Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC was an American entertainment company based in Austin, Texas. It was started in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman. Rooster Teeth was part of Warner Bros.
Achievement Hunter was a part of Rooster Teeth Productions, an American company that makes video game content. It was started by Geoff Ramsey and Jack Pattillo on July 6, 2008. The website first focused on a game feature called achievements but later became an important part of Rooster Teeth, sharing many types of videos about video games.
Nostalgia Critic is an American comedy web series created, directed by, and starring comedian Doug Walker. The series began on YouTube on July 3, 2007. Later, it moved to Walker’s personal website, That Guy with the Glasses, and then to an online company called Channel Awesome.
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN; originally called Angry Nintendo Nerd) is an American comedy web series created and performed by James Rolfe. The show follows Rolfe’s character, often called “the Nerd,” who gives opinions on old video games that are not well-made. At first, the series only had Rolfe playing games and talking about them.
The Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN; originally called Angry Nintendo Nerd) is an American comedy web series created and starred in by James Rolfe. The show follows Rolfe’s character, often called “the Nerd,” who is known for being easily angered and using strong language when reviewing old video games of poor quality. The series started with Rolfe playing games and giving commentary about them, but over time, it expanded to include sketches with guest characters, reviews of gaming equipment, and short lessons about video game history and culture.
Daniel John Hardcastle (born March 23, 1989), who is known online as NerdCubed (written as Nerd ), is a British YouTuber, author, and actor. His YouTube channel, created in 2011, mainly features content about video games. As of December 2024, the channel has about 2.39 million subscribers and 1.37 billion video views.
Seán William “Jack” McLoughlin (born February 7, 1990), better known by his online name jacksepticeye, is an Irish YouTuber who creates videos about gaming, comedy, and vlogging. He was raised in Cloghan, County Offaly, Ireland, and played video games from a young age. He began uploading videos to YouTube in December 2012, and his channel grew quickly in the following years, reaching one million subscribers in 2014 and 10 million by 2016.
Mark Edward Fischbach (born June 28, 1989), known professionally as Markiplier, is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, and actor. He is one of the most popular creators on YouTube, where he is famous for making “Let’s Play” videos of indie horror games. In 2022, Forbes listed him as the third-highest-paid content creator on the platform.
The Mother 3 fan translation is a full English version of the 2006 Japanese video game Mother 3, created by members of the EarthBound fan community under the leadership of Clyde “Tomato” Mandelin. The original game was released in Japan after many years of delays. When official plans for an English version did not happen, fans from the EarthBound website Starmen.net announced their own translation in November 2006.
Fan translation, also called user-generated translation, is when fans create unofficial translations of books, movies, or other media. These translations are usually done in languages where official translations are not yet available. Fans who do this work are not trained translators, but they volunteer because they are interested in certain types of TV shows, movies, or other media.