Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)
The Angry Video Game Nerd is an adult web television series of comedic retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe. The show's format revolves around his commentary and review of older, but unsuccessful video games which are deemed to be of particularly low-quality, unfair difficulty or poor design.
The series began as a feature on YouTube and later became a program on ScrewAttack Entertainment before moving to GameTrailers exclusively. The show was renamed The Angry Video Game Nerd to prevent any trademark issues with Nintendo and due to the fact he started reviewing games from non-Nintendo consoles such as those made by Atari and Sega.
Rolfe's character, "The Nerd" is a short-tempered and foul-mouthed video game fanatic. He derives comic appeal from excessive and inventive use of anger, profanity, and habitual consumption of alcohol while reviewing video games.
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3x01 Virtual Boy
19 February, 2008 10:00 pm
Widely thought of as one of the biggest disasters in video game history, The Nerd takes a look at every single game in the VB's catalog.
3x02 The Wizard of Oz
04 March, 2008 10:00 pm
Do you really think one of the most popular stories ever told could actually be turned into a good game? Shit no.
3x03 Double Vision: Part 1
25 March, 2008 9:00 pm
You've seen the Atari 5200 but what about it's competitors. In this two part episode The Nerd explores The Intellivision and ColecoVision.
3x04 Double Vision: Part 2
08 April, 2008 10:00 pm
3x05 The Wizard and Super Mario Bros. 3
22 April, 2008 10:00 pm
How can The Nerd find something wrong with the greatest NES game of all-time? If you dig a little deeper you would have seen it all along.
3x06 NES Accessories
14 May, 2008 10:00 pm
The Nerd has had some epic videos lately. In some what of a follow up to his insane battle with the devil in SMB3, he takes a look at all that crap you bought to play your NES games with.
3x07 Indiana Jones Trilogy
21 May, 2008 10:00 pm
If you haven't heard, the new Indy Jones movie hits theaters tomorrow. Just in time, The Nerd (with his youtube account reinstated) is here to showcase Indy's worst of the consoles.
3x08 Star Trek
11 June, 2008 10:00 pm
A review that's been in the work for a long while, The Nerd takes a look at one of a world phenomenon- Star Trek.
3x09 Superman
28 June, 2008 10:00 pm
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Crappier than a dirty toilet! It's Superman... Dear Lord....
3x10 Superman 64
09 July, 2008 10:00 pm
Fly in close for the Nerd's second look at the Man of Steel.
3x12 Batman Part II
11 August, 2008 10:00 pm
What will happen to the BatNerd? Will the Joker have his way?
3x13 Deadly Towers
19 August, 2008 10:00 pm
If you caught the exclusive first couple minutes of the Deadly Towers review this weekend now's your chance to check out the full thing and see if one of your lines was included in it. YES!
3x14 Battletoads
03 September, 2008 10:00 pm
One of the best games in the NES library, Battletoads had only one major flaw... but don't tell Corey that.
3x15 Dick Tracy
16 September, 2008 10:00 pm
The only kids' game that makes you say Dick over and over again.
3x16 Dracula
15 October, 2008 10:00 pm
These games need a stake driven squarely through their hearts.
3x19 CD-i Part II
25 November, 2008 10:00 pm
Oh no, not Zelda! Even Link couldn't save her from this disaster.
3x20 CD-i Part III
09 December, 2008 10:00 pm
Thankfully the final look at the CDi, we can finally put this travesty to rest.
3x21 Bible Games II
23 December, 2008 10:00 pm
It's the most wonderful time of the year... unless you're the Nerd. Instead of watching heart-warming Christmas specials, he's playing some more bad games of biblical proportions, and the strange Christian-themed games just keep coming!
First up is Noah's Ark, developed by Contra developers Konami and released in 1992 for the NES. Wrap your head around that one! After that, we've got Sunday Funday, a religious rehash of Menace Beach, a game where you play as a skateboarder who's trying to save his girlfriend from gangsters before she gets stripped naked. How developers Color Dreams were inspired to turn this into a Christian game defies common sense. And just when you think it can't get any worse, the Nerd busts out the baddest of the bad - Bible-themed games on the CD-i!
If you were hoping for peace and love this Christmas, you might be watching the wrong video. So spike your eggnog and grab your stockings, 'cause the Nerd is going to town on these awful games!
3x22 Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
07 January, 2009 10:00 pm
This game contains one of the most awesome things The Nerd has ever seen.
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