Richly deserved recognition at last.
Games we played this week include:
Call of Duty: Cold War (8:55)
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (13:15)
Hades (22:00)
Bugsnax (27:30)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (29:05)
Demon’s Souls (30:30)
Pokémon Sword/Shield (33:55)
Ghostrunner (36:05)
Worms Rumble (38:00)
News things talked about in this episode:
Uri Gel...
Even though it never surprises me, it always disappoints me to see games media pundits fall over themselves to repeat corporate propaganda in defense of corporate garbage.
The arrival of the PS5 and Xbox Series X has been used as an excuse to finally raise game prices... after years of using fixed game prices as an excuse to fill their games with predatory monetization. I wonder how they'...
2020-11-30 16:08:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Demon's Souls is pretty much the sole PS5 exclusive of any circumstance, which is impressive when you remember it's also a PS3 game.
From Software's incredibly influential 2009 release is one of my favorites, and I've wanted to see it rebuilt for years. Now it's finally here, with some quality of life improvements, a lovely new coat of paint, and the online accoutrements back at the...
2020-11-28 14:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The conspiracy is finally unmasked.
Games we played this week include:
Hades (12:20)
Call of Duty: Cold War (15:50)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (17:00)
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (26:30)
River City Girls (37:30)
Super Mutant Alien Assault (38:40)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (40:35)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure (45:00)
News things talked about in this episode:
Ca...
The ADHD Portion Of The Post
So I don't use the Patreon to write many communicative things, and that's mostly because my brain doesn't work properly and I don't communicate like I should. In fact, I've been meaning to provide an update either in text or audio form for roughly four or five months? And I just haven't.
In recent weeks, as many of you will have pi...
2020-11-25 15:08:28 +0000 UTC View Post
After a long and arduous journey, I have acquired a PlayStation 5 home entertainment console and I did it all on my own. It's time we celebrated how better I am than everyone else.
Also, I suppose we could talk about the PlayStation 5, right? Talk about what it does, and looks like, and how ridiculous large it is. So let's do that as well!
2020-11-23 19:15:11 +0000 UTC View Post
It would be very inappropriate to laugh right now.
Games we played this week include:
Demon's Souls (10:58)
Hades (22:25)
Bugsnax (27:30)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (35:34)
Astro's Playroom (43:40)
Fall Guys (47:00)
Godfall (49:10)
News things talked about in this episode:
Hostage hoax at Ubisoft Montreal (54:50)
Ubisoft shuffles another executive around (5...
How do I even mess up the very point of the thing?
Anyway, really sorry about that. Here it is!
New Podquisition up later as usual.
All things can finally go back to the way they were.
Games we played this week include:
Pokémon Go (6:40)
Hades (13:45)
Fall Guys (15:50)
Astro's Playroom (18:53)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (21:40)
Sackboy's Big Adventure (26:00)
Bugsnax (26:45)
Demon's Souls (28:33)
Devil May Cry V: Special Edition (29:20)
Tetris Effect (30:40)
Saints Row: The Third (33:1...
I've been told my videos are too political and that I should just stick to games. Usually, I ignore such strange criticisms, but after one of the most grueling weeks in American politics, maybe we should try it.
Let's give the totally apolitical what they want, and do an episode of the Jimquisition completely devoid of such contentious ideas or biases. It can totally be done....
2020-11-09 14:03:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Time to wrap up the latest batch of questions with another Asking Sterling podcast! I hope you enjoy the listening of it with your ears. Also at the very end of recording I found out about the results of the Very Normal Election, which was quite a something.
2020-11-06 15:52:50 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're looking for comfort, we're out of stock, but we can offer a great deal on distraction.
Games we played this week include:
Xbox One X impressions (9:35)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (17:05)
Death Stranding (21:05)
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity demo (25:30)
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (33:35)
Cloudpunk (36:20)
News things talked about in this episode:
Ub...
The situation in Poland: lgbtqpl.carrd.co
Yes, it's time to talk about Cyberpunk 2077 again. The game just got an incredibly short delay, and the threatening response from so-called "fans" has been pathetic and alarming.
It's weird that people who claim to love the company and its games were so quick to har...
2020-11-02 13:24:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Boglins are back on the menu! Yes, the original line of Boglins are being rebooted as complete puppets, with the eyes and the boxes and everything. The crowdfunding for it has already been huge.
The ultimate Bogologist, Jim "Not Quite Saying Boglin Boy For Gender Reasons Anymore" Sterling, brings the latest hot news - and sticky disasters - from the world of Boglin
2020-10-31 15:31:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Here I am playing Golden Light. It's a game about meat. Lots of horrible, stinking meat. And eyeballs. Lots and lots of eyeballs.
2020-10-30 14:30:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This is what fandom does to people.
Games we played this week include:
Jackbox Party Pack 7 (10:22)
Vigil (22:46)
ScourgeBringer (26:24)
Little Hope (35:55)
Fall Guys (43:11)
Pokemon Sword & Shield Crown Tundra DLC (44:08)
News things talked about in this episode:
Cyberpunk 2077 gets delayed despite studio crunch (46:17)
Streamers paying publishers to str...
There wasn't an Asking Sterling 22. It was called something else. The lack of consistency is now hurting my head, so this is #23! Here, I answer the first half of patron questions. Another podcast will answer the rest!
Once again, I remind you that this isn't a post to ask questions in. They are their own posts. Here be answers. Answers for your ears!
2020-10-29 13:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The ancient debate over content creation and copyright has flared up again, this time with a wannabe Stadia director claiming Twitch streamers should pay a fee to broadcast gameplay.
It was part of a larger claim that recent DMCA takedowns of Twitch videos are deserved, because apparently it's good when record labels have content scrubbed from the Internet over alleged music rights...
2020-10-26 12:59:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Amnesia: Rebirth isn't a bad game, but it doesn't live up to the series for which it's titled. While billed as a direct sequel to The Dark Descent, it feels further removed from that than the indirect chapter, A Machine for Pigs.
It's got some nice monster designs, and it's a decent enough horror game, but it fails to stand out amongst the sea of scary games that landed in th...
2020-10-23 14:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got the scoop on where you can go to get more insightful commentary than you'll find in this podcast.
Games we played this week include:
Blaseball (00:00)
Among Us (15:59)
Oneechanbara Origins (25:00)
Hades (26:52)
Ikenfell (31:55)
Amnesia (39:40)
Day of the Tentacle (47:14)
News things talked about in this episode:
2K Games continues to insert ads into...
Sega has been enjoying its 60th anniversary, and while it's had a celebratory weekend of fun content, the occasion is not without controversy.
Specifically, the release of a Golden Axe prototype from the early 2010s has been criticized by former developers. The demo was made with aggressively brutal crunch involved, as well as the kind of poor management we've come to expect ...
2020-10-19 12:51:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The debate rages on.
Games we played this week include:
Hades (7:43)
Fall Guys Season 2 (11:32)
Ikenfell (19:55)
Silent Hill 4 (32:33)
Among Us (37:30)
Phasmophobia (43:40)
I Am Dead (46:55)
News things talked about in this episode:
CDPR's crunch and its defenders (49:37)
Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on 2020-10-15 22:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a while, huh?
Things here aren't necessarily calming down as we change how the business works to be less reliant on YouTube, continue working on office/studio stuff, and deal with various personal/medical/misc. challenges, but I'm getting used to dealing with it, so I should try to get back to normal.
Which brings us to another Asking Sterling podcast, where patrons ask...
Marvel's Avengers has only been out for a matter of weeks and it's already going the way of Battleborn, or Evolve, or Anthem, or indeed any other failed "live" game.
The comparisons to Anthem are most apt - a cynically motivated loot-based "AAA" disaster with an embarrassing dip in player numbers soon after launch. It turns out not even the Marvel name can keep players attach...
2020-10-12 12:47:35 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode is brought to you by Milkworms, the fabric you can drink.
Games we played this week include:
Hades (11:27)
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (21:13)
Blaster Master Zero (25:58)
Super Mario 35 (31:05)
Rogue Company (37:01)
BPM (38:04)
The Solitaire Conspiracy (40:34)
News things talked about in this episode:
Mobile game Genshin Impact bans...
We've talked a lot about crunch and other forms of industry abuse this year. We've raked multiple companies over the coals for their unethical and often exploitative behavior. We will keep doing that.
What do we do, however, when this nasty behavior is perpetuated by one of the "good" ones? What if, say, CD Projekt RED was accused of overworking staff in hostile conditions? &...
2020-10-05 12:53:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hades is excellent. Seriously very excellent. A level of excellent that has quickly seen it become one of my favorite games ever.
Top notch combat, a terrific blend of RPG and roguelike qualities, amazing writing, graphics, and music. Hades' mythological tale of family conflict is just fantastic.
Easily Supergiant's best work, to the point where I really do...
2020-10-03 14:48:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Everybody on this episode thinks Hades is very, very good. Please believe us.
Games we played this week include:
Hades (3:51)
News things talked about in this episode:
Microsoft's big buyout of Bethesda (30:35)
Michel Ancel leaves Ubisoft ahead of allegations (35:37)
CDPR crunches again on Cyberpunk 2077 (53:11)
EA advertises loot boxes to kids (59:05)
Pokémon Go ...
Naughty, cheeky Microsoft has purchased smelly, old, dirty, old Bethesda. Obviously, it's got Bethesda's parent company Zenimax as well. Zenimax is a toilet.
There's plenty to talk about here, from Zenimax and Bethesda's history as corporate bullies to the benefits Microsoft will see as we enter a new generation and the Xbox Series faces off against the PS5.
<... 2020-09-28 15:50:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Mystery abounds in this, the 300th episode of Podquisition as the gang looks back on the best of the last six years of gaming.
2020-09-24 20:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post