{"rewrite":{"id":"r_2e0bb1d2e747e137d2c95da6","clusterId":"c_b7feb9e0fe4b1483b096dacd","slug":"youtube-upload-dates-now-read-20-years-ago-as-avgn-clip-turns-20","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"YouTube Upload Dates Now Read 20 Years Ago As AVGN Clip Turns 20","summary":"YouTube now shows \"20 years ago\" on upload dates for videos from 2006, and a post by game video creator Joey Ferris pointing this out has drawn attention on X. The image he attached is the first Angry Video Game Nerd installment, a Castlevania II: Simon's Quest review posted on April 8, 2006. James Rolfe marks 20 years on YouTube in 2026, and he and Mike Matei have released an official retrospective video.","whyItMatters":"The label change is a plain timestamp, and it lands on the exact clip that defined early game video on the platform, so the milestone reads as a date marker for a whole era of internet culture rather than a single channel's anniversary.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe oldest video on the platform, \u0026#34;Me at the zoo,\u0026#34; went up on April 23, 2005, and more than 21 years have passed since. The AVGN installment that Ferris attached was produced in 2004, before it reached YouTube. Ferris wrote that he never thought he would see the site print \u0026#34;uploaded 20 years ago.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRolfe and Matei, who have worked together for years, discuss the channel\u0026#39;s history and memories tied to individual videos in the retrospective. AVGN\u0026#39;s format is Rolfe playing an angry game nerd who covers mostly retro titles in a rage performance laced with insults, and it reached Japanese viewers through volunteer-translated uploads on Nico Nico Douga.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"James Rolfe's Castlevania II review sat on YouTube for years before the platform's date display made its age visible. The AVGN retrospective now reads as a timestamp on how long creator-driven video has existed.","twitterPost":"The AVGN's Castlevania II review is now labeled 20 years old, a timestamp on how long creator video has existed.","threadsPost":"James Rolfe's first Angry Video Game Nerd video, a Castlevania II: Simon's Quest review, now shows a 20-year-old upload date on YouTube. The platform's date label turns the AVGN into a timestamp: creator video has been around long enough to measure in decades.","newsletterBlurb":"YouTube's upload dates have started reading \"20 years ago,\" and Joey Ferris drew attention to it with the first Angry Video Game Nerd video, posted April 8, 2006. James Rolfe marks 20 years of YouTube activity in 2026, with an official retrospective video alongside Mike Matei. The platform's oldest clip, \"Me at the zoo,\" is past 21 years.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/28/174166.html\",\"title\":\"The era when YouTube displays \\\"20 years ago\\\" has arrived... 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