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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: As if the ''Toy Story'' review wasn't enough of an incoherent rambling mess of a "review" that vaguely talks about the game's quality amidst a weird rant about Silicon Graphics computers, there is a point of the review where he suddenly ''totally changes gears'' and brings up his finding of a ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' knockoff figurine, with the only lead-in being him mentioning action figures. It has absolutely nothing to do with any of the rest of the review, is totally irrelevant to the conversation, and in fact has little to do with video games at all, and after the moment passes, the review continues as if nothing ever happened.
* BrokenBase: Many people dislike the series due to Wood's emotionless voice, ridiculous statements, lack of charisma, and inability to go into depth during the reviews. Still it has a portion of people who [[SoBadItsGood watch it for those exact reasons]], and there is a portion of viewers who take the show seriously and still enjoy it.
* HeartwarmingInHindsight: His review of ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' is no less bizarre than any of his other reviews, but for the most part it's pretty positive, and shows him being charmed by the game's humor and style. Now consider that at the time he reviewed it, the game received very apathetic ratings from Western game reviewers and had yet to be VindicatedByHistory.
* HilariousInHindsight: Let's just say that this tends to happen ''a lot.''
** He once proposed that Eidos give the star of ''Franchise/TombRaider'' cancer in the hopes of giving vulnerability (and—by extension—meaning) to her character. Cue ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' (weakness and vulnerability as character enhancement) and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' (coping with disease as character enhancement), the most notorious controversial moments of their respective franchises. ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' would use both of these elements, and earned critical and commercial success in the process.
** Made even more hilarious by the [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 reboot]] of the ''Tomb Raider'' franchise, which aimed to move Lara in Wood's proposed direction (minus the breast cancer, of course). [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight Amazingly, it seems to have worked for the most part]] (presumably by not going in a stereotypically feminine manner about it -- like, say, breast cancer).
*** And a combination of this and HarsherInHindsight, after Creator/AngelinaJolie, who played Lara Croft in [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider the movies]], had a double mastectomy after finding out she had a high risk of breast cancer.
** In his VideoGame/{{GoldenEye|1997}} review, Wood claims that "No one buys a game specifically for multiplayer." The multiplayer aspect of ''[=GoldenEye=]'' went on to be the most beloved part of it. And then cue modern [=FPSes=] whose multiplayer gameplay eclipses the single player campaign, or are ''all'' multiplayer.
** In his segment about the movie version of ''Film/TheMask'', George Wood says, "Look for ''Mask 2'' in a couple of years. This has the potential for a franchise for Dark Horse and New Line." It took over a decade for [[Film/SonOfTheMask something resembling a sequel]] to appear, and when it did, it [[FranchiseKiller quickly ended that potential]].
** While reviewing ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', he threatens to kill himself if the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX ninth game]] doesn't have voice acting. It didn't, but [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX number ten]] did, meaning if he had committed suicide, it would have been one sequel before he got his wish.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yApQi0yRpqc One short segment of an episode]] has him mention his high hopes for the Platform/VirtualBoy, going as far as saying that it would beat out the Platform/PlayStation, Platform/SegaSaturn, and the like. However, other than the Virtual Boy in the top slot, his predictions on how they would do compared to one another were surprisingly accurate: the [=PlayStation=] was the clear-cut winner, with the Saturn doing well enough in at least its native Japan, the Platform/AtariJaguar CD further pushing Atari out of first-party development and the Panasonic M2 never even being released as an actual video game console.
** It was relatively common for his opinions on video games to be the exact opposite of anyone else's at the time. One particular case was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcSNibCoP6M the review]] of ''VideoGame/Doom64'', when he gave it a glowing review at a time when everybody else was avoiding it, either disliking its dated pseudo-3D presentation or even figuring [[SuperTitle64Advance from its title]] that it was just another in ''Doom''[='=]s then-ongoing [[PortOverdosed long line]] of [[PortingDisaster subpar ports]]. Come the new millennium, and more people have [[VindicatedByHistory belatedly realized]] that ''Doom 64'' is not only a unique entry in the series, but also on par with the originals in quality.
** During his review of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', he praises the graphics, comparing them to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', and [[https://twitter.com/NoContectGitCY/status/1190746266583621636 asks]] why a CGI ''Mario'' film hasn't been made yet. Fast-forward to 2018, and Nintendo would confirm that a computer-animated ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie Mario]]'' movie by Creator/IlluminationEntertainment would be releasing in theaters in 2023.
** In his review of ''VideoGame/MegamanLegends'', he brings up the idea of turning Mario into a sports game dismissively. Take a wild guess what Nintendo [[VideoGame/MarioTennis would]] [[Videogame/MarioGolf wind]] [[VideoGame/MarioStrikers up]] [[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames doing]] [[VideoGame/MarioSportsMix with]] the franchise just a couple years later.
** In his review of ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'', he dismisses the game as being nothing more but "yet another racing joke" and criticizes the game's controls. He ends off the review by stating that "If Sony had spent half the time on the game as they did on the enclosed booklets, Gran Turismo wouldn't be the flop that it is!". Gran Turismo would eventually go on to sell 10.85 million copies, making it the all-time greatest selling game on the Platform/PlayStation, and was universally acclaimed by critics and gamers alike, often being considered as one of the greatest racing games of all time. So much for being a "flop" according to Wood. This take could have even been avoided since, if you had even a tangential knowledge about the [=PlayStation=] at the time, you'd know how much of a KillerApp the game was, and even the quickest peek at any magazine review of the game totally shoots down any possibility he was correct.
* MemeticMutation:
** The page quote and this bit from the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' review:
-->''"Donkey Kong Country is truly perfect. If you do not get this amazing new generation of Donkey Kong Country madness, you are [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments stupid]]. Yes, I know it's insulting, but that's also the truth. If you're a [[TrueFan true video game fan]], you will not hesitate in the slightest bit to buy this piece of gaming history."''
** Usually, people take the two quotes and fill in their own blanks.
** That, and a spiel he rattles off about how racing games should have both waterfalls to be driven through and police who stringently enforce traffic laws as you struggle to get your pregnant wife to the hospital.
** Him threatening to commit suicide if there's no voice acting in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''.
** "You can play [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 the game]] with your left hand, and eat pizza in the other."
** "Front-loaded anvils". Really, there's at least one (and often more) from every review covered on WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}. The extremely brief reviews of ''Contender'' and ''Buster Brothers'', respectively, have "A nice fat K.O." cutting to a shot of Tifa from ''Final Fantasy VII'' flaunting her chest while on top of a moving train for no particular reason, and Wood's bizarre "Manneken Pis" aside. The most minor one is probably Wood expressing unfamiliarity with the RepeatCut ("What is this, some funky new directing style?")
** Variations of "I have a challenge for (game development company). In the next (game the development company makes), (main character) gets (terminal disease or crippling disadvantage)." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Derived from Wood's infamous quote asking for Eidos to make a ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' where Lara gets breast cancer.[[/labelnote]]
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [=YouTuber=] Geoff the Hero used to make videos in a series called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LNM-nHl5h4 Gaming in the Obama Years]]'', where he impersonated George Wood and his unique reviewing styles in reviews of then-modern games. Then he eventually ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAdriv8QF2w met the man himself]]''.
* NightmareFuel: His ''Donkey Kong Country'' review is basically one long spiel of how much he loves the game... and immediately after he finishes talking, after footage of Diddy defeating a boss to boot, the [[NightmareFuel/DonkeyKongCountry notorious]] GameOver screen [[MoodWhiplash pops up]]. Quite a jarring way to end a very positive review.
* SoBadItsGood: Despite its horrific quality, due to the absolutely bizarre nature of George Wood's statements, along with his [[DullSurprise robotic acting]], false enthusiasm, and tendency to make statements that veer ridiculously far from the public consensus (both at the time and in retrospect), the show manages to be both profoundly entertaining and hilarious.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many were rather disappointed that when George got around to actually reviewing ''Tomb Raider III'', he didn't make any mention of his very out-there plot suggestion on his review of the previous game.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: With the demise of Silicon Graphics Inc. in the late 90s, the infamous rant about how the ''Toy Story'' game's graphics were made is now this. You'd be forgiven if you had to look up what a Silicon Graphics computer even was after watching it, not so much because it's brought up at all, but because he focused so heavily on it and mentions it by name so much.
* WatchItForTheMeme: Most people who know this series know it because of the aforementioned ridiculous statements.
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->''The browser is all screwed up! He reads! He reads again, from a different tab! What the heck?! Is this some new funky {{Wiki Walk}}ing style, or what? Okay, enough of tropes.''
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