4/25/2007 - Fun Stuff

Yes, indeed I became addicted to YouTube mainly due to the videos of James Rolfe, AKA the Angry Video Game Nerd. He struck a chord with retro gamers everywhere with his video reviews of horrible old games. Sure, his "nerd" character is a created persona, and he's not an expert gamer, but his complaints about these games are almost always deserved. His videos are slickly produced (he's a Mac user) and they're some of the most hilarious creations you'll ever see in any medium.

A couple of weeks ago, some group of idiots massively flooded YouTube with complaints about his videos, and they started to pull them. In response, James started posting his Cinemassacre videos. You see, James is an aspiring director of genre movies and the AVGN movies were somewhat of a hobby. It's surprising that Hollywood hasn't found James yet, because his work is just brilliant. I can only imagine what he can do with a big budget and 100% of his concentration.

For example, this video was just him goofing around with a camera effect:



James, don't forget your roots, man.