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4	->''"And that’s exactly what games of this type should be about. VideoGames are, after all, {{escapism}}, so if you can, say, play UsefulNotes/{{Tennis}} adequately in real life, a realistic UsefulNotes/{{tennis}} video game should eventually make you feel like UsefulNotes/RogerFederer."''
5	-->-- '''Johnny Magrippis''', on how KinectSports should have been.
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7	[[http://www.jrtshow.com/ Johnny Reviews Tonight]] is a VideoReviewShow with surprisingly high production values, Johnny likes to overanalyze VideoGames, to the point of each episode averaging at about 15 minutes, despite him talking in [[MotorMouth nigh-incomprehensible speeds]].
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9	The [[InSeriesNickname JRT Show]] focuses on current-gen stuff, but the videos never come out closer than two weeks after the game’s release, so they aren’t really meant to be a buyer’s guide. They always seem to include a [[TheStoryteller brief history lesson]] and [[MidReviewSketchShow a couple of sketch bits]], in order to be enjoyable even if you aren’t familiar with the franchise / genre and ''especially'' if you’ve already played the game in question.
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11	Despite this, he always wraps up with a multiple choice verdict, guessing at the type of person you’d have to be in order to buy and enjoy the game and, for multiplatform games, he even compares the different versions against each other.
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13	The {{review}} alternates between Johnny narrating over game footage and him getting in front of the camera to talk directly to the viewer. In either case, he [[MotorMouth talks crazy fast]], but the audio quality during the narrated bits has been improving over the years.
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15	Hasn’t settled on a "trademark genre", wildly going from [[SportsGame Sports Games]] to [[PointAndClickGame Point and Click Adventures]] and [[RolePlayingGame RPGs]].
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18	!!This web video series provides examples of:
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20	* AccentuateTheNegative: A little. Johnny will highlight flaws in games he really likes about as much as he’ll highlight positives in games he really doesn’t.
21	* AffectionateParody: Pretty much the whole point of the timeline B & C openings of the ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'' review.
22	* BerserkButton: When Maria thinks Johnny called her fat.
23	* BilingualBonus: He says a few words in an [[GratuitousGreek obscure language]] after transforming into Big Mac in the VideoGame/PunchOut review.
24	* BoredomMontage: He becomes increasingly bored with the opening of VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots, to the point he starts dressing up and playing soldier until the game actually gives him something to do.
25	* BreakingTheReviewersWall: Right at the end of the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots review, Old Snake seems to pay Johnny a visit.
26	* BrickJoke: The VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} review opens with a potato flying through a couple of portals, which are seemingly forgotten right up until the end.
27	* BriefAccentImitation: In the ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' review, Johnny does a horrible fake-Italian accent to mimic Ezio.
28	** JustAStupidAccent: He calls this “Accented English” in the [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII AssCreed II]] review.
29	* CatchPhrase: Sentences in the form of: X is not about Y. It’s about Z...
30	** He loves working in "[[WeCanRebuildHim "better, faster, stronger]]".
31	* CausticCritic: Mostly averted. He sounds positively excited when describing the plot even in games he ends up disliking.
32	* ClosingCredits: [[ThrowItIn Throws in]] the occassional HilariousOuttakes, CreditsGag, TheStinger.
33	* ColonCancer: Shows up often in the episode names, perfectly lampshaded in [[http://twitter.com/#!/magrippinho/status/40090364677193728 this tweet]].
34	** ''Almost'' parodied in the very first scene of the very first episode:
35	-->Metal Gear Solid 4
36	-->Guns of the Patriots
37	-->Tactical Espionage Action
38	-->That’s not a Title, it’s an eye exam
39	* DoubleEntendre: Most obviously done in the VideoGame/PunchOut review.
40	* DoubleTake: Wait, what?
41	* DoubleVision: In the “Timeline B - C” versions of the ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'' review.
42	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: His name is ''Johnny'', and, ''Tonight'', he will ''Review'' something.
43	* FacePalm: Does this when Samus is reduced to a little girl when fighting Ridley in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', despite having faced him numerous times before.
44	* {{Fanservice}}: Subverted when the [[VideoGame/WiiFit Wii Fit Girl]] parody in the VideoGame/PunchOut video cuts right before we find out if Maria got back. This may also count as a BrickJoke & IronicEcho, as these “X minutes later” cuts were beneficial to the viewer when they first appeared on the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots episodes.
45	* ForScience: Opens up the VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} review with this.
46	* FourPointScale: Averted in that he doesn’t score the games, but offers a “multiple-choice recommendation”.
47	* FreezeFrameBonus : Some of the images flash by too quick, and the in-game subtitles are usually impossible to read without pausing.
48	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The cardboard box moving towards him in the end of the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots review.
49	* GrowingTheBeard: Johnny seems to be getting more comfortable in front of the camera, and using better and better microphones as the series progress.
50	* HypocriticalHumor: He explains in the ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'' review that simply referencing the source material doesn’t make you funny, then proceeds to ''directly quote'' Film/BackToTheFuture1.
51	* IWillShowYouX: When Maria takes offense to Johnny saying all of his friends can’t throw a decent punch. He was talking about multiplayer fighting games though, Maria took it rather literally.
52	-->'''Maria:''' Was that punch good enough for you?
53	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "And that’s how you break the fourth wall, my beloved videocamera!"
54	* LetsPlay: Hasn’t done any so far, but the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots review is pretty close to being one.
55	* MidReviewSketchShow: All of the reviews have at least one sketch, with Maria usually filling in additional roles as needed.
56	* MotorMouth: He claims to be making an effort to talk slower during the videos. This means his real life voice is ''a notch or so faster''.
57	* NarmCharm: Loves the “I’m no hero” scene from VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots because of this.
58	* OhCrap: When he realises who he’s up against, when “researching” real life boxing.
59	* {{Padding}}: Does a rant about it when mining for minerals in VideoGame/MassEffect2. Also views LevelGrinding as this.
60	* PreviouslyOn: Does one in the style of Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}} for ''Franchise/MassEffect''.
61	* {{Pun}}:
62	-->'''Johnny:''' Does Mass Effect 2 suffer the original’s sin?
63	* RecycledINSPACE: In VideoGame/MassEffect2, he brings up Creator/BioWare’s comment that Shepard is [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] IN SPACE!
64	* RightHandCat: In Part 1 of the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Review.
65	-->'''Johnny, stroking the RightHandCat:''': How Evil.
66	* RunningGag: Mentioning power-point presentations throughout the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots review.
67	* ShoutOut: When he has an issue with a game, he usually points to earlier games that dealt with it better.
68	** Has sometimes done this with things unrelated to VideoGames as well, such as ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics''.
69	* ShownTheirWork: He actually tries out every featured sport in RealLife as well, to check if they’re as “Just Like RealLife ” as advertised, in the KinectSports review.
70	* SmokingIsCool: Played with in the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots review, as his cigar is actually made of chocolate.
71	** Parodied in the VideoGame/MassEffect2 [[TheStinger stinger]].
72	* StoryToGameplayRatio: He has played VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots, so it’s no surprise this comes up.
73	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: He claims this is the reason he might sometimes do a joke [[ItsBeenDone that has been done before]], and assumes this instead of FollowTheLeader when another reviewer does a joke he already did.
74	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: At the end of each part of the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots review, there is a disclaimer citing the “Reviewers I tried not to rip-off”. Namely Creator/JamesRolfe, Creator/NoahAntwiler and Creator/DougWalker.
75	* TakeThat: Done ocassionally, the VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} review has quite a few on {{FirstPersonShooter}}s.
76	* ThatsWhatSheSaid: Prevalent in the VideoGame/DanceCentral review.
77	* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
78	-->'''Johnny:''' Chocolate: My [[AchillesHeel only weakness]].
79	* VisualPun: Sometimes does this with the background pics when narrating, such as with a nuclear explosion transforming to the shape of the Metal horns when he mentions VideoGame/MetalGear.
80	* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Apparently loves saying these ExactWords in a sarcastic tone, as seen in the ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' and ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'' reviews.
81	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Good luck placing Johnny’s accent.
82	* YouFightLikeACow: Appropriately, in the [[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Monkey Island: Special Edition]] review.
83	-->'''Maria:''' You direct like a dairy farmer!
84	-->'''Johnny:''' How appropriate... you act like a cow!

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