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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8x01 Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
19 March, 2014 9:00 pm
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (often referred to as just Big Rigs) is a 2003 third-person racing video game developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing for the PC. The box for Big Rigs states that the main objective of the game is to race a semi-trailer truck "Big Rig" to safety in order to deliver illegal cargo being carried by the truck, while avoiding the police. In actuality, there are no police in the game, no such objectives are presented within the game itself and there is no load attached to the truck! Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing received extremely negative reviews when it came out. Reasons being - lack of collision detection, frequent bugs, poor visuals, and severe lack of functionality. As a result, the game is now widely regarded as one of the worst video games of all time
8x02 Desert Bus
28 May, 2014 10:00 pm
It's the 10 year anniversary since the first episode of the Angry Video Game Nerd!
In this episode the Nerd takes a look at Desert Bus and Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Redaction! Desert Bus was a mini game that was included on Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors (and unreleased game planned for the Sega CD). It was developed by Imagineering and published by Absolute Entertainment. Absolute went out of business so the game was never released but the Nerd was able to obtain a copy to torture himself with! In Desert Bus, you drive a bus from Arizona to Las Vegas in real time. It's considered one of the worst games ever made, making it ripe for a review by the Nerd!
Then the Nerd takes a look at Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Redacted - a hack that improves upon the flaws in the original NES game.
8x03 E.T. [Atari 2600]
10 October, 2014 10:00 pm
This review is from the feature-length film "Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie" now adapted into "episode" format. You can view this as a plot spoiler, but I'm sure everyone already knows the movie ends with an E.T. review. The movie is more about the story behind the game, the Atari landfill, but with a science fiction twist. To understand all the context and imagination behind it, see the movie. Or enjoy it here as a standard "Nerd" episode.
8x04 Beetlejuice
14 October, 2014 10:00 pm
It’s show time! The Angry Video Game Nerd is back with a new episode! This year’s Halloween installment takes an assault on another LJN game, Beetlejuice, for the NES, based on the hit movie by Tim Burton.
8x05 Tagin' Dragon
11 December, 2014 10:00 pm
It's the holiday season once again! This year's AVGN Christmas special clocks in at over 1 hour total! Therefore, it's been broken into several parts, so you can look forward to the Nerd torturing himself every day, for the next twelve days. Prepare yourself. It's the 12 Days of Shitsmas!
8x06 Alf
12 December, 2014 10:00 pm
Welcome back! It's day two of the Nerd's "12 Days of Shitsmas" Today the Nerd is reviewing ALF for the Sega Master System!
8x07 CrazyBus
13 December, 2014 10:00 pm
It's day 3 of the Nerd's 12 Days of Shitsmas! You thought Big Rigs and Desert Bus were bad? Well check out Crazy Bus!!
8x08 Ren & Stimpy: Fire Dogs
14 December, 2014 10:00 pm
It's day 4 of the Nerd's 12 Days of Shitsmas! This time it's Ren & Stimpy: Fire Dogs for the Super Nintendo!
8x09 Rocky and Bullwinkle
15 December, 2014 10:00 pm
The 12 Days of Shitsmas continues! Today the Nerd reviews The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends on NES!
8x10 Mary-Kate and Ashley: Get a Clue
16 December, 2014 10:00 pm
You remember them from Full House. Now see Mary-Kate and Ashley in their own awful video game for Game Boy Color!
8x11 V.I.P. with Pamela Anderson
17 December, 2014 10:00 pm
You loved her on Baywatch and Home Improvement! Now see Pamela Anderson in her own crappy game! The Nerd reviews V.I.P. for the original playstation!
8x12 Lethal Weapon
18 December, 2014 10:00 pm
How many movie based NES games (not made by LJN) can you name? Batman. Gremlins 2. Well, how about Lethal Weapon!
8x13 Porky's
19 December, 2014 10:00 pm
The 12 Days of Shitsmas continues.. Today the Nerd reviews Porky's for Atari 2600!
8x14 HyperScan
20 December, 2014 10:00 pm
For the tenth day of his Christmas, the Nerd has a go with playing the HyperScan – a console designed to use special cards that need to be scanned into it in order to play its selection of games
8x15 Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure
21 December, 2014 10:00 pm
For the eleventh day of his Christmas, the Nerd questions why he needs to walk around a virtual version of a real theme park, as he tries out Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure for the GameCube
8x16 LJN Video Art
22 December, 2014 10:00 pm
On the 12th Day of SHITSmas, AVGN fans gave to me... the LJN Video Art!?! Noooo!!!
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