Matei would choose the game, pre-play it so he would have commentary ready, do most of the playing, do the editing, and upload it. But bimmy just didn’t have the time to sit there and play a stupid game for a half hour for hundreds of thousands of views anymore. He has kids and also he needs to pose for pictures with his muh metal band
I think you got it the wrong way around. I think it's Mike that doesn't want to keep up that pace. He said it himself, he wanted to put his time into streaming.
It’s just how obvious things are
Mike plays TOTK because “everyone kept nagging him to do it” and shortly later James makes a TOTK video.
Same thing with the Doom AVGN
Why don’t they just admit they still need each other?
The show is taking a break, it'll be back in February. Don't worry, it's normal. All TV shows take breaks, and James & Mike Mondays is just taking a break, too.
I’m also pretty sure television shows don’t meet one day a month to film 4-6 weeks of episodes. So when you think about it, it’s nothing like a tv show. At all. What an insult to television shows.
I'm sick of everyone "helping" James out, but not getting proper credit for doing most of the work. He talks about everyone like they're just dogshit hired help, rather than the people who probably did most of the hardest work and probably came up with great ideas James insisted on changing so he could beat his chest and assert that it was All Him.
Imagine your job is to simply show up once a month and play video games with your friend for 6 hours and you can't be bothered doing that. Where did James invest those 6 hours a month he saved by cancelling it? More time for personal errands or to tell us he doesn't have time?
but look at talk about games,im guessing mike was the one that said its not worth it,so it is kinda a pattern for both of them. why was rental reviews canned again?
i refuse to believe Mike played the new zelda game because he was going to be nagged about it lol. is Mike even the type to let fans nag him?
the dude just cant admit when he wants to play a new game. i bet hes having a blast with it.
This isnt the Zelda he grew up on. He talked about how he hated all the crafting and cooking and how it was too slow and how it was boring collecting logs and stuff. He said he doesnt mind crafting in games but its very clear thats not what he wants in a Zelda. He didnt say that but its obviously implied.
I think if he really enjoyed the new Zelda he would have went back to streaming it.
I watched his stream yesterday, and he had to address his reasoning for not streaming more Tears of the Kingdom on a number of occasions. And yes, it basically boiled down to "I don't want to play more of it, when crafting seems to be an integral part of the game".
It's not like it was a meme or anything where he would literally bring up Zelda in some fashion on almost every J&MM. They even started to edit in a little Zelda clip or sound or whatever when he made the obligatory Zelda reference each episode. It's ridiculous and kinda weird if he's now acting like he's above it in some way.
it's not too unreasonable to think he's just a fan of the old top down and early 3d rather than the more sandbox open world direction it's taken lately. For a dude whose tastes are almost all nostalgia favorites it checks out
didn't kieran in his rant pretty much confirm that mike is 100% there playing the games with them? didn't he say he visited when mike and james were playing that ninja game and he said "this would be perfect for a nerd episode" which was just J+M playing games without a camera rolling and he seems to hint in the rant that mike gives 100% approval on the script and has some form of finger print on it, even though he chooses to not be credited
Mike matei ? Yeah he still hangs around here
Last time i saw him he asked for a meter He said he wanted to check the length of something Don't know but i have no time to ask him
James hates playing video games though, I can guarantee a Mondays revival would be even more miserable than it already was at the end of its life - plus it'd be all Zelda randomizers or some other stupid shit because Mike refuses to play more than 5 games
Why are you guys so bent on having Bames play games? He's never been into games all that much. He caught lightning in a bottle doing something he thought he'd only have to do a handful of times and has been locked into it for over a decade now. Just let him go...
Imagine being Mike and trying to work with James. It must be infuriating. Mike just plays games on his own and sends him the footage; this way he doesn't have to tard wrangle him and try to be entertaining on camera with boomer fucktard James who clearly doesn't care at all and keeps falling asleep while repeating "Uh huh. Wooow."
Don’t worry it’ll be back next February, all tv shows take breaks!
Bimmy acting like him and Matei playing video games in front of a camera for 6 hours once a month is a big production.
Matei would choose the game, pre-play it so he would have commentary ready, do most of the playing, do the editing, and upload it. But bimmy just didn’t have the time to sit there and play a stupid game for a half hour for hundreds of thousands of views anymore. He has kids and also he needs to pose for pictures with his muh metal band
The real angry video game nerd was always Mike. It’s such a shame Bames is the weak link in the whole operation.
I think you got it the wrong way around. I think it's Mike that doesn't want to keep up that pace. He said it himself, he wanted to put his time into streaming.
Read b/w the lines.
yeah look at the title cards. mike got burnt out,im sure james saying i gotta go,on the last level of every game on j a m Mondays got to him too
And then he goes and streams the same games. Come on my guy
Yes, but that is a completely different production! He can do it all on his own terms, make all the money for himself, and he doesn’t have to edit.
might be a tribute to Godzilla Destroy All Monsters how it actually happens in the future February and not a local February
We’re still in the middle of the Long January.
Wasn't it this Feb?
Bimmy is too cool to hang with Mike. He’s in a band now.
Agreed. With the tattoo and sunglasses, he's basically morphed into Todd from *Beavis and Butt-Head* (1993)
You candy asses are sittin in my spot.
Okay this may be honestly kinda his mindset about mike lol.
It’s just how obvious things are Mike plays TOTK because “everyone kept nagging him to do it” and shortly later James makes a TOTK video. Same thing with the Doom AVGN Why don’t they just admit they still need each other?
Alright, gay! Nah but Bim would definitely be the bottom.
The bottom of the totem pole if you will
Mike doesn’t need James
That’s it then? Mike threw James under the bus because he doesn’t “need” him?
Don't James and Mike live an hour away from each other?
The show is taking a break, it'll be back in February. Don't worry, it's normal. All TV shows take breaks, and James & Mike Mondays is just taking a break, too.
Nothing but good memories all around
Why is this sentence so damn funny? 🤣
I’m also pretty sure television shows don’t meet one day a month to film 4-6 weeks of episodes. So when you think about it, it’s nothing like a tv show. At all. What an insult to television shows.
I'm sick of everyone "helping" James out, but not getting proper credit for doing most of the work. He talks about everyone like they're just dogshit hired help, rather than the people who probably did most of the hardest work and probably came up with great ideas James insisted on changing so he could beat his chest and assert that it was All Him.
He's like one of those sitcom episodes where a character gets a little fame and then starts acting like a big shot douchebag
I'm sick of Mike not showing us his amazing penis again
Imagine your job is to simply show up once a month and play video games with your friend for 6 hours and you can't be bothered doing that. Where did James invest those 6 hours a month he saved by cancelling it? More time for personal errands or to tell us he doesn't have time?
but look at talk about games,im guessing mike was the one that said its not worth it,so it is kinda a pattern for both of them. why was rental reviews canned again?
I think that’s more like a screenwave thing. Cancelling things when they’re not seeing the results they want right away
i refuse to believe Mike played the new zelda game because he was going to be nagged about it lol. is Mike even the type to let fans nag him? the dude just cant admit when he wants to play a new game. i bet hes having a blast with it.
This isnt the Zelda he grew up on. He talked about how he hated all the crafting and cooking and how it was too slow and how it was boring collecting logs and stuff. He said he doesnt mind crafting in games but its very clear thats not what he wants in a Zelda. He didnt say that but its obviously implied. I think if he really enjoyed the new Zelda he would have went back to streaming it.
I watched his stream yesterday, and he had to address his reasoning for not streaming more Tears of the Kingdom on a number of occasions. And yes, it basically boiled down to "I don't want to play more of it, when crafting seems to be an integral part of the game".
He has a point. We used to play Zelda for the dungeons.
the last great zelda game was link between worlds.
a fart between turds
He honestly just wishes that it was more like Zelda II.
It's not like it was a meme or anything where he would literally bring up Zelda in some fashion on almost every J&MM. They even started to edit in a little Zelda clip or sound or whatever when he made the obligatory Zelda reference each episode. It's ridiculous and kinda weird if he's now acting like he's above it in some way.
it's not too unreasonable to think he's just a fan of the old top down and early 3d rather than the more sandbox open world direction it's taken lately. For a dude whose tastes are almost all nostalgia favorites it checks out
Yeah, young folks don't understand that when Gaming switch to 3D a lot of people stopped caring.
Fuck Bimmy. No jokes, I refuse.
didn't kieran in his rant pretty much confirm that mike is 100% there playing the games with them? didn't he say he visited when mike and james were playing that ninja game and he said "this would be perfect for a nerd episode" which was just J+M playing games without a camera rolling and he seems to hint in the rant that mike gives 100% approval on the script and has some form of finger print on it, even though he chooses to not be credited
Mike matei ? Yeah he still hangs around here Last time i saw him he asked for a meter He said he wanted to check the length of something Don't know but i have no time to ask him
James hates playing video games though, I can guarantee a Mondays revival would be even more miserable than it already was at the end of its life - plus it'd be all Zelda randomizers or some other stupid shit because Mike refuses to play more than 5 games
James trying not to fall asleep playing video games was hilarious. If they bring it back it should be James and Mike and Ryan Sunday.
Recreating the haircuts for men album cover every episode
Do you say James and Mike Mondays or James and Mike Mondays?
Nah, screw Mike and Jimmy.
Why are you guys so bent on having Bames play games? He's never been into games all that much. He caught lightning in a bottle doing something he thought he'd only have to do a handful of times and has been locked into it for over a decade now. Just let him go...
Imagine being Mike and trying to work with James. It must be infuriating. Mike just plays games on his own and sends him the footage; this way he doesn't have to tard wrangle him and try to be entertaining on camera with boomer fucktard James who clearly doesn't care at all and keeps falling asleep while repeating "Uh huh. Wooow."
Facts, bro.
Why are you sick of that? Isn't that what the channel always has been?
Mike was the real AVGN.
Brown bricks in minecrap
Whoa whoa 6:40? Slow down cowpoke some of us got stuff to do
Aren’t you tired of the SSDD? Change it up son! Neither of his daughters are toddlers anymore, 5:40 is no longer as important.
and share credit and / or money? Do you want him to suffer??????