Jose Antonio Vargas (born June 18, 1984) is an American media commentator and
YouTuber.
He is notable for his portrayal of the character AngryJoe and for his production of the ''AngryJoeShow'', a video game and movie review channel.
YouTube
Vargas launched his
YouTube channel ''AngryJoeShow'' on October 4, 2008 with the video "Shit that Pisses Me Off -
Madden 2009
''Madden NFL 09'' is an American football video game based on the NFL that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the 20th annual installment in the ''Madden NFL'' video game franchise. The game was released for the Ninten ...
Hardcore Gamers". The show features Vargas's 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;
as of April 2021, the channel has accrued over one billion views and has amassed more than 3,200,000 subscribers. In addition to game reviews, Vargas produces movie reviews on his channel. Vargas and his channel have received mention in media covering YouTube,
most notably for Vargas's opposition to copyright overreach on YouTube.
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
is a 2015 party video game. Developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Wii U, it is the tenth main installment in the ''Mario Party'' series and the first game in the series since ''Mario Party 4'' to have Donkey Kong as a playable c ...
''.
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.
''Street Fighter'': The Miniatures Game
In April 2018, a
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...
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.
The project's Kickstarter campaign raised $400,000 on its first day, an event which in turn attracted media coverage.
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.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joe, Angry
Video game commentators
Video game critics
American male video game actors
American people of Puerto Rican descent
Gaming YouTubers
Let's Players
Living people
American male YouTubers
Channel Awesome
People from Austin, Texas
1984 births
YouTubers from Texas
American film critics
YouTube critics and reviewers
Commentary YouTubers
Comedy YouTubers
YouTube channels launched in 2008
English-language YouTube channels