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Angry Video Game Nerd
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James Rolfe aka The Angry Video Game Nerd is a retro gaming critic, yeah that's a pretty random job indeed but James has been making a name for himself online since 2004 when he posted a review of the NES game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. James had been making many videos reviewing games for many years beforehand growing up in the 90s but that Castlevania review was the first one where he obtained some internet notoriety.

Each classic game review usually pairs James with a notoriously bad video game, usually games movie tie games (Which every gamer knows suck 9 times out of 10) or outrageous gimmicks and gaming peripherals like the infamous Nintendo Power Glove. What follows is Hames torturing himself and suffering slowly as he grits and his teeth and plays through these awful, awful games. Cussing profusely and screaming in agony over how dumb, unfair and poorly designed these games are. These games are just that bad and why anyone in their right mind would expose themselves to it voluntarily is just insane.

A Brief History: In 2006 he signed up for a YouTube account and as his reviews steadily got more popular he was supported through ScrewAttack as they featured his reviews on their site and through ScrewAttack James has been employed by MTV Network's Gametrailers. In 2010 James took a break from Burnout but has since returned and continues to still post videos every month on Gametrailers and YouTube.

In fact there are plans for there to be a Angry Video Game Nerd film to be made sometime later this year. James has been working on a script reminiscent of Wayne's World and Rocky.

After reviewing 100 awful games from the past I'm sure he'll have a lot to say about the infinite amount of 8-bit horrors this man has seen. Here's just a taste of the AVGN back catalogue.