History WebVideo / TheAngryJoeShow

Back in November 2010, he and the other video games segments of [[Website/ChannelAwesome That Guy With the Glasses]] were spun off onto their own separate website, "Blistered Thumbs", with Joe serving as the site's executive leader, becoming a major contributor. When Blistered Thumbs eventually shut down in April 2018, Joe began focusing on managing his own site. He is currently a member of Creator/{{Polaris}}.

!!Provides examples of:

* {{Angrish}}: AJ indulges in this from time to time. For instance, he starts freaking out during a ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' game.

** In a similar vein, head desks as he resigns himself to VideoGame/NoMansSky's terrible crashing, complete with [[Franchise/StarWars space helmet]].

* HeadDesk: He does this in his ''Rambo: The Video Game'' review, after the game crashes during its insanely hard final level for the second time.

** '''Extended Review Discussions''': Certain games will have Joe and his team deliver a follow-up roundtable conversation about a title that Joe could not fully cover in its respective Angry Review. Joe's friends will also give their own personal rating on the game, using Joe's one to ten format.
** '''Rapid Fire Reviews''': A more traditional video game review with or without the skits (and at a shorter length), one of Joe's team members will do a voiceover discussing a title that was not given an Angry Review. The reviewer will score the game on a one to ten basis.

** {{Microtransactions}}: per HarsherInHindsight, due to the overabundance of this throughout the medium and having seen such egregrious price tags that makes his blood boil (like a weapon skin in ''VideoGame/{{Valorant}}'' costing nearly $100), Joe is forced to dock points off of an Angry Review if they're present.
** ObviousBeta: similar to {{Microtransactions}}, if a game (especially a "live-service") has severe issues at launch involving GoodBadBugs, server instabilities, game crashes and inconsistent presentation/visuals[[note]]Screen-tearing, missing assets and textures, disppearing heads-up display/user interface, etc.[[/note]], Joe will take these things into account for an Angry Review and score the game for what it is at release, not for what it can/will be post-launch, even if these issues might be resolved down the line.
* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: InUniverse: This is his opinion of ''VideoGame/DyingLight''. He feels the story is a derivative ClicheStorm full of boring characters and an uninspired [[VideoGame/FarCry3 Vaas]] ripoff villain. When it get's to the gameplay, though, he praises it feeling the parkour, fighting mechanic, and crafting system all contribute to an enjoyable experience.
* PowerEchoes \ PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Both happen when Joe becomes a Red Lantern.
* PraisingShowsYouDontWatch: [[invoked]]A variation. In his review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', he said he hadn't watched ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', but insisted it couldn't be as bad as the movie, considering the fanbase and adoration for it.

** The ENTIRETY of his review for [[VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution Ride to Hell: Retribution]] is considered one directed at its developers. He even speaks a variant of the trope itself to the game.

* WelcomeToCorneria: Mocked. Joe has ''issues'' with constantly repeated lines in games such as in ''Godzilla'' and ''Rambo'', among others.

--> '''Ezio Joe''': [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Allo]]. [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My name is Amigo Toyota]]. YouKilledMyFather''rr'', my mothe''rrr'', my brothe''rrr'', [[UpToEleven my rrroommate]] ... PrepareToDie. (''MusicalisInterruptus'') What the ''hh''ell is ''hh''appening? (''BlindedByTheLight'') [[GratuitousSpanish Caramba cuño]]! My eyes! Ah carajo!

* DesignatedHero: Parodied UpToEleven by "Joe Lee" in the ''Sleeping Dogs''-review intro skit, who actually manages to be downright StupidEvil.[[invoked]]

* FromBadToWorse: Joe reacts to the revelation that ''Rambo: The Video Game'' is yet another game with only '''[[RunningGag FOUR HOURS]]''' of gameplay about as well as you'd expect... and then remembers that it only even took that long because the last level was full of FakeDifficulty and kept crashing. The amount of gameplay when you take that level out of the equation? '''[[UpToEleven TWO HOURS]]'''!

* UpToEleven: Joe's Top 32 Reasons Fable III Sucks video, where he says a Top 10 list was just not enough to cover all the really bad points of the game and kept going.

* ''[[Film/{{Thor}} Thor: God of Thunder]]''

* AdultFear: Covers a real world case of this in his ''Top Ten Gaming Controversies of 2014'' when he brings up the rise in swatting that year. People had been issuing calls to the police department getting the SWATTeam sent to arrest gamers who like to stream their sessions. People had heavily armed police officers break into their houses and arrest them, just because of somebody's idea of a joke.

* {{Megane}}: In his ''VideoGame/HarryPotter'' reviews.