The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)
The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
James D. Rolfe
The Angry Video Game Nerd / The Angry Nintendo Nerd / Self
Mike Matei
Bugs Bunny / Freddy Krueger / Santa Claus
Kyle Justin
The Guitar Guy / Cousin Itt / Frosty the Snow Man
Antonio Piluso
Aladdin / Charlie / Dr. Gonzo
Kevin Finn
The Glitch Gremlin / Ninja Gaiden
Craig Skistimas
Ghost of Christmas Past
Justin Silverman
Dennis Nedry / The Clown
Steven J. Klaszky
Jimmie Jim Slugg
Pat Contri
Pat the NES Punk
Lloyd Kaufman
Self
Nathan Barnatt
Keith Apicary
Macaulay Culkin
Self
Mike Butters
TV Game Guy
Xander Arnot
Pepsiman
Gilbert Gottfried
Fred Fucks
Derek Forte
Shesez (Self)
Seamus Blackley
Self
Joe La Scola
Devil (voice)
Mister Lobo
The Narrator
Matthew Kowalewski
Matt McMuscles
Justin Whang
The BGF Director
Evan Ferrante
Tom Cruise Look-Alike
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 25, 2004
StatusReturning Series
Seasons18
Episodes216
Content RatingTV-MA
Filming LocationsNewark, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
The Angry Video Game Nerd is an American retrogaming review comedy web series created by and starring James Rolfe. The series centers on Rolfe's titular skit character, often simply shortened to "the Nerd" (sometimes just "Nerd"), a short-tempered and foul-mouthed gamer who delivers commentary on retro games of poor quality. While the series began with Rolfe simply playing games while delivering retrospective commentary, the show would eventually grow in scope to encompass sketches featuring guest characters, reviews of gaming consoles and peripherals, and short lectures about video game history and culture.Starting out as an amateur filmmaker, Rolfe intended his earliest videos of the character (originally called The Angry Nintendo Nerd) to be a joke privately shown amongst friends and colleagues. In 2004, Rolfe, at the suggestion of future series producer Mike Matei, put the Angry Nintendo Nerd videos on his website, and in 2006 on the emerging video streaming platform YouTube, where it gained popularity. The series became a cult success, and Rolfe began appearing as the character in various other media such as a feature-length film and video games, and many public appearances. The series was soon renamed to The Angry Video Game Nerd to avoid trademark issues with Nintendo, and to allow Rolfe to review games from non-Nintendo consoles. From 2007 to 2011, the series entered a distribution deal with popular gaming websites ScrewAttack and GameTrailers, and briefly with streaming service Amazon Video in 2018.
The Angry Video Game Nerd is considered one of the pioneers of internet review videos, being highly influential on the style and format of subsequent video reviewers as well as being responsible for helping to bring the concept into the mainstream. Various media review/sketch comedy entertainers have since cited the show as inspiration for their own material, such as JonTron, Doug Walker, Egoraptor, Angry Joe, Scott Wozniak, and Joueur du Grenier, among others.