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3The Irate Gamer (real name: Chris Bores) is a VideoReviewShow hosted on Website/YouTube, started in 2007. He plays the game while offering lots of very interesting history on both the game and the console, peppering his {{review}}s with [[AccentuateTheNegative emphasis on the game's flaws]], perceived or real, as well as a healthy dose of [[VulgarHumor profanity]] and [[RefugeInAudacity audacity]]. Like many others both before and after him, he also includes a mix of sketch comedy and special effects with at least tangential connections to the subject at hand -- often times with a StoryArc between sketches. In short, he was considered one of the most prominent video reviewers to follow in the style codified by ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''.
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5During his initial run, the Irate Gamer had a significant fanbase but also attracted much disdain for sloppy research, ill-timed humor, and plagiarism. His reputation led to parodies and memes often at his expense. The video series also went through a number of ups and downs, creating large gaps in time between content and a myriad of reboots, along with side series dedicated to newer games under the branding ''Irate Gamer Neo''. In addition, he shot a few comedic rant videos and other material unrelated to video games. Despite his fluctuating release schedule, Bores maintained a fanbase throughout TheNewTens.
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7After a decline in videos for many years, Bores retired the Irate Gamer in 2016 and focused on his other series ''Puppet Steve'', which featured him reviewing toys and games via voiceover. He came back in 2018 as ''Chris Neo'', sporting a {{retraux}} look and a more toned-down style, but this too was short-lived and gave way to a podcast titled ''Geek Time: The Next Generation''.
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9Bores came out of retirement again in 2020. Reverting to the Irate Gamer name, he did a review of the ''Film/DickTracy'' tie-in game for the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. Said video was done in collaboration with the Angry Video Game Nerd. Received positively by both reviewers' fandoms, this review drew in a myriad of new fans to both shows in the process. With this video, many who previously disliked the Irate Gamer grew to see him in a more positive light.
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11You can watch his series and other videos [[https://www.youtube.com/irategamer here]].
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14!!Examples:
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16* AccentuateTheNegative: Bores has stated in interviews that: "It doesn't matter if the game is good or bad, I just look for flaws to exploit for comedy".
17* AlternateTimeline: His reviews of ''Mario's Time Machine'' and ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'' feature him reviewing the game throughout several timelines simultaneously.
18* AnachronismStew:
19** IG goes back to 1987 to "prevent" the ''[[VideoGame/BackToTheFuture1989 Back to the Future]]'' game. Apparently LJN had access to cordless phones and flat-screen monitors in the 80s.
20** In a joke, IG claimed one obstacle to dodge in Space Race were [[Franchise/StarWars Imperial TIE Fighters]]. Space Race came out in 1973, ''Star Wars'' came out in 1977.
21* AndThisIsFor: In his review of ''VideoGame/{{Jaws}}'', he repeatedly strikes the final blow on the shark for the movies' {{sequelitis}}, and realized he got carried away when he brought up ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''.
22* AnimationAgeGhetto:[[invoked]] According to his thoughts on ''WALL-E'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', Bores heavily believes this.
23* ArcWelding: In his ''Gyromite''[=/=]''Stack-Up'' review, R.O.B. tried to kill him. In his ''VideoGame/{{Predator}}'' review, a Predator tried to kill him. The ''VideoGame/MonsterParty'' review revealed that both incidents are connected to the Evil Gamer.
24* ArtEvolution: Tony went from being a ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' sprite to being hand drawn.
25* AscendedMeme: He seems to notice much of the memes associated with him, like "Bores n' Doors" and "Face it, breakfast is ruined!" (a line from a one-off video about breakfast cereal).
26* BigWhat: The Genie's memetic line from the ''Aladdin'' episode.
27* {{Bowdlerization}}:
28** Done in a revision of the TMNT review, where he censored some of the cussing.
29** Done again with the remastered version of History of Video Games Part 1 by removing the foul language.
30%%* CaptainObvious: See [[Quotes/TheIrateGamer the Quotes page]] to read his CaptainObvious sayings.
31* CardCarryingVillain: The Evil Gamer. He constantly uses the word "evil", he lives in "The Castle Of Evil", and he asks to do an "evil Aflac Duck" in the Aflac Duck audition sketch.
32* ChekhovsGunman: The [[EvilTwin Evil Gamer]] in his first appearance is merely around for a few cutaway gags, but would later become one of the main recurring villains.
33%%* ComedicSociopath: Tony in the ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'' review.
34* CurseCutShort: Used at the end of his ''Monster Party'' review, which is odd given that he cursed fairly regularly throughout the rest of the video.
35* CutawayGag: Irate Gamer had done a number of these, like the time his ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989'' review ended with a random scene of him battling VideoGame/DonkeyKong.
36* DemBones: A recurring character is Ronnie, a chatty skeleton who spoke in [[InformedJudaism a stereotypically]] Jewish way.
37%%* DemonicSpiders: In-Universe: One of his complaints about ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''. He seemed to think that they cause you to think your game is glitched at first.
38* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The reviews often contain repetitive sentences.
39** His review of the last episode of ''Series/TheSopranos'' is called "The Sopranos '''Final Last Episode''' review"
40** "''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' is only a one-player game. It's totally different from the original in which you can play two players."
41** "Now it's time to pop this video game in and play the game."
42** "So, joining us live to the ''Irate Gamer Show'', connected '''by via''' satellite..."
43** "And one '''annoying''' thing is these '''annoying''' eyeball platforms."
44** "Then you get to play two back-to-back '''Music/VanHalen''' songs played by '''Van Halen'''.
45** "I'm going to hit up three games [...] so onto the first. First up, ''Brutal Legend''."
46** "When somebody asks you for '''five of''' the most difficult games on the NES, I guarantee ''Ghosts 'n Goblins'' is probably on your '''Top Five''' list."
47** "After 18 '''levels''' of lackluster '''levels'''..."
48** He would often say "NES System" when talking about that console, meaning that he's playing the "Nintendo Entertainment System System."
49* DifficultyByAcceleration: He attempts to demonstrate this when reviewing ''Kool-Aid Man'' for the Platform/{{Atari 2600}}. However, [[ManipulativeEditing the gameplay footage is sped up]].
50* DisproportionateRetribution:
51** In his review of the Kool-Aid games, he killed the Kool-Aid Man for repeatedly destroying his wall. Yeah, it doesn't sound like much, but the fact that he killed a character for doing what he's practically known for.
52** IG couldn't get into Ubisoft's E3 2011 conference, so what's his response? Blow up their office with a fake special effect.
53* DontExplainTheJoke
54** When he releases remastered versions of old videos, he'll explain the sexually explicit jokes, such as when a masturbation joke went from "Uhh, that doesn't look quite right" to "Way to jack off on the cheerleader, pervert!"
55** At the beginning of the ''VideoGame/MonsterParty'' episode, Chris explains that lots of people have been coming to his door asking for directions to the big Halloween Party that he isn't even invited to, and the whole gag keeps happening throughout the course of the episode.
56** The FacePalm running gag from his ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' video. When he does it, he adds a voice and caption to make sure audience knows what he's doing. He does this again in his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' review, but doesn't add the voice and caption.
57** After calling R.O.B. "ROB-o-Cop" after [=RoboCop=], he proceeds to show both names in text in case audience didn't get the pun the first time.
58* DullSurprise:
59** His reaction to the third boss in ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''.
60** His reaction to a genie appearing in his house in the ''VideoGame/{{Aladdin|Capcom}}'' review. "Whoa, a genie!"
61** The Genie himself is a walking Dull Surprise; at one point something is thrown at him and he doesn't even flinch.
62* EveryEpisodeEnding: The Irate Gamer destroying/getting rid of the game in some way or killing the main character.
63* EvilIsPetty: The Evil Gamer has nothing better to do than try to steal The Irate Gamer's show.
64* EvilTwin: The Evil Gamer.
65* {{Expy}}: The Evil Gamer's design is recycled from "Past Bores" from the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' video.
66* FacePalm: Has a facepalm related RunningGag in the Kirby's Epic Yarn video.
67* FrothyMugsOfWater: The mugs in the ''VideoGame/MonsterParty'' review are clearly filled with apple juice.
68* GagDub: Done when he's pissed about the lack of English voice acting in ''Tekken 6''.
69* GoodAngelBadAngel: In his ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' review.
70* HostileShowTakeover: One episode ''Irate Gamer NEO'' sees The Evil Gamer do a review of ''Order Up'' after locking the Irate Gamer out of his house.
71* HypocriticalHumor:
72--> '''Irate Gamer:''' "It’s unclear as to why they copied [''VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic''], but some speculated that [''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels''] was [[MissionPackSequel too much like the first game.]] I guess that’s understandable since having two of the same thing can get stale and repetitive."\
73'''Evil Gamer:''' "Yep, stale and repetitive."
74* IAmNotShazam: [[invoked]]
75** He refers to Pit as ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' during the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' review, even when the game itself announces Pit's name.
76** When talking about ''VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy'' in his R.O.B. video, he keeps calling the main character, Professor Hector, "Professor Gyro".
77** In the ''[[Anime/{{Kinnikuman}} MUSCLE]]'' review, the original cartoon that the game was based on was called ''Kinnikuman'' (translates into Muscleman) after the main character, not [[FunWithAcronyms MUSCLE]] as he claims.
78%%* IMeantToDoThat: His justification for some of his errors.
79%%** When someone pointed out that he landed on a 6, not a 9, in the Odyssey Roulette game. He said "Shhh, don't explain the joke."
80%%** He used this excuse for not knowing about the parachute cloth in ''VideoGame/{{Aladdin|Capcom}}''.
81* ItsEasySoItSucks: In-universe, he has criticized ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'', ''Mario's Time Machine'', and ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' for this.
82* ItsHardSoItSucks:[[invoked]]
83** One of his complaints against ''Contra Super C'' is [[KonamiCode the cheat code]] for extra lives doesn't give out as many as the code in the original ''Contra'' (whereupon he stops the review to announce he's falling back on his Game Genie).
84** He complained that the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' amateur setting is still too difficult and actually asked "Why couldn't they make the easy setting easier?"
85** He also complained when ''Series/HomeImprovement'' didn't have UsefulNotes/GameGenie codes.
86** Inverted in his review of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden 3'' where he constantly praised the easy gameplay and button-mashing, an issue that almost every other reviewer has with the game.
87* LastSecondWordSwap: In ''Yo! Noid'':
88-->"[[ClusterFBomb Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!]] Damn it, this game is the biggest piece of... crap!"
89* ManipulativeEditing: Occasionally, the video will be edited to make certain games appear worse than they actually are.
90** A variation of this is found in his ''Super Mario Bros 2'' review, when complaining the star is too slow. Not only did he do it in the area where it would naturally take the most time, but he ''actually slowed down the footage''.
91** In his review of ''VideoGame/{{Aladdin|Capcom}}'' for SNES, when Abu ate some apples at the end of a level, he edited it to make it look like the apples were actually deducted from your ammo. He admitted in the comments that he passed the flying carpet stage on his first try, so he purposely killed himself to make the stage look harder than it really is.
92** He said that once you get to level fifty in ''Kool-Aid Man'' for the Atari 2600, the enemies move impossibly fast, which is portrayed using sped-up footage. In said footage, the Kool-Aid Man is moving exactly as fast as the Thirsties even though he said they get faster, the sound effects get higher pitched, and the timer at the top started moving much faster.
93%%** In his ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' review, when complaining about the cut scenes and hub worlds, he walked up to the Ice Cream Man NPC, talked to him and whined "Great, more shit from the Ice Cream Man". He tried to pass this off as the game's fault.
94%%** In his ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'' review he said that you have to collect 30% of the red tokens to open the cage. But when he's finishing the game and he opened the final cage it clearly showed he's only got 29%. Later on when he finished the game for the 'proper' ending it's the same footage as before.
95* NominalImportance:
96** Not once did he refer to the main character of ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', Eddie Riggs, by name.
97** He never referred to Bert by name in ''VideoGame/MonsterParty'', just calling him "The Monster".
98** "Tetris was created by a guy in Russia" [[note]]Alexey Pajitnov[[/note]]
99** During his Iron Man 2 review, Rhodey was reduced to "Tony's friend".
100* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Irate's cousin Joey remained a child even in the later seasons.
101* OrphanedSeries:
102** ''Chris and Scottie Road Trip''
103** ''I Rate the 80s'' and ''Haunted Investigators'' were originally considered this, but the former came back in a big way with a multitude of episodes and Bores announced the return of the latter.
104* PacManFever:
105** Whenever the camera is on IG, he shakes the controller all over the place, similar to TV shows that portray game-playing as "violently shaking the controller without pressing buttons."
106** He was button mashing while playing ''Mario Is Missing''. A game where you can't die and nothing hurts you.
107* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Tony is supposed to be a pro wrestler, but he surely doesn't dress like one. The remastered version of the review changed him to a "wrestling fan".
108* ProductPlacement: Parodied in his ''Yo! Noid'' review, where after getting an endorsement check, he dons an Adidas hat, eats Doritos, and drinks Dr Pepper while blatantly holding the can toward the camera.
109* RevisitingTheRoots: ''The Irate Gamer'', since the jump to HD, had an ongoing storyline. Close to the end of the storyline, a non-sequential episode on the ''Franchise/DieHard'' [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game was released, and it was closer to the earlier videos (the only remnant from the storyline is a cameo appearance of the Gamer's R.O.B. sidekick). WordOfGod is that after the storyline is finished, there will be more episodes like this.
110* RougeAnglesOfSatin: "The Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde Princible"
111* RuleOfThree:
112** Played straight in the ''Tetris'' review (the Tetrimino, the Thwomp, and the bomb), subverted in the ''Kool-Aid'' review (the Kool-Aid Man burst through his wall '''four''' times).
113** Rule of Three gags are used rather often in Neo videos.
114* SelfDeprecation:
115** Bores made a joke in which he called for his friends to play the 2-player mode of ''Contra'', and was met with dead silence.
116** In the ''Dick Tracy'' review, which is a crossover with the WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd, both of them make several jokes about how Bores used to be considered a knockoff of him.
117** The ''Micro Machines'' review opens with him joking about the "breakfast is ruined" meme.
118* SoundEffectBleep:
119** As part of an experiment, the Irate Gamer posted two versions of his ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' review where one of them had all the swearing bleeped out.
120** In a sketch video, he bleeped out Satan saying "motherfucker".
121** In Film/{{RoboCop|1987}} Part 2, he lets out a long string of bleeped cursing.
122* SoundtrackDissonance: His theme song, as well as the music he used in his video trailers, are rather serious and "epic" considering they were for a video game review show. A good example is his review ''Home Improvement'' review trailer, which has a deadly-serious orchestra and OminousLatinChanting.
123* SpecialEditionTitle: The title sequence in the ''Order Up'' review is played backwards to reflect the HostileShowTakeover. The ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'' episode also had a special Halloween ThemeTune.
124* SpinOff: ''Irate Gamer NEO'', which reviews more recent games, among others.
125* TakeThat:
126** In his review of ''TMNT: Turtles in Time [=ReShelled=]'', he said that when updating something, some elements have to remain the same, or else "they’ll be shitting all over the source material. [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Right]], Creator/MichaelBay?" Cut to a photo of Michael Bay photoshopped into his room going, "Uhh..."
127** When reviewing ''VideoGame/GhostsAndGoblins'', he asks if the Devil can take ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'' back to Hell with him.
128** He has one towards his detractors in the ''Top 5 NES Games'' video. When he mentioned that he liked using UsefulNotes/GameGenie while playing ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'', he brought up that "some elite gamers" will likely criticize him for cheating and responded "You know what? Fuck 'em!"
129** Similarly, in his ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'' review, saying, "These idiots can't even make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without ruining it!"
130** It's unclear if it was deliberate, but one of the background characters shown in peril in his ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'' review appears to be dressed up to look like the [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd Nerd]].
131** When talking about a ''Film/DickTracy'' wristwatch toy, he says ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' shouldn't be let near it, otherwise "he'll probably make another dumb 50-minute-like Music/PinkFloyd tribute video to it" without actually reviewing it, a reference to the Critic's infamous review of ''Music/TheWall'' movie adaptation. [[BrickJoke At the end of the review]], the Critic leaves a comment on Website/YouTube advertising a 133 minute video on the wristwatch, calling it his "love letter to Creator/WarrenBeatty".
132** In his Blu-Ray Kickstarter video, he states that he'd get some reviews up soon, but "[[Creator/JamesRolfe I've had no time! No time! Muh kids, muh kids!]]". Also doubles as a ShoutOut to the r/[=TheCinemassacreTruth=] [[Website/{{Reddit}} Subreddit]], who believes James uses his kids and a lack of time as excuses too often.
133* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Frequently. For example, at the end of the ''Mission: Impossible'' episode, Chris says he's really pissed off, his head is spinning and he's losing his mind, but his tone of voice does not indicate this.
134* TheTeaser: The "Temple of Doom" scene in the ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' game review is treated as such in the DVD version (the early episodes were produced before the TitleSequence was introduced). Subsequent episodes sometimes have their own teasers.
135* VerbalTic: He used to overuse "pretty much" and "all right" in his earlier videos to the point of this, but toned it down later on.
136* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Complaining in the ''VideoGame/{{Mission Impossible|Konami}}'' video about his characters being arrested when innocent people are killed by the bombs he's setting off in the street.
137* ViewersAreGoldfish:
138** The cracked pipe labeled "Gas Line" is shown multiple times throughout the ''Mario is Missing/Mario's Time Machine'' episode. Additionally, whenever the episode switched between the two timelines, Chris reminds the viewer what game he's playing, which gives the idea that he's aware there are two timelines going on, which he shouldn't.
139** In his video on Microsoft's E3 2011 conference, most of the video is highlights from the conference and the last minute of the video is him recapping said highlights he just showed us.
140* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: He was formerly known for making a lot of grammar mistakes, such as dropping the first R from "frustrated", along with mixing up "predecessor" and "successor" and using double negatives. This became less of an issue from the ''Chris Neo'' era onward.
141* WrapAroundBackground: He noted this in his review of ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' before throwing the cartridge away in frustration. The cartridge then reappeared on the opposite side of the screen.

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