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Me just screwing around in PhotoShop.  I resurrected my original Windows XP PC and I opened up some of my favourite project files. This computer will be offline with nothing leaving or going. FYI, because I'm not sticking a USB drive in this thing, I had to take photos of the illustrations off of a monitor screen. The quality isn't as good as it could be but you get the idea. My daughter FINALLY gets nostalgia. TRANSCRIPT
How do you feel that the VCR's dead? >Uh, that is sad, that we can't watch other movies. Which movies were you miss watching on the VHS? >I don't remember what they're called. Okay, point them out. Go in there and point them out. Careful. >Um... Beetlejuice? Little monsters. Dark crystal. Goonies. Hold on. I gotta put this back. Oh, man, blood sport. A blood sport. That' right. >And tremors, and... Where is it? Aliens. Right there. >What? Oh, yeah, alien, right here. Where's the second alien movie? It is, up there. >Too bad I couldn't watch it. Aw, I can get them on iTunes. >Really? Yeah. >Oh. I can get... I just... You got the VHS experience. >Yeah, so I could... I could have gotten better quality movies all this time. Yes. Eventually...all the retro hardware will die. All the software will corrupt. There needs to be a company that sees the potential of modern hardware running retro hardware. I know this exists but I'm talking about CRT TV's in 2024 and beyond. Then release a DVD/VHS combo player. Audio receiver. Speakers. Come on Analogue...this is your next BIG thing.  Got to love clear plastic.   I want to play my 360 XBLA games on my Apple TV 4K with Nintendo Switch Pro controller. Plus the indie titles. Every piece of content I've paid for that's tied to my account, I want to play anywhere. Xbox does that, I'll sign up for game pass indefinitely. Nostalgia must be preserved. Xbox should release new hardware along side certified hardware like Windows/Mac/Linux computers. AppleTV 4K. Once I found out that Microsoft...wasn't going to support backwards compatibility moving on from 360, I exited the industry. I have plenty of nostalgia to fall back on but for Xbox 360 I have several precious gems on disc I can load into either of my 360s, but I'm not logged in to my online account.
Doesn't sit right with me connecting old hardware to my internet. But, if Xbox released a new Xbox that had expandable storage and backwards compatible with Xbox OG, 360, One, Series S/X you sell clients a subscription to access that nostalgia. Essentially expand Game Pass, so nostalgia is monetized indefinitely. Be the Netflix of gaming. I want to play XBLA Crazy Taxy on my AppleTV. For those of you who are salty about console exclusives...how sad. This tribalism really confuses what matters to gamers: escape. Currently, I can't pay Xbox to escape because Microsoft didn't invest in their own nostalgia. Maybe things will change. All I know is the retro stuff is charming and timeless. Make Xbox Nostalgic Again! This was my first website. I spent thousands of dollars on a develper to create the ultimate blog site, with an intelligent comment system that would self-moderate. I was digging around in my Google Drive and I found these assets based on two articles I had written between 2011 and 2012. They were really innovative for the time. See if you recognize how this idea manifested in the future. Windows Phone + Xbox ControllerImagine how cool this would have been in 2011?!?!?!?!?  Kinect ProjectorImagine if this was possible... I designed this shirt in CorelDraw. People thought the shirt was hilarious. Front of T-Shirt  Back of T-Shirt    Paolo was/is a Civil War buff. While I was working downtown, I saw this chess set, and I knew what I had to do. So I bought the chess board. I think we all pooled in for the $200 pricetag in the 2000's. I went to Michael's and I got to work creating a custom chess board. I used spices and spray glue. I frosted the glass that was masked off by the tape. I have no idea if he still has this.
 So this is game related only physical sports. Back in like...2003, we created a men's touch football league. Paolo was the coach. He had this system that he could dynamically call routes as the scrimage sets up before the whistle. Each sequence of numbers would represent a pattern from left to right of the field. I designed this logo. I may even have the T-Shirt somewhere. So anyways Cobra Kai was Paolo's first coaching gig. One of many gigs. I drew the logo and we made official jerseys. We did ok. The best part was having a good time after the game.
What is Murphopoly? TRANSCRIPT
Hi, welcome to uh, a special pixel parsley. So, yesterday I was in this room. trying to think of ideas for videos, for content. And then I saw it. I saw it. It's something that I made. A long time ago. Maybe... 15 years ago. Um... So back in the day, I had a group of friends. Paulo, Chris, Gavin... And I put myself, and there was also another guy named Murph. His last name was Murphy, well, called him Murph. Um, So we grew up in high school together. And we continued our friendships after high school. And, um, Murph was the first one to kind of just go off on his own, kind of, for whatever reason, whoever his reasons were, but we were, especially, Mia was very, um, crusty about it. Um, didn't understand why they didn't understand why or the reasons. They've really given a clear answer about it. And I felt jilted as a friend. So that kind of stuck with me. I can't speak for my other friends at the time, but for me, I felt especially jilty, 'cause... we, uh... we grew up in high school. We grew up together, you know... We were close friends. Okay? I'm Italian. He's... Irish Scottish. Camera, which, which of his parents arrive, his Scottish, but they're both one of his, one mother, father, Irish and Scottish. So we made a good camaraderie. back and forth for years. We used to our favourite show, used to be Red Dwarf, which I have seasons from one to 8 on DVD. as well as on iTunes. Um, one fond memory we had is when we, on a spur of the moment, we drove up to Montreal to watch the, I think this was in '99. So, the form of the one Grand Prix. Um, and we just flew up, you know, you don't, you sure, you, you have to book in it like a year, months in advance. We just showed up. And we managed to find, Once we got to the track, we didn't have a place to stay, so we had to travel outside the just outside of Montreal, and we found a hotel room. And, uh, it said, what's on TV, and it was read to work, our favourite show. And he, he like, he grew up in British comedy, so he introduced me to British comedy. Fred Dwarf was one of them. So... I find memories of Murph. You know, but, uh, we're strange. We're strangers now. I don't even know where he lives. I don't know what's going on in his life. I know he's married, he's got kids. I don't know if he's still married. I don't know what's going on with him. Also, my other friends, uh, obviously much, this happened a few years ago, three, two, 3 years ago. Split ways. So, around 2005, I'm jumping back forth, in 2005, um, I was in between jobs. I just landed a gig at the bank. For a contract work, um... for someone who was on material leave. And then that was coming up, and then I managed to find another gig within the bag, another contract. But I had a month. I had a month in between jobs, 'cause this one would end, then a month would pass, and I start the new job. So I'm at home. And I was at, um, at friend Gavin's house, was, um, a barbeque. My friend, Paulo, and I were talking, and we started reminiscing about Murph. And then Paula out of nowhere. It says, There should be a merphopoly. So if you don't monopoly, you know, there's different plays, I'm around. Merphopoly, and I just started laughing because, like, I know what I have to do now for the next month. It was like the perfect outlet. The perfect outlet for me. to spend that next month creating Merphopolis. So I'm gonna demonstrate this for you now to show that it's real. And maybe what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna keep this video kind of short. And then if you're interested, part B of this video is gonna be a separate video below. I'm gonna take my time, show all the pieces, and explain all the stories behind all the different pieces of stuff. So, one second. Perfapui. So basically, I took Monopoly, and I tailored it around my friend, Murph. So everything on here... is Taylor, even though it looks like Monopoly. It's actually more popular. So um... I don't even know where to begin. You have to know the guy. But basically, everything, every single thing, every nook and cranny I knew about, Murph, I put it into this game. Now, you look at this, I used to, I did it all in crawl drawing. Crawdra was my thing back in the day for my illustrations. Um, So I still have all the working files, but I know way to load them. So this is all I have left of it. So... I see you, you know, to, like... Okay, this is real deal. And the best part is, at the end of the month, me, Chris, Paulo, and Gavin, we all played it. The weekend, before I started work, the whole month it took me. I watched this. Watch, who? That's this. I wanted to make I wanted to make the box. I made almost everything, but I'm using a chocolate box. Okay? So I'm gonna open this up. I gonna point this down. Okay. So, the only thing I didn't make was the plane pieces, which I thought about doing, the houses, hotels, and the dice, but I made everything else, even the money. So let me just see if I can... That's where Rosie goes. Okay, so for example... I made the money. See, provided detail into it. You know, I put out... It's my own design. I, you know, I looked it for inspiration off the original game. was... And it was a oops. You know, I used Kinko's. Uh, I had these little printer, a lot of stuff was printed front to back, which was difficult on a home printer. I'll show you the same, where's the $500 bill? Ariel. Right? So I really snowballed. really snowballed. And I'm the type of person that I'm just gonna, I'm gonna do this shit. You give me an idea. But I careful what you say around me. Be careful, and here, so instead of, you have choice... and people box, sort of plays on... on, um... on, uh, what? I forget what it is, Chance, and community chest. So that was my. That was my play on that. And I also made all the property cards. Front and back. So with the alignment. So you roll there. So it plays exactly like Monopoly. It plays exactly like Monopoly. So, um, if you're interested, stay tuned for part two. So, all the, all these cards are based off of memories I've had of him. Well, let me... So, every equivalent of chance and community chest, I have to think of a memory, a funny memory of Murph. I illustrated them all. And I put them on these cards. So, it was hilarious when we played. When we played, Aaron was like, wondering what's gonna come up, right? Because it's, I mean, all laughed. Oh, man. Yeah, those were different times. Glad I still have this. Anyways, um, flip the part 2, and I'm gonna go through each and every one of these, because there are all the illustrations. I'll explain each one. Okay? See you later. Extended Look TRANSCRIPT
Okay, here's part two. So I just mixed them all together. Right? I just mix them all together. It's all about the memories, right? So it doesn't really matter what how they come from. But, um, so here we go. So, this can be kept until needed or sold. Get out of jail free cards. it's just Murphy. was kind of a portly guy. It's kind of like a, not athletic, although he did play football. So that gives you a sense of... the style of, uh, that I, how I portrayed him. Murph takes an advance on that, a retreat to the nearest dealership, paying over twice the rental to which he is otherwise entitled. If dealer is unknown, you may buy it from the bank. So, You like this girl named Lana. So, it, uh, that's all that's referencing. Um, so. So, um, that's supposed to be him and that's a Coca-Cola can there. Burfen Stahl's faulty pipes. For each house paid $25 for each hotel, pay 100. I, um, it's got the, the guy was, uh, addicted to coke. This one I just made up, 'cause it was funny. Merce College roommate is very curious about his body. Mr. next turn. He's never seen this, by the way. I told him about it the last time I saw him, which was a long time ago. Murph finds out that the refills are not free paid for it. This is actually based off my friend, Chris. 'Cause he was known to do this, where he would order stuff that was... He found out that the juice was cheaper, and pop. So he ordered juice, and then he found out there's no free refills available. And it's like, what? More Thai coke, please. So I just, um, I retrofitted that, uh, that memory with Murph. Birth wins a week's supply of coke advanced in Notre Dame. So, again, the Coke theme. Mind you, so there's also based off of what the original card said. So. I had to adapt this, so this was a good one. Mrs. Murphy, you know, drunken, Mr. Murphy in a drunken fury, mistakes James for a squirrel, advanced Coca Cola. Foker. So there was a story of when, um, I wasn't there, but Gavin and, uh, Murph. Uh, we're at we're at Murph's house. And Gavin, out of pure habit, just locked the door. So they were in the basement. Oh, no, I'm switching up stories. This isn't not what happened. This is a different story. So, Squirrels happen to get Into the basement. And so, Murr's dead, I don't remember his name. Got a hurling stick. I went downstairs, started clapping this shit. His father, fucker, showing me teeth. Just hit a club with the shit out of these squirrels. Nobody's done, he comes back upstairs. All right, must fag him, right? His 1st name doesn't call him Murph because it's his last name, too. So all right, bag him. So I had to go get the dead squirrels. throw them, put them in a garbage bag and throw them out. Oh, fuck, I love, I love hearing about his dad. It's fucking hilarious. Murph drops bar on groin while attempting to impress Mr. Lyons. Mr. next turn. So, Mr. Lyons was the football coach. high school football coach, head coach. And Murph never made it on the, or he played 1st year, 2nd year, I can't remember. But Mr. Lions didn't like Coach Lions didn't like Murph and Murph didn't like Coach Lions. So, uh, This never really happened. But it's just funny. It was just playing up to that friction between the two. Murph number, uh, number was one for working out. So that's why I drew that. Murphy 10s, multiple academic institutions only to end up in nearest utility. If I'm known, you may buy from it, from the bank, if owned, roll dice, roll dice, and pay owner ten times the amount thrown. So, his father always said that the university was a waste of time because you'd always end up working construction. And that truck there is, uh, used to call it Betsy. I can't remember what it was, a white truck. Um... Heater barrel worked in it. I was freezing my ass off in the winter in that truck. So that's just him. With his diploma, but he's... I don't know, I can't remember what I was going. Those were supposed to be blueprints, or, like, diplomas, but they don't work out for them in the end. Think he ended up being an electrician. Murph wins are a long shot advance to go, and it's a pro line. He used to love pro line. Well, I don't know if he loved it, but he did it. So that's him winning a pro line. Your stock in coat matures. collect 150 bucks. Birth wipes out in front of hot chick click. Go back 3 spaces, and this actually happened. So, it was winter. So there's the main building, main high school, and then there was a portable building. So we were running, I was chasing them from the portable building to the main building. And it's all full of kittens, all the kids, all full of teenagers. They don't follow teers. And a lot of, a lot of people collect kind of like in the main area. And what happened is the floor was wet. So he was pretty straightforward to these group of girls. And, uh, he tried to dodge them, but because the floor was slippery, he slipped sideways and slid right into them. And they started laughing at him, and they never started laughing at him. And he got up. He, he, he, he couldn't even look up. He was so embarrassed. And I was like, oh, no. That's brutal. So, work that into there. Advance to St. Thomas Place. If you pass, go, click $200. Again, on the football theme, 'cause you love football. They were a football family. Bluff University. Where asked for a student car replacement 15 bucks? So, the story behind this is when he went to Guap University. It was... He had to take his student photo for his, uh, for his card. I think what happened is someone else took over, and they're like, okay, take pictures. It's like, you gotta go back. I'm up against the wall. Well, that's funny. didn't know how to zoom. So I took the picture, it was just the space. Oh, fuck, it was so funny. He just, like, he just looked like his whole face was, like, zoomed in on it. He couldn't see anything else. Oh, we laughed at that. Head on down to John's Buick dealership. If you passcode clicked $100, so that's just him. That never happened. I think it was depicted off for the original Monterofopoli. Murph gets a job, McDonald's, and helps himself to the beverage suspension, thereby saving 100 bucks. He never worked at McDonald's, but me and Gavin did. Birth scores with Nikki, collect 10 bucks. So Nikki was his girlfriend at the time, and I think that's part of the reason why he sort of separated from the group. And I resented that, so that's a quick jab at those two. I think they did actually would do that under a bridge. Park under a bridge. Perth takes the Pepi challenge, Pepsi challenge, and loses. This makes your less... I mean, they're so stupid, though, but you just have to, you had to know it. Murph wins a free sum. Pay us for $100 for stomach pump. So what happened is, he actually won a 6 foot sub, but he was playing in the game. We were playing the game against our rivals, Markham High. I went through Brother Andre Catholic High School, and it was the big event of the year. So it was announced over the PA at the field that James Murphy wins a free sub, and we're like, oh, all right, cool. And the fucking coach had to snap and say, hey, get the... We're trying to win a game here. Forget the sub. And then afterwards, uh, he gave me a foot. He gave me a foot of the sun when he brought her home. He lived like, not even a half a block from the field that we played at. You know, a jail free card, this car may be kept until needed or sold. False alarm. Murph wins first prize in a beauty contest. Collect 20 bucks. That's him in a kilt. You're fucked. Do not pass code. Do not collect $100. Oh, fuck, these are stupid. Murph late with the residence application. Which was true. And we refund them for it. That's him in the TV box, sleeping. Burv Po poses with teen photo after B 8 defeats Markham, Advance to Goat Clay. So what happened this actually happened? That's Murph. And that's my friend Paulo. And he photo bombed them. He wasn't even playing on the team. I was playing on the team. But, uh, Paul, I'm photo bombed them. The photos, I'm sure, is gone by now. So that's, uh, that's what that's rough would say. Earth wins the bet, makes a tackle, collect $50 from each person. Even if the taco was his own player, which was true. That happy tackled some play. Murph loses 12 straight rounds of NFL blitz. Miss your next turn. So him and Gavin were big in NFL blitz. And it was entertaining enough to watch, but I was a fucking idiot back then. Jerome makes Murph and Honoray Black Panther. So Jerome was a friend of Murph's. And we didn't know him all that well, but he's in the he's in the game. So I like this one. Make you forgets to make arrangements for Murr's surprise birthday party, which was true. This actually happened. I don't remember all the details behind it, but I'm pretty sure that was true. Rocky pisses a Murph's shoe, 50 bucks. He actually pissed on Gavin's shoe. His name was Rocky, and he just pissed on everything. You're cut. Hit the showers. You don't have passcode. Do not click $200. Fabrizio gives, for a 20 receipt, $50. So Fabrizio wasn't very smart. So Murph worked at the CNBC branch. for a little while, and this guy named Fabrizio worked there. He also went to school there. So, it's one of those things where you have to keep track of the money, right? So, um, one day, Murph is telling me the story, so one day it's okay, Fabrizio, we retallied up the tolls here. You lost, you lost $20 yesterday and you lost $20 today. So you're out of bounds. And then Fabrizio said, nobody are you talking about? I lost $20 yesterday. I lost $20 today. I bounced. And Murph started laughing. said, no, no, no, no. You lost $20 yesterday. You lost $20 today. That's $40. So you're not bounced. Anyways. Furbitsu is in the game. Murph is discovered by a town agency, collect $200. So this guy, Murph had extraordinarily hairy forearms. We used to make fun of them for it. So that was VO5 hot oil. For those of you who don't know, that's like, uh, it was for hail, hair. care, maintenance, whatever. Patsy requires some routine maintenance, pay 150 bucks. That's a repeat, that one. Murph gets a scholarship, collect 100 bucks, fat bastards, scholarship. That was kind of, like, for a little while, that was the name of our click. Murph gets a picture in the yearbook, receives $25 for refund. So the only pitcher out of all, like, Gavin got it in the in the yearbook one year. But the only year, the only time Murph ended up in the, in the yearbook, was I eating a hamburger? So he laughed. Oh man. It's, you had to be there. You know? And then, like, Coca-Cola Avenue, KOC, Gavin's Honda dealership. I had a Buick, NFL Avenue, Notre Dame, St. Thomas. Maybe I think that was the street that lived on, BA Avenue, law school. I think you wanted to go to law school at one point. York, St. Nick, Nicole, peroxide, 'cause Nicole is the diver hair, my green, and shit like that. Lyons Avenue, Jerome Avenue, Construction Avenue. That's... Perlin. Donald's, my trunk on me. So this took a month. This took a month, and I showed you all the money. Truly all the money. So, yeah, that's Meropoly, really. It's only a funny if, uh, you knew the guy. It's lighthearted, right? It's not meant to be mean, but we left in his face, and he laughed. He couldn't help but laugh too, right? That's just how it was, right? We laugh at each other. We had sense of humours. So anyways, that's Merphopoly. Um... I guess that's it for this, uh, pixel parsley. Stay tuned for more. Part 1: Pre-movie ramble TRANSCRIPT
All right, today's the day. Uh.. Today's the day I'm gonna watch the angry video game nerd movie. Now, I haven't seen it, but I've heard a lot about it. And for what little I've seen of it, it looks to be the cringest movie that's ever existed. No, I'm not gonna... I'm not gonna try and shit all over it. Like, most people have taken their shots at it, making their opportunity, trying to make a name himself off of James Rolf and the brand. Um, first and foremost, um, he's nostalgic to me. Okay? He, um, he brought forth for a small generation, um, a time that he grew up in, and people similar to his age, grew up, and they rekindled the joy, and the nostalgia and the fascination with, uh, what constituted game design, what constituted fun. Um, the circumstances around, um, that there's no internet. that you could view games, you basically had to go by word of mouth, uh, any game, video game TV, TV shows and magazines, or just on the cover, or back copy.? That's all you had to go on. So, a lot of times, you end up playing stuff, those, like, you know, it's, there's mechanics that get strung together, whether it's a platformer, or a puzzle game, or a PG, um, shooter, you know, um, there was a lot of low hanging fruit. There was a lot of little hanging fruit growing up, right? Because it morphed, there was so calm, there was so simple, the games were so simple. It was down in mechanics. And the mechanics were addictive enough that, um, you could keep track of your gameplay through high scores. And that's how you would compete with each other. And as time wore on, more of a narrative based, um, gameplay, uh, started to take root, especially with RPGs and uh, see, like, ninja guidance, with the cutscenes, the tower in the story, in between uh, game stages and, um, Now we're into the era of simulations where there is no real concept of game over. It's not really a point, it's the point of having a high score. You know, it's really not something that I'm interested in. You know, I think dabbling into it back in the late 90s. Right? 1st person shooters and stuff like that and more wind, all the squirrels, more wind, oblivion. You know, I kind of, through the tail end of the seventh generation. Then I just kind of spilled off the edge, but James Rolf's character, the angry video game nerd, I was there from almost the beginning. Um, and I just really enjoyed it. You know, I really brought some... It testified, for me, why my upbringing was so memorable, and is worth rememory, and worth sharing. So that said, I also want to preface something before I watch this movie. My view of him is gonna change. Okay? My views of him are gonna change. Whatever, whatever I've concocted, whatever, I've accumulated in memories of this person, of this artist, of this critic, uh, is gonna change forever after I watch this movie. And I'm going to sit through it like a warrior. Okay? I'm gonna sit through it, watch the whole thing. as a supporter. Uh, this, talking a lot of effort and a lot of money. You got to think of the pressure, right? You got to think of the pressure, you got to think of the fandom, that he was placating too, you know, someone donated to me, if, Hundreds of thousands of people donated $270,000 to me to make a book. That's a lot of pressure, right? You gotta make a good book that's gonna please everyone that donated to you. Okay, so and James' case, they were from, they were fans of his work. They were fans of his work, so he had the crate something, that appeased the fans, that donated them. For me, I have a book, I have a book. My 1st book here, deceased. That was my first book, and that was right after psychosis, I started writing that almost. But a month after, one or two months after, I got psychosis, I started, uh, that journey towards rain, the manuscript for my 1st book. Now... General rule of thumb is, you don't publish your 1st book, because it's more likely gonna be not good. I decided not to... I decided not to, uh, to ignore that because, you know, it's, everything's fresh in my head, and, you know, you gotta start somewhere, right? Think about it. If you, if, if so long as you make, so long as you make more than one film or make more than one book, um, you can see the progress, right? You grow. And yeah, it might be cringy. Yeah, it might be bad. But you see, you see people can see how much you've grown. Right? So, for example, if I had stopped, when I had to get my book professionally reviewed, I paid $700 for it. And I got a 2 out of 5 and that really fucking broke me a bit. Oh, fuck, two out of five? Really? And, uh, but the review, uh, was the written review, uh, didn't trash the book. It just kind of like helped to explain what the book was about. And I don't think it was necessarily negative. You wouldn't, I, based off the review, You think there's more like a 3 out of five, but, um, There were some things that they highlighted that were like really thought provoking. But having Ray Reddit, after the fact, yes, definitely, it's more of a quotable book. It's more, it's like a book full of quotes. Because it's too abstract, right? I don't really know how to give you context unless you've had psychosis. And this is where I think I have one common ground with James, is that the audience is so small. So, had my audience, had I had, like, two, 3 million people that were bipolar, and they all donated to me, the equivalent of $230,000, Canadian city. Okay, whatever. And I decided I can go all of them, right? I gotta get the best publisher. I'm gonna get all the, I just fall out, just go all out, right? Trying to appease all these different people, but then I make a book for others. I make a book for others, whereas the books I make are testimony, it's about me. Right? So... Probably, like, maybe, like, a dozen people bought my book. You're talking about hundreds of thousands of people have reviewed, bought, and reviewed the angry video game in their movie. Now, I was spared. The embarrassment, right? And very, you know, and what little fanfare maybe would have been available to me, had the book released to a wide, broad audience, right? And especially the people who are not bipolar, who will not get it, people that would give a two out of five, or one, or zero. So... Critics are failed artists, okay? So, It's, it's, If your goal is to become successful. Right? By being an artist, you really have to, you really have to, um, be successful. financially successful, okay? I have, have a wide, a wide audience praise your work. It's a tough gig, you know? So, I can say to this day, I, I didn't start. I didn't stop at the 1st book. When I got that 2 out of 5, it didn't phase me because you see right here, I published 2 more. So there's diseased? I don't believe you. And, uh, culture of one, the mythology, the news. Okay? Those are the 3 books I published, but I've also, I've kept going reams and reams of books and websites and journals. And artefacts, artwork. I didn't stop, and that's, that's what I hope James is not doing. I hope he's not phoning in the rest of his life because because of the movie he made. Now, I can't even imagine the work that went into it. I really can't. Like, going across country to film in Los Angeles, you know, I, I, I only know what I've heard through the, the views that watched, and it's like, it's an incredible operation, right? And $2070,000, not a lot of money to make a movie in Los Angeles. You know? And I want to think that there's people around him that realize that this is not going to be a good movie. And I don't know if James really was in on that inside, had that inside as well. Or if he was diluted into, into believe in it was actually... Um, help him achieve success, and then this, uh, get his foot in the door for Hollywood. You know, I can tell you that, uh, I've had that level of delusion. And those have been dashed over and over again, you know, you have an ego, right? You have an ego. So what I want to say is, I don't want to be a hypocrite here. Okay? I've, I've, I've failed to be an artist. And, um, I just want to say that I want to look. When I watch this movie, I want to, I want to watch it as a fan. But as an artist and critic, I do want to, I do want to give constructive feedback. Like, if distractive feedback, and I don't know how willing I will be, given that I may, I'm probably not gonna, it's gonna be hard for me to watch. Just, like, it would be hard for someone to sit through my book. At least it's a movie, right? I could just fucking... At some points, I could, it'll roll on, and I don't necessarily have to pay attention if I, if I can't find myself. do that, but readings a different story, right? Reading, you can't read a book in 2 hours, especially something's dense and abstract as mind writing. Um, well, and without the context, if you, if you're not fully aware of the, of James World's work, um, a lot of the, of a lot of the references and, You're miss, you would be missing context otherwise as to why something would be funny, why something is in the film. You know, you're learning for the 1st time who James Rolf is through this character. And if you're not part of his audience, you're sort of, you're dumbfounded as to why this constitutes entertainment. Unless there's something, you know, you could find about it. So I'll try and do that. I'll try and get some like. I'll try to, I'll do my best. So anyways, um, this is it. This is pre, um, James Ross, angry video gamer movie. When you look at part two, that would be after I watched the movie and you're going to see a shift. Okay? So, here we go. Part 2: Post-movie ramble TRANSCRIPT
Okay. I just finished watching the movie. I'll tell you what's remarkable about it. It's not nearly as bad as it's been made out to be. And maybe... walking into the review... I was prepared to see something way worse than what it was. Um, have I seen worse? It's been a long time since I watched... It's interesting, I'll see, from this, outside the movie, it's interesting that, you know, in an ironic... karma that so a failed artist finds fame with criticism. of... video game developers that, one, they're similar guidelines as he was when he made his film. Did he want to make the film? he wanted to make? Probably not. But he had shareholders, essentially, through... through the nations of his fans. Right? Um.. So now, he has a product... out there that he sells to the state. Um, that... I don't know, it's just, it's not very remarkable in any way, shape, or form. You know? It's disappointing. I was hoping that it would be, like, a movie that would... would be great, because it's so bad, but it's not even that. It's just, um... If you've seen this stuff online on YouTube or back in the day on his website, it's... If you stick to his old stuff anyways, it's a better use of your time. This. I don't have anything to say about it. That's... that's the tragic thing about this review, is that I... Um, I don't have anything to say. I don't think it's worth seeing. I think if you're a mega fan of the Angry Radio Game Nerd, um... Have it, you know, I guess. Um... If you want to shit on the nerd, I mean... I don't know, I don't know what to make of it. It's... It's, um... I'll, I'll... look this way. It has to keep going. If I stopped after my first book, I would not be where I am today. Okay? I don't want this to be James Rolf last movie, but he needs to make a movie that speaks to him. Not for... fans are not friends. Okay? Make something for yourself, make a testimony. Okay? This is not testimony. Okay? Um... And don't start it. Directed. You're a filmmaker, right? You're not. Stand back from the camera, because... you're not... you're not a star in that type of way. Okay? You're not, you don't have a, you don't have a, the camera doesn't love you. Okay, the fans do. But to a general audience, okay? You don't cut it as an actor. But you might be able to cut it as a director. Okay? I don't know how much you've learned from this, but a whole demonstrated in something else that's not this. Okay? And solidarity, I want to show you where I'm leaving this the video. Okay. In the trash, symbolically, along with my first book, Diseased. Okay? Hey, we're filled artists, man. You found your fame and criticism, and now you, uh, you open up your art for criticism. All right? It's a fair game. It's fair game in this, in this, in this world of cynical people. I don't have anything else to say. It's... I don't know, if you're a, if you're a hardcore fan by the movie, have it in your collection, maybe it would be nostalgic. I don't know. I don't know. I got nothing to say. Anyways, my life didn't change. My life didn't change. I'm just gonna probably go read a book now. You can do some shopping. Uh, it's just an unremarkable movie. And, but, it's a learning experience, right? It's a learning experience. He owes it to himself. to make a movie that's more in line with what he's capable of. Okay? This was not going to, this was not his calling. This was not his foot in the door into Hollywood. It was not. Uh... He just wasn't. And it's a bitter pills swallow. But if you look at it objectively, uh, it was never meant to be, that. Hopefully you learn from it. I encourage you to keep, make something, make something that is, that you can be proud of, at least. Make something that you're proud of. And if you're proud of this, God bless you, I guess. Um, I don't like the movie. It's a two out of five. |
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