James Rolfe / James D. Rolfe / Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) / Rex Viper and Cinemassacre / Screenwave - Now with not much grieving about a 41-year old man still making videos on YouTube. We're the balls on the dick.

[Dr. Geronimo]

Feel like this thread should now be moved from Multimedia to one of the lolcow boards

From Internet Famous And Back Again: A Nerd's Tale

 

[Coolio55]

My only disappointment is that the Audiobook didn't come out concurrently, thus giving them time to censor the fuck out of it. Hearing this shit in James's actual voice is going to be a absolute trip. (Although to be honest, I can already hear him in my head while I'm reading it)

you forget the very detailed descriptions of him choosing to pee himself

I couldn't find an image of it at the time so I wrote it off as shitposting but there it is clear as day in the "special ed" section.

I feel 'fabricated image' is a bit harsh. While it can be argued that this book is an ego trip, James didn't have any obligation to tell us of his rough past. We've seen the genuine spergy James through his videos on movies, "The Dragon in My Dreams" and all that. He also also always open about Mike Matei's behind the scenes involvement, the degree in which Mike carried the production just only became apparent in the Screenwave era.

I'm not talking about James's bizarre past. I completely understand him never mentioning that.
What I'm specifically referring to though is the character of the AVGN being a collective work rather than James retelling his gaming experiences - old and new - in a comedic way.

 

[BrunoMattei]

Is he going to explain his first bowel movement? Jesus dude you're oversharing like a motherfucker.
Not you bruno.

I'm more shocked he didn't know not to take a left on a Red.

 

[The Cunting Death]

I'm more shocked he didn't know not to take a left on a Red.

That's literally the first thing I was taught

 

[Friendly Primarina]

Can someone explain for posterity how "Right on Red" works? I'm not American and I don't understand the magnitude of his fuck up.

 

[TVB]

Holy fuck (again).

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What a fucking momo.

Jesus fucking christ

 

[Jack Awful]

Saving for posterity
Apparently the Kindle version was fucked on release. It's been fixed since.

 

[Creep3r]

I heard the Nostalgia Critic impregnated her so James didn't have to.

I though the old joke was she was into BBC

Or am I showing my age with that one?

James didn't have time do it, he was busy watching the kids getting made.

All true.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

How did no one tell him this book was the worst idea.

If reading excerpts from his time in college has taught me anything, it's that everyone probably did tell him it's the worst idea and he went and fucking did it anyways.

Feel like this thread should now be moved from Multimedia to one of the lolcow boards

It at least deserves to get a featured

Can someone explain for posterity how "Right on Red" works? I'm not American and I don't understand the magnitude of his fuck up.

At intersections, unless specifically prohibited by a sign (or apparently law in New York City?), you can treat the red light as more of a stop sign for right handed turns.

 

[Ambient Occlusion]

This entire time I thought his 20 minute retrospective of Six Snix Flicks was Andy Kaufman levels of dry satire, but this book made me realize he was 100% serious and thinks his shitty home movie was worth a documentary.

 

[Korpon]

Holy shit James, how the fuck do you go from being one of the most beloved Internet video creators, one of the top examples of one that never went full retard/cow, to just a couple years later be on Chris Chan's level of autism and other assorted bullshit.

Can someone explain for posterity how "Right on Red" works? I'm not American and I don't understand the magnitude of his fuck up.

In the U.S. you can turn right at a red light unless there's a sign telling you you can't. James fucking turned left.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

I have said that without Mike, James would either be a nobody or be a Chris Chan at this point and would always get told I'm an idiot for saying it.

I finally feel vindicated lol

 

[BrunoMattei]

I feel 'fabricated image' is a bit harsh. While it can be argued that this book is an ego trip, James didn't have any obligation to tell us of his rough past. We've seen the genuine spergy James through his videos on movies, "The Dragon in My Dreams" and all that. He also also always open about Mike Matei's behind the scenes involvement, the degree in which Mike carried the production just only became apparent in the Screenwave era.
Ultimately I still like the guy, his devotion to his kids for better or worse is admirable and aside from some small hiccups like the Cheetahman incident, the movie's production and quality, and the Monster Madness fiasco he has largely avoided that distinct brand of youtube drama that's all too common.

I don't know what to think of the man now. I still love the old AVGN's and Monster Madness episodes and I don't wish him ill will. But I guess I just lost a ton of respect for him. That would sum it up. And with the revelation that Mike was the co-creator of AVGN it gives it all a emperor has no clothes quality to everything he's done. A lot of that could have been avoided had he introduced Mike as a guest in certain AVGN's and properly credited him instead of just crediting him for the title card.

Can someone explain for posterity how "Right on Red" works? I'm not American and I don't understand the magnitude of his fuck up.

In the U.S. you can turn right at a red light unless there's a sign telling you you can't. James fucking turned left.

To give context to our cucked non-American users. This is a momentous fuck up. This is something you learn even before you start driving if you're just paying attention to seeing your parents drive. That and right of way and all that. Pretty sure you'd learn this from GTA nowadays.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

To give context to our cucked non-American users. This is a momentous fuck up. This is something you learn even before you start driving if you're just paying attention to seeing your parents drive. That and right of way and all that. Pretty sure you'd learn this from GTA nowadays.

Pretty much. A "worst case" scenario is that someone would be ignorant enough to not know that you could turn right at a red light because maybe they lived in the city and never was in a car before.

The idea of turning left on a red which would require you to cut across traffic instead of just merging into traffic should absolutely *never* seem like a good idea.

 

[TVB]

2006: Started his YouTube career and ended up being beloved and influenced by fans

2022: A tragic lolcow on the same level as the likes of either Wings, Boogie, EDP445 or Chris Chan

In the U.S. you can turn right at a red light unless there's a sign telling you you can't. James fucking turned left.

Pretty much. A "worst case" scenario is that someone would be ignorant enough to not know that you could turn right at a red light because maybe they lived in the city and never was in a car before.

The idea of turning left on a red which would require you to cut across traffic instead of just merging into traffic should absolutely *never* seem like a good idea.

American traffic info-structure has gotten unsurprisingly worse every passing decade, and there are citizens that are dumbfounded to even follow the laws of traffic (New York and California citizens being very obvious examples).

 

[Jack Awful]

I feel kind of bad ripping on his autobiography but there's a time and a place...

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Confirms that he grew up with autism. It all makes sense in hindsight but it's amazing how long he hid it while on camera.

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It is weird to have your wife write the foreword for your autobiography. Typically speaking, the writer would have a prestigious alumni or mentor write a foreword. Or maybe you play your celebrity friend card to get more eyes on the book. You don't use your wife because it pays to have someone who has no sense of bias and gives their unique take on the subject. Also, they misspelled "foreword" which -to be fair- it's a very easy spelling mistake to make but a good editor would have caught that. I'm starting to believe that there was no editor involved

Edit: I'm grabbing bits and pieces from the Reddit so pardon me as I edit as I go.

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Another part of the foreword. The wife cannot write for shit and it feels like James wrote this bit or encouraged her. It's also wayyyyyy too pompous. This man has directed one feature. That is it. He directed a couple of shorts that played a handful of festivals but he hasn't won an Oscar, or a Golden Globe or even a People's Choice award. I can think of many other scrappy filmmakers that actually made features, got them sold and distributed to an international audience and the vast majority of those guys don't have an ego (excluding the likes of Tommy Wiseau but that's to be expected).

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We can see where his free time goes. It's pretty adorable, NGL.

More power to him for writing this but the level of the writing is very 4th grade level. Understandable but over-simplified. But I have to question the timing and the purpose of this. Is this a self-exorcism kind of thing or is it pure hubris? I.E. all the big shots write their autobiography so I have to make one. That kind of thing. But I don't think he truly understands how exposed you are when you write something like this. It's one thing to do this when you're a beloved public figure or you're trying to clear the air over something perhaps related to trauma. It's another when you do it out of hubris and make a buck off people. It leaves yourself open to ridicule.

Edit: dudes are posting pages left and right. James gives his reasoning for filming in L.A. for the AVGN Movie:

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It always rains on East Coast? Snow during Halloween one time makes it a bad idea to film? Were you planning on shooting around Halloween time? There's nothing resembling a desert ANYWHERE in Jersey? Yeah... If you read between the lines it seems like the co-director made the decision for him to film in L.A. either that or his wife.

It's funny how many asspats the wife gets. I get the impression his wife April must have been the first and only woman he's ever had sex with.

Another thing: the formatting is bad. When writing you want to format like this:

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You get the idea.

2nd edit: MORE grammatical errors:

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I thought this was a joke. I thought a dude was shit posting. But no. This is from the book. So many god damn errors and it's so awkwardly constructed. Misspelling "foreword" is one thing but this is just dog shit. There was no editor involved with this and if there was an editor then I hope to god he didn't pay for it. If he did he got ripped off.

Literally every sentence in that first paragraph starts with I or I'd, what the fuck are you doing, Bimmy?

 

[PixarsTedKennedy]

His strict schedule makes more sense now. His tard rangler wife probably found that was the best way to keep him on track.

I'll give James the respect for being an autistic dude that has a family he provides for. Not trooning out. Not putting gay lefty shit in his videos and not spamming anime everywhere he goes.

 

[Pissmaster]

All true.
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You could even tell by the body language of those two actors that they both really didn't want to kiss, and the whole thing felt like the nerd was practically forcing it to happen.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

American traffic info-structure has gotten unsurprisingly worse every passing decade, and there are citizens that are dumbfounded to even follow the laws of traffic (New York and California citizens being very obvious examples).

The issue with NYC (including the other 4 burrows) is that they treat EVERY street like it's a school zone. Over here on Long Island, you can go 15 miles over the speed limit and no one will bat an eye, and the majority of roads are between 30-40MPH with the 55MPH ones dedicated to major highways. Once you hit Queens, that's when the fun stops. Aside from the cops being on your ass and the street cameras flashing the fuck out of you, it just becomes a slog to drive through. Nevermind the commercial traffic (i.e. delivery trucks, MTA buses, etc...), those places are just so fucking congested and overcrowded, and those narrow-as-fuck streets don't help much either. It's why they are also anal about parking for long periods of time, but even then a lot of streets are "alternate side parking" only, so you have to travel like 3-4 blocks down just to find a space that's HOPEFULLY nowhere near a fire hydrant.

 

[LikeAStone 2.0]

I feel kind of bad ripping on his autobiography but there's a time and a place...

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Confirms that he grew up with autism. It all makes sense in hindsight but it's amazing how long he hid it while on camera.

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It is weird to have your wife write the foreword for your autobiography. Typically speaking, the writer would have a prestigious alumni or mentor write a foreword. Or maybe you play your celebrity friend card to get more eyes on the book. You don't use your wife because it pays to have someone who has no sense of bias and gives their unique take on the subject. Also, they misspelled "foreword" which -to be fair- it's a very easy spelling mistake to make but a good editor would have caught that. I'm starting to believe that there was no editor involved

Edit: I'm grabbing bits and pieces from the Reddit so pardon me as I edit as I go.

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Another part of the foreword. The wife cannot write for shit and it feels like James wrote this bit or encouraged her. It's also wayyyyyy too pompous. This man has directed one feature. That is it. He directed a couple of shorts that played a handful of festivals but he hasn't won an Oscar, or a Golden Globe or even a People's Choice award. I can think of many other scrappy filmmakers that actually made features, got them sold and distributed to an international audience and the vast majority of those guys don't have an ego (excluding the likes of Tommy Wiseau but that's to be expected).

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We can see where his free time goes. It's pretty adorable, NGL.

More power to him for writing this but the level of the writing is very 4th grade level. Understandable but over-simplified. But I have to question the timing and the purpose of this. Is this a self-exorcism kind of thing or is it pure hubris? I.E. all the big shots write their autobiography so I have to make one. That kind of thing. But I don't think he truly understands how exposed you are when you write something like this. It's one thing to do this when you're a beloved public figure or you're trying to clear the air over something perhaps related to trauma. It's another when you do it out of hubris and make a buck off people. It leaves yourself open to ridicule.

Edit: dudes are posting pages left and right. James gives his reasoning for filming in L.A. for the AVGN Movie:

View attachment 3890247

It always rains on East Coast? Snow during Halloween one time makes it a bad idea to film? Were you planning on shooting around Halloween time? There's nothing resembling a desert ANYWHERE in Jersey? Yeah... If you read between the lines it seems like the co-director made the decision for him to film in L.A. either that or his wife.

It's funny how many asspats the wife gets. I get the impression his wife April must have been the first and only woman he's ever had sex with.

Another thing: the formatting is bad. When writing you want to format like this:

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You get the idea.

2nd edit: MORE grammatical errors:

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I thought this was a joke. I thought a dude was shit posting. But no. This is from the book. So many god damn errors and it's so awkwardly constructed. Misspelling "foreword" is one thing but this is just dog shit. There was no editor involved with this and if there was an editor then I hope to god he didn't pay for it. If he did he got ripped off.

I almost feel bad for laughing holy shit this is atrocious