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Shut Up, Stop Thinking, And Play Games Guilt-Free! (The Jimquisition)

Come for the sarcasm, stay for the particularly spicy speech at the end. Either way, it's time to consume our favorite videogame products!  

The past few months have been rough both in and out of gaming, and I've come to understand that my weekly dose of pessimism is Literally The Actual Problem. The time has come to compartmentalize, make excuses, and ignore the game industry's rot....

Podquisition 289: I Had Hope

Learning lessons about love in the year 2020. 

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise - Francis YIKES Morgan (Jimpressions)

It's 2020. Of course a game I was looking forward to more than anything has turned out to be a hot disaster of stuttered frames and questionable content. 2020 is the worst, as this game set mostly in 2005 demonstrates.  York does accents... 

Oh dear.  

When Inane Creeps Attack Actors For Something A Fictional Character Did (The Jimquisition)

Oh... yippee.. I get to talk about this now. Hooray?   

Because the world of videogames can't stop drowning in gasoline for one hot minute, we've got to talk about the "Gamers" who spend less time playing games than they do finding people to attack and threaten online.   Do they even play games, or is this their whole life? Either way, a gaggle of idiots is currently h...

Podquisition 288: The Joy Of Don Lemon

Don Lemon judges from afar, the Bad Boy of YouTube makes his mark, and we play some rubbish like Ninjala and stuff.

A Truly Fucked Up Industry (The Jimquisition)

The game industry is rotten from within and without. Nakedly, openly abusive of its staff as a matter of course, the stuff it actively hides and covers for consists of more personal, and more horrifying abuse.   

Today's episode isn't funny. It's angry. It's frank. It's not a video I enjoyed making, or enjoy publishing. But it's the grim epitome of what we talk about here.  ...

Podquisition 287: A Fun Zombie Horror Game

Donald Trump pulls horrible faces in our dark imagination. Elsewhere, things are bloody awful but at least we have a totally bleak and miserable game to cheer us up!

The Last Of Us Part II - Through The Slime & The Mud (Jimpressions)

The Last of Us Part 2 is a grimy, nasty, and lurid game. What it isn't is anywhere near as accomplished as its marketing and reviews (same thing in this case) claimed it was. It's a fun action-horror game, which is perfectly fine... save for the excessive promises that would make Peter Molyneux seemed restrained.

Also, one has to wonder if so much extraneous detail is justified as Naughty...

That Time The Last Of Us Part 2 Was Compared To Schindler's List (The Jimquisition)

The Last of Us Part 2 is finally out, and while I won't say Naughty Dog's murder party is one of the most overrated games of all time, I will declare that its achievements have been... overstated. A lot.  

Among absurd comparisons to movies and overall contentious discourse, we have the game's very own director using a situation to try and show up a journalist who only recently expos...

Podquisition 286: Hardline

Cops fighting alligators? At last! Also, The Last of Us Part 2, Night of the Consumers, and Colt Canyon.

Company Gave To Charity? Company Good Now! (The Jimquisition)

Activision is very generous, and there is nothing cynical about its charitable donations. If you think otherwise, you're probably some sort of unAmerican monster.   

Let's not consider the company's unwarranted financial subsidies, tax dodging, and contributions to the very socioeconomic system that makes most charities grimly necessary. Let's not think about Bobby Kotick's vast...

Podquisition 285: Smooth Sexy Eggs

Eggs get wild here. Also lots of games in the Black Lives Matter Humble Bundle. Don't want to miss when we talk about accessibility. BioShock. We didn't see the PS5 reveal when we did this. Egg Pod.

Podquisition 284: A Conversation With Shawn Alexander Allen

Shawn Alexander Allen of NuChallenger joins the crew to discuss the game industry and the world. Originally recorded a week prior to release instead of a day prior, which is why some of the topics are already outdated in this ridiculously fast-paced world.

Solemn JPEGs Of The Backhanded Brands (The Jimquisition)

It's Pride month and people are in the streets, not so much to celebrate identity as to protest police brutality and systemic oppression. Things are not okay in America, and people have had enough. They're making their voices heard.   

Thankfully, THE BRANDS are looking out for everyone by pretending to care about anyone but themselves.   

With Pride and Black Li...

The Podquisition "Special" One-Man Turkey-Boy Episode

A regular Podquisition has been recorded but I'm waiting to be able to post it. Until then, I didn't want you to go without any delicious audio, so I recorded a mistake for you to enjoy! 

Your ol' pal Jim Sterling tried to record Podquisition. Alone. It went as well as you could expect. 

I want to say it really picks up in the final act when Justin arrives and the Turkey B...

Blood, Guts, And Videogames (The Jimquisition)

What happens when a medium that communicates largely through violent content becomes obsessed with realism? Traumatic experiences for developers is what happens.  

 As "AAA" studios achieve evermore believable violence, the artists creating these games are pressured to study the real thing. For years, developers have been poring over authentic imagery involving hangings, stabbin...

Minecraft Dungeons - A Patronizing Lack Of Imagination (Jimpressions)

The problem with Minecraft Dungeons is that while it's the simplistic childish game many people may have expected, it's not actually what a Minecraft spin-off should be.   

Minecraft, while popular with kids, is deep and complex and imaginative. Minecraft Dungeons is rudimentary and restrictive by contrast. Hell, it's rudimentary and restrictive without comparison. It is, in my ...

Podquisition 283: That's Cats

Cats, sharks, firefighters, and Franz Ferdinand.

Mafia II: Definitive Edition - Hot Criminal Garbage (Jimpressions)

2K Games quietly shunted a remaster of Mafia II out the door, and playing it reveals why the publisher hasn't been particularly loud. It's a load of rubbish.   

A shockingly poor revision of a game that hadn't aged all that well to begin with, Mafia II: Definitive Edition is definitively inferior.  

Maneater - A Load Of Bull Shark (Jimpressions)

Maneater is a game about being a big shark that eats turtles and people and other sharks. You eat license plates, and catfish, and groupers, and idiots in flamingo boats.   

The controls are an absolute nightmare at times, but when you stop trying to be precise and just enjoy the blood soaked carnage, you may have a surprisingly wholesome time. 

Liar's Year 2020 (The Jimquisition)

The year before a console launch is incredible because you can lie about anything you like. I'm assuming it's okay for everyone to do it, because the game industry does it every generation!   

The PS5 and Xbox Series X (XSX?) are due out this year, and the tone has been set for another half a decade of total bollocks. It's fine though, because it's Liar's Year. You can say what ...

Podquisition 282: Welcome To Night Fail

A mouse has eaten a cat, and a cloud with loads of teeth is laughing at a river made of eagle's laughter. It's proper weird!

Elsewhere, we talk about Slay the Spire, Basingstoke, Beyond Good & Evil, and Galactus (the big lad).

Beg Like Dogs For Electronic Arts! (The Jimquisition)

Over 50,000 people signed a petition begging Electronic Arts to let them give money... to Electronic Arts.   

Star Wars Battlefront 2 received its final major update recently, and fans have taken that to mean the game is dead, even though it's still being supported with fixes and regularly scheduled events. The game will be playable for some time to come, but fans are begging fo...

Podquisition 281: When In Doubt, Toss A Brick

Megatron from the Cash & Carry joins the crew to talk about next-gen letdowns, Tonight We Riot, and Dominique Pamplemousse.

Konami Should Go Away Forever And Leave Everything To Capcom (The Jimquisition)

Konami is Konami, and Konami is the worst. This was first argued years ago and it's only gotten more true. So true, in fact, that Konami barely qualifies as a game publisher anymore. It makes casino toys and dabbles in gaming.   

Really, Konami should just go far, far away and let Capcom take over. Capcom should have Silent Hill, Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid, and Frogger. It wo...

Podquisition 280: Dick Swiss, Soldier Of Fortune

Dick Swiss, Soldier of Fortune is here to investigate Nena's inflatable oversight. You will love the grappling fun of Dick Swiss! 

Also, we talk about Streets of Rage 4, movie theater silliness, and wacky Nintendo leaks. 

Naughty Dog Deserves To Spring Leaks Forever (The Jimquisition)

No one single developer deserves to have their game leaked, and it should not happen to them. Some companies deserve the undermining and embarrassment that leaks bring, however.   

Naughty Dog is still reeling from a massive content leak for The Last of Us Part II, a leak that gave away pretty much the whole story and showed off a bunch of gameplay not intended for public witnes...

Predator: Hunting Grounds - Preying For A Better Game (Jimpressions)

Predator: Hunting Grounds is a perfectly acceptable experience and I'm bored of it already, even though I like Predators (but not as much as Aliens, obviously).   

While it can be fun to play as the titular Predator, the shtick gets old fast, especially due to the rest of the game being a mundane and repetitive first-person shooter. This isn't helped by the fact that most Predat...

Streets Of Rage 4 - Brawl I Ever Wanted (Jimpressions)

Streets of Rage 4 behaves as if the Nineties never ended, and I'm okay with that.   

A beautiful (shut up, it's gorgeous) art style compliments an unapologetic retro beat 'em up that feels like a direct mechanical continuation of the original series. It's a vintage brawler and I love vintage brawlers so I'm happy.  

Now do Golden Axe...  
 

Podquisition 279: The Face Masks And The Furious

The PQ Crew feel superior about face masks, there's more elderly dating, and that naughty old Predator is on the prowl.