That’s right folks, we’re going to chat with Freddie Wong from RocketJump at NYCC. You know him, he created Video Game High School.
VIDEO GAME HIGH SCHOOL (VGHS), the live-action comedy web series with Peter Jackson-style effects about best friends, first loves and landing that perfect head shot, will return for the final installment when VGHS SEASON 3 premieres on October 13, 2014 on YouTube.
The epic series has already garnered over 84 MILLION views and as you’ll see, VGHS SEASON 3 is holding nothing back with bigger explosions, car chases and more as the web series is taken out in an epic blaze of glory.
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Produced by Rocket Jump Studios and Collective Digital Studio Video Game High School was created by YouTube star Freddie Wong and Matt Arnold and has been hailed by Variety as “the top web series of 2013” and recently won the 2014 Streamy Awards for Best Action or Sci-Fi (Channel, Show or Series), Best Ensemble Cast and Best Directing.
Set in an alternate reality where professional video gaming is the biggest spectator sport in the world, the series follows the adventures of pro gamer Brian D (Josh Blaylock) and his friends who attend VGHS, an elite competitive gaming academy, in a fun-filled, thrill ride that mixes drama, comedy, and explosive action in the heightened world of video games. Celebrity cameos over the last two seasons have included Zachary Levi, Stan Lee and Chris Hardwick.
VGHS Season 3 will feature Conan O’Brien with other surprise cameos in store when the series returns on October 13, 2014. To catch up on the past seasons and more information, please visit www.youtube.com/rocketjump and www.rocketjump.com
Get ready for the final level of the show about best friends, first loves, and landing that perfect headshot. In VGHS SEASON 3, Brian, Jenny, Ted and Ki face their biggest challenges and fiercest enemies yet.
THE CANDIDATE
The race for Class President heats up as Ki battles Machiavellian RTS player Shane Pizza in an election rife with bribery, extortion, and outright cat theft. Will the dirty game of politics cost Ki her integrity—especially after betrayal in her own campaign threatens to undo everything she’s fought for?
THE LOVERS
Finally public with their blossoming relationship, Brian and Jenny are closer than ever as they gear up for a playoffs showdown against Napalm Energy Drink High School. But when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity knocks for Jenny, everything will change. Can they face the coming storm and take their team to the championships? Or will tough choices, hurt feelings, and Napalm Captain Ashley Barnstormer bring their dreams crashing down?
THE REBEL
Reeling from his broken friendship with Brian, a wounded Ted moves in with the Drift Racers and embraces their hell-raising ways full throttle. It’s detention, bar fights, and joyrides galore— until a tragedy strikes that rocks Ted, his friends, and the entire school to their core.
THE LAW
The Law™ is having one refreshing, flavor-packed, game-slamming time at Napalm™ Energy Drink High. In no way is he about to discover that he’s a slave to a massively powerful corporation, with sinister designs on VGHS that go far deeper than anyone could have expected. The Law™ would also like to remind you to get energized by blasting a can of new Napalm™ Baja Berry Crantini Thunder. DRINK NAPALM!
It all ends here: in six episodes, SCHOOL IS OUT. FOREVER. Join us one last time as we take this web series out in an EPIC BLAZE OF GLORY that will have you laughing, crying, cheering, and staring into space as you have the sobering realization that nothing in real life will ever be as cool as…