
Out of curiosity, where do you work? And still jealous about PAX East.
And I won't comment on Sarkeesian, except to say no, it didn't require that money. In fairness, her goal was $6,000 which is a lot more reasonable. Assuming she bought a higher-end prosumer camera (can get in the $3000s new, depending on model), the latest Final Cut Pro ($1000+), and let's assume she's incredibly dumb and bought a Chyron for those over the shoulder graphics and an oversized green screen, $6,000 in't bad, but it's still not necessary to do ... that.
Fuck my Magna Cum Laude Radio/Television degree even harder, I should have just got on Kickstarter.