History WebVideo / TheAngryVideoGameNerd

[[Creator/JamesRolfe James Duncan Rolfe]] created, writes and plays the [[http://cinemassacre.com/category/avgn/ Angry Video Game Nerd]] [[note]]formerly the Angry Nintendo Nerd before he stopped focusing on just the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and realized he couldn't [[TheMerch sell T-shirts]] with [[{{ScrewedByTheLawyers}} someone else's trademark]] on them[[/note]], a chronically ill-tempered and foul-mouthed gaming geek with a huge collection of bad video games, and a [[INeedAFreakingDrink predilection for Rolling Rock beer]].

* Nintendo Days Re-Revisited + ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' Trilogy (includes re-reviews of ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', ''VideoGame/TopGun'', and ''VideoGame/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'') (NES)

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Back to the Future|1989}}'' (and ''VideoGame/BackToTheFuturePartIIAndIII'') (NES)

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (NES)
* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (NES, WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}})
* ''[[VideoGame/BackToTheFuture1989 Back To The Future]]'' (and ''VideoGame/BackToTheFuturePartIIAndIII'') (NES)

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1 1'' ports (SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, Tiger Handheld)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}: Fairy Tale Freakdown'' (Game Boy Color)

He plays weird, old, and, more often than not, NintendoHard games, some of them with the worst FakeDifficulty imaginable. We're talking truly ''terrible'' here. The Nerd holds a specific torch of hate towards [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed games]], especially ones published by Creator/LJNToys, which he sees as manipulating hopeful and oblivious kids into buying complete trash. His reviews inevitably spiral downward into a barely coherent rant peppered liberally with [[ClusterFBomb Cluster F-Bombs]] and scatological references, culminating in a violent frothing rage that would make even the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] piss his pants. The Nerd also gets frequent unwanted visits from the stars of the games he plays, from WesternAnimation/BugsBunny to [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]].

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (SNES)

The Nerd (and Rolfe by extension) is extensively respected for the impact his videos had on [[VideoReviewShow online video reviews]] for years to come, with the show being seen as a GatewaySeries for the medium to transition to the mainstream. He's regarded as one of if not ''the'' most influential figure in [[TropeMaker pioneering]] the format's structures and conventions, to the extent that he's considered the TropeCodifier of the MidReviewSketchShow. [[FollowTheLeader Many a number]] of reviewers who have since popped up on the Internet owe much to the Nerd, with his rage, vulgarity and sketch comedy being turned into the bread and butter of countless CausticCritic personas to come, almost to the extent of [[FromClonesToGenre forming a subgenre]]. One could even argue that his show is a precursor for online shows in general, as it predates Website/YouTube by nine months, along with the ripple effect left by the Nerd continuing to extend into the present day with the advent of the AnalysisChannel and also the video essay being an indirect result of the Nerd's influence on online content creation.

* ''Purr Pals'' (Wii)

[[Creator/JamesRolfe James Duncan Rolfe]] created, writes and plays the [[http://cinemassacre.com/category/avgn/ Angry Video Game Nerd]] [[note]]formerly the Angry Nintendo Nerd before he stopped focusing on just the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and realized he couldn't [[TheMerch sell T-shirts]] with someone else's trademark on them[[/note]], a chronically ill-tempered and foul-mouthed gaming geek with a huge collection of bad video games, and a [[INeedAFreakingDrink predilection for Rolling Rock beer]].

He plays weird, old, and, more often than not, NintendoHard games, some of them with the worst FakeDifficulty imaginable. We're talking truly ''terrible'' here. The Nerd holds a specific torch of hate towards [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed games]], especially ones published by Creator/LJNToys, which he sees as manipulating hopeful and oblivious kids into buying complete trash. His reviews inevitably spiral downward into a barely coherent rant peppered liberally with [[ClusterFBomb Cluster F-Bombs]] and scatological references, culminating in a violent frothing rage that would make even the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk piss his pants. The Nerd also gets frequent unwanted visits from the stars of the games he plays, from WesternAnimation/BugsBunny to [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]].

[[Creator/JamesRolfe James Duncan Rolfe]] created, writes and plays the [[http://cinemassacre.com/category/avgn/ Angry Video Game Nerd]] [[note]]formerly Angry Nintendo Nerd before he stopped focusing on just the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and realized he couldn't [[TheMerch sell T-shirts]] with someone else's trademark on them[[/note]], a chronically ill-tempered and foul-mouthed gaming geek with a huge collection of bad video games, and a [[INeedAFreakingDrink predilection for Rolling Rock beer]].

He plays weird, old, and, more often than not, NintendoHard games, some of them with the worst FakeDifficulty imaginable. We're talking truly ''terrible'' here. The Nerd holds a specific torch of hate towards [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed games]], especially ones published by Creator/LJNToys, which he sees as manipulating hopeful and oblivious kids into buying complete trash. His reviews inevitably spiral downward into a barely coherent rant peppered liberally with ClusterFBomb[=s=] and scatological references culminating in a violent frothing rage that would make even the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk piss his pants. The Nerd gets frequent unwanted visits from the stars of the games he plays, from WesternAnimation/BugsBunny to [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]].

The Nerd (and Rolfe by extension) is celebrated and credited for the impact his videos had on [[VideoReviewShow online video reviews]] for years to come, with the show being seen as a GatewaySeries for the medium to transition to the mainstream. He's regarded as one of if not ''the'' most influential figure in [[TropeMaker pioneering]] the format's structures and conventions, to the extent that he's considered the TropeCodifier of the MidReviewSketchShow. [[FollowTheLeader Many a number]] of reviewers who have since popped up on the Internet owe much to the Nerd, with his rage, vulgarity and sketch comedy being turned into the bread and butter of countless CausticCritic personas to come, almost to the extent of [[FromClonesToGenre forming a subgenre]]. One could even argue that his show is a precursor for online shows in general, as it predates Website/YouTube by nine months, along with the ripple effect left by the Nerd continuing to extend into the present day with the advent of the AnalysisChannel and also the video essay being an indirect result of the Nerd's influence on online content creation.

* [[ContemptibleCover Bad Game Cover Art]]

The Nerd (and Rolfe by extension) is celebrated and credited for the impact his videos had on [[VideoReviewShow online video reviews]] for years to come, with the show being seen as a GatewaySeries for the medium to transition to the mainstream. He's regarded as one of if not ''the'' most influential figure in [[TropeMaker pioneering]] the format's structures and conventions, to the extent that he's considered the TropeCodifier of the MidReviewSketchShow. [[FollowTheLeader Many a number]] of reviewers who have since popped up on the Internet owe much to the Nerd, with his rage, vulgarity and sketch comedy being turned into the bread and butter of countless CausticCritic personas to come, almost to the extent of [[FromClonesToGenre forming a subgenre]]. One could even argue that his show is a precursor for online shows in general, as it predates Website/YouTube by nine months.

* ''VideoGame/DuckTales'' (NES, WesternAnimation/DuckTales) [Technically a Video Game Vault review and not an actual AVGN episode, though he's in character as The Nerd.]

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