Jim Sterling
Steelrising - Brilliantly Broken (Jimpressions)
The team at Spiders have produced their best work yet - a visually delightful Soulslike with flowing combat, overpowered weapons, and a...
Jim Sterling
- Sep 12
The Last Of Us Part I Has The Worst Graphics Of All Time (The Jimquisition)
The Last of Us Part I has the worst graphics of all time. I have decided this using EVIDENCE and LOGIC! You won't believe Naughty Dog's...
Jim Sterling
- Sep 11
Ashigaru: The Last Shogun - The Return Of Gilson B. Pontes (Jimpressions)
I've coined a new game for the special kind of disaster this guy makes. From now on, he is the master of the Gilsonlike!
Jim Sterling
- Sep 9
The Last Of Us Part I - Relasted (Jimpressions)
The Last of Us Part I is The Last of Us but prettier. That really is it. It's a beat-for-beat mechanical replica with updates visuals. Is...
Jim Sterling
- Sep 5
Is 17 Hours Too Short For A Videogame? (The Jimquisition)
Is Cult of the Lamb a scam at "only" 17 hours? I mean, let's be honest, we're not here to seriously discuss an assertion that...
Jim Sterling
- Sep 4
Saint Row - Saints Broke (Jimpressions)
The new Saints Row? Yeah, it's not so great.
Jim Sterling
- Aug 29
I Made Steam's Most Unlikable Developer Really Really Mad (The Jimquisition)
Last episode we talked about the unhinged developer of Domina. He didn't appreciate that. His response was a hallmark of self-owning...
Jim Sterling
- Aug 22
The Misadventures Of Steam's Most Unlikeable Developer (The Jimquisition)
The creator of Domina sure is unhinged. Using patch notes to publish wacky manifestos denouncing Covid precautions, trans people, and...
Jim Sterling
- Aug 17
Cult Of The Lamb - A World Of Shit (Jimpressions)
There's so much poo in this game. It's pretty good though! Music: "In My Cult" by Jim's Big Ego.
Jim Sterling
- Aug 15
Loot Boxes, The Government, And EA's Propaganda (The Jimquisition)
EA has ducked government intervention in the UK, and intends to use predatory loot boxes in FIFA perpetually. In December, I'll be in...
Jim Sterling
- Aug 8
Batgirl (The Jimquisition)
Continuing on from what we were saying about Warner Bros. and Multiversus, the recent news about Batgirl and other axed projects...
Jim Sterling
- Aug 1
Multiversus Is Insidiously Dystopian (The Jimquisition)
Multiversus might be a geeky dream for crossover-loving consumers, but the whole thing is a really unsettling corporate flex when you...
Jim Sterling
- Jul 25
Final Fantasy VII NFTs Are Just Plain Offensive (The Jimquisition)
Final Fantasy VII NFTs? Square Enix didn't so much miss the point of that game as deliberately laugh in its face!
Jim Sterling
- Jul 18
Subscriptions For Car Seats!? (The Jimquisition)
Excessive monetization isn't just for videogames! Let's see how another industry is taking horrible cues from game publishers as BMW...
Jim Sterling
- Jul 11
Diablo Immortal's Success Is Disgustingly Damning (The Jimquisition)
Diablo Immortal is grotesque, but it's making over $1 million a day. Does that vindicate it? Oh my no... its success only serves to damn it.
Jim Sterling
- Jul 4
The Art Of Being Awful (The Jimquisition)
Return to Monkey Island has a lot of fans excited, hooray! It also has plenty of others who are angry, because of course it does. It...
Jim Sterling
- Jun 26
Hardcore Ted Skips The Grind (The Jimquisition)
Ted Cruz is a horrible, horrible man. He also claims to be a gamer. Could the two be related? Surely not!
Jim Sterling
- Jun 19
Activision Is Innocent Because Activision Said So (The Jimquisition)
Great news, everyone! Activision Blizzard has investigated itself and found no evidence that it did anything wrong! You can totally trust...
Jim Sterling
- Jun 12
Shocker: Fallout 76 Was Made With Abusive Crunch (The Jimquisition)
Kotaku's story: https://kotaku.com/bethesda-zenimax-fallout-76-crunch-development-1849033233 Fallout 76 was horrible garbage, and it...
Jim Sterling
- Jun 5
Diablo Immortal: Activision Blizzard's Latest Scam (The Jimquisition)
Can we really be shocked that Activision's Diablo spin-off is a microtransaction-stuffed con? God, that company is deeply corrupt and...
Jim Sterling
- May 29
The Political Cowardice Of AAA Publishers (The Jimquisition)
Today's episode is about human rights - something Sony and EA seem to be afraid of standing up for. Cowards.
Jim Sterling
- May 22
Bloober Team Doesn't Deserve Silent Hill (The Jimquisition)
Bloober Team is rumored to be working on a new Silent Hill, possibly a Silent Hill 2 remake. Fans are upset. I believe that upset is...
Jim Sterling
- May 15
Activision's "Diversity Tool" Is Fucking Awful (The Jimquisition)
Activision Blizzard recently crowed about a "diversity tool" that it claimed would avoid tokenism, even though it's nothing BUT tokenism....
Jim Sterling
- May 8
LOL Square Enix Sold Tomb Raider For Magic Crypto Beans (The Jimquisition)
I mean, it's not the entire reason, but it's still hilarious. Here's hoping the likes of Tomb Raider and Deus Ex are in better hands. Not...
Jim Sterling
- May 1
The Industry's Getting Unionized (The Jimquisition)
As Nintendo, Sony, Activision, and others continue to screw over their workers, unionization is mounting, and the companies are scared....
Jim Sterling
- Apr 24
Sonic Origins Is On Some Real Silly Bullshit (The Jimquisition)
Sega couldn't help taking a simple idea like Sonic Origins and stuffing it up with all sorts of preorder nonsense!
Jim Sterling
- Apr 17
Welp, I Got Covid (The Jimquisition)
Yup, we got it real bad!
Jim Sterling
- Apr 10
The Delicious Failure Of NFTs In Gaming (The Jimquisition)
NFTs were everywhere at the start of the year, but did you notice how quickly they've disappeared? I'm happy about that!
Jim Sterling
- Apr 3
Wow, The Ninendo Switch Got Mappy-Land! (The Jimquisition)
The Nintendo Switch just got Mappy-Land! This is a megaton news story!
Jim Sterling
- Mar 27
Scam Turismo (The Jimquisition)
Gran Turismo 7 is yet another example of "AAA" grifting, and another prime subject for a video, which is why we're doing a video on it!
Jim Sterling
- Mar 20
FromSoftware's Good Grace (The Jimquisition)
Special thanks to Stump Cross Caverns for this weeks filming location! https://www.stumpcrosscaverns.co.uk Elden Ring has been a...
Jim Sterling
- Mar 13
Square Enix Is Poisoned (The Jimquisition)
Babylon's Fall and Chocobo GP have both recently demonstrated Square Enix's commitment to being an awful videogame publisher. It's the...
Jim Sterling
- Mar 9
Babylon's Fall - More Like Babylon's Fail LOL (Jimpressions)
Under the thrall of Square Enix, Platinum Games has delivered a true masterpiece of awfulness in Babylon's Fall. This live service trash...
Jim Sterling
- Mar 7
The Open World Is Not Enough (The Jimquisition)
Elden Ring has demonstrated that open worlds don't have to be the sprawling, vapid, alleged sandboxes that have dominated "AAA" games....
Jim Sterling
- Mar 1
Elden Ring - The Dark Souls Of Games That Aren't Dark Souls (Jimpressions)
Elden Ring is like Dark Souls, but more. More scale, more options, more accessibility. God damn, it is good!
Jim Sterling
- Feb 28
Elden Ring And The Tiresome Dance Of Git Guddery (The Jimquisition)
Elden Ring is finally out, and with it has come the same circular discourse about accessibility and difficulty. We're not playing this time.
Jim Sterling
- Feb 22
Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Literally The Best Pokémon Game (Jimpressions)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is what the Pokémon series has sorely needed. Quicker, more efficient, and far less of a waste of time. Best...
Jim Sterling
- Feb 21
Some Whining Wankboys Think Aloy Looks Like A Man (The Jimquisition)
Horizon: Forbidden West has caused the usual crowd of nerdy whiners a real kerfuffle, because she doesn't look hot enough for their...
Jim Sterling
- Feb 14
Did I Mention I Hate NFTs? (The Jimquisition)
Yeah, another NFT episode, but I cannot overstate how thorough my disgust for them is, how dangerous they are, and how awful the game...
Jim Sterling
- Feb 7
Insights From A Terrible Galaga Game (The Jimquisition)
Galaga Wars+ is on Apple Arcade and it's absolutely atrocious. A slapdash rerelease of a free-to-play scam, it exposes just how terrible...
Jim Sterling
- Jan 31
NFT Loot Boxes Are A Thing Because Everything Is Bad (The Jimquisition)
The shriveled corpse of Atari has inflicted a new blight upon the land - NFT loot boxes. They're NFTs (terrible) that behave like loot...
Jim Sterling
- Jan 24
Obligatory Video About Microsoft Buying Activision (The Jimquisition)
Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard in one of the biggest power moves this industry has ever seen. I guess we have to talk about...
Jim Sterling
- Jan 20
The Procession To Calvary - A Classical Classic (Jimpressions)
Originally released in 2020 and finally stumbled upon by James Stephanie Sterling in 2022, The Procession to Cavalry has very quickly...
Jim Sterling
- Jan 17
S... E... X (The Jimquisition)
Game Jolt's recent decision to ban so-called "p*rn games" leads your old pal James Stephanie Sterling to rant about the treatment of...
Jim Sterling
- Jan 10
Cryptovania (The Jimquisition)
Konami is the publisher y'all just love to hate, and recently it's jumped aboard a bandwagon held in equal contempt by decent people...
Jim Sterling
- Jan 3
Square Enix Promises A Sickening NFT Future (The Jimquisition)
Square Enix has ripped off the mask to show just how cynical, just how exploitative, just how greedy the game industry is. As it embraces...
Jim Sterling
- Dec 27, 2021
Top Ten Sh*ttiest Games Of 2021 (The Jimquisition)
The year is wrapping up, and that means the grisly business must be undertaken yet again. Ten horrible, horrible games that contributed...
Jim Sterling
- Dec 20, 2021
The Videogames I Didn't Completely Hate This Year Awards 2021 (The Jimquisition)
Awards are meaningless. Videogames don't deserve applause. It is, however, the end of the year, and that means trophies must be given...
Jim Sterling
- Dec 13, 2021
Digipen: The College That Teaches Crunch Culture (The Jimquisition)
DigiPen Institute of Technology is an incredibly influential establishment in the games industry. A college respected enough to land its...
Jim Sterling
- Dec 6, 2021
The Stunning Cruelty Of Raven Software's Layoffs (The Jimquisition)
Activision Blizzard isn't going to let a massive scandal over its work culture get in the way of some good old fashioned layoffs, and it...