i don’t wanna keep repeating this so i’ll just write it here: the voice is an AI (elevenlabs) not the actual james or an impression sorry for some of the mike elmo clips being gone, someone at screenwave wanted to fuck with the video and tried taking it down and i could either appeal or just take the easy way and cut them out so that's what i did, if anything like this happens again i'll see if i can do anything else

The AI James Rolfe voice sounds like it's from an alternate universe where James did creepypasta videos instead of AVGN

Honestly Mike's miiverse drawings are insanely impressive

The AI James Rolfe narrating this entire video is actually really cool, really threw me for a loop until I went into the comments here

Finally one of these videos that mentions the Cheetahmen 2 scam. I never understood why this barely gets mentioned in any retrospective on James.

Holy hell AIT James narrating this is nothing short of genius

If I recall correctly, James explained the "nerd face" in an old James & Mike Mondays video, he invented it as a kid and would practice it sometimes when he was bored, it's supposed to look like a cartoon character, and there are actually two of these faces, a shocked one with mouth open and an angry one with mouth closed. At some point he simply stopped caring if these faces make any sense in the situation, which drew a lot of negative attention towards them.

Watching this video was almost as fun as building brown bricks with minecrap

James is an enigma. He simultaneously has no time to do anything, but is also able to participate in podcasts with no name KZfaq channels that get less than a thousand views.

13:05 the reason that we're all here

It's weird to hear James talking in 3rd person

In terms of the "muh kids" part, I actually agree with James. I'm a father to two girls. And even though he does work from home, I'm sure his wife would like a break after he's done working. I don't know anything about her, let alone what she does for a living, but when it comes to kids I will always cut anyone slack.

The Rex Viper live shows were bad, but just getting out there and performing in front of a crowd earns my respect. It's not an easy thing to do. If you've ever played in a band, or had to give a speech in front of a crowd, the first few times you are almost guaranteed to suck. You build up the guts, get out there, do it, work on it, and get better, just like anything in life.

Finally, an iceberg for Cinemassacre. Great stuff!

Do people love or hate James?! He seems like a fine normal dude. The hate is strange.

Technically the mike with inspector gadget video is the first minecraft vtuber video

That picture of Mike with the eye bags always makes me giggle. Also baseball is pretty cool.

I laughed way too hard at the Chicken Dance being played over Rex Viper

Great video! It really brought back nothing but good memories from the past few years. Big scase fan btw.

People act like Mike made jokes about actual kids and not a bunch of furry sock puppets lol

Honestly I don’t mind james resting in his laurels, and putting out low effort content. He provided hundreds of hours of entertainment that I bonded with friends over and watched fanatically in my teen years.

even though I've been subbed to cinemassacre since like 2010, a lot of this I didn't know, mainly because I tend to only focus on the AVGN aspect, great video, love it

It’s so creepy but amazing how AI can make it sound just like James Rolfe. Never would have known otherwise.

Tbh, Joueur Du Grenier is still pretty relevant and going strong. Especially (but, of course mostly) in French part of KZfaq

Finally a full breakdown! This is great, thanks for the effort you put into this! 5:40

The Bob Magrann rabbithole is the weirdest fucking thing you can go down

Listening to AI-James narrate his own descent into mediocrity was unsettling.

This was friggin beautiful! Great work 😄

I thought this whole video was going to be a shitpost. I became amazed at how informative and well done it is.

I still like the avgn stuff. We are close to the same age and i can understand how changes in life make your priorities change and you dont have the same goofy sense of humor you once had

This video is really well made! Good Job!

I've been a huge Cinemassacre fan since I was 9, and I still love James. It was pretty interesting learning more about the Screenwave era though, as I usually tend to avoid drama related content on creators that I genuinely enjoy. Having AI James narrate the video was a nice touch, made some of the less savory entries a little easier to swallow.

Find it really dumb the video criticizes James because he doesn't have time to make videos due to his kids and then goes on to say he is working from home and doesn't have to leave. I mean kids need way more attention than to just be sitting at home while you sit behind a computer so James has every right to focus more on his kids and not make any videos at all.

This is my first iceberg video. Well done.

I notice there was one entry not on here. That tweet where Mike Matei raged at people for using save states and telling them that if they used them, they didn't beat the damn game.

THANK YOU for making this!

What's messed up is that Bob Magrann was the only funny member of Silvermania! It's still not saying a lot though.

The reality of all this is that clearly James is somewhat content with what he has now, having work life balance thanks to Screenwave. He’s gotten older and has a family, and clearly this was the only way to keep paying the bills whilst still somewhat doing what he enjoys, albeit cutting out the hours he used to need to do hardcore video editing or self made productions. But also yes, the cliche “avoid mental health and burnout problems” wave that has happened with Many content creators, this was a blessing in disguise now if you really think about it. Now he’s got a crew helping him out and he’s purely the actor now. I don’t think it’s a bad thing but I think where it falls sadly in the end was his friends on the journey. The only series that seems to retain this feeling is Neighbour Nerds, but it’s sad how this practically took over James and Mike Mondays. They are still quite entertaining, thank god his childhood friend and neighbour has such a funny personality and memorable voice but at what expense, so many others.

Curious if many of those who complain abt people wanting to spend more time with their families actually have their own. Love james' content for the most part, and I appreciate that those in creative arts have an increasing uphill battle to keep coming up with new material, especially with so much competition, many others out doing the same. Does an artist *owe* fans new/fresh material? People that enter into agreement for compensation for their work, absolutely are owed that.

I'm curious if anyone else has made a video covering on the whole Cheetaman II kickstarter scandal from back then, I'd love to here this with the AI James voice.

I like how this vid stands out compared to other icebergs vids by using a TTS. The program managed to make the audio experience enjoyable, tho it couldn't capture James' intonation. I also liked the vulgarities dropped in the script because it's appropiate when one talks about the Nerd. Btw, which TTS did you use to replicate James' voice?

Whoa! A whole lot I didn't expect for sure.

nice video 5 of us laughed 40 of us cried

23:18 HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING

James isn't a bad person. I just wish he would treat his Nerd character that brought him success with more passion rather than brand. It's unfortunate Doug Walker beat him at doing what he would love, since he's more of a movie guy now

Loved it!!!

2014 was the last genunely good year of Monster Madness. Luckly, he had hit all the major horror series before then, and then gave Friday the 13th its own series. Oh, and if you ever wanted to update this, you should add the Opie and Anthony interview that James did way back when. If you're not familiar, there was a time when they were the #2 biggest radio show in the country after Howard Stern. Anyway, Anthony Cumia (the titular "Anthony" of the show) is into gaming, and discovered AVGN, and thought it was hilarious, so they invited James to do an interview. He ended up doing a call-in interview, and basically spilled his spaghetti the entire time.

Im one of those guys that has a lot of admiration for what james has done and look up to his work ethic from when he was in his prime. Times change and he hasnt been producing as much quality stuff lately, but i think he is still making good videos. Im not saying he doesnt deserve critisism, far from it, but some are way too harsh on him.

James Rolfe AI. Interesting

I love the Elmo in Grruchland review! It was hilarious.

Great video. Big Ryan fan btw

I don't like all of the gleeful hatred that these r/TCT dipshits like to spew. James created something that brought joy to millions and inspired an entire genre. Did things keep on rocking forever? Maybe not. Are screenwave unlikeable? Yes. Are we sad about the rift between the ogs? Undoubtedly. Was the movie terrible? Yeah. But that doesn't mean we've got to drown ourselves in hatorade. I for one remain a fan for life.

Some would say that this is a James Rolfe ai voice, but I'd like to think that this is an alt account for the AVGN.

16:09 love your choice in music, Hotline Miami is a classic.

crazy how angry this video is

The bawls on the berg!

AVGN room is his basement, not garage…he’s done room tours walking down his stairs

Are you going to remaster the old OTAV episodes with the new clearer AI James?

Amazing film!

i thought this was going to be a joke video were James talks in the first person defending himself from all the claims about the subjects made by the "assholish variety" that are on the iceberg. but still tho, this was a pretty interesting video. good job

I cannot understand how Mike hanging out at James place in a pajamas has not become a meme

So James and Mike are real people that make mistakes. Wow.

I mean I can understand James making time for sidesScrollers because it's stuttering Craig. They go back a long time even if Craig's content is an extreme contrast to anything he's done in the 2000s/2010s. I like to believe they are friends

Mate, the ai voice is spot on well done

I’m surprised out of all the channels dedicated to Cinemassacre, there’s no “Angry ‘Angry Video Game Nerd’ Nerd”

Thank you my friend are justice.

lmao, that Wario Land 4 pinball zone music is so depressing, perfect choice

you are a gentleman and a full time scholar

It's truly sad what Cinemassacre has become. I, along with most people, used to think James was one of the few really genuine content creators out there. No drama, no scandals, just good, quality content, and an all-around good dude. Well, I hate to say it, but it seems like that might be a little off. The way he did Kyle and Bootsy is pretty sad. We, obviously, don't know all the details, but it's telling that both of them bailed not too far apart from one and the other. Clearly, something shady was going on and drove them off. I wish Kyle and Bootsy would expand on it more, but both of them seem too nice to really say anything negative, even if it is deserved. I think James' biggest problem is that it doesn't seem like he has a backbone. I feel like he probably bases most of his decisions on what his wife says. It's likely why he's not allowed to be more involved in his own content and had to hand it off to Screenwave. And speaking of them, it seems like James lets them do whatever they want, even if he doesn't necessarily agree with it. He signed away his brand and just collects the paycheck. They write everything, and he shows up to go through the motions and read his lines. When they're all together for a podcast, interview, or other spinoff video, James just sits there and nods or says "Mmhmm" while the others steer the ship. They have zero chemistry! I guess this shouldn't be too much of a surprise. James was never that into video games, and if it hadn't been for Mike, he'd have bailed on the AVGN character after his first 3 videos. He wanted to be a real filmmaker, not a content creator on the net stuck making video game shorts. Unfortunately, that pays the bills now, and he's stuck having to keep it going. Nobody cares about his filmmaking. He's fairly incompetent as a director, as noted by his ridiculous methods of filming the nerd and his God awful movie that was just a jumbled mess. Instead of making a nerd movie, he tried to jam everything he liked about film into the movie and turned it into a slog. Sadly, we've seen the best AVGN has to offer. All that's left now is mediocre Screenwave content, and his mindless fans that white knight for him at every turn and refuse to acknowledge his content just isn't good anymore. It's kind of like the Simpsons. Any level-headed person will tell you that the show should've ended 20 years ago, but there's still those millions of people who will claim it's as good as ever. (Edited for clarity)

Great video! Of all the drama things James have been gone through, he's still just as good and contagious especially his sitting down and talk videos. I wished some people just cut him some slack for the lesser uploads, I mean being a parent is a valid excuse.

Wasn’t expecting the voices that really lends to it. Almost comedic.

Level 3 having that amazing Bomberman hero music ❤ love that track

I've never understood the fascination of grown men over Mike DIC pic plus the whole 5:40 thing , the guy has kids and wants to be present in their lives which is what a dad should do

I see what you did there with the James AI. AMAZING

Incredible work on this iceberg video scase! The exhaustive research and exploration into the Cinemassacre/Screenwave history just made me simultaneously nostalgic for my middle school days and sad for where everything would eventually end up beginning around the time of the AVGN movie. The bigger the whole entity of Cinemassacre became expanding outside of its basement born origins, the less endearing the channel became to me. I remember frequently swinging by my nearby Borders actively seeking out older horror films on DVD because of all the initial Monster Madness videos that got me interested in exploring classic cinema as a kid. James could definitely get you invested in something he truly loved and was passionate about so atleast I thank him for that if anything else. Ironically I'm way more of a Joueur Du Grenier fan than an AVGN fan nowadays. So much better as a series overall in every aspect, and way funnier too!

I actually really liked the rental reviews

Great film.

This video fucking rocks

mike’s looking fairly cadaverous these days according to that mugshot in the intro

well done sir.

Thumbs up for the Sun Araw music

I remember watching "TheREALCinemassacre" parody account and thinking (still do) his vids were quite good for a parody, even a friend of mine wished he continued when I showed him some vids. Not sure if this is lost media, but I remember watching a vid in 2013 regarding James's top 10 Godzilla monsters. Shame ya didn't mention an old vid where I assume James threatens to "spit Jimmy's nuts from atop a tree" or some shit like that. :D You're a meanie for the River Twigz Bed music btw :P Edit: I forgot to mention, on the topic of possible lost media, I remember watching these vids where James recounts old memories about certain games, Super Mario Kart and Contra being the ones I remember watching back between 2013-2015.

The robut ai version of james has a lot more energy than regular james rolfe... screenwave could learn something from this

We’ll get into that later

Seems like a bunch of hate for clicks. Mike messed up and he is gone, Screenwave messed up and they are gone too. I am sure that there are contracts evolved so it can't be don instantly. James seems to be rolling more solo now.

Even as a kid i never liked Mike, he never was funny for me...

I kind of checked out after James & Mike Mondays and Rental Reviews were canceled. AVGN is fine and all, but it's no longer a fresh, groundbreaking DIY series that can prop up a channel on its own.

0:52 lmfaooo hearing James voice saying this with the emoji 💀💀

What a shitload of fuck- err I mean, informational content. Great video!

Nice! big ryan fan btw

Ngl, rex viper looks like a fun time. Amateur or not.

He's sounds like if James and Gruz had a baby

4:49 "yeah, that was great" I lost it at that delivery

Wow! I would watch this but I don’t quite have the time

AI James would be great for an audiobook reading of James Rolfe's "Movie Making Nerd" autobiography.

James is arguably responsible for making youtube the way it i today

Bootsy joins Cinemassacre because of Mike. Booty leaves Cinemassacre because of Mike. The cosmic ballet goes on...

very well curated

Y'all have some unrealistic expectations for someone that entertains you for free.

Wait Kyle left because James didn't pay him? Is there any source of this?