Mike Matei's raging at games (my thoughts)

 Mike Matei is well known for his time with Cinemassacre alongside James. But something he's become known for in recent years is his raging episodes while streaming games.

He's been streaming on Twitch for years now…and all of his fans are well aware of his raging. Why does he get so mad at games?

Well, any gamer knows how frustrating they can be

Mike is more than a casual gamer, so he gets really invested in the games. 

So for that reason, it's understandable why he rages so much. He even jokes about it in his streams about how he rages. He's well aware of how it might come across to people...I think.

Each of Mike's streams generally goes like this:

• 1. Stream starts off normal and calm, with Mike in a good mood and talking to fans.
• 2. Stream gradually devolves into Mike screaming loudly at the game repeatedly.
• 3. Mike eventually beats the game...or.
• 4. Mike rage-quits and ends the stream.

He does often beat the games, so he doesn't always rage-quit. He has beaten many games on stream. He's honestly a very talented gamer.

As I've said before, Mike is one of the main reasons Cinemassacre grew so big. 

Many have said that he is the "real Angry Video Game Nerd." 

I would have to agree with that to a large extent. He is definitely an "angry gamer". James Rolfe, by contrast, is not very angry at all in real life.

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Mike is really the one who talked James into making more of the AVGN episodes, so we have him to thank for the series running so long…even up to date. 

I honestly love watching Mike's streams, and the raging is part of who he is, and it's part of his character. He honestly wouldn't be the same to watch if it wasn't like that. 

Mike is fun to watch

So this is not me talking bad about Mike, I'm a big supporter and have always been a fan. Check out his streams if you get the chance, you'll enjoy yourself. 

He does some really funny stuff on his streams too. He'll put on funny costumes and play games in character and do stuff like that. 

He also sings and dances now and then, which is really funny. He's an excellent entertainer. So when he's not raging, he's entertaining you in other ways.

Mike loves to give his fans a good show. You can tell he loves what he does. I think if you get the chance, you should go and support him.

Like I said before, he rages because games can be very frustrating sometimes. I think we can all agree on that. 

Raging is a part of gaming

Anyone who's a true gamer has rage-quit at some point, probably lots of times. With so many gamers on the internet now, there are so many choices of them to watch.

But I watch Mike because of his very funny personality. His streams are just very entertaining. I guarantee if you watch one all the way through, you will laugh over and over.

I miss him at Cinemassacre, he was a true staple of the company. It's honestly hard to accept that Mike is no longer with the company. I never thought that would happen.

If you asked me 10 years ago, I never would have imagined we'd have a Cinemassacre without Mike Matei. It just doesn't seem real. He even had live streams of him gaming on the channel from 2016 and around that time.

That was back when live-streaming was just starting to get popular. 

UPDATE 2022: 

Mike left Cinemassacre as we all know, but he MAY be coming back. I'm not really sure, so don't quote me on that. But in the latest AVGN episode, Mike helped out with the episode and even did a title card like he used to!

I really love Mike's artwork, so his title cards are amazing. They give each episode a unique feel, for sure. They really bring something special to the Nerd episodes.

I can only hope that he returns to the channel to co-star in videos again and help out with them. He's part of what made the channel so incredible and grow so big.

Mike has been helping with some content on the Cinemassacre channel for the past year or so, from what I understand. 

I don't think he ever really "left" entirely. Even if he doesn't star in any videos and rages at games, we can see lots of his gaming on his Twitch channel and on YouTube. Mike will give us that content we crave.

Mike has lots of fans

There are plenty of us who love watching Mike. It is true, that a lot of people watch him for his raging at games, which is fine. But he's just entertaining all around.