VGHS (Video Game High School)
Finished watching all three seasons of VGHS.
I've been with VGHS ever since its kickstarter was announced on Freddie Wong's YouTube channel (Now called Rocket Jump) back in 2012. And it has been one hell of ride.
VGHS is set in a world where video games have a MUCH MORE impact and importance in everyday life. Our hero, Brian D, who is a great FPS player gets a chance to attend VGHS, one of the most prestigious video gaming high school. The whole show is centered around the stuff he goes through there.
Being a gamer, I can't help but love all the gaming stuff, references etc etc in this series. But the best thing about this series are its characters. Almost all of them are extremely likable in one way or another and all the actors did a great job portraying them. The show is very lighthearted (most of the time), funny, and makes parody of lots of high school related stuff. It knows what it is and it executes it perfectly.
Season 3 is much darker and serious compared to the previous two lighthearted seasons. There is still comedy and fun in it, but there are moments where it goes full feelsy and serious. And it kinda went with the theme of the series. Life is tough when you grow up, so it was kinda fitting that the last season be more serious as the characters are growing up.
My biggest disappointment was the ending. It just felt like how Mass effect 3 originally ended, with no closure and that deep unsatisfied feeling. Also, I didn't like how they treated one of the main characters, who had such a big role in first two seasons, to be certainly put aside in the last one.
Considering that it is a web series/independent series/youtube series and was released for free and was funded by kickstarter, I have to say that Freddie Wong and team did a great job with production sets, CGI, action etc. Season 2 and Season 3 had better quality because of higher budget.
I hope Rocket Jump creates more independent/web series like this in the future, they sure have talent. VGHS was better than most of the series out there in my opinion. I would recommend it to everyone. BUT if you are a gamer, then you are doing yourself a disservice by not giving it a try. It isn't long, and you can watch it on youtube, SO GO WATCH IT!!
9/10