Jim Sterling (The Jimquisition)

It really is kind of a thing of beauty, ain't it?

Only issue is that there's no way to keep making money through this method. For someone like Jim that's no problem. However, for the big-name Youtubers that rely on that revenue for their livelihoods it's probably too much to risk. And it's those big names that'll really push Youtube over the edge.

Then again, it'd certainly be a nice way to protest. Let the internet dance to the name of Gina G!

I always agree with Jim Sterling.. Except when I don't

It has Kate Bush in it. 'Nuff said.

@Youtube loophole: It seems awesome, but also too good to be true. As in, I feel You Tube will have plugged that loophole by the time I finish writing this.

Nobody posted it so...

It's true that reviews for indie games tend to skew more positive than AAA, but there's a simple enough reason for that: Indie games that suck don't get reviewed.

Indie games don't have an entrenched relationship with the media such that any game that they release is guaranteed several dozen reviews. Reviewers aren't sent advance copies weeks before release. They aren't considered a form of advertising that every game is entitled to.

Usually, when an indie game gets talked about, it's because it was such a hit that all the reviewers took the time out of their busy schedule to talk about this amazing game and why you should buy it. If the game is crap, it doesn't get a bad review. Why waste the time-slot when Gears of Modern Warfare 8.5 just came out? Instead, it just gets forgotten.

edited 17th May '16 9:56:55 AM by TobiasDrake

Very true. Look at people who specialize on Indie games and you'll see those getting a wide range of reviews. It's just that no one hears about the mediocre and bad ones.

For that matter, there's such a glut of the things that even good ones get completely overlooked - Freedom Planet struggled to get four reviews of the PC version for roughly a year.

Not to mention Renowned Explorers; International Society. I don't think that one even got any reviews, even though it's quite possibly the most fun I've had with a game in years.

True words.

You know how some people think the Mighty No. 9 commercial looks like something Jim would cover in his Steam Greenlight series? Well, he covered it, and it kinda is.

edited 26th May '16 2:09:07 PM by Nettacki

I am hyped as shit for this game.

Wow. How did the marketing department for this game not realise their primary audience wouldn't take that ad very well?

Oh, wow, that is a terrible ad. Like, even before the whole "offending your audience" bit. It is just cringe worthy all round.

The game does look good, though. Never much of a fan of Megaman but, still, it does look nice.

[rolls eyes] If I wanted to be feel belittled for being a nerd, I'd just watch the Big Bang Theory.

I also think the game looks kinda cool, but yes, that ad was cringe worthy. It was kinda like Mister Torgue from Borderlands but without actually pulling it off.

edited 26th May '16 11:41:53 PM by MainManJ

At least Mr. Torgue is genuinely enthusiastic about what he does. This fucker here couldn't sell water to a parched guy in the bloody desert.

The ad comes off like one of those crappy Totally Radical ones from the 90s.

edited 27th May '16 7:41:50 AM by Zendervai

Forgetting the ad, the game doesn't even look that good.

It certainly doesn't look like a game that needed a massive kickstarter.

It makes me wonder where the heck all that money was spent on.

On dissing anime fans on prom night.

They announced plans for a TV show or movie (I forget which) around a year ago.

So, that.

It looks like a fun game (They can't screw up the Megaman fundamentals that bad, right?), but presentation really is, uh, lacking.

That trailer is a bit insulting, though. It's attempting to be tongue-in-cheek, but just becomes riff material itself. It's a bit funny.

As Jim ever so often likes to say, you can't satirise a thing by just being the thing; that's not how it works.

edited 29th May '16 2:57:07 AM by TAPETRVE