Timeline

Here is the timeline of major events in the site's history.

2007

 * July: ThatGuyWithTheGlasses showed up on YouTube and started the 5 Second Movies and The Nostalgia Critic shows.
 * December: Version 1 of the site appeared with minor information.

2008

 * April 3rd:ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com officially launched and all 5 second movies and Nostalgia Critic episodes were gradually moved over to the site. The following sketches were added in the ensuing weeks: The Bjork Show, Cheerios 2, How I Quit My Job and Aristocrats. Mike Michaud is instated as administrator of the site.


 * April 18 and 19th: First Nostalgia Critic rants against the Angry Video Game Nerd.


 * April 20th: First Nostalgia Critic episode on the site: Pokémon the First Movie.
 * Doug Walker issued his welcome message for the site, welcoming the people.


 * April 21st: Site trailer launched. Version 2 of the site launched.


 * April 27th The Wizard Rant against the Angry Video Game Nerd.


 * May 11th: Bum Reviews aired its first episode with a review of "Speed Racer".


 * May 22nd: The Other Guy began writing articles with a review of "Iron Man".


 * May 28th: The Last Angry Geek's comic reviews began with a look at "ROM: Space Knight".


 * July 6th: Bhargav appeared as "Ma-ti" in the Nostalgia Critic "Captain Planet" review.


 * June 10th: Premium site content launched.


 * June 13th: Ask That Guy With the Glasses aired its first episode.


 * June 15th: Angry Video Game Nerd responds.


 * June 20th and 22nd: The Bum appeared on AskThatGuy.


 * June 24th:That Dude In the Suede's first 5 Second movie, "Neon Genesis: Evangelion".


 * June 25th: Lori Prince Live premiered.


 * June 30th: Handsome Tom interviews Doug.


 * July 20th: Animenia by That Dude In the Suede premiered with the Top 11 Greatest Animé theme songs.
 * Film Brain started his series of 5 second videos with "Dumb and Dumber" in 5 seconds.


 * July 21st: Film Brain wrote an article where he introduced himself and then went on to create more articles reviewing movies.


 * July 22nd: The Spoony One's reviews appeared on the site with a look at "The Dark Knight".


 * July 30th: Benzaie's GYMDK premiered with a look at "Powerslave".


 * August 1st: The Spoony One began The Most Awesome Thing. He looked at "Black Summer".
 * Matt Briner's DVDiablo articles started with a look at "Honey We Shrunk Ourselves."


 * August 3rd: AMV Heaven by That Dude in the Suede aired.
 * The Nostalgia Critic reviewed the game, "Bebe's Kids".


 * August 10th: The Search for the Nostalgia Chick began.


 * August 13th: ThatAussieGuy's show Riz's Rave Reviews aired for the first time with "The Bourne Conspiracy".
 * Storage and Disposal began article writing with a top 20 countdown of the best episodes from "Batman: The Animated Series".


 * August 15th: GSYMDK by Benzaie premiered with a look at the soundtrack to Lethal Weapon.


 * August 17th: Forums were launched.


 * August 19th HopeWithinChaos's Epic Fail began.


 * August 22nd: Chat room created.


 * September 4th: Bennett The Sage began his Sage Reviews with a look at "Mercenaries 2".


 * September 5th: Coldguy began writing articles. His first look was at "MAGfest".
 * Rollo T began his articles with a "Choke Book Review".


 * September 9th: ThatChickWithTheGoggles began Games I Grew Up On with a look at "Jill of the Jungle".


 * September 15th:TheDudette is crowned the Nostalgia Chick. Fellow runners up Marzgurl and ThatChickWithTheGoggles were also given spots on the site.


 * September 16th: The Nostalgia Chick's first episode aired with a look at "Pocahontus".


 * September 17th: The Users of TGWTG.com in 5 Seconds Contest began.


 * September 23rd: The Aussie Critic released with ThatAussieGuy as host. He reviewed "Crocodile Dundee".
 * The Spoony One began his review of "Final Fantasy VIII".
 * ThatChickWithTheGoggles released Quickies. Her first look was at "Katamari Damacy".


 * September 24th: Nostalgia Critic/Angry Video Game Nerd Last Showdown.
 * Geek-lover.com interviews Doug.
 * Cory Lemay interviews Doug.


 * September 26th: Rollo T began his articles called Hollywood Genocide.


 * October 1st: Marzgurl created an intro video with a sketch.


 * October 5th: Benzaie's Top 5 began with a look at the The Top Five Worst Genesis Movie Games and his Five Second Video Games began with a look at "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for the NES.


 * October 9th: AskThatGuy issued a contest to find the zaniest answers to five questions he selected.


 * October 10th: Angry Video Game Nerd vs Nostalgia Critic: The Final Battle


 * October 13th: Video showing the Users of TGWTG.com in 5 seconds was released.


 * October 16th:Transmission Awesome, the official podcast for the site began as hosted by HopwithinChaos, Rollo T and Coldguy. With them was ThatAussieGuy. It first aired October 4th on Bored Shitless Productions


 * October 17th: Internet Superstar interviews Doug.


 * October 20th: Little Miss Gamer and PBC Productions began appearing on the site with a look at "High Compatibility".


 * October 21st: The first Nostalgia Critic Halloween special: NC vs Teddy Ruxpin.


 * October 25th: AVGN vs Nostalgia Critic retrospective aired.


 * October 27th: Riz's Rewind Rave began with a review of Mighty Final Fight.
 * The Spoony One began his vlogs and reviewed "Dead Space".


 * October 30th: Benzaie premiered FAQ YOU! with a look at "Infinite Discovery".


 * November 16th: Dr. Gonzo began writing articles with a look at dads and their infatuation with high scores.
 * Columbia College Q&A


 * November 21st: Marzgurl started a two part look at the history of animation.


 * November 23rd: Lion King Rifftrax.


 * November 29th: Linkara's Atop the Fourth Wall began with a look at the top 15 WTF moments in comics.


 * December 3rd: Trailer Trash Quantum of Solace aired.


 * December 5th: Press Start aired with PS Adventures.


 * December 20th: Make 'em Laugh Commercial.


 * December 24th: Happy Holidays message from the staff of the website.


 * December 26th: TheCat created her "Anime Year In Review" article.

2009

 * January 2nd: Lee Davidge and Still Gaming premiered.


 * January 3rd: AskThatGuy's season ending episode showing the contestant's answers.


 * January 4th: Ask ThatAussieGuy and Ask That Dude in The Suede videos aired.


 * January 6th: Nickelodeon Month began with a month long look at Nicktoons, Nickcoms, SNICK and the movie, "Good Burger".


 * January 7th: Angry Joe and his show premiered with Top Reasons "Gears of War 2" Kicks Ass.


 * January 10th: Doug Walker 's PBS commercial Airs during Saturday Night Live
 * Linkara's 5 Panel Comics began with a look at "Watchmen".


 * January 18th: Paw's Full Circle premiered.


 * January 19th: Special Goodbye to That Dude in the Suede video was released, featuring most of the site's contributors and Mike Michaud and Mike Ellis.


 * January 24th: HopeWithinChaos's Epic Fail became a featured part of the site.


 * January 30th: Making of the Final Battle sketch comes out of the premium section and is made available for all to see.


 * February 3rd: TheDudette as the Nostalgia Chick appeared and co-hosted the review of the movie, "Ferngully: The Last Rainforest" with the Nostalgia Critic.


 * February 7th: Lee began a new series called Snapshots.


 * February 12th-the 13th: The site had it's first ever pledge drive. Over 7000 dollars were made as callers called via Skype and phonelines. The team was out in full force with new: GSYMDK, Nostalgia Critic, Askthatguy, Angry Joe, Bum Reviews and even took many callers. For a more comprehensive look, please go to this page: Drive Report


 * February 18th: The Transmission Awesome Live event aired on Ustream.com with Doug, Bhargav, Mike Michaud, Mike Ellis and The Other Guy as guest stars. Prizes were given away and a good time was had by all. For more on the event, see: TA Live.
 * Comment system changed for the better as the old system crashed the site from time to time.


 * February 21st: Games have been added to the site. The games have a 1980s feel to them.