Scripted series · YouTube
The Angry Video Game Nerd
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
James D. Rolfe
The Nerd
234 eps
Kyle Justin
The Guitar Guy
141 eps
Mike Matei
Bugs Bunny/The Joker/The Cowardly Lion
152 eps
Steven J. Klaszky
Jimmie Jim Slugg
1 eps
Craig Skistimas
Ghost of Christmas Past
2 eps
Pat Contri
Pat the NES Punk
1 eps
Lloyd Kaufman
Self
1 eps
Nathan Barnatt
Keith Apicary
1 eps
Macaulay Culkin
Self
1 eps
Kevin Finn
Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin
3 eps
Mike Butters
TV Game Guy
1 eps
Xander Arnot
Pepsiman
1 eps
Gilbert Gottfried
Fred Fucks
1 eps
Derek Forte
Shesez (Self)
1 eps
Seamus Blackley
Self
1 eps
Justin Silverman
Violator
1 eps
Joe La Scola
Devil (voice)
1 eps
Mister Lobo
The Narrator
1 eps
Matthew Kowalewski
Matt McMuscles
1 eps
Justin Whang
The BGF Director
1 eps
Evan Ferrante
Tom Cruise Look-Alike
1 eps
Nicolette Shutty
Mrs. Gremlin
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Angry Video Game Nerd actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Angry Video Game Nerd reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
20 seasons · 234 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201149 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200417 episodes
10.0IMDb
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200724 episodes
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200823 episodes
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200925 episodes
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201011 episodes
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20116 episodes
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
201211 episodes
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
201416 episodes
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
20155 episodes
Season 10 · Complete
Season 10
20165 episodes
Season 11 · Complete
Season 11
201712 episodes
Season 12 · Complete
Season 12
20189 episodes
Season 13 · Complete
Season 13
201911 episodes
Season 14 · Complete
Season 14
202012 episodes
Season 15 · Complete
Season 15
202115 episodes
7.5IMDb
Season 16 · Complete
Season 16
20226 episodes
6.0IMDb
Season 17 · Complete
Season 17
20236 episodes
6.0IMDb
Season 18 · Complete
Season 18
20249 episodes
5.5IMDb- Poster unavailableSeason 19
Season 19 · Complete
Season 19
20258 episodes
- Poster unavailableSeason 20
Season 20 · Complete
Season 20
20263 episodes
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S20E03
Crash Bandicoot Games with Caddicarus
S20E02
ToeJam & Earl with Scott the Woz (Sega Genesis)
S19E08
E.T. Interplanetary Mission (PS1)
- Directed by James D. Rolfe
- Written by James D. Rolfe
S19E07
Timecop (SNES)
S19E06
Werewolf: The Last Warrior
- Directed by James D. Rolfe
- Written by James D. Rolfe
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- James D. RolfeWriter
Direction
- James D. RolfeDirector
Where to watch
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