Le Joueur du Grenier (literally "The Attic Gamer") is the main character and title of a web television series of farcical retrogaming video reviews created by French filmmakers Frédéric Molas (French pronunciation: [fʁedeʁik mɔlas]) and Sébastien Rassiat (pronounced [sebastjɛ̃ ʁasja]) in 2009, starring themselves.

Frédéric Molas (born 26 November 1982 in Perpignan), has been passionate about video games since the age of 7,[4] particularly the Mega Drive, his favorite console.

[5] After his Baccalauréat, he obtained a certificate of Brevet de technicien supérieur in communication to companies which allowed him to continue in a Bachelor's degree on multimedia.

[7] Together, they created an association to make institutional videos,[4] working on a voluntary basis for a year, before receiving a small salary.

Thinking that their association would last only a few more months, they created the program Le Joueur du Grenier in September 2009 at the start of their unemployment.

[7] In November 2013, the duo joined the NESblog collective, comprising videographers like Realmyop, Cœurdevandale, Usul, Karim Debbache, and many others, who make frequent appearances in their videos.

In March 2012, Frédéric and Sébastien created with a videographer, Krayn, the concept AFK (Away from keyboard), focused on MMOs, but which ultimately did not succeed.

[16] By the 2020s, the duo began to appear more frequently on other YouTube channels as themselves, varying in themes, like Edward's own web series and Hard Corner; a web series based on retrogaming made by an ex-employee of Channel Awesome, Benzaie, or in Twitch livestreams with Antoine Daniel, Mynthos, or Feldup.

Occasionally, Frédéric appears alone in other videos, like in the hundrenth episode of Fermez La; a program series mixing online polemics, popular criticism, and humour made by Mickael J., in 2021.

[3] Over time, many YouTubers appear as extras; from local French YouTubers like Usul or Antoine Daniel, to featuring American internet comedians like The Nostalgia Critic's Doug Walker[22] and James Rolfe, as the Angry Video Game Nerd himself, for the eleventh anniversary episode of the series.

[3] Recognizing that their first two videos were on the verge of plagiarism, Frédéric nevertheless underlines that they, then, found their own identity, in particular with the character of the Attic Gamer.

[28][29] Between 2013 and 2014, new members were added to the team and appeared as extras: "Shun Geek" (Aurora) and "Sorina Chan", the latter now spouse of Frédéric, in charge of costumes and illustrations respectively.

[30] Karim Debbache worked on writing and directing the episodes until 2016, where he left the team temporary to devote himself on his own show, Chroma, then from 2019 to 2023.

One of the characters created for an episode of the video game X-Perts, David Goodenough, was based on one of the developers' name.