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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: EA being on the ''right'' side of history when they decided to counter-sue copyright troll Tim Langdell over the use of the word "Edge.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: EA being on the ''right'' side of history when they decided to counter-sue copyright troll Tim Langdell over the use of the word "Edge."Edge".
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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 and to watch the drama, although none of his videos were posted to the site since February 2022 before it was closed and made to redirect to the [=YouTube=] channel instead in 2023.
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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 and to watch the drama, although none of his videos were posted to the site since February 2022 before it was closed and made to redirect to the [=YouTube=] channel instead in 2023.
2023. However, as of February 2024, [[https://twitter.com/LarryBundyJr/status/1758493534573699161 his channel has finally been removed as a result of the Channel Awesome Website shutting down for reasons unknown.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: At the end of ''Film/{{Apaches}}'', there's a list of names of real children who died playing on farms, but Larry stops there as he's not sick enough to joke about that.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards:
** At the end of ''Film/{{Apaches}}'', there's a list of names of real children who died playing on farms, but Larry stops there as he's not sick enough to joke about that.
** At the end of ''Film/{{Apaches}}'', there's a list of names of real children who died playing on farms, but Larry stops there as he's not sick enough to joke about that.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[invoked]] The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear as a portable UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}} would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Times Scalpers Totally Screwed Themselves Over" documents how scalpers of things such as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and the Super Nintendo Classic Mini were eventually brought down by their own greed, with reasons ranging from 'overestimating supply vs. demand or vice versa' to 'backing a broken mess and being forced to issue refunds' to 'being duped by rumors that it was invaluable in the homebrew community'.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Times Scalpers Totally Screwed Themselves Over" documents how scalpers of things such as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and the Super Nintendo Classic Mini were eventually brought down by their own greed, with reasons ranging from 'overestimating supply vs. demand or vice versa' to 'backing a broken mess and being forced to issue refunds' to 'being duped by rumors that it was invaluable in the homebrew community'.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[invoked]] The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear Platform/GameGear as a portable UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Platform/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Platform/{{PlayStation Vita}} would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
Platform/Nintendo3DS.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Times Scalpers Totally Screwed Themselves Over" documents how scalpers of things such as theUsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 and the Super Nintendo Classic Mini were eventually brought down by their own greed, with reasons ranging from 'overestimating "overestimating supply vs. demand or vice versa' versa" to 'backing "backing a broken mess and being forced to issue refunds' refunds" to 'being "being duped by rumors that it was invaluable in the homebrew community'.community".
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Times Scalpers Totally Screwed Themselves Over" documents how scalpers of things such as the
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: EA being on the ''right'' side of history when they decided to counter-sue copyright troll Tim Langdell over the use of the word 'Edge'."Edge.
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Originally making videos on Website/ScrewAttack with his friend Wez, these two guys from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands moved on to Platform/YouTube to provide voice-over top-10 countdowns related to popular video games, as well as other gaming-related videos. By the early-to-mid-2010s, the channel had become Larry's solo effort even though Wez still makes appearances every now and then in Larry's videos. His main channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/larry here]].
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 and to watch the drama (although none of his videos were posted to the site since February 2022 before it was closed and made to redirect to the [=YouTube=] channel instead in 2023).
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 and to watch the drama (although none of his videos were posted to the site since February 2022 before it was closed and made to redirect to the [=YouTube=] channel instead in 2023).
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Originally making videos on Website/ScrewAttack with his friend Wez, these two guys from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands moved on to Platform/YouTube to provide voice-over top-10 countdowns related to popular video games, as well as other gaming-related videos. By the early-to-mid-2010s, Larry would run the channel had become Larry's solo effort even by himself, though Wez still makes appearances an appearance every now and then in Larry's videos.then. His main channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/larry here]].
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 and to watch thedrama (although drama, although none of his videos were posted to the site since February 2022 before it was closed and made to redirect to the [=YouTube=] channel instead in 2023).
2023.
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* ArtisticLicense: Guru Larry has said to use "Trap Streets" to make the truths slighty exaggerated.[[note]]Trap Street coming from the act of making a nonexistent or misplaced street on a map to counter plagiarists.[[/note]] This method allowed him to catch [=WatchMojo=] copying part of his "Top 10 ACTUAL Worst Selling Consoles" video.
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* ArtisticLicense: Guru Larry has is said to use "Trap Streets" to make the truths slighty exaggerated.[[note]]Trap Street coming from the act of making a nonexistent or misplaced street on a map to counter plagiarists.[[/note]] This method allowed him to catch [=WatchMojo=] copying part of his "Top 10 ACTUAL Worst Selling Consoles" video.
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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!
Originally from Website/ScrewAttack, these two guys from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands provide voice-over top-10 countdowns related to popular video games, as well as other gaming-related videos. Can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJVdNvvuvOnthuWVQjYff2w here]].
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 and to watch the drama. Although none of his videos have been posted to the site since February 2022, he's still listed.
Originally from Website/ScrewAttack, these two guys from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands provide voice-over top-10 countdowns related to popular video games, as well as other gaming-related videos. Can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJVdNvvuvOnthuWVQjYff2w here]].
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 and to watch the drama. Although none of his videos have been posted to the site since February 2022, he's still listed.
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* ArtisticLicense: Guru Larry has said to use "Trap Streets" to make the truths slighty exaggerated.[[note]]Trap Street coming from the act of making a nonexistent or misplaced street on a map to counter plagiarists.[[/note]] This method allowed him to catch WebVideo/WatchMojo copying part of his "Top 10 ACTUAL Worst Selling Consoles" video.
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* ArtisticLicense: Guru Larry has said to use "Trap Streets" to make the truths slighty exaggerated.[[note]]Trap Street coming from the act of making a nonexistent or misplaced street on a map to counter plagiarists.[[/note]] This method allowed him to catch WebVideo/WatchMojo [=WatchMojo=] copying part of his "Top 10 ACTUAL Worst Selling Consoles" video.
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** The usual musical intro for "Games Yanks Can't Wank" features the appropriately British [[VideoGame/FatalFury Billy Kane]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Cammy White]], and [[VideoGame/PunchOut Narcis Prince]].
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** The usual musical intro for "Games Yanks Can't Wank" features the appropriately British [[VideoGame/FatalFury Billy Kane]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighter [[Franchise/StreetFighter Cammy White]], and [[VideoGame/PunchOut Narcis Prince]].
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* VideoReviewShow: Reviewing the gory kid's 1970s [=PSAs=] such as ''Film/{{Apaches}}'' and ''Film/TheFinishingLine''.
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* VideoReviewShow: Reviewing the gory kid's 1970s [=PSAs=] such as ''Film/{{Apaches}}'' and ''Film/TheFinishingLine''.''The Finishing Line''.
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** A common recurring gag in ''Fact Hunt'' is Larry's avatar trying to make himself visible from the long title covering the screen.
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** [[RunningGag Done once a video]] to Peter Molyneux.
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** [[RunningGag Done once a video]] to Peter Molyneux. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k3RdfJ2U8 "5 Times Peter Molyneux Was an Asshole"]] is an entire video justifying why Larry takes a shot at him in every video, but proving exactly why he's a target. [[https://youtu.be/luVcW0nMzyk "Top 5 Game Developer Meltdowns"]] has its intro compilation consist of games that Molyneux had a hand in developing.
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** Tim Langdell and Ocean Software are frequently called out by Larry.
** Another frequent punching bag is [=DarkSydePhil=].
** Larry isn't very fond of WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk.
** Larry is amongst the many who like mocking [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]], having even interviewed Chris for a video.
** Another frequent punching bag is [=DarkSydePhil=].
** Larry isn't very fond of WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk.
** Larry is amongst the many who like mocking [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]], having even interviewed Chris for a video.
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* LongTitle: A common occurrence in ''Fact Hunt''. A recurring gag is Larry's avatar trying to make himself visible from the long title covering the screen.
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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 and to watch the drama.
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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 and to watch the drama. \n Although none of his videos have been posted to the site since February 2022, he's still listed.
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* BadassBaritone: Even if he didn't have his accent, no one would deny that Larry has a ''killer'' speaking voice.
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** Even Larry thought EA's treatment of Bullfrog and Peter Molyneux was terrible.
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* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: [[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 canceled 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]]
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* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: [[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 canceled 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]] Noid held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him.[[/note]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Times Scalpers Totally Screwed Themselves Over" documents how scalpers of things such as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and the Super Nintendo Classic Mini were eventually brought down by their own greed.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Times Scalpers Totally Screwed Themselves Over" documents how scalpers of things such as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and the Super Nintendo Classic Mini were eventually brought down by their own greed.greed, with reasons ranging from 'overestimating supply vs. demand or vice versa' to 'backing a broken mess and being forced to issue refunds' to 'being duped by rumors that it was invaluable in the homebrew community'.
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* 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 "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 [[VideoGame/TombRaider "Lara"]] as "Laura" anyway - and suggested that the people responsible couldn't comprehend the notion that there are people in U.S. named Laura.
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* 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 "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 [[VideoGame/TombRaider [[Franchise/TombRaider "Lara"]] as "Laura" anyway - and suggested that the people responsible couldn't comprehend the notion that there are people in U.S. named Laura.
