Angry Joe

Joe Vargas
Personal information
Born Jose Antonio Vargas
(1984-06-18) June 18, 1984
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Nationality American
Occupation YouTube personality
YouTube information
Channels AngryJoeShow
Years active 2008–present
Genre
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"
100,000 subscribers 2012
1,000,000 subscribers 2013

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. 1 2 Corrigan, Hope (2018-04-06). "Street Fighter Board Game Announced on Kickstarter". IGN. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. 1 2 "Star Wars Battlefront Developer Calls Out Critics For "Bending The Truth"". AOTF. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ↑ AngryJoeShow (2008-10-04), S**t that Pisses Me Off - Madden 2009 Hardcore Gamers, retrieved 2018-05-10
  4. 1 2 Jackson, Gita. "Angry Joe's Fans Can't Deal With Him Taking A Vacation From YouTube". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. ↑ "AngryJoeShow". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. 1 2 Thier, Dave. "Major YouTuber 'Angry Joe' Gives Up On Nintendo, Calling Them 'Anti-Gamer'". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  7. ↑ "Opinion: Why YouTube's ad algorithm is killing your favourite creators". Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  8. ↑ "Nintendo Might Not Be Behind All Copyright Takedowns". CGMagazine. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  9. ↑ Good, Owen. "YouTube's Copyright Crackdown: Everything You Need To Know". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  10. ↑ Good, Owen. "Game Critic Says YouTube Copyright Policy Threatens His Livelihood [Update]". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  11. ↑ "Bigtime YouTuber says enough is enough; he won't do any more Nintendo videos (Update)". Polygon. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  12. ↑ "Joe Vargas on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  13. ↑ "Angry Joe details his Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game". destructoid. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  14. ↑ "Kickstarter for Angry Joe's Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game pops over $400,000 in one day". destructoid. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  15. ↑ "A Street Fighter Board Game Is On the Way and It Looks Beyond Rad". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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