The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)
The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)
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Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![James D. Rolfe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/466483-james-d-rolfe.webp)
James D. Rolfe
The Nerd / Creator / Director / Writer
![Antonio Piluso](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/715074-antonio-piluso.webp)
Antonio Piluso
Aladdin
![Kyle Justin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kyle Justin
The Guitar Guy / Self / Spider-Man / Cousin Itt
![Mike Matei](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/256906-mike-matei.webp)
Mike Matei
Bugs Bunny/The Joker/The Cowardly Lion / Joker / Freddy Krueger / Franken-Nerd / Self / Chop Top / Michael Myers / The S...
![Steven J. Klaszky](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Steven J. Klaszky
Jimmie Jim Slugg
![Craig Skistimas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Craig Skistimas
Ghost of Christmas Past
![Kevin Finn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kevin Finn
The Ninja / Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin
![Pat Contri](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pat Contri
Pat the NES Punk
![Lloyd Kaufman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3229-lloyd-kaufman.webp)
Lloyd Kaufman
Self
![Nathan Barnatt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/79890-nathan-barnatt.webp)
Nathan Barnatt
Keith Apicary
![Macaulay Culkin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9519-macaulay-culkin.webp)
Macaulay Culkin
Self
![Mike Butters](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36051-mike-butters.webp)
Mike Butters
TV Game Guy
![Xander Arnot](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Xander Arnot
Pepsiman
![Gilbert Gottfried](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4549-gilbert-gottfried.webp)
Gilbert Gottfried
Fred Fucks
![Derek Forte](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Derek Forte
Shesez (Self)
![Seamus Blackley](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/756501-seamus-blackley.webp)
Seamus Blackley
Self
![Justin Silverman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/803562-justin-silverman.webp)
Justin Silverman
Violator
![Joe La Scola](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joe La Scola
Devil (voice)
![Mister Lobo](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/375340-mister-lobo.webp)
Mister Lobo
The Narrator
![Matthew Kowalewski](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Matthew Kowalewski
Matt McMuscles
![Justin Whang](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Justin Whang
The BGF Director
![Evan Ferrante](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/138277-evan-ferrante.webp)
Evan Ferrante
Tom Cruise Look-Alike
Media.
![The Angry Video Game Nerd](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/123634-the-angry-video-game-nerd.webp)
Details.
Release DateMay 25, 2004
StatusReturning Series
Seasons18
Episodes216
Content RatingTV-MA
Filming LocationsNewark, United States of America
Genres
Last updated:
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.
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