Marcus Sparacio is [=Armake21=] (now known as [=Marc0=] or [=TheWaste0Time=], previously known as [=NicotineAlien=] and [=BoxedEntertainment21=]), (once) a CausticCritic of video games for the Platform/{{NES}}. [=Marc0=] made himself known when he went up against The Game Boys, a group on [=YouTube=] who are now known as Freeze Cracker, having slammed them publicly. He would eventually start reviewing video games in September 2006 with his "Games That Suck" series. [=Armake21=] was one of the foremost of the glut of video game reviewers to come about after the success of ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''. Later, he would host a VideoReviewShow called "Context Sensitive", where he reviews modern titles for the Xbox 360 and [=PlayStation=] 3.

He was also a big inspiration for ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' back when Spoony was starting out.

Sadly, [[https://twitter.com/ratmom86/status/1621145652930682880 he died January 29, 2023.]] His last Platform/YouTube account can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheWaste0Time here]], as his old accounts were deleted. He was doing a series called "[=Marc0=] Plays", and had also gone back to his roots of playing retro games, and replaying some that he'd originally reviewed, such as Total Recall.

[[folder:Games that had been reviewed or discussed (in no particular order)]]
* ''Total Recall''
* ''Treasure Master''
* ''Dr. Chaos''
* ''Action 52''
* ''Nerf Arena Blast''
* ''VideoGame/{{Jaws}}''
* ''Dragon Power''
* ''VideoGame/BombermanActZero''
* ''Widget''
* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing''
* ''VideoGame/BatmanVengeance''
* ''Wurm''
* ''Demon Sword''
* ''The Ring: Terrors Realm''
* ''WET''
* ''Alone in the Dark'' (2008)
* ''Soldier of Fortune: Payback''
* ''Hour of Victory''
* ''Vampire Rain''
* ''Quattro Adventure''
* ''Gilligan's Island''
* ''Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire''
* ''Adventures in the Magic Kingdom''
* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Zombie Ninja Pro-Am''
* ''Kendo Rage''
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!![=Armake21=] provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody: [=Armake21=] was being compared to the [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd AVGN]] an awful lot. So he spends the first half of his review on ''Ghostbusters II'' for NES acting like the Nerd and even dressed up as him.
** In a more general sense, the [=Armake21=] "Games that Suck" character was intended as a caricature of the flood of AVGN wannabes, who thought swearing in frustration was the peak of wit and were simply really bad at the games they tried to review. One of Armake's lines, for example, was a claim he took over 800 attempts to beat a BossFight in the NES port of ''Shinobi'' (it only took 12 tries).
* CatchPhrase: "Avoid it like the fucking plague!"
* CausticCritic: Pretty much his character, with tons of swearing and improv.
** When it came to games like ''Vampire Rain'' and ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'', he surprisingly averts this trope as he was more forgiving towards negatively viewed games to the point of giving them a little more praise.
* CelebrityIsOverrated: Has gone on record as saying that he doesn't miss the days of his booming popularity, as it took a toll on his life and personality, and that he's comfortable with just having a more underground following on [=YouTube=].
* ClusterFBomb: Especially prevalent in his earliest reviews.
* ContentWarnings: There was a time where [=Marc0=] had his content warnings in some of his videos because he received complaints from some parents of younger viewers watching his videos.
** During a live stream, [=Marc0=] talked about talking to a child's mother during a game of ''Rainbow Six: Vegas'' and telling her why her young child really shouldn't be playing M-rated games.
* CreatorBacklash: He regretted going after The Irate Gamer so much, feeling that in the end all he did was give the guy more attention. Both of them privately buried the hatchet with each other years later before Armake's passing.
* CreatorBreakdown: Has went through a few of these, eventually leading up to shelving the [=Armake21=] character.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [=Marc0=] previously did series called: ''Games That '''Suck''' '', ''Games That '''Rock''' '', and '' '''Strange''' Games''
* FourPointScale: There was a point of time where [=Marc0=] decided to introduce a rating scale, but later decided against reusing it, thinking that reviews cannot be measured.
* FromBadToWorse: In his ''VideoGame/BombermanActZero'' review, he quickly warns you at the end that "the shit hits the fan." He wasn't kidding...
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: At the end of his Games That Suck Apocalypse movie, he discovered that his once-finished review of ''Deadly Towers'' was lost thanks to a software crash. His highly requested review. He reacted as you would expect from this trope.
** The ending to his ''Quattro Adventure movie'' also garnered a similar reaction from him.
** In the end of his ''VideoGame/BombermanActZero'' review, he goes from this to UnstoppableRage after reaching '''level 89''' and '''dying.''' Oh and there is no way to continue your progress. He gave the game exactly what it deserved.
* HairTriggerTemper: And ''how''.
* {{Improv}}: [=Marc0=] does this for nearly all of his videos, and does it well.
* ItsBeenDone: [=Marc0=] doesn't really criticize the game because it's like certain other games, but he does criticize them if they copy the concept, but not how good it is. Like ''Renegade'' being a ''Double Dragon'' clone and somehow being so much worse.
** [=Marc0=] went on record to mention that [=WizWar100=] beat him to reviewing both ''Deadly Towers'' and ''Predator'' for the NES, and mentioned that the ''Predator'' review was especially good, and done way better than he hoped to accomplish.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Due to losing ''three'' accounts and Marcus' refusal to reupload the videos himself, his reviews are posted on various sites and Platform/YouTube channels.
* {{Machinima}}:
** Used to make some videos using ''VideoGame/TheMovies'', namely ''The Door Hurts''
** He has done voiceovers and videos over different video games, including ''Halo 3'', ''Kengo'', and more.
* MandatoryUnRetirement: Invoked. After abandoning and calling off the character, Armake, for the longest time and had no desire to make more game reviews, he suddenly decided to do one more "Games That Suck" video after playing ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines''. Needless to say, there was much rejoicing among his fanbase.
* {{MST}}: Inspired by WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}, he started a short lived group known as the Fail Sessions, with some memorable lines and videos included.
* OldShame: For some reason, he absolutely hates his old videos, and refuses to reupload any of them no matter how many times he's asked.
* OrphanedSeries: On multiple occasions he never finishes reviews or [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] that he starts. Including ''Fallout 3'', ''Killzone 2'', ''Alone in the Dark (2008)'', and ''Neverwinter Nights 2''. {{Justified|Trope}} for his LetsPlay of ''NWN 2'' since it stopped due to the game not running or recording properly.
* PoesLaw: He first debuted during the CausticCritic [[FollowTheLeader explosion of 2006]]. His modus operandi was to play horribly on purpose and [[ClusterFBomb swear at the TV as if swearing was funny in and of itself]]; this was all a big riff on ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' wannabes who couldn't write jokes. The PoesLaw part came to a head in his ''Shinobi'' video, whereupon he had to post a followup video making it clear that his videos up to that point were all StylisticSuck.
* ScheduleSlip: Has happened on several occasions; most notably with "[=Armake21=] vs. Action 52", which suffered a delay of ''nearly a year and a half'' for numerous reasons.
* SeriousBusiness: His clash with the [[WebVideo/TheIrateGamer Irate Gamer]], to both him and his fans.
* ShoutOut: The (lesser-known) second part of his infamous Irate Gamer rant, where he gave praise to other reviewers such as ''WebVideo/StopSkeletonsFromFighting'' and ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment''.
** In return, WebVideo/StopSkeletonsFromFighting made a [[AffectionateParody response video as a joke to shout out right back to [=Armake21=]]]. [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], likewise, referenced [=Armake21=] on a couple of occasions.
** At some point, he has mentioned that WebVideo/PlayItBogart was his biggest inspiration.
* TakeThat: His (now infamous) rant against the [[WebVideo/TheIrateGamer Irate Gamer]].
** Before that though, he does have a habit of talking back at the AVGN fans who constantly compare him with the AVGN. He even decided to parody the Nerd to show how baseless the comparisons are. For the record, he does highly respect Creator/JamesRolfe to the point of standing up for him against the Irate Gamer.
** He also did a rant about the infamous Chadwarden 'PS Triple' video, which he didn't know was a StealthParody. Later on, he admitted that Chad fooled him good.
** He also has ''very'' strong opinions on video game reviewers in general (especially "mainstream" ones) as well as the state of the game industry. Though he's also gone out of the way to put a "take with a pinch of salt" disclaimer on his views.
** There was a time where he was streaming, got drunk and invoked this trope towards Spoony. Though he may not have meant it.
** He also had his share of FanDumb, and did take a shot at them every now and then, especially to the ones that really want him to release video game reviews consistently. One of his few responses includes making a video showing how difficult releasing his kind of game reviews can be. That and he does have a life.
* TheCameo: WebVideo/UrinatingTree had a voice role in his ''VideoGame/Halo3'' review.
* TheMovie: Games That Suck: Apocalypse NES, and Quattro Adventure are edited and treated like mini-films.
** [=Armake21=] vs. Action 52 was planned to be this as well. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
* ToiletHumour: [=Marc0=] ended his strong review of ''Bomberman: Act Zero'' by peeing on it.
* UnstoppableRage: Goes into this at times, though [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/BombermanActZero'' takes the cake as he got so angry, he beats up the case and disc, before finally pissing on it.]]
* VideoReviewShow
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was originally going to open a website with the help of some friends of his, similar to the likes of Platform/ChannelAwesome with [=YouTube=] reviewers. It never came to fruition.
** [=Marc0=] had intended to release [=Armake21=] vs. VideoGame/Action52 as a movie, but due to various reasons (mostly personal ones), it lead itself towards DevelopmentHell. Eventually, he decided to release it as a multi-part game review.
*** The ending in that movie would have had [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide Armake21 killing himself]] ]], as Marcus himself confirmed during a Ustream, on top of other scenes that were teased.
** There were other videos he intended to start or finish on (such as a review of ''VideoGame/Killer7''), which never came to light.
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