Chris NEO - The IRATE Gamer

Christopher Michael "Chris" Bores (born: ), better known online as The Irate Gamer and Chris Neo (originally CHRIS-TUBE), is an American gaming YouTuber. He makes very similar videos to the Angry Video Game Nerd, meaning that every review Chris has posted that the AVGN has posted, he has posted it later. Many fans deem this as "copying" the AVGN, which has created much controversy among fans.
==History==
Chris made his first YouTube channel on January 18, 2006 called "y2b2006". On the channel he would upload skits and short films he made as well as trailers for episodes of his series called "Haunted Investigators", where he would go to abandoned places around Ohio to find ghosts and spirits. The channel was not popular and went unnoticed.
Later Chris saw a popular genre of videos on YouTube, which included doing reviews on old video games in a mad style. The genre was made popular by Cinemassacre's Angry Video Game Nerd. Chris would go on to make a new channel on April 23, 2007, and upload his first video game review, which was Back to the Future on the NES.
He would go on to make more reviews, but the one that made him popular was his review of Super Mario Bros. 2 on the NES, which got featured on the front page of YouTube. This made him discovered by many and he eventually became the 2nd most popular angry game reviewer on YouTube. Most people however called him out on getting information wrong in some of his videos and also of him "ripping off" AVGN and stealing his lines, the greatest example was IG's review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Chris however would ignore these claims.
On July 20, 2016, Chris announced on his Facebook page that he will retire the Irate Gamer Show considering Season 5 will be his last. Though on March 30, 2018, Chris announced that he will return and rebrand his series under the name CHRIS-TUBE which he later renamed it to CHRIS-NEO.
On August 30, 2019, Chris launched his radio podcast video known as Geektime.
On May 12, 2020, Chris announced his return to the Irate Gamer Show, with a review of Ghostbusters on the NES.
Chris also runs two YouTube channels like as Puppet Steve and The Ghost Doctor.
==Style==
The Irate Gamer is a video game review series. The titular Gamer is a foul-mouthed video game fanatic.
Aside from Irate Gamer, he has other shows on his channel, such as "Irate Gamer NEO", where he would review new video games, "History of Video Games", where he covers the full history of video gaming (currently on a hiatus), several movie reviews, and "Irate the 80s", where he would review toys, food, and other things from the 1980s. He would also make several videos based off the video game series Skylanders.
As Chris NEO, Chris began changing his style of review dropping his angry foul-mouthed manner into a more calm and relaxing manner to distance himself from James Rolfe. He also began sporting a neon rave sunglasses and starts naming himself and his series Chris NEO (A combination of his real name and his former modern gaming Irate Gamer show "Irate Gamer NEO"). However Chris abandoned this style in late 2018 and returned to his old Irate Gamer persona 2 years later. 
==Controversy==
On April 21, 2018, during his return as Chris NEO, CommonNonsenseMedia's "Opening Up An Irate Gamer Documentary" video was received a false copyright by Chris Bores.Irate Gamer NEVER changes! He's back to false flagging videos again!Irate Gamer Raging at me
==2020 return and receiving positive reaction==
As of 2020, Chris finally made good terms with James Rolfe as they made a collaboration video with him in his Puppet Steve channel titled Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition Tabletop Arcade & Boardwalk Arcade Cabinet Unboxing, thus receiving mixed to positive reaction from his fans. He also started mentioning the Angry Video Game Nerd in his returning Irate Gamer Show as well as putting "Inspired by AVGN" in his intro. On June 30, 2020, Chris posted a trailer of his upcoming Dick Tracy review with the Angry Video Game Nerd being the first person to making a guest appearance on his show. Aside from Angry Video Game Nerd, several actors such as Ernie Hudson, Rob Paulsen and Peter Weller made a guest appearance as well.
In 2024, Bores stated in his "Dr. Disrespect is a Microcosm of Online Gamers - Prepare" video that he will refuse to collab with other gaming content creator due to ongoing drama that has been happening to gaming community.
==References==
Category:Users who joined in 2006
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
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