Game Dude Theory
This is a fictional joke story written by DaveTheUseless. Don't take it seriously, fellas.
Angry reviewing doesn't exactly need a detailed introduction... unless you haven't heard of it before. Made famous by James Rolfe, aka the Angry Video Game Nerd, angry video game reviewing is when someone on the internet video reviews a video game and pretends to be very upset about the quality of the game. Sometimes, this anger is channeled from childhood memories of how upset they were playing it--perhaps disappointment that a licensed game did not reflect a television show or movie to the satisfaction of the player.
But here's the thing: it's acting. It's simply... acting. They're never as angry as they claim to be in the video. They're playing a character (or, so it's said). Consider this: for a brief window, there was a video game reviewer--an angry video game reviewer on YouTube--who went by alexander4488 (also known as the 'Game Dude'). Although he had his fans, he also had a lot of detractors. People who viewed him as a plagiarist. Now, keep in mind that alexander4488 was very open about the inspiration that he received from the Angry Video Game Nerd.
In fact, in many videos, he referred to himself as 'Nerdspired'. Now, as for whether this clears him from allegations of plagiarism, well... that depends on your point of view. More or less. But what do I mean by that? What do I mean when I say "that depends on your point of view"? Might it even depend on the point of view of Alexander himself? What is his point of view? What is his perspective? Whose eyes was he seeing this through?
Think about it. alexander4488, aka Game Dude, aka Alex Badr, had... I would say an unhealthy obsession with James Rolfe. In fact, there was a stint in which he had letters that he claimed came from James Rolfe that, according to James Rolfe, did not. Now, we could assume that James was not telling the truth... but why? Why would we assume that? There's no reason to believe that. What we're told is that the letters were forged and that they weren't actually from James Rolfe.
But maybe they were.
You see: who are you? What are you made up of, and where did you come from? Sure, we all live on the planet Earth, but science traces us back to one origin point. A point of singularity. It is often said that we're all made of stars. We give each other names, we have identities, we're born to families... but what exactly is you, and what exactly is me? "Well", you might say, "That's taking things a little bit too far. Identity and ego might be somewhat of a delusion, but that doesn't mean that they don't practically exist." Good point... good point.
But what if it comes down to 'alias'? Then things are a little bit different. Consider this: when someone has an unhealthy obsession with another individual, it is often said that imitation is the highest form of flattery. However, the people being copied tend not to be flattered. Perhaps they are at first, but then perhaps that flattery gets a tad bit boring, tedious, or even infringes on the popularity and the financial gain (should it be business-related), of the original party. But what if the original party and the unoriginal party have more than a little bit in common.
You see: Alexander is from Canada. James Rolfe is from the United States (New Jersey, in particular). What about the times in which there were no new videos from James? Think about it. New videos from James used to happen all the time. All the time. New videos, released constantly... but then, there was silence. A lengthy period of silence, lengthy periods of silence. It wouldn't be hard--it wouldn't be difficult--for someone to, say, mm... change their experience. Change their appearance. Change their voice. Especially someone with a history of video production, engineering, acting, scriptwriting... it would not be difficult to do.
It's often said that people start imitating themselves--artist start imitating themselves. Is it life imitating art, or art imitating life? Rock and roll bands that have been around for a very long time end up sounding redundant and as if they're imitating their previous works. Not necessarily due to a lack of originality, but due to a desire to appeal to their fanbase. But what if the fanbase has gotten tired, or what if you even have retained your fanbase but you were tired? Then what? Or what if you want a new fanbase within the subset? The 'superset', if you will.
Listen: I can't prove that alexander4488 and the Angry Video Game Nerd are the same people. I can't. I don't have the evidence. All I can say is that it's very strange that someone as outspoken, frequently appearing, as Alexander... suddenly is no longer around, while the Angry Video Game Nerd experiences a newfound sense of popularity.
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