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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 | 3.29 million | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.6 billion | |||||||||
| Network | Channel Awesome (2009–2018)[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: January 6, 2024 | ||||||||||
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]
Vargas 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. Vargas 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] Vargas' 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]
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | The Game Awards | Trending Gamer | AngryJoeShow | Nominated | [17] |
