Even though the history of film criticism
as a whole crosses so many continents and ideals and theories that it would
take far too long to sum it all up in a single post, how exists within the
realms of YouTube is, surprisingly, really easy to pin down. I say this because
it basically all comes back to the one I’m talking about today: The man who
decided to craft a several-year-long joke about just how seriously a person can
take it when a video game is… less than pristine, let’s say. Even amongst his contemporaries,
you can see the influence of this vitriolic foul-mouthed guy with a Jersey
accent in their work. So, since this is my dedication to my critical
influences, it’d be ridiculous if I didn’t highlight the grandfather of the
modern video review. These are my picks for the Top 20 episodes of the Angry
Video Game Nerd.