This week, we obviously talk about Kojima being barred from attending The Game Awards, because Konami is full of lies and dirty behavior.
There's also some fine chat about Final Fantasy VII, even if two thirds of the cast are objectively wrong about it. In other news, Half-Life is old, The Old Hunters is new, and Gavin likes Just Cause 3.
2015-12-09 16:03:37 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/12/metabombed-just-cause-3-is-a-boring-piece-of-buggy-beta/
Oh, Metacritic!
2015-12-08 18:19:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This generation has seen a number of big-budget games go multiplayer-only. This isn't a problem in theory, but the practice has left more than a little to be desired.
With Titanfall, Evolve, Star Wars Battlefront and Rainbow Six Siege all dumping campaigns, The Jimquisition looks at why this is a problem, and why it shouldn't be.
Also, you better goddamn believe we've got some #F...
2015-12-07 15:01:36 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/12/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege-review/
Could've been a fantastic game had Ubisoft not Ubisofted it.
2015-12-04 15:55:58 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/12/breaking-news-fuck-konami/
2015-12-04 04:37:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The one and only Super Bunnyhop joins us this week to help design a new game for Miley Cyrus. We’re thinking of calling it Twerkin’ Hard Or Hardly Twerkin’, and it will make literally one hundred dollars!
Elsewhere, we chat about Fallout 4‘s problems, the nature of game criticism when dealing with huge open-world experiences, and express bewilderment at people who are SO MA...
2015-12-03 14:59:05 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for the support this month!
2015-12-01 07:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/xenoblade-chronicles-x-review/
It's review time! At last I can spurt out all those words about Xenoblade Chronicles X!
2015-11-30 15:02:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Making money from the easily outraged may appear cynical and exploitative, but it actually isn't.
With a convenient boogeyman, the right rhetoric, and a little bit of good ol' fashioned demagoguery, you'll be stacking cheddar courtesy of those who'll take any validation tossed their way.
And the best part is how it isn't cynical. Not at all!
2015-11-30 13:17:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: Okay, all problems with this upload should be fixed now. Stupid Soundcloud!
Happy Thanksgiving if you're into turkey n' stuff! We keep the holiday stuff light, instead focusing on all the murders that happen in soap operas, as well as the secret island of Kate Bush.
We're really sorry about the Kate Bush thing.
Elsewhere, we talk about more Fallout 4, Bloodborne: Th...
2015-11-27 00:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/creepypissta-super-mario-drybones/
I've wanted to write parody creepypasta for quite some time. Here's hoping y'all enjoy it.... IF YOU'RE NOT TOO SCARED!
2015-11-26 03:34:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The hot topic of the past week has been blacklisting, and it should come as no shock that your ol' pal Jim Sterling has more than a few words to say on the matter.
Can companies be justified when they refuse to talk to a press outlet? Are press outlets justified to go public with these refusals? What gives blacklists power, and how to do we limit that power? Let's find some quasi-adequate a...
2015-11-23 16:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
More salt from the Metacritic user reviews!
2015-11-20 17:28:57 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a rather special edition of The Jimquisition today, as I get to be part of the unveiling of YouTube's Copyright Protection Program. It's a new plan that will see YouTube stepping up its game and financially backing content creators who find their videos unfairly targeted by spurious copyright takedowns.
As a long-term target of said takedowns, it's particularly pleasing to be part of t...
2015-11-19 14:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post
CONTENT WARNING: This show contains woolly liberal politics. If you are offended by progressive politics, please be advised!
On this show, we get a bit too dark and political for a bit, before discussing the most crucial matter of the day -LINKLE! She’s like Link, but better, because she’s called Linkle.
Also, there’s more obligatory Fallout 4 chat, we talk about th...
2015-11-19 12:50:45 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/star-wars-battlefront-review/
Great game... shame about the business model.
2015-11-18 20:07:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Bit of a letdown, as far as finales go.
2015-11-17 17:03:45 +0000 UTC View Post
In recent years, communities like Reddit and NeoGAF have largely come to enjoy - or at least tolerate - the work of yours truly. This has been wonderful to see, that change in perception. I'm proud of it. Wasn't always that way, however.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 remains the most controversial review I've ever written, igniting a hellfire of outrage among those two communities, as wel...
2015-11-16 13:55:55 +0000 UTC View Post
It is Jimdependence Day, the one-year anniversary of The Jimquisition going solo and becoming an indie endeavor. To celebrate, here's a whole extra episode!
This is a special subject for me. When I last did a Jimquisition about Dynasty Warriors, it was scheduled to be the final video I did for The Escapist - except I'd become inexplicably popular after a terrible debut, and therefore it sig...
2015-11-14 19:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Jimdependence Day! To celebrate a full year of The Jimquisition going independent, you've got a full extra episode of Podquisition to enjoy.
It's got sexual tension with CPR dummies, it's got stories, it's got singing, it's got references to old 90s kids shows! It's everything you want and more.
We dedicate the episode entirely to questions from YOU, the listener, and boy did ...
2015-11-14 15:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/jimdependence-day/
Today is the first anniversary of this Patreon project. We're celebrating all day!
2015-11-14 13:27:01 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/nintendo-badge-arcade-review/
Nintendo: All The Bravest.
2015-11-13 20:41:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you guess what most of this episode is about? To be honest, if you are sick of hearing about Fallout 4, you might want to just skip this one. It's most of the episode.
We do find time to talk about Rise of the Tomb Raider as well though. Huh? You like that? Yeah? It's good!
2015-11-12 17:59:07 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/rise-of-the-tomb-raider/
I reviewed another videogame with my words!
2015-11-12 03:32:10 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/metabombed-fallout-4-is-vomit-trash/
Time for another classy trip to the Metacritic user review kingdom!
2015-11-11 02:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Fallout 4 does something very S.P.E.C.I.A.L with its relationships. It's not every day a "AAA" videogame gets something right, much less something that so personally resonates with your ol' pal Jim Sterling.
So, let's talk about the companion system of Fallout 4, and the thing it allows that makes it one of the more surprisingly progressive things a big-budget mainstream game's ever done. 2015-11-09 14:24:32 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/fallout-4-review-s-p-e-c-i-a-l/
It's all over but the crying.
2015-11-09 13:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Having a giggle with more fun Metacritic user reviews!
2015-11-09 00:09:33 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/call-of-duty-black-ops-iii-review/
My final review for Destructoid was Call of Duty: Ghosts. My final review for The Escapist was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. I’m scared to review this one for myself. Am I ...
2015-11-07 15:12:55 +0000 UTC View Post
A whole new mass of fun this week! Microtransactions, excuses, broken...
2015-11-06 14:11:18 +0000 UTC View Post