efficient workaround: a glowing line on the maps that showed you the path to your destination.

* ShoutOut: Boggle Flash ([[Film/FlashGordon1980 Ahhhhh!]])

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two of Creator/{{Sega}}'s patents actually ''helping'' their opponents: trying to patent the transitions between the point of views in racing games (which they started in ''Virtua Racing'') meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which ended up being a ''blessing'' in a genre that requires very precise timing. Additionally, they also patented the "levitating arrow that tells you where to go in an OpenWorldGame" concept from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi''. When they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', other developers decided to use a far more efficient workaround: a glowing line on the maps that showed you the path to your destination.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to Creator/{{Sega}}'s patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting a levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the maps instead.
* TheDogBitesBack: During [=#ChangeTheChannel=], Larry has openly admitted that his reasons for staying on Channel Awesome amount to this, as a "Fuck you" to the management ignoring him during his time on the site and to [[WhileRomeBurns watch the site implode]].

** "5 Hilarious Idiotic Gaming Screw Ups" lists examples from developers, such as a cheat code for ''VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron'' unlocking the full game in the demo, and the DRM for ''Rainbow Six Vegas 2'''s digital version being so hard to fix, [[GoneHorriblyRight that not even a clean install could do anything]], that Ubisoft was only able to fix it by ''using a pirated crack of the game'' as an official patch.
** "5 Completely Broken, Unbeatable Games, Thanks to Developer Stupidity" once again lists examples from incompetent developers, such as ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble Revolution'' missing a boss fight on level 30, making players get stuck in limbo; or even Creator/ElectronicArts telling players to "deal with it" regarding a game-breaking glitch on the PSP version of ''Madden 06'''s Franchise Mode that even ''shuts off the [=PSP=] and corrupts its own save files'' whenever an interception is made.

* OddballInTheSeries: "The Rise and Demise of Beanie Babies", a toy based episode coming off the surplus of video game-related videos. It is also bleaker than other videos and does not have a Creator/PeterMolyneux jab in it.

* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to both the game's director and [[Creator/PhilHartman his voice actor]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series Horace]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid Noid]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[invoked]] [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him.[[/note]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to Creator/{{Sega}}'s patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the maps instead.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to Creator/{{Sega}}'s patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the maps instead.

** Larry mocks the constant bizarre [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion bizarre revisions]] to the ''Star Wars'' movies during his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgDWClrxipw 5 Update Patches that DESTROYED Games]]" video.

->...and not long after that, the developer studio pulled back the update and rolled the game back to the previous version. If only they would do that with some of the movies too!

* TakeThat: [[RunningGag Done once a video]] to Peter Molyneux.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[invoked]] "Goatse" was an internet meme of the late 1990s and early 2000s, and featured a picture of a man pulling his anus open ''with both hands''. According to [[https://youtu.be/j-UHzkT3v3o this video]], the design of the Nokia N-Gage console deliberately mimics the goatse picture. An engineer fed up with constant ExecutiveMeddling created the design as a joke, and management liked the new design and didn't spot the reference.

** A potshot at Peter Molyneux is made in every episode, no exceptions... even when they make the exception by finding something even more stupid.

** "Fact Hunt" is a well known spoonerism for "Fat C*nt" in the UK and Australia.

* ViewersAreMorons: Discussed with the "4 Games Changed Because Publishers Think Americans are Stupid" episode of Fact Hunt. He also pointed out the irony of Eidos assuming that Americans couldn't pronounce [[VideoGame/TombRaider "Laura"]] by showcasing some comments from the "5 Totally Messed Up Influences of Video Game Mascots" episode that proved the opposite - that Americans ''can'' pronounce "Laura" and (mis)pronounced "Lara" as "Laura" anyway - and suggested that the people responsible couldn't comprehend the notion that there are people in U.S. named Laura.

Two NewMedia enthusiasts investigate the various computer-game controversies, video game ventures and digital disasters that you didn't even realize were a thing, with series such as "Games Yanks Can't Wank", a series about games that were only released in the United Kingdom on their beloved home computers and "Fact Hunt", a series that, of course, details various obscure facts about video games, old and new, as we say: [[CatchPhrase But, hello you!]] This is the page on Guru Larry and Wez, and we welcome you to it!

As of this writing, Larry is one of the few members left on Website/ChannelAwesome (along with Creator/DougWalker and Creator/BradJones) in the wake of Channel Awesome's March-April 2018 controversy, solely out of spite.

* TheDogBitesBack: During [=#ChangeTheChannel=], Larry has openly admitted that his reasons for staying amount to this, as a "Fuck you" to the management ignoring him during his time on the site and to [[WhileRomeBurns watch the site implode]].

As of this writing, Larry is one of the few members left on [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Channel Awesome]] (along with Creator/DougWalker and Creator/BradJones) in the wake of Channel Awesome's March-April 2018 controversy, solely out of spite.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Goatse" was an internet meme of the late 1990 s and early 2000s, and featured a picture of a man pulling his anus open ''with both hands''. According to [[https://youtu.be/j-UHzkT3v3o this video]], the design of the Nokia N-Gage console deliberately mimics the goatse picture. An engineer fed up with constant ExecutiveMeddling created the design as a joke, and management liked the new design and didn't spot the reference.

* ViewersAreMorons: Discussed with the "4 Games Changed Because Publishers Think Americans are Stupid" episode of Fact Hunt. He also pointed out the irony of Eidos assuming that Americans couldn't pronounce [[VideoGame/TombRaider "Laura"]] by showcasing some comments from the "5 Totally Messed Up Influences of Video Game Mascots" episode that proved the opposite - that Americans ''can'' pronounce "Laura" and (mis)pronounced "Lara" as "Laura" anyway - and suggested that the people responsible couldn't comprehend the notion that there are people in US named Laura.

** "5 Completely Broken, Unbeatable Games, Thanks to Developer Stupidity" once again lists examples from incompetent developers, such as ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble Revolution'' missing a boss fight on level 30, making players get stuck in limbo; or even Creator/ElectronicArts telling players to "deal with it" regarding a game-breaking glitch on ''Madden 06'''s ([=PSP=]) Franchise Mode that even ''shuts off the [=PSP=] and corrupts its own save files''.