Angry Joe
Joe Vargas | ||||||||||
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Personal information | ||||||||||
Born |
Jose Antonio Vargas June 18, 1984 Austin, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||
Occupation | YouTube personality | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
Channels | AngryJoeShow | |||||||||
Years active | 2008–present | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 2.9 million | |||||||||
Total views | 818.5 million | |||||||||
Network |
None Channel Awesome (2009–2018) | |||||||||
Catchphrase(s) | "I'll see you guys on the next Angry Joe Show" | |||||||||
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Jose Antonio "Joe" Vargas is an American media commentator and YouTuber.[1] He is notable for his portrayal of the character "Angry Joe" and for his production of The Angry Joe Show, a video game review channel.[2]
YouTube channel
Vargas launched his YouTube channel The Angry Joe Show in October 2008 with the video ""S**t that Pisses Me Off - Madden 2009 Hardcore Gamers" on 4 October.[3] The show features Vargas's character "Angry Joe" reviewing a video game on a scale of 1-10 using sketch comedy. The channel was well received by the YouTube community;[4] as of 2018 the channel has accrued over 800 million views and has amassed 2,965,000 subscribers.[5] In addition to game reviews, Vargas produces movie reviews on his channel. Vargas and his channel have received mention in media covering YouTube,[2][4] most notably for Vargas's opposition to copyright overreach on YouTube.[6][7][8][9] Vargas's interest in copyright on YouTube stemmed from an incident in which Nintendo of America filed a copyright claim on a video of Joe playing Mario Party 10.[10][6][11]
Vargas was affiliated with Blistered Thumbs of the media production company Channel Awesome until April 2018.[12]
Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game
In April 2018 a kickstarter project to create a miniatures game using licensed characters from the Street Fighter series of video games was launched by Vargas.[1][13] The project's kickstarter campaign raised $400,000 on its first day, an event which in turn attracted media coverage.[14][15]
References
- 1 2 Corrigan, Hope (2018-04-06). "Street Fighter Board Game Announced on Kickstarter". IGN. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 "Star Wars Battlefront Developer Calls Out Critics For "Bending The Truth"". AOTF. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ AngryJoeShow (2008-10-04), S**t that Pisses Me Off - Madden 2009 Hardcore Gamers, retrieved 2018-05-10
- 1 2 Jackson, Gita. "Angry Joe's Fans Can't Deal With Him Taking A Vacation From YouTube". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "AngryJoeShow". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 Thier, Dave. "Major YouTuber 'Angry Joe' Gives Up On Nintendo, Calling Them 'Anti-Gamer'". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "Opinion: Why YouTube's ad algorithm is killing your favourite creators". Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "Nintendo Might Not Be Behind All Copyright Takedowns". CGMagazine. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ Good, Owen. "YouTube's Copyright Crackdown: Everything You Need To Know". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ Good, Owen. "Game Critic Says YouTube Copyright Policy Threatens His Livelihood [Update]". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ↑ "Bigtime YouTuber says enough is enough; he won't do any more Nintendo videos (Update)". Polygon. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ↑ "Joe Vargas on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "Angry Joe details his Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game". destructoid. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "Kickstarter for Angry Joe's Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game pops over $400,000 in one day". destructoid. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "A Street Fighter Board Game Is On the Way and It Looks Beyond Rad". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-05-10.