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Angry Video Game Nerd
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), originally the Angry Nintendo Nerd, is James Rolfe's comedy web series begun May 2004 with a Castlevania II review, a pioneer of internet game reviews on Cinemassacre, ScrewAttack, and GameTrailers.
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie is a 2014 independent sci-fi comedy by James Rolfe and Kevin Finn, crowdfunded with $325,327 on Indiegogo, about the Nerd investigating the Atari E.T. landfill legend.
Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?
Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? is an American video game sketch comedy web series created by Anthony and Ashly Burch, premiering in 2008 and running until 2019.
Homo Ludens
Homo Ludens (1938), Johan Huizinga's study of the play-element in culture; source of the magic circle concept, definition of play, and founding text of game studies, contrasted with Caillois.
The Gamechangers
The Gamechangers: 2015 BBC Two docudrama, 90 minutes, directed by Owen Harris, written by James Wood, starring Daniel Radcliffe as Rockstar's Sam Houser and Bill Paxton as attorney Jack Thompson; unauthorized, sued by Rockstar, poorly reviewed.
The King of Kong
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is Seth Gordon's 2007 documentary on Steve Wiebe's challenge to Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong world record via Twin Galaxies; acclaimed (97% RT, Metacritic 83), later entangled in Mitchell's 2018 score-stripping dispute.