Le Joueur du Grenier (literally "The Attic Gamer") is the main character and title of a web television series of hilarious retrogaming video reviews developed by French filmmakers Frédéric Molas and Sébastien Rassiat in 2009, featuring Frédéric Molas and Sébastien Rassiat themselves.
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The channel mainly centers around retro game reviews that include rants against games of particularly low-quality or poor design, similar to the Angry Video Game Nerd, which is the show's direct inspiration.
On September 13, 2012, the channel launched a new series called Papy Grenier, in which Le Joueur du Grenier discusses good video games for 5 to 8 minutes per episode. They eventually developed the Bazar du Grenier ("The Attic Bazar") channel, which contains more diverse videos (including playthroughs or cinema critics).
They have almost 3.7 million subscribers on their official YouTube channel and over 1.8 million on their secondary Bazar channel. As a result, it is one of the most popular French channels on the website. Frédéric Molas has also hosted a Twitch broadcast channel called Joueur du Grenier since 2020, with over 805.980 subscribers.
Name | Frédéric Molas Sébastien Rassiat |
Profile Name | Joueur Du Grenier |
DOB (Age) | Frédéric Molas: November 26, 1982 (age 39) Sébastien Rassiat: October 12, 1982 (age 39) |
DOJ (YouTube) | September 29th, 2009 |
Total Videos | 149 |
Schedule/Status | Unscheduled |
Net Worth | $753.57 thousand |
Nationality | French |
Residence | France |
Platform | Followers/Subscribers | Views |
YouTube | 3.7 million | 1,015,912,104 |
YouTube | 1.85 million | 875,494,675 |
Twitch | 805,980 | 22,409,522 |
Instagram (Frederick) | 214,168 | |
Instagram (Sebastian) | 31.1k | |
Twitter (Frederick) | 1.3 million | |
Twitter (Sebastian) | 301,202 |
“Player of the attic - Knights of the Zodiac - NES” is the first video on the Joueur Du Grenier channel. The video has over 6.6 million views as of September 2022. In the video, they discuss different aspects of and review the game Knight of the Zodiac
Since the age of seven, Frédéric Molas has been obsessed with video games, notably the Mega Drive, his favorite console. Following his Bachelor’s degree, he acquired a certificate of Brevet de technicien supérieur in corporate communication, allowing him to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in multimedia.
He became interested in video production by creating machinimas (videos generated from graphics of video games) while studying at the Institute for multimedia development and education, where he met Sébastien Rassiat.
They formed an association to create institutional videos, working for free for a year before obtaining a little salary. They launched the program Le Joueur du Grenier in September 2009, believing that their association would only last a few months. Their subject was testing video games noted for their low quality or high difficulty, as inspired by The Angry Video Game Nerd.
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In November 2013, the duo joined the NESblog collective, which includes videographers such as Realmyop, Coeurdevandale, Usul, Karim Debbache, and many more, all of whom frequently appear in their videos.
At the request of Capcom, Frédéric Molas and Sébastien Rassiat created four short comedic presentation movies for the video game Dragon’s Dogma between May 16 and June 6, 2012.
The series title, “Joueur du Grenier”, refers to the concept of resurrecting ancient archived games. The show uses the same popular concept as its American counterpart, The Angry Video Game Nerd, which is the review of video games from the 1980s, 1990s, and, more recently, the 2000s, which are frequently judged terrible.
The series’ primary character is “The Attic Gamer”, who conducts the tests on his sofa in front of a camera. Throughout the play, he wears a yellow shirt with green palms, making him easily identifiable.
Many YouTubers have appeared as extras throughout the years, ranging from local French YouTubers like Usul or Antoine Daniel to American internet comedians like The Nostalgia Critic’s Doug Walker and even the Angry Video Game Nerd himself, James Rolfe, during the series’ 11th-anniversary episode.
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According to Net Worth Spot, the duo is worth $753.57 thousand as of August 2022. The Joueur Du Grenier channel has an average of 3.14 million views per month and approximately 104.66 thousand views per day. YouTube channels can earn between $3 and $7 per thousand video views.
According to Net Worth Spot, Joueur Du Grenier earns $12.56 thousand each month, totaling $188.39 thousand every year. Ads might bring in more than $339.11 thousand per year if Joueur Du Grenier has a good salary. YouTubers rarely have a single source of revenue. Influencers can earn money by promoting their own products, receiving sponsorships, or earning affiliate commissions.
Frédéric Molas, who was born in Perpignan on November 26, 1982, earned a bachelor's degree in Business Communication from the Institute of Development and Multimedia Education. Because of the difficulty, he failed his Bachelor's degree in Multimedia. On his mother's recommendation, he studied audiovisuals at the Institute of Development and Multimedia Education in Perpignan in 2006, where he met Sébastien.
Sébastien studied electronics before joining Joueur du Grenier. However, because the number of hours spent on physics and math was more than the number of hours spent on electronics, Seb left his formation. He then attempted a computer class. He came upon an AV video instruction and met Frederick there.
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Joueur Du Grenier are active on many social media platforms. Their followings are massive on each platform and just as impressive as their YouTube subscriber base.
On Twitch, they have a following of over 805k and they stream games such as Minecraft, Spider-Man, Pummel Party, Golf Gang, and Disney Dreamlight Valley. On Instagram, the duo has a combined following of 245k. Sebastien posts random pictures, and Frederick posts solo pictures and pictures with his friends and family. On Twitter, the duo has separate accounts and have a combined following of 1.6 million.
The upload schedule of this channel is erratic. The videos on the channel usually get several million views relatively quickly. The content on the channel is mostly focused on gameplays and videos where they discuss different aspects of and review video games.
This is their most watched video, with over 17.5 million views as of September 2022. The team of Joueur Du Grenier make a skit set in the Harry Potter world and also review the Harry Potter game.
This is their second-most watched video, with over 14.2 million views as of September 2022. In the video, Frederick talks about and discusses several fighting games, including Street Fighter 2.
This is their third-most watched video, with over 14.1 million views as of September 2022. This video entails the Joueur Du Grenier duo talking about superheroes.
This is their fourth-most watched video, with over 12.8 million views as of September 2022. This video entails the Joueur Du Grenier duo talking about old TV shows and cartoons.
A. As per SocialBlade, the duo earns an estimated amount of $15.5K per month and $186.5K per year from the Joueur Du Grenier channel.
A. Frédéric and Sébastien met at the Institute for multimedia development and teaching.
A. Yes, in 2019, Frédéric Molas took part in the third edition of the Z Event, a charity event that raised over 3.5 million euros for Pasteur Institute research. He returned for the 2020 event, which raised €5.7 million for Amnesty International, and again for the 2021 edition, which collected more than €10 million for Action Against Hunger.