James Stephanie Sterling
Is This The Most Insulting Crap A Game Executive's Ever Said? (The Jimquisition)
Former Sony Europe CEO Chris Deering has said some genuinely offensive garbage in the wake of the industry's awful layoff epidemic. His...
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James Stephanie Sterling
- Sep 10
The Frustrating Contrast Between Concord's Failure & Astro Bot's Success (The Jimquisition)
Concord represents a new low for the "live service" goldrush, lasting only two weeks before Sony pulled the plug. Meanwhile, the same...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Sep 3
The Literal Doom Of Derivative AI (The Jimquisition)
Google researchers had their AI "make" a Doom level, and now they're claiming they have a game engine. It is arrogant nonsense, and it...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Aug 28
Fake Gamers And Their "DEI" Obsession (The Jimquisition)
Do the so-called gamers who whine about "wokeness" and "DEI" actually play or care about the games they claim to protect? Do they know...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Aug 23
The Verge Is Doomed... Or Is Bethesda Deadlocked? (The Jimquisition)
It's a double bill of a video! First, we talk about The Verge controversially previewing Deadlock without Valve's blessing and the...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Aug 23
No More Room In Hell: How Tech & Games Are Desperately Rotting (The Jimquisition)
"When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth". Dawn of the Dead is an iconic film with an iconic quote, and as I...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Aug 6
The Indicative Incompetence Of Bungie's Leadership (The Jimquisition)
Bungie just indulged in a new round of layoffs directly as a result of incompetent management. Those inept leaders will suffer no...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Aug 6
In Which An Investor Demonstrates The Stupidity Of Investors (The Jimquisition)
The investor class is more or less twinned with the executive class in terms of overall uselessness to the human race. This was...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jul 24
AI Stole My Content (The Jimquisition)
AI is theft. AI is plagiarism. AI is an energy hog, a Techbro scam, a borderline useless waste of resources that grifters are contriving...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jul 17
The First One's Free... To Play (The Jimquisition)
Examining the unsubtle similarities between freemium games and fictional dealers from cartoonish PSAs. The first one's free!
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jul 9
Disability, Difficulty, And The Discourse That's Lost The Plot (The Jimquisition)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard announced a basic accessibility option, and Gamers(tm) lost their minds about it. A pundit made the case for a...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jul 9
Woke Chins: The Latest Silly Outrage (The Jimquisition)
Chins have gone woke now! The Gamerbros continue to prove there is no limit to how creepy they can be, as they're running around "fixing"...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jul 9
Such A Poor And Profitable Industry (The Jimquisition)
Do you have a taste for profit like Nathan Drake? Sony announces the PS5 as its most profitable generation. This is totally not at odds...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jul 9
Embracer's Legacy: 44 Axed Studios, 80 Axed Games, 4,532 Axed Jobs (The Jimquisition)
Embracer Group ate its fill and then threw up. After buying a ridiculous amount of companies, the resulting studios closures and layoffs...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jun 19
Phil Spencer's Big Hard Decision (The Jimquisition)
Microsoft's Phil Spencer has such a hard life, being paid lots of money and wearing T-shirts with gamer stuff on them (that part might...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jun 10
Such A Poor And Profitable Industry (The Jimquisition)
Do you have a taste for profit like Nathan Drake? Sony announces the PS5 as its most profitable generation. This is totally not at odds...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Jun 5
Monsters, Memes, and Money: Silent Hill 2 Remake's Worrying Nonsense (The Jimquisition)
Konami showed off a lot of Silent Hill 2 Remake recently. It has some promising stuff. Unfortunately, a lot of that promise is of bad,...
James Stephanie Sterling
- May 27
The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimately Ruinous Crossover Cash-ins (The Jimquisition)
Ol' Iron Giant made everyone cry when he said "Superman" really quiet one time. Now he's just smacking Clark Kent in the face while Jason...
James Stephanie Sterling
- May 20
The One Where Microsoft Admits Game Studios Are F*cked (The Jimquisition)
In trying to justify closing down various Bethesda studios, including Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, Microsoft has basically...
James Stephanie Sterling
- May 14
Please, No More Licensed Asymmetrical Horror Games (The Jimquisition)
Friday the 13th, Predator, Puppet Master, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and bloody Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Alongside Dead by Daylight,...
James Stephanie Sterling
- May 7
A Video Reminder For Those About To Be Scammed By A Digital Deluxe Edition (The Jimquisition)
Digital Deluxe Editions? What a con! Stephanie Sterling? What a mark! We all need reminders sometimes that a scam is a scam, no matter...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Apr 29
Shady Sands (The Jimquisition)
Take me home, Shady Sands! Let's talk about the Fallout TV show, the conflict between storytelling and lore, and of course... Shady Sands.
James Stephanie Sterling
- Apr 26
Online Games Clearly Need Offline Contingencies (The Jimquisition)
Helldivers 2, Sker Ritual, and (hilariously) Suicide Squad, have all been borderline (or totally) unplayable at crucial moments thanks to...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Apr 17
Why Proposing Tip Jars For Mainstream Videogames Is Either Stupid Or Malicious (The Jimquisition)
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra thinks big budget games should offer players the ability to add a tip on top of already spending...
James Stephanie Sterling
- Apr 11
Life Is Strange And The REAL Virtue Signalling (The Jimquisition)
Life Is Strange has been called an "SJW game" by chuds around the world, but maybe they'll start appreciating it now developer Deck Nine...
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