Jose Antonio Vargas (born June 18, 1984) is an American media commentator and YouTuber.[2] He is notable for his portrayal of Angry Joe, the titular host of his media review-oriented YouTube channel AngryJoeShow.[3]
| Angry Joe | ||||||||||
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 Vargas at E3 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Born | Jose Antonio Vargas June 18, 1984 Austin, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
| Website | angryjoeshow | |||||||||
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| Channels | AngryJoeShow | |||||||||
| Years active | 2008–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 3.27 million | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.7 billion | |||||||||
| Network | Channel Awesome (2009–2018)[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: November 26, 2024 | ||||||||||
YouTube
editVargas launched his YouTube channel AngryJoeShow on October 4, 2008 with the video "Shit that Pisses Me Off - Madden 2009 Hardcore Gamers".[4] The show features Vargas' character "AngryJoe" reviewing a video game with a scale from 1-10. These reviews typically use sketch comedy and clips from his streams on Twitch. The channel was well-received by the YouTube community;[5] as of April 2021, it has accrued over one billion views and amassed more than 3.2 million subscribers.[6] In addition to game reviews, Vargas produces movie reviews on his channel. He and his channel have received mention in media covering YouTube,[3][5] most notably for Vargas' opposition to copyright overreach on YouTube.[7][8][9][10] His 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.[11][7][12]
Vargas was affiliated with Blistered Thumbs of the media production company Channel Awesome until April 2018. His departure was due to the then-ongoing controversy regarding Channel Awesome and many of its former producers, many of whom Vargas had previously known and affiliated with in the past.[1]
In April 2018, a Kickstarter project to create a board game featuring miniature-sized figures of licensed characters from the Street Fighter series of video games (in collaboration with Jasco Games) was launched by Vargas.[2][13] The project's Kickstarter campaign raised $400,000 on its first day, an event which in turn attracted media coverage.[14][15] In January 2021, Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game began shipping to those that backed the Kickstarter project. Vargas worked in another collaboration with Jasco Games on Mortal Kombat: The Miniatures Game based of the license of the same name.[16]
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | The Game Awards | Trending Gamer | AngryJoeShow | Nominated | [17] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Joe Vargas on Twitter: After some recent events have been brought to my attention I've decided to leave Channel Awesome, effective immediately. Our videos will not be cross posted to the site". April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Corrigan, Hope (April 6, 2018). "Street Fighter Board Game Announced on Kickstarter". IGN. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ a b "Star Wars Battlefront Developer Calls Out Critics For "Bending The Truth"". AOTF. October 19, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ AngryJoeShow (October 4, 2008), Shit that Pisses Me Off - Madden 2009 Hardcore Gamers, retrieved May 10, 2018
- ^ a b Jackson, Gita. "Angry Joe's Fans Can't Deal With Him Taking A Vacation From YouTube". Kotaku. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "AngryJoeShow". YouTube. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Thier, Dave. "Major YouTuber 'Angry Joe' Gives Up On Nintendo, Calling Them 'Anti-Gamer'". Forbes. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Opinion: Why YouTube's ad algorithm is killing your favourite creators". Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Nintendo Might Not Be Behind All Copyright Takedowns". CGMagazine. August 5, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ Good, Owen. "YouTube's Copyright Crackdown: Everything You Need To Know". Kotaku. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ Good, Owen. "Game Critic Says YouTube Copyright Policy Threatens His Livelihood [Update]". Kotaku. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Bigtime YouTuber says enough is enough; he won't do any more Nintendo videos (Update)". Polygon. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Angry Joe details his Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game". destructoid. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Kickstarter for Angry Joe's Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game pops over $400,000 in one day". destructoid. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "A Street Fighter Board Game Is On the Way and It Looks Beyond Rad". pastemagazine.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Mortal Kombat: The Miniatures Game". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "Robert Luxmoore Student Travel Awards". CSA News. 60 (6): 37. June 2015. Bibcode:2015CSAN...60f..37.. doi:10.2134/csa2015-60-6-17. ISSN 1529-9163.