Quotes

[on how he became a fan of Godzilla] There were a series of books in the late 70's or early 80's, the Crestwood House series, about all the classic monsters. I saw the Godzilla book in my school library when I was young. They had B&W stills from the movies, and were written very simply, with brief synopsis' and inaccurate information, such as King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) having two different endings (one where Godzilla wins, one where Kong wins). I thought that was true until the advent of the internet.

[on his earliest memory of playing the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde game] I have such a strange obsession with that game. As a kid, I rented a game weekly from the video store, just about every weekend. That game in particular left a lasting impression. I was confused by it, and couldn't figure out how to play. Lots of times the instruction manuals were not included with the rentals, usually because people who rent them would lose them or steal them. Typically I would make the best of a bad game, but that was one instance where I couldn't, and felt trapped, like my whole weekend was wasted. And now I'm laughing about it all these years later, and am still paying tribute to it.

If this room was full of DVDs, it would all be DVDs.

[about Screenwave] So when you have a project to do but you don't have enough time, what do you do? You get help. While most of the fans watching are really awesome and already get it, there's some people who are trying to be counterproductive to the whole thing by saying they don't like Screenwave or they don't like them being involved in the videos or whatever it is. Do these people not want me to have any help? Do they want me to suffer and do everything myself? They probably just haven't logically thought it through. Screenwave helps me make the videos. Without them, if I was doing it all by myself, you'd probably see only three videos a year, would you want that? And it wouldn't matter if I worked with somebody different. Over the years, people have given me shit for working with ScrewAttack, GameTrailers, it doesn't matter.

Some people have felt the need to point out whenever there's a basic episode that's lacking the multiple camera angles. As if I'm not aware. I'm a guy who makes movies, I like different camera angles. If I had the choice, every episode would be as dynamic and cinematic as possible.

[on being asked to quit AVGN] The other comment that I get every now and then is that I should quit AVGN. Sometimes it's from fans who mean well, they can tell I'm getting burned out or whatever but hey look, this is fun, it's a lot of work but it's fun, and most importantly this is my day job, this is how I pay my bills and support my kids. You want me to quit? I'd rather be doing this job than something boring.