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** Johnny has admitted this of their LP of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]] due to how sloppily he was playing. Likewise, Matt regrets the sexist and Nazi based jokes he made in the earlier videos.
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* OldShame: Johnny has admitted this of their LP of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]] due to how sloppily he was playing. Likewise, Matt regrets the sexist and Nazi based jokes he made in the earlier videos.
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** 2020 was a terrible year for the group due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic that forced them to socially distance and had effectively put several lets plays on the back burner before they decided to retire the channel. Starting with July 2023, however, the group has been brought back from hiatus. Johnny himself had noted several times that he plans to finish several Let's Plays that were left hanging since the start of the pandemic.
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** 2020 was a terrible year for the group due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic that forced them to socially distance and had effectively put several lets plays Let's Plays on the back burner before they decided to retire the channel. Starting with July 2023, however, the group has been brought back from hiatus. Johnny himself had noted several times that he plans to finish several Let's Plays that were left hanging since the start of the pandemic. The actual wrapping up started in March 2024, with ''Spider-Man 2'' being finished first.
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* SeriesHiatus: Because of the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, the crew couldn't do their commentaries without breaking social distancing rules. The channel was put on hiatus while Johnny continued to work on his channel and [[WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries Brainscratch]]. This hiatus lasted so long, Johnny had moved away and Eliott and Matt expressed desire to move on to other projects, putting an end to the channel. The crew eventually would return in June 2023, announcing that would start to do lets plays again.
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* SeriesHiatus: Because of the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, the crew couldn't do their commentaries without breaking social distancing rules. The channel was put on hiatus while Johnny continued to work on his channel and [[WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries Brainscratch]]. This hiatus lasted so long, Johnny had moved away and Eliott and Matt expressed desire to move on to other projects, putting an end to the channel. The crew eventually would return in June 2023, announcing that would start to do begin lets plays again.
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** Johnny and Elliot were originally going to do a ''Videogame/PajamaSam'' playthrough during the upload drought that occurred during the ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' playthrough due to scheduling issues. However, the recording was lost.
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** Johnny and Elliot were originally going to do a ''Videogame/PajamaSam'' playthrough during the upload drought that occurred during the ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' playthrough due to scheduling issues. However, the recording was lost. They would go back and do another playtrough in Halloweenfest 2023.
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** In Part 4 of ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesShreddersRevenge'', Matt mentions that Tempesta is an original villain for the game. But she was actually in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987 cartoon]].
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** 2020 was a terrible year for the group due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic that forced them to socially distance and had effectively put several lets plays on the back burner before they decided to retire the channel.
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** 2020 was a terrible year for the group due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic that forced them to socially distance and had effectively put several lets plays on the back burner before they decided to retire the channel. Starting with July 2023, however, the group has been brought back from hiatus. Johnny himself had noted several times that he plans to finish several Let's Plays that were left hanging since the start of the pandemic.
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* SeriesHiatus: Because of the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, the crew couldn't do their commentaries without breaking social distancing rules. The channel was put on hiatus while Johnny continued to work on his channel and [[WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries Brainscratch]]. This hiatus lasted so long, Johnny had moved away and Eliott and Matt expressed desire to move on to other projects, putting an end to the channel.
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* SeriesHiatus: Because of the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, the crew couldn't do their commentaries without breaking social distancing rules. The channel was put on hiatus while Johnny continued to work on his channel and [[WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries Brainscratch]]. This hiatus lasted so long, Johnny had moved away and Eliott and Matt expressed desire to move on to other projects, putting an end to the channel. The crew eventually would return in June 2023, announcing that would start to do lets plays again.
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** It happened almost frequently in the early days of the channel before Johnny got better video recording programs; Johnny and Matt's LP of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' took over 3 attempts to complete (and one of them was at the end of the game to boot) due to technical hiccups, causing Matt to curse out Johnny at the beginning of their last recording attempt. Johnny and Elliot's LP of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' also took several attempts due to the recording software suddenly shutting down each time.
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** It happened almost frequently in the early days of the channel before Johnny got better video recording programs; Johnny and Matt's LP of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' took over 3 attempts to complete (and one of them was at the end of the game to boot) due to technical hiccups, causing Matt to curse out Johnny at the beginning of their last recording attempt. Johnny and Elliot's LP of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' also took several attempts due to the recording software suddenly shutting down each time.
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** The final episode of ''VideoGame/Portal2'' is not in the playlist, making people wonder where it went or if it even happened at all. Turns out that Johnny accidentally put it in the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' playlist. Due to Johnny retiring the channel, the issue was never fixed, so anyone who watches the ''Portal 2'' lets play and skips over ''Portal'' will assume the finale episode is gone.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: At the beginning of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' LP, Elliot erroneously claimed the fourth game was announced, four days before Johnny and Elliot did their review on the trilogy altogether. Whether out of pure irony or circumstance, though, [[Funny/SomeCallMeJohnny the fourth game was promptly announced the day after the review went up.]] Johnny did not hesitate to [[AsideGlance (nonverbally)]] comment on this in a separate video.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: At the beginning of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' LP, Elliot erroneously claimed the fourth game was announced, four days before Johnny and Elliot did their review on the trilogy altogether. Whether out of pure irony or circumstance, though, [[Funny/SomeCallMeJohnny the fourth game was promptly announced the day after the review went up.]] [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Johnny did not hesitate to to]] [[AsideGlance (nonverbally)]] [[https://youtu.be/2TNsb1jmE3E comment on this in a separate video.video]].
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: At the beginning of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' LP, Elliot erroneously claimed the fourth game was announced, four days before Johnny and Elliot did their review on the trilogy altogether. Whether out of pure irony or circumstance, though, [[Funny/SomeCallMeJohnny the fourth game was promptly announced the day after the review went up.]] Johnny did not hesitate to [[AsideGlance (nonverbally)]] comment on this in a separate video.
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** And at the beginning of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' LP, Elliot erroneously claimed the fourth game was announced, four days before Johnny and Elliot did their review on the trilogy altogether. Whether out of pure irony or circumstance, though, [[Funny/SomeCallMeJohnny the fourth game was promptly announced the day after the review went up,]] inverting this trope into a prediction altogether.
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** During the SGB playthrough of ''Five Nights at Freddy's'', Elliot describes the Bite of '87 as having been the result of a little girl getting bitten by Foxy. This is all {{Fanon}}, however - the game doesn't make any mention as to who the victim was, nor the perpetrator, nor even the circumstances that lead to it.
** And at the beginning of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' LP, Elliot erroneously claimed the fourth game was announced, four days before Johnny and Elliot did their review on the trilogy altogether. Whether out of pure irony or circumstance, though, [[Funny/SomeCallMeJohnny the fourth game was promptly announced the day after the review went up,]] inverting this trope into a prediction altogether.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Evoland}}'' Part 4, Elliot claimed that the game was referencing ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' when it came to its new RPG mechanics. In actuality, the game was referencing the mechanics of [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} the]] ''[[VideoGame/DiabloII Diablo]]'' [[VideoGame/DiabloIII series]], right down to the gold pickups and health bar.
** During the SGB playthrough of ''Five Nights at Freddy's'', Elliot describes the Bite of '87 as having been the result of a little girl getting bitten by Foxy. This is all {{Fanon}}, however - the game doesn't make any mention as to who the victim was, nor the perpetrator, nor even the circumstances that lead to it.
** And at the beginning of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' LP, Elliot erroneously claimed the fourth game was announced, four days before Johnny and Elliot did their review on the trilogy altogether. Whether out of pure irony or circumstance, though, [[Funny/SomeCallMeJohnny the fourth game was promptly announced the day after the review went up,]] inverting this trope into a prediction altogether.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Evoland}}'' Part 4, Elliot claimed that the game was referencing ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' when it came to its new RPG mechanics. In actuality, the game was referencing the mechanics of [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} the]] ''[[VideoGame/DiabloII Diablo]]'' [[VideoGame/DiabloIII series]], right down to the gold pickups and health bar.
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* SeriesHiatus: Because of the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, the crew couldn't do their commentaries without breaking social distancing rules. The channel was put on hiatus while Johnny continued to work on his channel and [[WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries Brainscratch]].
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* SeriesHiatus: Because of the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, the crew couldn't do their commentaries without breaking social distancing rules. The channel was put on hiatus while Johnny continued to work on his channel and [[WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries Brainscratch]]. This hiatus lasted so long, Johnny had moved away and Eliott and Matt expressed desire to move on to other projects, putting an end to the channel.
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* OldShame: Johnny has admitted this of their LP of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]].
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* OldShame: Johnny has admitted this of their LP of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]].Awakening]] due to how sloppily he was playing. Likewise, Matt regrets the sexist and Nazi based jokes he made in the earlier videos.
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* SeriesHiatus: Because of the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, the crew couldn't do their commentaries without breaking social distancing rules. The channel was put on hiatus while Johnny continued to work on his channel and Brainscratch.
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* SeriesHiatus: Because of the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020, the crew couldn't do their commentaries without breaking social distancing rules. The channel was put on hiatus while Johnny continued to work on his channel and Brainscratch.[[WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries Brainscratch]].
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** Episode 12 of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' is removed, likely due to having a sex scene with Aphrodite and they left the scene uncensored.
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** As Johnny revealed in LetsPlay/ClementJ642's playthrough of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', he wasn't a fan of the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' Let's Play because he thought that it was boring to watch.
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** As Johnny revealed in LetsPlay/ClementJ642's playthrough of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', he wasn't a fan of the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'' Let's Play because he thought that it was boring to watch.
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** It happened almost frequently in the early days of the channel before Johnny got better video recording programs; Johnny and Matt's LP of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' took over 3 attempts to complete (and one of them was at the end of the game to boot) due to technical hiccups, causing Matt to curse out Johnny at the beginning of their last recording attempt. Johnny and Elliot's LP of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' also took several attempts due to the recording software suddenly shutting down each time.
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** It happened almost frequently in the early days of the channel before Johnny got better video recording programs; Johnny and Matt's LP of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' took over 3 attempts to complete (and one of them was at the end of the game to boot) due to technical hiccups, causing Matt to curse out Johnny at the beginning of their last recording attempt. Johnny and Elliot's LP of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' also took several attempts due to the recording software suddenly shutting down each time.
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* OldShame: Johnny has admitted this of their LP of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]].
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** Many of the earliest SGB reviews done for the channel, such as the original ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' review that had all of its in-game footage recorded with a camcorder, are no longer available on the channel due to Johnny's opinions on the videos (and even the games themselves) changing with time due to him improving as a content creator.
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* CreatorBacklash:
** As Johnny revealed in LetsPlay/ClementJ642's playthrough of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', he wasn't a fan of the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' Let's Play because he thought that it was boring to watch.
** While Matt doesn't regret the laughs had on the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' playthrough, he believes he could have done better on the gameplay itself. He also shares a similar sentiment with his ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'' playthrough where he blames his sloppy playing on his lack of practice that he never did before playing for the channel.
** Johnny has this feeling towards earlier Let's Plays that he wants to go back and do differently. One example is the let's play of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' (Gamecube remake) where Elliot had to abandon the group due to real life duties dragging him off; Johnny hopes to do the HD port with Elliot and Matt together for the entire game to make up for it.
** Many of the earliest SGB reviews done for the channel, such as the original ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' review that had all of its in-game footage recorded with a camcorder, are no longer available on the channel due to Johnny's opinions on the videos (and even the games themselves) changing with time due to him improving as a content creator.
* DeliberateFlawRetcon: The guys in let's plays note this whenever they play the game, but most of the discussion or strife comes from whether or not that permits the game to be as it is, or if it's not excusable for the particular setting. For example, in ''Devil May Cry''; Matt defends the castle's brownness and darkness considering it to be the point of the castle while Johnny was put off from it because of its dull colors.
* MissingEpisode:
** The three Sonic [=LPs=] Johnny did for his LP channel before he decided it would be better just to have Elliot in the [=LPs=].
** His ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' [=LPs=]. He has since redone both of them with better quality commentary and video quality.
** The final part of 8-bit ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', accidentally.
** Johnny and Elliot's LP of ''Sonic Genesis'' was cancelled and deleted by Johnny after constantly dying in the final stage of Labyrinth Zone.
* TroubledProduction: Due to time constraints and other responsibilities shared by the three members, this is an inevitability at times.
** This seems to happen whenever Matt collaborates on a project with him. ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'', if Matt is to be believed, took over nine tries to complete. It was telling that ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' was recorded on a world-by-world basis to avoid that kind of bad luck happening again.
** According to the wall comments by Johnny and Matthew, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' has also suffered from this. Allegedly, there had been multiple failures either by bad commentary (At times, neither Matt nor Elliot said a thing during long stretches of the game) or through technical mistakes (which ended up happening during successful recordings). By about the seventh and final time, the crew were exhausted to the point where Johnny agreed to play it by himself simply because Elliot was fed up with the game, and Matthew had run out of things to say about it.
** It happened almost frequently in the early days of the channel before Johnny got better video recording programs; Johnny and Matt's LP of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' took over 3 attempts to complete (and one of them was at the end of the game to boot) due to technical hiccups, causing Matt to curse out Johnny at the beginning of their last recording attempt. Johnny and Elliot's LP of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' also took several attempts due to the recording software suddenly shutting down each time.
** RPG weekends (Weekends dedicated to [=JRPGs=]) haven't had one successful recording session without drama yet! ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' went through numerous versions before settling on the PSP version; ''Persona 1'' and ''Pokémon Red'' were plagued with scheduling errors, and finally ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' were plagued with both scheduling errors and tech mishaps (It was originally going to be live, but it ended up being post commentary.)
** ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny'', a game that Elliot wanted to do prior to their Summer of Twos, ended up being postponed because of technical mishaps. Johnny gave Matt all of his old Happauge equipment to record Tales of Symphonia, which also meant he got the component cables to be able to record [=PS2=] games as well. When it came time to record again, Matt kept forgetting the equipment, and the play-through was suspended. They managed to record the game, and then Johnny accidentally deleted the footage while getting rid of the leftover videos. Then they ''finally'' managed to record the game, and it was shown on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' was recorded by Johnny in both the SNES and GBA versions. Near the end of the game on the SNES version, Johnny's capture device had stopped working five minutes after he began recording and by the time he he discovered the issue, he had already overwritten his save file and lost two hours of work. Luckily, Johnny's recording of the GBA version was intact, so he used that for one of the episodes.
** ''VideoGame/Persona2'' Innocent Sin hit a patch when Matt's PSP (and thus his means of recording the game decided to proverbially shit the bed combined with his battery never coming in.
** 2016 in general has been a rough one for the brothers gaming. RPG weekend has taken quite a long silence with no reasons from anybody where it is (with only a vague "''FFV''" mention coming up soon); Johnny's had multiple equipment fail on him as well, causing [=LPs=] and reviews to be delayed or scrapped (''DOOM'' is one example, though the capture card fried against Terra during ''KHII'' as well; and Johnny mentions more device failures in his ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand'' video). Fans are totally understanding and supportive; but the trio were frustrated by repeated failures.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Originally, the ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' play through was going to have a gimmick where, depending on the team, the guys would show off a different version of the game. Ex: Team Sonic on Gamecube, Team Rose on [=PS2=], Team Dark on Xbox, and Team Chaotix on PC.
** Johnny and Elliot were originally going to do a ''Videogame/PajamaSam'' playthrough during the upload drought that occurred during the ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' playthrough due to scheduling issues. However, the recording was lost.
** The 2016 Superhero Marathon was originally going to be the ''Spiderman'' Marathon, hence the large quantity of ''Spiderman'' games being played for the marathon.
** Matt was originally going to do ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', but time constraints led to disinterest in doing the project both playing and commentating, lead to Matt scrapping the project to instead play ''VideoGame/Persona2 Innocent Sin''.
** As Johnny revealed in LetsPlay/ClementJ642's playthrough of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', he wasn't a fan of the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' Let's Play because he thought that it was boring to watch.
** While Matt doesn't regret the laughs had on the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' playthrough, he believes he could have done better on the gameplay itself. He also shares a similar sentiment with his ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'' playthrough where he blames his sloppy playing on his lack of practice that he never did before playing for the channel.
** Johnny has this feeling towards earlier Let's Plays that he wants to go back and do differently. One example is the let's play of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' (Gamecube remake) where Elliot had to abandon the group due to real life duties dragging him off; Johnny hopes to do the HD port with Elliot and Matt together for the entire game to make up for it.
** Many of the earliest SGB reviews done for the channel, such as the original ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' review that had all of its in-game footage recorded with a camcorder, are no longer available on the channel due to Johnny's opinions on the videos (and even the games themselves) changing with time due to him improving as a content creator.
* DeliberateFlawRetcon: The guys in let's plays note this whenever they play the game, but most of the discussion or strife comes from whether or not that permits the game to be as it is, or if it's not excusable for the particular setting. For example, in ''Devil May Cry''; Matt defends the castle's brownness and darkness considering it to be the point of the castle while Johnny was put off from it because of its dull colors.
* MissingEpisode:
** The three Sonic [=LPs=] Johnny did for his LP channel before he decided it would be better just to have Elliot in the [=LPs=].
** His ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' [=LPs=]. He has since redone both of them with better quality commentary and video quality.
** The final part of 8-bit ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', accidentally.
** Johnny and Elliot's LP of ''Sonic Genesis'' was cancelled and deleted by Johnny after constantly dying in the final stage of Labyrinth Zone.
* TroubledProduction: Due to time constraints and other responsibilities shared by the three members, this is an inevitability at times.
** This seems to happen whenever Matt collaborates on a project with him. ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'', if Matt is to be believed, took over nine tries to complete. It was telling that ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' was recorded on a world-by-world basis to avoid that kind of bad luck happening again.
** According to the wall comments by Johnny and Matthew, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' has also suffered from this. Allegedly, there had been multiple failures either by bad commentary (At times, neither Matt nor Elliot said a thing during long stretches of the game) or through technical mistakes (which ended up happening during successful recordings). By about the seventh and final time, the crew were exhausted to the point where Johnny agreed to play it by himself simply because Elliot was fed up with the game, and Matthew had run out of things to say about it.
** It happened almost frequently in the early days of the channel before Johnny got better video recording programs; Johnny and Matt's LP of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' took over 3 attempts to complete (and one of them was at the end of the game to boot) due to technical hiccups, causing Matt to curse out Johnny at the beginning of their last recording attempt. Johnny and Elliot's LP of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' also took several attempts due to the recording software suddenly shutting down each time.
** RPG weekends (Weekends dedicated to [=JRPGs=]) haven't had one successful recording session without drama yet! ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' went through numerous versions before settling on the PSP version; ''Persona 1'' and ''Pokémon Red'' were plagued with scheduling errors, and finally ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' were plagued with both scheduling errors and tech mishaps (It was originally going to be live, but it ended up being post commentary.)
** ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny'', a game that Elliot wanted to do prior to their Summer of Twos, ended up being postponed because of technical mishaps. Johnny gave Matt all of his old Happauge equipment to record Tales of Symphonia, which also meant he got the component cables to be able to record [=PS2=] games as well. When it came time to record again, Matt kept forgetting the equipment, and the play-through was suspended. They managed to record the game, and then Johnny accidentally deleted the footage while getting rid of the leftover videos. Then they ''finally'' managed to record the game, and it was shown on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' was recorded by Johnny in both the SNES and GBA versions. Near the end of the game on the SNES version, Johnny's capture device had stopped working five minutes after he began recording and by the time he he discovered the issue, he had already overwritten his save file and lost two hours of work. Luckily, Johnny's recording of the GBA version was intact, so he used that for one of the episodes.
** ''VideoGame/Persona2'' Innocent Sin hit a patch when Matt's PSP (and thus his means of recording the game decided to proverbially shit the bed combined with his battery never coming in.
** 2016 in general has been a rough one for the brothers gaming. RPG weekend has taken quite a long silence with no reasons from anybody where it is (with only a vague "''FFV''" mention coming up soon); Johnny's had multiple equipment fail on him as well, causing [=LPs=] and reviews to be delayed or scrapped (''DOOM'' is one example, though the capture card fried against Terra during ''KHII'' as well; and Johnny mentions more device failures in his ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand'' video). Fans are totally understanding and supportive; but the trio were frustrated by repeated failures.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Originally, the ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' play through was going to have a gimmick where, depending on the team, the guys would show off a different version of the game. Ex: Team Sonic on Gamecube, Team Rose on [=PS2=], Team Dark on Xbox, and Team Chaotix on PC.
** Johnny and Elliot were originally going to do a ''Videogame/PajamaSam'' playthrough during the upload drought that occurred during the ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' playthrough due to scheduling issues. However, the recording was lost.
** The 2016 Superhero Marathon was originally going to be the ''Spiderman'' Marathon, hence the large quantity of ''Spiderman'' games being played for the marathon.
** Matt was originally going to do ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', but time constraints led to disinterest in doing the project both playing and commentating, lead to Matt scrapping the project to instead play ''VideoGame/Persona2 Innocent Sin''.
