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Patenting Game Mechanics: A Worse Idea Than Stadia (The Jimquisition)

Patenting game mechanics is bad. It's bad. It's simply bad. So is Google Stadia, and we're going to talk about both Google's failings and Warner Bros. Interactive's patent hoarding.   

Google ceases Stadia game development, Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System becomes WB's sole dominion, AND we get to take a look at what I've been doing in Monster Hunter lately. It's what you all t...

Podquisition 319: No Erotic Implications

There’s nothing sexual about this podcast. It’s educational.

Games we played this week include:
Cockhead (11:25)
Hitman III (24:45)
The Medium (32:25)
Dom Rusalok (41:00)
Destruction All Stars (45:15)
Double-Kick Heroes (53:10)

News things talked about in this episode:
Blizzard says it’s “unworkable” to interview diverse candidates for every position (...

Occupy Stonk Street (The Jimquisition)

So there's really only one thing to talk about this week, and that's the whole mess that happened with GameStop and Wall Street. It's pretty much a perfect look at the wider problems we regularly discuss.   

When the ultra wealthy find their positions challenged, they have little problem demonstrating that the free market is only free to them, and that all their shaming lectures...

Podquisition 318: Sure Would Forest

A merry band are we.

Games we played this week include:
Deep Rock Galactic (23:35)
Monster Hunter World (26:00)
Cyber Shadow (38:35)
Babysitting Mama (41:15)
Unworthy (46:30)
The Red Lantern (48:00)

News things talked about in this episode:

Redditors inflate Gamestop stock value to an outrageous degree (4:05)
2021-01-28 18:24:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Death & Taxes (The Jimquisition)

Another normal one today! We chat about Euro Truck Simulator vaccinating itself against controversy, we say goodbye to the FCC chairman that nobody liked, and we discuss Activision making money thanks to a global pandemic.   

Now I am going to brace for impact. No reason.   Also, Floridus Snake.

Podquisition 317: Shots To The Face

Get ready to be covered in the fluid of your choice.

Games we played this week include:
Double Kick Heroes (14:35)
Deep Rock Galactic (18:05)
Monster Hunter World (24:15)
Sea Salt (37:20)
The Red Lantern (42:35)
Cooking Mama: Cookstar (50:05)

News things talked about in this episode:

Bloomberg report further examines Cyberpunk 2077 development woes (53:00) 2021-01-22 02:24:17 +0000 UTC View Post

The Jimquisition's New Groove, And Other Updates

Hello, you friendly little bottom burps! In keeping with my desire to provide more updates, here I am providing more updates. Can I stop this one from becoming a bloody novella this time? Maybe? 
Anyway, The Jimquisition tried a slightly different thing this week, tackling four different subjects instead of going all-in on one topic for twenty minutes. I was incredibly happy wi...

Just A Pog In The Machine (The Jimquisition)

New year, new me, and an all-new Jimquisition for you to stuff down your stinkin' gullets! This week, we've packed four stories into one hot video, and I am very pleased with how an anthological Jimquisition turned out.   

In today's blistering offering, we talk about the latest Cyberpunk 2077 chicanery, Grand Theft Auto IV, that new Star Wars game, and POGS! POGS POGS POGS! POG...

Podquisition 316: A Righteous Claim of Nobility

We’re joined by Sophie (aka TheymerSophie / CurioVids) to witness the coronation of Loardy Sterling.

Games we played this week include:
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 (6:40)
Cooking Mama: Cookstar (9:50)
Wrestling Empire (22:30)
Dead Space (30:30)
Curse of the Dead Gods (33:30)
Only Cans: Thirst Date (38:00)
Umurangi Generation (42:55)
Monster Hunter: Rise (44:55)
P...

The Devil Hit A Dog With A Go Kart

In this game about being the devil, you can do jumping, you can do driving, you can do getting stuck in closets, and you can do nothing.

A Completely Normal One (The Jimquisition)

Everything is completely normal.

Podquisition 315: Luck You

A new year, a bold new direction for Podquisition.

Games we played this week include:
Pummel Party (12:30)
Dead Space (20:45)
Mass Effect: Andromeda (22:35)
Cloudpunk (26:30)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (35:10)
Carto (39:25)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (42:45)
Hades (49:45)
Curse of the Dead Gods (51:30)
Microsoft Flight Sim VR (58:40)

News things talked ...

How I Do My Awards (Or, Why Doom Eternal Was Robbed!)

Game of the Year awards are as prone as any other form of videogame critique to causing upset. Very much like controversies surrounding game reviews, I've read the same debates crop up, year after year, for decades. Before I even started getting into it myself. The most common phrase to occur in any given comment section is "(Game) was robbed!"

Robbed!   

"How could you...

The Jimquisition Game Of The Year Awards 2020

With 2020 now safely in the rear view, we can all start dreading 2021 and its inevitable horrors. First, let's take one positive break and look back at the games of 2020 that won our hearts.   

Could Fall Guys make the cut? The Last of Us Part 2? Animal Crossing? Who knows? Well, I know. So will you if you watched The Jimquisition Awards of 2020!

Here Is A Colorful Game With Themes Of Cartoon Genocide

Here is Phantast, it's a game you can look at. You wouldn't think it at first glance, but it's a game about genocidal land seizure in which the persecutors are the heroes. At least that's the way I've chosen to read it.

Podquisition 314: Smell Like You Drunkenly Boned A Bonfire

Oh, don’t act like you haven’t considered it.

Games we played this year include:
Final Fantasy VII Remake (14:00)
Deadly Premonition 2 (21:10)
Ooblets (25:20)
TemTem (27:20)
The Last of Us Part 2 (29:05)
Streets of Rage 4 (31:55)
No Straight Roads (34:20)
Call of Duty: Warzone (37:45)
Resident Evil: Resistance (39:00)
Extreme Meatpunks Forever (40:20)
...

Top Ten Sh*ttiest Games Of 2020 (The Jimquisition)

It's that miserable time of the year once again. 2020 has been a hellscape of dread and confusion, but there is one thing you can always rely upon - the annual rundown of the crappiest nonsense games can offer.   

From Marvel's Avengers to the horrendous XIII Remake, we look at the ten games embodying this awful year with their awful awfulness. You might be surprised at some of ...

Podquisition 313: Hounded in the Village Square

It’s hard to be this correct all the time.

Games we played this week include:
A Plague Tale: Innocence (16:55)
Catherine: Full Body (20:10)
If Found (23:20)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (28:30)
Mass Effect Andromeda (34:35)
Wilmot’s Warehouse (37:35)
Railway Empire (38:55)
Microsoft Flight Sim (40:00)
Noddy’s Playtime (41:30)

News things talked about in this e...

That Cyberpunk Song What We Done

If you would like the audio of the song we put together for A Song of Cyberpunk, here you go! Thank you so much to everyone who shared the video and wrote nice things about it. And of course to the lovely patrons who not only give us the time and resources to do this kind of nonsense, but have kept us doing business as usual during a scary, scary year. 

I had the idea to do a song on...

A Song Of Cyberpunk (The Jimquisition)

Hey, did you hear about Cyberpunk? The game of the year, except the versions that are total junk! 

It's a singin' Jimquisition this week as we take a look at the unbelievably humiliating week CD Projekt RED has endured since the incompetent release of Cyberpunk 2077. It's been quite an ordeal.   

From bugs to takedowns to international appeasement, CDPR has managed to...

The Spin-Off Doctors: Star Wars Episode One - A New Hope

The doctors are in! 

While we were meant to do Sonic ages ago, some things happened and we had to go with something else. Since most people know all about it, we went with something broad to get back into the swing. 

We did Star Wars. How original.

Podquisition 312: Now That’s Punk!

We feel confident saying, by way of comparison, that this podcast is very, very punk.

Games we played this week include:
Demon's Souls (21:05)
Nullpointer (24:40)
Visual Out (27:05)
Grindstone (29:15)
Dead to Rights: Retribution (32:25)
Calico (38:10)
Spinnortality (44:30)
Dicey Dungeons (47:15)
Observer (50:45)
Among Us (54:45)
Fall Guys (58:15)

New...

Videogame Discourse: More Broken Than Cyberpunk (The Jimquisition)

Cyberpunk 2077 is finally out, which means people are unhappy, because that's how videogames work.   

We know the routine with massively hyped "AAA" videogames by now. Before the game is even out, it accrues a mass of fans who've already decided to love it and will attack anyone who disagrees. Then the reviews come out, and all hell breaks loose.  

 Between a sta...

Boston's Favorite Son: Don't Let The Slunge Dry

I mentioned in an earlier post that I want to try and be better at letting you know about extracurricular content, rather than assume you don't want to hear about it. So anyway, here's the latest episode of Boston's Favorite Son, a bad comedy podcast. 

If you've never heard it before, don't worry, you can start from literally anywhere. It's all a sorry mess and continuity isn't a th...

Talking Over Interesting Trailers From The Game Advertisements

The Game Advertisements happened once again, the annual display of self-congratulation from an industry that mostly doesn't deserve it. Anyway, it's not really about the awards, it's about marketing. Let's enjoy some trailers!  

I suppose.

Podquisition 311: Vom Control

It’s important to have certain conversations before you get started.

Games we played this week include:
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (6:00)
Factorio (8:50)
Wilmot’s Warehouse (12:30)
TemTem PS5 (15:00)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (16:30)
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (19:50)
Fall Guys (27:40)
Doom Eternal Switch (31:25)
Marvel’s Avengers (32:55)

News thing...

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Durable Fun (Jimpressions)

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a prequel to a sequel and a sequel to a spin-off. It's also really bloody good, I reckon.   

With a more complex Warriors formula than usual, a diverse range of characters that have their own play styles as well as movesets, and a whole ton of content, it's mechanically superior to the first Hyrule Warriors, even if it doesn't quite benefit fr...

"They'll Buy It Anyway" Doesn't Excuse The Corporate Racket (The Jimquisition)

Ever since I first started criticizing the business practices of mainstream videogame publishers, people have been quick to remind me that it doesn't matter what I think, people will buy games anyway.   

The facts are the facts, and I can't dispute the truth that publishers enjoy success regardless of how they treat their staff and their audience. They will continue to make mone...

Excerpt From The Draft Of The Jimquisition Book That I Probably Won't Finish

Oh, hello, it is me again, Jim Sterling. This isn't part of the book draft, by the way, this is just an introduction.

Firstly, thank you for all the kind words and support in response to the last blog post (I guess we can go with just calling them that for now). I'd like to do more, but I know better than to make promises when it's been almost a month and I literally forget every day th...

No, You're NOT A Gamer! (Commentocracy)

Animal Crossing? Not a real game. Pokémon? Not a real game. Anything that doesn't use a PS4 controller? Can it be called anything close to a game?   

Duke Amiel H'ardcore is back to share a classic in gamer gatekeeping, as we learn how many hours a REAL gamer puts into their playtime. After all, if it's not a job, it's not a game!