ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Angry Video Game Nerd

Okay kiddo, imagine you have a favorite toy that you really love to play with. You have so much fun with it, but sometimes it doesn't work the way you want it to. Maybe it's too hard, or maybe it has a glitch and doesn't do what you want it to do.

Now imagine if that toy was a video game, and you were playing it on your computer or TV. That's where the Angry Video Game Nerd comes in. He is a man who makes videos where he plays video games and talks about why they might not be as good as people think they are.

The Angry Video Game Nerd gets really frustrated when he plays these games, and sometimes he even gets angry! He yells and curses at the screen, but he does it in a funny way that makes other people laugh. He's not really angry, it's just part of his "shtick," which means it's something he does to be funny and entertaining.

The Angry Video Game Nerd has been doing this for a long time, and lots of people like to watch his videos because they're funny and they also teach you about video games. Sometimes he talks about the history of the games he's playing, or how they were made.

So if you ever see a grown-up man yelling at a screen while playing a video game, don't worry! It's just the Angry Video Game Nerd doing his job and making people laugh.