So, now that's he's pulling back on doing regular AVGN episodes, he has a full movie under his belt and of course, he's
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shadowangel-599-184270 — 11 years ago(February 01, 2015 07:32 PM)
He will probably fade away into obscurity and then stop altogether. I would predict the same for most of the "Youtube" Generation, like Channel Awesome, Spoony, Yogscast and all the others out there.
Nothing lasts forever and it's basically like TV Shows: After some time, you just get sick and tired of it and the numbers drop, people lose interest and look for something else and the following Generation usually isn't interested in what the previous one liked, they're attracted to newer things.
I was actually surprised at how low the numbers for Channel Awesome are: Only 3100 Followers on Facebook, only 12100 on Twitter. That's very low considering how big the Nostalgia Critic alone once was. -
SuperSonicX — 11 years ago(February 03, 2015 12:44 PM)
The guy basically pioneered (retro)gaming reviews on YouTube and even got enough donations from his fanbase to make a feature length film, his lifelong dream. He doesn't have much left to prove.
Unfortunately, AVGN has been going downhill for awhile to methough I still watch new episodes. Nerd's anger seems forced, when he DOES get angry, and it's clear that James just makes new episodes for the fans. Plus, the guy is turning 35 years old this year (2015). "James and Mike Mondays", two friends just kicking it and playing/commenting on games from their youth, is his bread and butter now.
It also sucks how much control he's given to Mike towards the Cinemassacre YouTube channel, considering where the real talent lies. Yeah, Mike might've inspired James to take AVGN seriously, and has helped with episodes in the past, but he's really just riding the gravy train.
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Final_Hitokiri — 10 years ago(July 14, 2015 07:08 AM)
I'd imagine he's suffering some from burnout.
I think there is still a lot of appreciation for his AVGN character, and he did a great job with most of those. I could see him taking a bit of time off and then coming back and still having a fanbase.
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lunchboxattacks — 10 years ago(December 06, 2015 01:44 PM)
I think he could easily get into more mainstream directing, if he wanted. It's strange that he hasn't gone that route already. If you look at the glut of bad movies that are released each year, direct to VOD features and the like, I don't see why a film producer wouldn't take a punt on him, particularly for a lower budget feature like a Troma film or something like that. He'd even bring his own following (or part of them) along with him, which is not something you can say for the semi-anonymous hack directors out there.
I can only think it's because he's making enough money by doing what he's doing, and doing it on his own terms. When it's time to 'get a job', he could easily move in to more mainstream directing, and which would, ironically, be less work than what he does now, given that he could just show up on set, do his bit and go home with a fatter bank account.