Glad to hear that he is now doing what he loves. It really is sad to know that he is on RU-vid much anymore. But still.. Such an amazing inspiration to me and many others
So much of their start can be attributed to their landlord. He was the chilliest and coolest dude (still is today) landlord ever. He was about the arts and supported the artists.
Hey! Great interview! I had no idea Freddie was behind Dungeons and Daddies. Love this peek behind the scenes. Could we have a "making of" where we follow creators through one iteration of whatever it is they're making? I'd love to see a start to published podcast episode, music video, or any other kind of creative project. Would be fun to see!
I love this so much! Would watch anything and everything from Freddie back in the day. And as someone from Brazil that is able to live from his passion thanks to Patreon, this is a perfect duo to hear from! Keep them coming Jack!
Excellent conversation from two "cewebrity" experts. Also, two guys who have taken a bunch of at-bats and done a bunch of different things! (e-sports player/filmmaker/D&D podcaster, musician/RU-vid influencer/tech founder?) I made a video essay about Video Game High School and Rocketjump, and I wish I could go back and include some clips from this!
Freddie's interviews over the past couple years have been so excellent to watch! Being an OG RU-vidr AND showing everyone that you can bring movie-level VFX to short form content, he has such an incredible insight into both the creator industry and the traditional film and television industry - I grew up watching him and it's so cool to see his journey! Can't wait for more groundbreaking stuff from him. This was an awesome interview!
Very interesting interview. Just to let you know, I love scary pockets but dead wax surpassed it. I hope you can find a way to make it work again. It was your new idea that I really dug. Thanks for it all buddy.
Im glad you got this opportunity to get with freddiew. Schlatt proved recently that freddie still has the power to captivate all of us. I think he puts his skill too down, as even though it was corny it was intentionally so and thats what made me comfortable and let my guard down when watching his videos.
I agree with what he’s saying about how making RU-vid videos is so difficult today. Back then, you could upload whatever you wanted, a funny cat video, a poor effects irl video games, a comedy skit. Even all the way back in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. Now RU-vid is basically higher production videos, web series, documentaries, even well edited let’s plays. It’s crazy and it’s awesome, but it’s hard to do it alone anymore. Media is mad. I’m an author, but I run a minor RU-vid channel. I started it years ago and would just upload gaming and documentaries, audiobooks. But even one video depending on the length took days to edit. I was doing it all by myself. I was having to upload multiple times a week, sometimes 3 videos a week. I couldn’t do it. I had to search for a good editor to do it for me so I could do other stuff. It’s almost on the verge of short film-tv shows. Twitch is just garbage tbh. I tried it for three months, streamed regularly. It’s so hard to grow an audience and you basically have no life, always streaming all day. No thanks. Id rather have a life.
I was in the military during this and we would watch the videos back in 2011 and I really liked them so good it was sad day for many when we lost all them great video shorts and they seemed to have so much fun doing them lke the floor is lava and the jedi ashole or the kung fool so many great ones.
I think the rocket jump video was the first one I saw of his. It was like the same week it was released. I help up with all his stuff since, well until he stopped with youtube. I actually own VGHS even.
Objection! Leading witness! Pretty good interview, but one note that I have for the host and the hosts of a thousand other interviews. Let the guest answer the first question you ask. At 1:30 you ask like 5 questions in a row without ever letting the quests even attempt to answer. It’s fine to rephrase the question if the guest appears to be struggling to answer. But let them at least try. Maybe you need to prepare more questions ahead of time so you aren’t writing and edit and redrafting the questions live in the interview. Maybe you need to think a little more about what you want to ask ahead of time.
Freddie gave me the ability to completely give up, and abandon aspirations of anything. Once I saw the level he and Brandon were working at, I realized that sometimes, even being early to the game, is way too late.
Freddy was being interupted way too much. I really wanted to hear what he was going to say about advice for people wanting to create new things, but he was cut off.
5:08 Oooooh the Patreon guy! I was wondering where I knew this guy's face. Hey man, banning dissidents is really lame. The adults have been right about nearly everything these past 7 years. You should expand your horizons and consider they're not as evil as you've been told.
Man you really need to learn the art of the conversation, poor Freddy is gasping trying to get a word in before you interrupt with your views which, frankly, are not very interesting in the company of greatness.
You two are probably my absolute favorite people to listen to on the subject of being an online creator. You're both very talented and very hard working, while also being down-to-earth. Really appreciate your videos, Jack.
I fully understand that people get burnt out doing a job for so long. It is still a shame that Freddie Wong ended the Channel. I can see by the comments a lot of people miss it too. I'm lucky to have been around during the channel at its best. Just dream of another season of VGHS lol
Hey Jack! If you see this, thank you for being so THOROUGH w your creative spirit. The fact that PATREON is founded by a musical person is so inspiring for working in multiple mediums. You the king man!
I encountered Freddie's presence late. But that guy, what a class act of a human being! Dungeons and daddies is a thing that brings me such joy. Now I'm working backwards to see how FE became who he is.
I owe a lot to freddiew, he's the one who inspired me to go into motion graphics and animation. i still believe he's underrated and needs more recognition
Jack, I honestly miss your musical voice. You're there in Scary Pockets, Magaziine and all... but I miss the compositions, your singing voice, your inventive arrangements. Just thought I'd pass that along in case you were feeling that way too. Have a great week
its interesting to see how much entrainment has evolved it really isn't in its final form yet great interview hope all continues well for both Freddie and you Jack
