James Rolfe, an independent filmmaker from New Jersey, became an accidental pioneer on YouTube when he created an Angry Video Game Nerd. Rolfe took some time away from his busy schedule to answer questions for Remotely Interested Podcast 20. The episode includes Crowd-Sourced Production, Cinemassacre and AVGN The Movie.

Guest soundbites include Kevin Finn (AVGN The Movie), Kim Justice (Retro Gamer Magazine and YouTuber) and Greg Dykstra (Pixar Animation Studios).

Cinemassacre:

http://cinemassacre.com/

ScrewAttack:

https://screwattack.roosterteeth.com/search?q=avgn

Film books mentioned:

https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-without-Crew-23-Year-Old-Filmmaker/dp/0452271878/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517349141&sr=8-1&keywords=rebel+without+a+crew

https://www.amazon.com/About-FILMMAKING-Learned-TOXIC-AVENGER/dp/1456399365/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1517349168&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=all+i+learnt+about+film+making

Selected content Cinemassacre from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi3_OGnROMo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngm6ST0HL6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7uOqlIhUk&t=6s

YouTube rankings:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-subscribed_YouTube_channels

https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/jamesnintendonerd

https://vidstatsx.com/jamesnintendonerd/youtube-channel

University of California Los Angeles write up:

http://www.tft.ucla.edu/mediascape/Winter2012_AngryVideoGameNerd.html