Brian Truitt

USA TODAY

James Rolfe is a video-game nerd on a mission.

Based on his popular web series, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie takes Rolfe's character, The Nerd, and gives him more to do than just rant about gaming — although there is some of that, too.

In the crowdfunded indie film, available via Vimeo on demand today and Blu-ray/DVD in November, the Nerd has long refused to review the infamous 1982 Atari 2600 game E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, widely deemed to be the worst video game of all time. But after hearing from his fans, the Nerd decides to overcome his fears and debunk the urban legend that there are millions of copies of the game buried somewhere in New Mexico.

He embarks on a road trip with pals, but soon they find themselves pursued by the military, who think the Nerd is headed to Area 51 in order to investigate a crashed UFO. (In real life, 728,000 E.T. cartridges were found buried in Alamogordo, N.M., this past April.)

Fun fact: The movie, which is co-written, co-directed and produced by Rolfe, features music by Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary, who scores for the TV series The Walking Dead, Outlander, Da Vinci's Demons and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.