The Angry Video Game Nerd

Synopsis

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.

Details

Created by

James D. Rolfe

Aired

May 25, 2004

Status

Returning Series

Country

United States of America

Network

YouTube

Episodes

236

View on IMDb

Where to watch

No known streaming options in United States.

Seasons

1. Season 1 · episodes: 17 · 2004
2. Season 2 · episodes: 24 · 2007
3. Season 3 · episodes: 23 · 2008
4. Season 4 · episodes: 25 · 2009
5. Season 5 · episodes: 11 · 2010
6. Season 6 · episodes: 6 · 2011
7. Season 7 · episodes: 11 · 2012
8. Season 8 · episodes: 16 · 2014
9. Season 9 · episodes: 5 · 2015
10. Season 10 · episodes: 5 · 2016
11. Season 11 · episodes: 12 · 2017
12. Season 12 · episodes: 9 · 2018
13. Season 13 · episodes: 11 · 2019
14. Season 14 · episodes: 12 · 2020
15. Season 15 · episodes: 15 · 2021
16. Season 16 · episodes: 6 · 2022
17. Season 17 · episodes: 6 · 2023
18. Season 18 · episodes: 9 · 2024
19. Season 19 · episodes: 8 · 2025
20. Season 20 · episodes: 5 · 2026

Cast

• 
  James D. Rolfe

  The Nerd
• 
  Mike Matei

  Franken-Nerd
• Kyle Justin

  Spider-Man
• Kevin Finn

  Glitch Gremlin
• Craig Skistimas

  Ghost of Christmas Past
• Steven J. Klaszky

  Jimmie Jim Slugg
• 
  Pat Contri

  Pat the NES Punk
• 
  Lloyd Kaufman

  Self
• 
  Nathan Barnatt

  Keith Apicary
• 
  Macaulay Culkin

  Self
• 
  Mike Butters

  TV Game Guy
• Xander Arnot

  Pepsiman

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