The Angry Video Game Nerd Iceberg Explained - PlatinumYoshi

[@theflyingninja1]

Considering how iconic AVGN is - probably the most iconic KZbinr of all - it's surprising he's only got less than 4 million subscribers.

[@seeingisbelieving5161]

His fame is just spread out through places and eras

[@babauranai]

his influece is bigger than his subscription count. Also the internet was A LOT smaller back in his peak days

[@plaguis1391]

He didn't start on KZbin, so that's not an accurate representation at all

[@RaZeRbLaDeZ]

Not really...he stagnated around 2015 when he let the screenwave slobs in the door. He doesnt even write or produce his own shit anymore.

[@jumentoqueanima]

Fr.

[@sugandhakohli]

Level 1 to 4: Cool tidbits and behind the scene stories. Level 5: AVGN is dead, AVGN is in hell, AVGN is a clone. What the hell happened there!

[@realyungjoe]

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING

[@ArbitraryOutcome]

Every episode of AVGN is personalized.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

And THAT is why you should law off the interner once in a while - Notice how i didnt say "Completely" -..... people is just sadly weird, and the internet is not much more of a window showing that

[@axlefoley6330]

I agree, I think they are overthinking it considering it's just a comedy game review show.

[@JJMcCullough]

Very well done vid, I learned a lot and I appreciate you made the iceberg yourself.

[@PlatinumYoshi]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@JacobTheCroc]

Board James truly is the most tragic character in AVGN universe. He only wanted to play Board games with friends but ended up in prison, then completely gone.

[@DoucheWaffe]

I forgot why he ended up in prison lol

[@anderson9244MLG]

@@DoucheWaffe he killed his playmates in a board game session and he got exicuted via electric chair

[@insaneballer63]

@@DoucheWaffe bro nice offspring pfp, love the smash album

[@LamarINH]

Nah He ended up in jail in his first life and that’s why he killed his friends in every other life because he had some unfinished business with him

[@scoopstacey3112]

@@LamarINH a true historian I see. James just mentioned on the cinemassacre podcast that he has an idea for a prequel to board james. It shows what he did to end up in the “board game hell” that is board james. Its not in production or anything, but cool nonetheless.

[@hedgehogstatus69]

18:36 There’s actually a rare version of the NES Accessories episode where James elaborates more on his scope not working. Shortly after, he re-edited it to state it was because of his flatscreen TV.

[@Sh1nleaf]

Its not that the Nerd never dies, he just has unlimited continues.

[@harveyradius]

A. B. B. A.

[@mandspals]

He must’ve picked easy mode🤣

[@opalyasu7159]

He’s been using D4C this whole time. Someone even made a video of it

[@j_tha_panther]

ABBA

[@pauliewalnuts2527]

@@harveyradius A.B.B. fuckin A

[@therealcharmander738]

The fact that the teddy bear has the year 2015 on it's foot supposedly in the year 2004 could be an iceberg entry all it's own.

[@YggdrasilAudio]

How the ass did I not realize that?!

[@phreakout93]

Didn't he reveal/ mention that was intentional ? Like there was something in each revisiting that kept it grounded in the year it actually was?.... Maybe I'm trippin

[@YggdrasilAudio]

@@phreakout93 That makes some level of sense, if we imagine that the cameras are getting replaced with something in each character's head, I guess '15 Nerd would see a' 15 teddy bear.

[@Chichimee]

*its

[@WakanaGojo86]

Well he did warn us at the beginning that Level 5 is pretty much going to be theories and made up stuff

[@Blizzard199X]

I’d say this is more of a Cinemassacre Iceberg than an AVGN Iceberg but this was still very well researched! Also a very big fan of Fake AVGN Thumbnails!

[@Krystalmyth]

I miss the original Dennis the Menace thumbnail lol wish someone had saved it

[@TheRealRustyIsHere]

@@Krystalmyth Wait, there was an original thumbnail for it

[@ClockWithoutNumbers]

@@TheRealRustyIsHere there was an original thumbnail for everything before copyright claims came along and totally ruined it.

[@TheRealRustyIsHere]

@@ClockWithoutNumbers Copyright is such bullshit, honestly

[@ClockWithoutNumbers]

@@TheRealRustyIsHere yes it's mostly you give someone else credit for something that you did yourself or get your video taken down which is honestly how stupid it can be

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

Every time the Nerd dies and comes back, it's not because of Multiverse Theory or ghosts or anything. He just had extra lives.

[@Quirderph]

That's a great (and very on-brand) theory.

[@lucaschannel726]

Yeah that sounds way more likely. He just has unlucky for him 2,000000000000 extra lives

[@SuperWiiBros08]

Really good iceberg video glad I helped with some of the ideas

[@baxterbunny4403]

hi wiibro

[@PlatinumYoshi]

Thank you, I'm glad that you and everyone else that helped me make this video come to life

[@baxterbunny4403]

@@PlatinumYoshi very good vid

[@PlatinumYoshi]

Thank you

[@baxterbunny4403]

@@PlatinumYoshi np

[@charlessaints]

53:43 not just the internet, but for me personally . . . my life i was gonna marry my girl at the time and we were planning on getting married with the avgn orchestral music as her aisle music. she died during the covid lockdown (not covid related) and avgn will always bring back bittersweet memories on another note though, this felt like a rabbit hole more than an iceberg 😅, if that makes sense great video 👍. didn't feel like almost an hour at all

[@Jack574.]

Sorry for your loss, man

[@Trifixion22]

Sorry for your loss man

[@BeyondBaito]

Those same people calling James sexist also insulted his wife calling her a gold digger. Make of that what you will.

[@PlatinumYoshi]

Ironic

[@viscountrainbows6452]

This is the same energy behind people that are "anti-racist" calling Black people all sorts of slurs and disdain. Source: I have been on the receiving end of this.

[@pineapplealien2907]

I mean... I really doubt that? Everyone always acts like multiple groups of people making contradicting criticism is proof of some Hysterical Hypocritical Mob and not that the internet has a lot of people with a lot of different opinions lol

[@fordid42]

James and April met in 2004, before he ever got big and they both had zero idea that was going to happen... what the hell

[@Krystalmyth]

@@fordid42 not to mention... as if James himself isn't enough of a cutie pie to wanna be with just being who he is like what the fuck come on. what a bizarre thing to say.

[@Pieguy3OO]

I love AVGN and James he's been my childhood. Been watching him since middle school. still watch him to this day.

[@Reefer-Rampage69]

Exactly the same for me haha

[@TheRelen222]

Strange to hear you say that, because to those of us that are older, the games he refers to are our childhood.

[@legorobot2369]

My favorite thing about the Happy Video Game Nerd is that he drinks *wine* to celebrate good games, as opposed to the AVGN drinking *beer* to get through bad games. It's such a little genius detail that differentiates the two characters more. The punks that appear in Wizard of Oz 3 ( 35:24 ) appeared in the AVGN episode on the Bill & Ted LJN game. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3KYc2ucjdVjl7c You should've mentioned that in the video.

[@PlatinumYoshi]

Oh shit, I didn't realize it was those characters from Wizard of Oz 3. Thanks for pointing that out! Also yeah, it is clever that HPVGN drinks wine instead of beer.

[@AB0BA_69]

@@PlatinumYoshi No mention of Mike's racist comics? Or his scummy behavior on stream when James was doing his movie? You have much to learn yet, padawan lol

[@PlatinumYoshi]

I have mentioned the racist comics at 33:01. The behavior on streams, that I didn't know

[@kidder83]

The AVGN’s anger is a force of nature, it can’t be defeated

[@KoopaProductions64]

I just watched the whole video and I just want to say it's been a wild ride. I can't believe you were editing this video at 2 in the morning but its impressive that you did. I'm happy to help you with some parts of the iceberg and I hope you get a good sleep after editing a video this long.

[@PlatinumYoshi]

Thanks man. I'm really glad that I got this done and out there and I'm really glad you and the others I mentioned helped me out to make this possible.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I'd sincerely like to know what reason Howard Stern has for that streak of bitter arrogance. It's very weird to hear someone like him saying "I have a job" like he's some CEO yelling at a homeless person. Maybe there's a Howard Stern iceberg that explains it all.

[@RackerTheRascalMashup]

Thought a perfect iceberg video couldn't exist but here we are, i loved this video! So many throwbacks and memories we created with the fucking nerd and company

[@locobandito7389]

Mhm, yeah, nothing but good memories

[@Miumiu0404]

I'm so happy that Mike Mattei's bwc made it to the iceberg.

[@jasoncosta596]

Have you seen that thing? It's enormous af

[@medes5597]

@@jasoncosta596 it was tracked down to a British gay forum, he literally stole it from some random British guy lmao

[@palkoescobar5997]

I'm just gonna come out and say it, AVGN's Nitendo Gear / Super Form is one of the most badass things I've ever seen in my life. This isn't a joke, or a meme. I love how all the pieces perfectly fits together. Like they were hand-crafted for this one specific purpose.

[@GMDTheOnyxGuyEizzX]

Speaking of iceberg, there's one more thing from James which is a thing quite a plenty of times - him deciding to leave his career and then returning back. Megaman series, Desert Bus, Majora's Mask, etc.

[@hppvitor]

Regarding James and Mike acknowledging the Beavis & Butthead similarity, It'd be worth mentioning that they wore an AC/DC-Metallica t-shirt combination more than once in J&MM episodes.

[@AgentLevitar]

3:43 Additional Context: Shit Pickle's first true appearance in James' line of work was in his fanfilm/sequel to Wizard of Oz, Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy goes to Hell

[@TerminatorTheory]

*Fancams are also known as Tributes, of course speaking as a classic 2009 gamer B)*

[@leroux64]

It sad you don't talk about JDG (Joueur du Grenier), the most famous clone of AVGN who make video since 11 years for now. AVGN even make a cameo in the 11 years birthday video

[@RoanAkayume]

And JDG made a cameo on Mike's video about Saint Seiya on NES a few years ago

[@MCDreng]

@cowchipsbotme he makes videos in French which might be why if you don't speak it

[@hectorlumbagoCringe]

This is an awesome piece my friend, much love

[@vakapont]

There really is an iceberg for every topic, huh. enjoyed the vid the whole way thru

[@RowletGameing]

Finally, I've been waiting for this. how else would I pass an Hour.

[@MixdotTv]

thanks for the vids, james rolfe or avgn or cinemasacre my fav youtuber ever!!!

[@argkitsune]

Came from Twitter and enjoying it so far! Good work!

[@BugsyFoga]

“Brown bricks “ - Inspector Gadget

[@sir.paulord901]

I've been waiting for this for like, a month. Good job m8.

[@swagdoll420]

Great video! I really love the AVGN series, and even though I lost intrest in recent years, I still have a special place in my heart for the series.

[@Edmasterz]

This is the PERFECT iceberg! This was a trip down the memory lane. I feel old lol

[@PhilipMarcYT]

I miss Kyle and Bootsy on AVGN, but for me the weirdest thing is seeing James Rolfe going bald.

[@HorrorKidtheReviewer20]

Decided to watch some more of your content like your Pepsiman review, & Mario Bros. 3 & World Cartoon reviews after watching this. Pretty good content.

[@edwardmnatsakanyan9788]

Great video! A neat fact you could also add is how James was originally meant to to cameo in Godzilla vs Kong but couldn’t because the shooting was around the time that his kid was being born.

[@DarthRushy]

except it turned out it wasn't, and James was lying through his teeth

[@edwardmnatsakanyan9788]

@@DarthRushy Thx for the info. Looked it up and you’re 100% right. If anything that would make it an even more interesting addition to the iceberg lol

[@YaoiStick]

@@DarthRushy Where the source of him lying about it? o: Not saying that false, just curious. Can't find when quick Google now. Edit: NEVERMIND, found it now when scrolled a bit further

[@YggdrasilAudio]

@@DarthRushy Wait, then what really happened?

[@DarthRushy]

@@YggdrasilAudio James probably just didn't want to go, and didn't want to tell the fandom he wasted the oppurtunity.

[@TerminatorTheory]

*knowing IrateGamer created Puppet Steve was the biggest plot twist in my entire life!!!*

[@TheGenomario]

I kinda figured it out

[@henryentertainmentsystem9923]

same

[@Badumpop]

Well this was a fantastic video! Definitely worth the wait, you gave off a fun personality and it's clear your passionate about the nerd well done!

[@SalveASMR]

That was an amazing video. Thank you so much Yoshi and the research team. This is a great watch.

[@PaulTheSloth]

this is the most faithful iceberg for cinemassacre good job man 👍🏼

[@thatdude5121]

Didn't expect a Fate (Type-moon) trivia fact from this video. Neat.

[@kidder83]

The nerd talking to the Bear is one of the dumbest fucking reveals and I love it, bro I died laughing

[@emobassist]

You know your old when there is a retrospective of the avgn

[@JamesEmirzianWaldementer]

Glad you enjoyed and make iceberg AVGN videos, James Rolfe is very proud of you

[@Thunder11110]

oh my, this is hella good, sir! good job!

[@okjeffy6581]

My favourite KZbin channel from when I was 14

[@hipsterelephant2660]

FYI, the Atari Porn video was never uploaded to KZbin (at least on his main channel). It was released back when he was partnered on Game Trailers which allowed the more suggestive content, he only uploaded it to KZbin with his archived content through his website

[@juanelorriaga2840]

That outro at the end was great with him crying about 5:40 yet real slow lol def caught me off guard haha

[@Reefer-Rampage69]

This was a great watch, looking forward to more!

[@lulipop8655]

bro this iceberg is EPIC, you did an amazing job

[@noahrules7146]

video is about AVGN and the first entry is about Nostalgia Critic

[@humanharddrive1]

yeah☹️

[@vladimirmuca849]

Nice work with the iceberg Yoshi, you need a platinum trophy

[@SpencerBPD]

Amazing, this was great.

[@antusFireNova]

This sure was an enjoyable video to sit through!

[@SneakiestChameleon]

Super Mecha Death Christ actually made his debut in Rolfe's animated short "Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell". It's worth a watch, cuz it gets batshit insane by the end of it.

[@BurgerSoup]

Fun fact: one of the most well known French youtube channels, "Joueur du Grenier", is a channel inspired by the AVGN formula and has since became its own thing and for their 11-year special (part 2) the AVGN made a cameo appearance in it!

[@pentelegomenon1175]

I remember Opie & Anthony (a show very similar to Howard Stern's, with the two hosts being big Howard Stern fans) talking about the Nerd around the same time that Stern did, but they were pretty positive, I think they even interviewed James? I also remember James saying somewhere (in James & Mike?) that he practiced funny faces a lot in school to imitate cartoon characters, which is where he gets those unique "Nerd faces."

[@weslittlereptilefamily3418]

Opie and anthony did interview the nerd. James was an o and a fan. You can see their WOW sticker on his TV in the early videos

[@emobassist]

James Rolfe pioneered the concept of a any kind of show on KZbin

[@inlikeflynn7238]

this iceberg video just shows you that James is up for anything. He makes random cameos on all sorts of different channels and media regardless of the size of the channel. If a fan asks him for help or to just make an appearance on their channel then he'll show up.

[@SolidN8]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@jumentoqueanima]

This was to good. Especially for a channel THIS small. You deserve more.

[@AgentLevitar]

47:36 Fun fact: In a video from Cinemassacre where James and Mike review like old 8mm and 16mm film reels, they do mention that the Nerd cheating death was inspired by the Looney Tunes where they die one ep and are OK the next

[@ProGremlinPlayer]

I'm late to the party but I'm glad I was able to contribute to the iceberg somehow.

[@Sorroh]

The happy video game nerd definitely deserved more credit, it was one of the best avgn clones, they put an actual unique twist on the character and provided some good content for talking about video game gems.

[@MuneyMikeMidwestRetroGaming]

This was not a ice berg homie more like a chronological mini doc

[@atistaldi7140]

Gonna call it now, another great video

[@ThePreciseClimber]

The Happy Video Game Nerd is Obscurity Level 3? When Captain S is Level 2? Aww, maaaan...

[@yinyangyt8749]

This was an awesome iceberg man

[@TecDax]

Great stuff, was a fun watch. Something I missed though was the short-lived and quite unpopular OverAnalyzers.

[@austinsmith7731]

I always liked Overanalizers. I think with a bit more structure it could have been great

[@harrykearns5508]

The idea that the AVGN is able to cheat death through his anger being to powerful reminds me how Freedon Nadd became a Sith force spirit simply because he was too angry to accept death

[@randytyson]

I wasnt expecting the all rare metokur appearance, thanks

[@spec7441]

Good shit as always my man

[@redtzu]

a long and good research of video, love it

[@icychill105]

I met fred fuchs (gilbert gottfried) at a comedy club shortly after the life of black tiger video was out and he had nothing but nice things to say about james and the crew at cinemassacre

[@crazyscientistfarmer2091]

Amazing video!

[@codyeveryday5432]

Your accent sounds like Christopher Walken trying to hide his accent

[@Hanz_M]

When I heard that little factoid of Chris Bores being the creator of puppet steve, I really said "So the Irate gamer's creator is also the creator of Puppet Steve? ... I don't know how to feel about that." And when I found out about the factoid of The Nerd and the Critic in an Anime, yes, a LITERAL ANIME, *My jaw dropped.* And when I heard about the factoid of people calling James _sexist_ *OVER A F-CKING GHOSTBUSTERS MOVIE,* I brushed it off since it died off.

[@wareforcoin5780]

For some reason they thought it was because he didn't like women instead of the movie looking like it sucked.

[@redshellman]

That blows my fucking mind so hard that the Nerd was almost in a super bowl commerical. Like how huge would that have been!?

[@balgord]

Did you knew AVGN appeared in a French KZbinr video, a guy who was heavily inspired by the AVGN. His name is " Joueur du Grenier " and in the épisode " 11ANS de JDG - Partie 2 ", AVGN appear near the end at 35:44 for a brief moment.

[@Sevenigma777]

Great job man! You had to really put a lot of work into this and it def shows? I so wish James sees this video and can comment on all !the theories about the different nerds in different universes.

[@senormarston]

26:10 That VPN add has become like a nostalgic thing for me already, because every time I hear the add is right before an AVGN episode (and it got a catchy line mixing with the game that's about to get reviewed)

[@carnivalnightzone]

16:17 i’m pretty sure all of these were made by my mutuals LMAO

[@SploderianRich]

You really covered everything

[@bambeepik]

I totally forgot that Puppet Steve existed, and I never knew it was irate gamer was behind the channel.

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

The worst thing about Game Dude is that he took too long to select Wario

[@tykamen5588]

Who would have thought to make an AVGN Iceberg what were they thinking?

[@BackPalSA]

Didn't expect to see any Jim content anywhere outside of that corner of the internet, but he was definitely the first one I thought of when I thought of Gamedude!

[@РоманЖолобов-п4ф]

Really good video. Thank you)

[@senormarston]

"I miss Fredd Fuks" You can feel that is a genuine feeling

[@blackfrieza6969]

The Fucking Nerd Is Awesome.

[@thefdvproduction]

I think seeing Darth Vader and Miss Piggy during hyper speed is a call back to something James said in one of his Star Trek movie reviews, which is also why Spock shows up. Winnie the Pooh? Idk

[@Skelentor]

I would just like to add that Super Mecha Death Christ and Shit Pickle's first appearances were not their respective avgn episodes but rather they were both originally featured in Wizard of Oz 3 Dorothy goes to Hell.

[@PetProjects2011]

One thing to note regarding Bootsy is that while James still follows him on twitters, Bootsy does not follow James.

[@amirbaguio3870]

i feel like avgn and hvgn would be great friends with hvgn showing good games to avgn and hvgn listening to avgn about how bad of the game he plays, it's like a good cop and bad cop duo.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

I want important YT icon James Rolfe to meet underrated YTer and my hero NCS Timothy Bishop.... they both have a similar passion for movies, music and audiovisual arts including videogames. The laterr has an even more developed sence of videoames and culture about them than the star AVGN himself. It would also help for weird depression episodes that TIM is having lately - cause Experiences can Cure -

[@frostare]

18:06 Don't forget the time he let it grow to appear like Gomez Addams in the Addams Family episode. ;) 44:52 I used to compare that to the fan made Tanasinn boss battle in VIP Mario 5. I have no idea why the characters at the end appear. 48:00 Remember what he says at the beginning of the Dracula episode "it's a sacrifice to the soul..." What? No mention of the random things that AVGN used to have in his pocket instead of the pens in the earlier episodes? Like a crocodile, toys and stuff. =O As a matter of fact I only know this because he and Mike spoke about it in a conference and asked if anyone had noticed that... none came forth who did. =P In any case, thanks for doing an iceberg video of this... and credit to the people who helped and made the iceberg itself, I enjoyed thoroughly.

[@nightmarezer0507]

James is one of the only KZbinrs that I watch every ad in his videos. I highly doubt KZbin is paying him due to his content. So I am okay with it.

[@Gecko18045]

No time for ads

[@SuperNerdyBros01]

This is a great iceberg

[@leogio8093]

the nerd just abba's. its all the same nerd. every time. just back from the grave. or you know, its all movie magic, there isn't, never was, nor will ever be, a nerd, and tom cruise has a very elaborate and long-running side hustle.

[@PsionicMonk]

Been a fan of AVGN since the start of James Nintendo Nerd, I'll be excited to see if there is some new info for me 🤠

[@PsionicMonk]

The always past tense throws me off but it's a good video so far 😎👍