Admiral Test

The Angry Video Game Nerd vs. The Irate Gamer

Look, we all know the Irate Gamer sucks. But just how much does he suck?

A lot.

But just to be thorough, let’s take an in depth look at how he became the pile of suck he is today.

Let’s start first with the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN). I discovered AVGN in the winter of 2007 when I was browsing YouTube. The first video I saw was his review of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the NES.

I had this game when I was a kid and I always thought it was totally hard, so I really could relate to what he was saying. The first thing I noticed and liked about this video was how it was put together. The picture quality, camera work, sound and editing were all very good for an internet video. I also thought that James Rolf (AVGN) was doing a decent job on his acting. When James Rolf is interviewed about the Nerd character, he usually says that it’s just a role he plays. That’s somewhat true, but he’s clearly a video game/movie nerd in real life. In my opinion, the Nerd is really just him being himself with the volume turned up.

With that said, when I watched the video I felt like he was genuinely frustrated and angry from playing the game, but he threw in a little bit of acting for good measure. After watching this video, I was a fan.

Rolf isn’t perfect and I sometimes think his humor is a bit forced. He can get carried away, but his natural presence and the fact that I love retro games makes him an easy watch for me.

According to his website, Rolfe made the 1st two episodes of AGVN just messing around on VHS in 2004 but was encouraged by his friends to post them online and make more a couple of years later. He still continues to posts new videos about once or twice a month on gametrailers.com.

Here’s the Irate Gamer.

He sucks.

But the million-dollar question is why does he suck? Well, first of all, look at him. Seriously, look at this guy; he’s ugly and he’s a blatant rip-off.
The first video I came across was his review of the NES game for the movie “Back to the Future”. The Irate Gamer posted this video on April 28, 2007, but the funny thing is, AVGN already reviewed this game and posted on July 29, 2006.

That’s almost year before the Irate Gamer.

So why does Irate Gamer need to review this game again? Well, he doesn’t, but that’s not the even the main problem. The problem is the Irate Gamer copies AVGN nearly word for word throughout in the video. He copies the jokes AVGN makes about the game not following the movie. Things like Marty going around collecting clocks, avoiding bees, and the shitty 8 bit music that loops over and over were all covered by the Nerd and dug back up by Irate Gamer.

It’s real astonishing that this guy is going to rip off AVGN’s format of making videos, steal his lines, and then have the nerve to post it nearly a year after, but think no one is going to notice that he’s a rip off. Plain and simple, he saw that AVGN’s videos were popular and he copied him trying to cash in on his success. I mean, I dig the idea of reviewing and looking back at old games, but do we really need more than one guy to do it? Especially when one of the guys just rips off the other and sucks?

So, we’ve established that the Irate Gamer is a rip off of the AVGN in more ways than one, but that’s not even the number one reason this guy needs to hide in a sewer.

To put it bluntly, he’s just a horrible personality. I completely admit that sometimes AVGN’s jokes can be lame, that he can get carried away in his videos, that he keeps putting that Mike Matei guy in his videos (who may suck as much as the Irate Gamer), but Irate Game is bad. He’s so forced in everything he does. His jokes feel so planned out and unnatural in their delivery.

Like I said before, you feel that the Nerd is actually frustrated by the games he’s playing and you can relate. With the Irate Gamer, he seems like he’s just pretending to be mad and making jokes when the video doesn’t even call for it.

Did I mention he sucks?

If that isn’t enough, he’s also really ugly and fat and that makes his videos extra hard to watch. His voice also sounds like he’s gumming down a butt or something. It always sounds like he can’t breathe, like he has a couple wieners clogging his nasal passages. Basically, if AVGN never existed and this guy was the first to come out with these retro game review videos and was completely original, he would still suck. He’s just not any good at being funny or entertaining.

In conclusion, the Angry Video Game Nerd is way better than the Irate Gamer, but I think that goes with out saying. Despite what I think are AVGN’s flaws and shortcomings, he makes fun and entertaining videos. The Irate Gamer just doesn‘t. This dude has to know he sucks, but for some reason he just keeps going. He just keeps making videos. He’s actually had to disable comments in his videos because people just make fun of them.

Maybe he wants to let us know he sucks, but it’s just never come up. Maybe someday when he’s chewing on a butt or clogging his nose with wieners, he’ll accept it.

Did I mention he sucks?

Winner: The Angry Video Game Nerd

For fun, here’s both of the reviews for Back to The Future for NES. Remember, AVGN’s came out almost a year before the Irate Gamer’s.

Watch both to see for yourself how much of a rip off The Irate Gamer is. Plus, doesn’t it seriously seem like he’s talking out of a butt?

The Angry Video Game Nerd’s review of Back to the Future for NES



The Irate Gamer’s review of Back to the Future for NES

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