Chapter 13 develops a brief historical overview of the development of the Black nerd (Blerd) as an identity during the last twenty years. Using the author’s own firsthand experience as a Blerd born and raised in New York City as a framework, this essay examines New York City’s fighting-game community (FGC) as it was nurtured by the physical space of Manhattan’s Chinatown Fair Arcade and, after its shuttering, the Next Level arcade in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, as well as the NYC-based Twitch channel “Team Spooky.” The chapter ultimately argues that a specific brand of the Blerd as an identity was formed by the combination of New York City’s local hip-hop culture and the Japanese otaku as a consumer of video games and anime.