Angry Video Game Nerd
| Angry Video Game Nerd | |
|---|---|
| Angry Video Game Nerd The AVGN title card as of August 22, 2007. | |
| Genre | Physical Comedy Reviewer |
| Created by | James D. Rolfe |
| Developed by | Cinemassacre Productions |
| Directed by | James D. Rolfe |
| Presented by | ScrewAttack |
| Starring | James D. Rolfe Mike Matei Kyle Justin |
| Theme music composer | James Rolfe & Kyle Justin |
| Opening theme | "Angry Video Game Nerd Theme" |
| Composer | James Rolfe & Kyle Justin |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 56 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | United States Seaside Heights New Jersey |
| Running time | Varies, usually 3-22 min per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | YouTube ScrewAttack GameTrailers |
| Release | May 2004 – present |
The Angry Video Game Nerd (abbreviated as AVGN, occasionally shortened to The Nerd) is the titular character and name of a series of farcical retrogaming video reviews by James D. Rolfe.[2][3] The show revolves around retro game reviews that involve acerbic rants against the particularly low-quality or poorly designed video games, generally being 8-bit video games and usually also featuring licensed characters. The series began as a feature on YouTube, and later joined ScrewAttack Entertainment, which would later have three of its features, including the AVGN, transferred to GameTrailers exclusively. The show was formerly known as The Angry Nintendo Nerd, a title that was abandoned to evade legal issues due to the Nintendo trademark, and because the show started reviewing games on other consoles.[4] The series' theme song was written by Kyle Justin with lyrics by both Justin and Rolfe.[5]
The titular Nerd character is an ill-tempered and foul-mouthed video game fanatic. He derives comic appeal from his loud New Jersey accent, excessive and inventive use of profanity, frequent displays of explicit gestures, and heavy consumption of beer, particularly Rolling Rock, to "soothe the pain".[4]
A particular characteristic is his favorable comparison of extremely repulsive and painful, usually firmly scatological, acts to playing the games he reviews; the opening theme song, for example, states that "he'd rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in his ear" than play any of the games he reviews. Varying amounts of physical comedy are mixed into the verbal abuse.
History
The series began with a short review of NES game, Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest, after getting many views, Rolfe decided to make another video, to see if he would get the same attention as last time, but the game was so horrible that he decided to show his anger by putting on a white button-up shirt and a pair of glasses. At the time he was drinking the beer "Rolling Rock" and this became a trait of The Nerd so he decided to use it in later videos. The videos were produced and published on Cinemassacre.com.[4] In 2006, the videos were put on YouTube under the name of "Angry Nintendo Nerd". He later changed the name to "Angry Video Game Nerd" to prevent trademark issues.[4] Along with the name change, the Nerd soon diversified, reviewing games on other platforms such as the Atari 2600, Super Nintendo, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Virtual Boy, the Atari 5200, the Vectrex on its Star Trek special, the Intellivision and ColecoVision systems in a special two-part episode, and the Sony PlayStation on one occasion (its version of a game based on the Independence Day film), as well as the Nintendo 64 (and the game Superman 64) and recently included the Commodore 64 (for both the Superman and Batman reviews) and Atari Lynx in the first part of his Batman review. Along with reviewing games, some episodes have featured other video game-related items, such as the Power Glove, the U-Force and other NES accessories, the two Genesis/Mega Drive add-ons Sega CD, the Sega 32X, as well as movie reviews of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, The Wizard, and a tribute to Nintendo Power magazine. He also references video game culture in a reenactment of the retro console wars in one video in a Wii tribute.
Rolfe has stated on his website that the first videos he made were "just a joke" and he had no intention on making them public,[4] instead showing them only to friends. Two years passed. After Mike Matei suggested he put it online, they soon did, and since then, his reviews have become increasingly popular and have developed a large fanbase.[6] Rolfe's videos grew longer, soon turning into an actual series complete with title cards, an intro song and official merchandise, two versions of t-shirts and the AVGN Volume 1 DVD, Volume 2 to be released soon.
After his fourth online review on YouTube, ScrewAttack invited him to have his own section on their website and has since been employed by MTV Networks' GameTrailers.com.[7] Since then, his videos are GameTrailers exclusives.
While full-length episodes are now no longer uploaded on YouTube (the last one to be uploaded in full on the site was the "Bible Games" review in December 2006), trailers for new videos are still being uploaded. Each trailer links to the full-length video on GameTrailers.
Rolfe's YouTube account was suspended/banned on May 19 2008, due to an alleged copyright claim by GameTrailers on his trailer for the reviews of the Spider-Man games.[8] Ironically enough, GameTrailers' YouTube account was also suspended/banned on the same day due to a copyright claim allegedly by its own company. Rolfe's account was later reinstated on May 20, 2008. The cause was due to a mix up with one of the GameTrailers staff on what videos to report. [9]
Rolfe recently posted several episodes that were exclusive only to GameTrailers. He plans to upload more videos from GameTrailers, according to his profile on YouTube. [1]
Popularity
International recognition
The Angry Video Game Nerd has developed a worldwide following resulting in interviews from magazines, television shows and video game related websites outside the United States. Examples include interviews and articles conducted in Germany,[10] Sweden,[11] South Korea,[12] Australia and the Philippines[13].
Gamer community
The show has become a respected part of the online gaming community. This resulted with a number of related websites and online articles and interviews. These include an interview with 1UP[14] and articles in IGN[15], FLAREGamer [16], and Pop17[17].
YouTube
Angry Video Game Nerd ranks as one of the most popular series.
As of September 23th, 2008,[18] the show has the following rankings:
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On July 25th, 2008, the show went into syndication on YouTube. Older episodes that were exclusive only to Gametrailers are being gradually uploaded to the JamesNintendoNerd Channel for YouTube subscribers.
Opie and Anthony Radio Show
On August 8, 2007, Rolfe's character gained mainstream attention when his videos were featured on the Opie and Anthony radio show.[19] Opie & Anthony found his obscenity-laced tirades against poorly-made video games quite humorous, and took notice of one of their own Whip 'em Out Wednesdays (WOW) promotional stickers being featured quite prominently in several of Rolfe's videos. Since then, additional videos have been played occasionally on the show. Rolfe was later interviewed by Opie and Anthony on January 9, 2008.[20]
Spike TV
The Angry Video Game Nerd was featured as part of a review of ScrewAttack.com during an episode of Spike TV's Game Head during the week of November 25, 2007.[21] The spot included clips of some of his previous reviews such as Die Hard. He was recently hired by SpikeTV.com to do monthly movie reviews.
Fan following
The Angry Video Game Nerd has a large fan following that has created hundreds of pictures, tribute videos, customized versions of the show's theme song and even a few AVGN-related video games. The show attempts to integrate most of this fan material into reviews. A collection of fan images is also displayed on the website's fan-art gallery [22]. In addition, the show attempts to maintain a cordial relationship with fans and other reviewers. On many occasions, Rolfe has responded directly to fans on the show's forum.[23]. On August 19, 2008[24] a new episode was released which was comprised of comments submitted by the fan base. Users were asked to submit comments about the game "Deadly Towers" from which Rolfe and his designated assistants selected the comments and criticisms that were featured in the episode. The experiment generated approximately 6,500 responses[25].
| AVGN: The Game[26] | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Eric Ruth |
| Engine | Game Maker 7 Pro |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | February 25, 2008 |
| Genre(s) | Platformer, action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
So far, fans have developed or are developing different video games using the Angry Video Game Nerd as a central theme.
The first computer game based on the Angry Video Game Nerd was released on February 25, 2008. Entitled AVGN: The Game[26], the game was available on the Internet as a free download from the official AVGN site. The game was mainly developed by Eric Ruth, with voice overs from James Rolfe providing a live commentary over the game play, including various vocalizations.[26]
Another game, which has made considerable progress in development, is entitled AVGN: Game Over and created by Gavin MacLean. Gavin MacLean has been posting updates for the fans to see concerning his game and its content on the official AVGN site. The game is currectly in its final stages of developement and if things go right, should be out before 2009.
One final AVGN game, is a side scrolling shooter, much like Gradius. It is called AVGN in Pixel Land. It is made by kain_kusanagi, of 2-Bit Gaming fame. It is available for download on his site.
Show
Episodes
Music
The Angry Video Game Nerd theme song was composed by independent musician Kyle Justin. The lyrics were the work of both Justin and Rolfe.[5] Some of the lyrics come from comments made by Rolfe in his review of Back to the Future.
The original version of the theme song, which refers to the titular character as the "Angry Nintendo Nerd," features only an acoustic guitar. The second recording is similar to the original but features a more refined performance and an extra lyric at the end referring to the "Angry Video Game Nerd." This version of the theme song was used in the Sega Master System Rocky review, quickly displaced by the third version, then used again in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre review. The third version, which debuted in the "Atari 5200" video, features an overdriven electric guitar and drum set. This version significantly expands on the original song, adding more verses, choruses, and new music. However, a pared-down version, similar in structure to the second version of the theme song, is normally used. The full version is only featured in the Sega CD review and on the DVD set.
The theme song has been covered by fans in genres from heavy metal to chiptune. Rolfe occasionally features a vocal or instrumental cover of the theme song in lieu of Kyle Justin's version in the main titles or end titles of a video. The cover by Dustin Aßmuteit is featured as an extra on the DVD set.
In addition to the Angry Video Game Nerd theme song, several songs have been parodied in Angry Video Game Nerd episodes, including "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" ("Bible Games"), the Spider-Man theme song ("Spider-Man"), and the Addams Family theme song ("Fester's Quest"). "Nintendo Power" features a cover of the theme song from Nintendo Power commercials, while the Intellivision and the ColecoVision reviews feature a cover of Foreigner's Double Vision. All of these songs have been performed by Kyle Justin.
The scores for Angry Video Game Nerd episodes are culled from a variety of sources, including film soundtracks, television soundtracks, and pop music. Some episodes, including "Friday the 13th" (DVD version only), "Nightmare on Elm Street" (DVD version only), "Rocky" (DVD version only), "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Halloween", and "An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol" have necessitated the composition of original scores, some of which reference Kyle Justin's theme song. Musician Chris Holland has contributed several acoustic rock songs, including covers of the opening song from Mickey's Christmas Carol by Irwin Kostal, the Theme from Star Trek by Alexander Courage and the march from Superman by John Williams.
Special guests
Occasionally, "special guests" based on famous film and television characters make appearances. These guests often provide additional commentary on the games and mock the Nerd's anguish, becoming increasingly foul mouthed and derisive as the episodes progress. The guests typically meet with unfortunate ends.
Most of the characters are played by Mike Matei, who also illustrates the show's title cards. His roles include Jason Voorhees, Bugs Bunny, Leatherface, Chop Top, Michael Myers, the Cowardly Lion, a Klingon, a Metron, and the Joker.
Freddy Krueger is played by James Rolfe with Matei taking on the role when both were in frame.[27] Also, Kyle Justin played both Spider-Man and Cousin Itt in separate episodes, which were accompanied by him performing the theme songs from Spider-Man and The Addams Family, with reworked lyrics. He also stars as himself in the Battletoads episode, though his name was not mentioned in the video.
Some episodes have a basic storyline inspired by the plot of the game or movie being reviewed. In these cases, guests are used to play the episode-specific characters. In the Halloween review, Michael Mulvey and Lil' Liam Mulvey, wearing Optimus Prime and Swamp Thing costumes, respectively, play the parts of the neighbor's Trick-or-treaters. Nicole Mulvey plays the neighbor. In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre review, Jimmy Jim Slugg appears as the hillbilly.
In The Nerd's take on A Christmas Carol, Stuttering Craig and Handsome Tom, co-founders of ScrewAttack, appear as the Ghost of Christmas Past and the Ghost of Christmas Present, respectively. A Dracula sprite from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest represents the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.[28][29]
In another video, singer/songwriter Kyle Justin joins him in playing Battletoads, though he is known only as the Nerd's guitar guy. When the Nerd furiously asks why is he always behind his couch, Justin responds, "there are no other couches to go behind."
Animated characters
The show also makes use of original animated characters to add commentary or advance an episode-specific plot. The review of Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu uses a character called "Shit Pickle" to comment on the game play. In the Wizard/Super Mario Bros. 3 review, the Nerd calls upon the "Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 B.C 4.0 Beta" to assist in the destruction of a demonically possessed Super Mario Bros. 3 cartridge. This character is a combination of Jesus, robotic components, assorted weapons, and a Metal Gear style tank. Both Shit Pickle and Super Mecha Death Christ are originally from Rolfe's film "The Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell"[30] and are voiced by James Rolfe and created by Mike Matei.
DVD
On November 18, 2007, the first AVGN DVD set was released. It includes all of the episodes up to Bible Games. Some material, such as movie clips from Back to the Future and Rocky, were removed to avoid copyright infringement and replaced with new material. The DVD includes extended versions of the "Wally Bear and the NO Gang!" and "Rocky" reviews as well as an original documentary, deleted scenes and most of the videos posted exclusively on ScrewAttack.com. In all, the DVD set contains approximately three hours and 15 minutes of content.
According to Rolfe, the initial pressing of the DVD sold out in less than a week.[31] In addition, there were 100 DVDs sold with James Rolfe's autograph on the front cover.[32] The GameTrailers.com episodes will be featured on subsequent DVD releases.[33] According to the Cinemassacre website, Rolfe stated that he is working on the Volume 2 DVD which would be three discs long.[34]
Related media
Cinemassacre's Shit Pickle
Shit Pickle is a 3 episode series based on the original character "Shit Pickle" from Rolfe's and Mike Matei's The Wizard of Oz III: Dorothy Goes to Hell.[30] Shit Pickle reappeared as a guest reviewer in "Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu." He was later given his own short series, of which three episodes have been produced. Episode One introduces two new Pickle characters: Dick Pickle and Tit Pickle. Episode two introduces a family of monkeys that has a penchant for the phrase "Monkey Cheese" and uses non sequitur humor. Rolfe and Matei produce the episodes, with Rolfe generally doing the voice acting and Matei doing the animation.
| Episode | Video | Length | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shit Pickle | 1:49 | August 11, 2007 |
| 2 | Shit Pickle - Episode #2 (with Monkey Cheese) | 3:16 | September 14, 2007 |
| 3 | Shit Pickle - Episode #3 | 3:33 | February 26, 2008 |
You Know What's Bullshit?
"You Know What's Bullshit?" is a series of short videos in which Rolfe angrily complains about seemingly inconsequential problems in a style similar to that of the Angry Video Game Nerd. Topics have included security labels, pennies and movies about penguins. Illustrations for "You Know What's Bullshit?" are made by Mike Matei.
On December 12, 2007, the Nerd's "You Know What's Bullshit?" penny rant was featured on CNN's "News to Me" segment. [35]
| Episode | Article | Length | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Security Labels | 01:05 | May 6, 2007 |
| 2 | Pennies | 01:04 | May 13, 2007 |
| 3 | Shoelaces | 01:16 | May 28, 2007 |
| 4 | Movies about penguins | 00:51 | June 4, 2007 |
| 5 | Lack of Pens at Post Offices | 01:03 | June 17, 2007 |
| 6 | Paying Restrooms | 01:11 | December 7, 2007 |
| 7 | Temperature | 01:22 | February 8, 2008 |
| 8 | Printers | 01:22 | May 20, 2008 |
Video Game Movie Quote of the Week
Rolfe produced four episodes of ScrewAttack's Video Game Movie Quote of the Week segment in his Angry Nerd persona. They have been collected for his YouTube account during July 2007. Each episode contains a short clip with an obscure quote from a video game-licensed film.
AVGN Vs The Nostalgia Critic
 | This section may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources. (May 2008) |
Rolfe's character, the Angry Video Game Nerd, is involved in a satirical battle against a fellow internet personality known as the Nostalgia Critic, nicknamed "That Guy with the Glasses". It all began when the Nostalgia Critic posted an online video where he expressed his disgruntlement at the AVGN for failing to keep his fans "under control", where the Nerd's fans make comparing comments, which the Critic sees as "unfair comparisons between the two of them."[36] This event led to a seemingly cheerful response from Rolfe on March 13, 2008, who stated on his ScrewAttack forum that he finds the Nostalgia Critic funny and calls himself a fan of his.[37] However, the Nostalgia Critic took this comment as having a "hidden message" and found that it was actually a fictional "coded insult" that said ,"Lick my shit Nostalgia Critic." from the AVGN.
After that, with the debut of the Critic's new website, he revealed a list of certain topics he would be covering, with one of those topics being the 1989 film, The Wizard. Less than a day later, Rolfe released his latest video at the time where he reviewed both Super Mario Bros 3, & The Wizard as well, which angered the Critic, thinking that the Nerd tried to review it first and he responds with a 40 second barage of insults. As the Critic reviews the film, he discovers (fictionally) that the film's main character, Jimmy, grew up to be the Nerd (Jimmy was actually played by Luke Edwards, not James Rolfe), which angers the Critic as he is trying to convince the audience that no one from The Wizard has a successful career after the movie.
Soon after that, Rolfe then posted a video response as the AVGN on his Cinemassacre Youtube account belittling the Nostalgia Critic (for example, he stated that the hidden message that acutally left for the Critic was "Lick my balls, you piece of shit Nostalgia Critic."), while maintaining throughout the video to the viewers that his attacks were purely satirical.[38] However, Rolfe did leave an advertisement of The Critic's website to newcomers who did not know of the rivalry. This led to over two thousand new unique visitors within the first two hours - with over 18,000 videos viewed, which flooded his server[39].
The Nostalgia Critic then posted a video challenge to the AVGN to review a horrible nostalgic movie of his choice.[40] On June 28, 2008, the AVGN attended an event at a Digital Press Video Games store in Clifton, New Jersey, with one-time companion Captain S of PBC Productions. The Critic then made a surprise appearance to the store to reissue his challenge to the Nerd in person. The AVGN accepted the challenge, but only if the Nostalgia Critic would review a "bad game" as well. The Nostalgia Critic would in turn accept the condition but only after the conclusion of a climactic stalemate 'epic battle' with one another, along with Captain S.[41]
On July 28, Rolfe made good on accepting the Nostalgia Critic's request to do a terrible movie, and reviewed the movie Ricky 1. [42] In turn, Walker (the Critic) had to review a bad video game in response to the challenge. He decided to do a review of Bébé's Kids, which was released on August 3, 2008. The Critic even parodied the Nerd right down to the outfit and with support from Kyle Justin Music , where Kyle Justin used a new version of the AVGN theme song entitled "The Angry Video Game Critic", which was simply recorded in the video. After the Critic reviewed the game, he broke the game cartridge and he then stated that the feud was not over.
On September 24, on Walker's own site, Walker had created a video in contribution with Rolfe, in which, fictionally speaking, the AVGN hacked into a video that the Critic was making about the feud between the two, and seemed to attempt to reconcile, but instead took the opportunity to insult the Critic's talent. Having had enough, the Critic decided that the final battle between the two would have to commence, and the Nerd agreed, challenging the Critic to come over to his own home. As the Critic runs from his home in Chicago, Illinois to the Nerd's home in New Jersey, the Nerd stands waiting at the door for the Critic. The supposed "Final Battle" video will be posted on October 10 on both Walker's and Rolfe's websites.
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External links
Official Websites
- Angry Video Game Nerd website
- Angry Video Game Nerd forum on ScrewAttack
- ScrewAttack.com official website
- GameTrailers.com's ScrewAttack section
- CineMassacre.com official website
Articles
- The Angry Video Game Nerd Is Back FLAREgamer Interview
- Do you play?
- 1UP Interview
- Vin's Interview
- German Interview
- 4 color rebellion
- This week In Geek - Interview Begins at 43:35
- 411 mania interview
- The Movie Buffer
- South Korean Interview
- +N Magazine Interview (Swedish)
- Disk-One.se Interview (Swedish)
- Angry Nerd brings back bad memories - yesweekly.com
- Do you play? (Philippines)
- "The Angry Video Game Nerd" on "OMG INTERNET!: The On-Going History Of Internet Humour"