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Featured era: 2006
Angry Video Game Nerd
“What were they thinking?”
- Featured era
- 2006
- Peak era
- 2006-2011
- Company
- James Rolfe (Cinemassacre)
- Category
- Viral Videos
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On Video
The Angry Video Game Nerd reviews "Castlevania II"
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About This Video
- From:
- Cinemassacre
- Added:
- April 8, 2006
- Length:
- 9:26
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What Was It?
The Angry Video Game Nerd is a comedy review series created by James Rolfe. He plays a short-tempered, foul-mouthed collector in glasses, a white button-up shirt and high khaki pants, who plays old video games and rages at how bad they are, often with a Rolling Rock beer in hand.
Rolfe recorded the first reviews, of "Castlevania II: Simon's Quest" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", in May 2004 as a joke, under the title "Bad NES Games". His friend Mike Matei helped publish them on Rolfe's Cinemassacre site, and in 2006 Rolfe began posting episodes to YouTube, first as the Angry Nintendo Nerd. His Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles review went viral that year.
The show is seen as a pioneer of online review videos and inspired creators such as JonTron and Angry Joe.
Things You Probably Forgot
- "What were they thinking?"
- The Rolling Rock beer
- When he was still the Angry Nintendo Nerd
- Cartridges destroyed at the end of an episode
The Story
- 2004 James Rolfe recorded his first reviews, of "Castlevania II" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", in May.
- 2006 Rolfe began posting episodes to YouTube, and his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles review went viral.
- 2007 A distribution deal with ScrewAttack and GameTrailers began, lasting until 2011.
- 2014 "Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie" premiered on July 21.
Its Legacy
The series is still running on YouTube and Cinemassacre. It led to a crowdfunded feature film in 2014 and several video games.
Memories
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