Jim Sterling (The Jimquisition)

He warned 'em, but no one listened, and now look at where we are.

How long till Jim decides to become Thanos, assemble the Infinity Wards, and then purge half of the games industry for its own good?

Well its better than Jim becoming Thanos and assembling the Infinity Gems and killing half the universe just to get his senpai, Lady Death to notice him

No really that's Thanos' main motivation in the comics, he just wanted to bang the personification of Death.

I know. I have the comics in one nice, neat paperback collection. Every time, she stonewalls him, and then he does something even more drastic, and then it all goes to hell in a handbasket till everyone finally bands together to take him down (then, Nebula.).

15 European countries and Washington (the state) start to investigate gambling in gaming (i.e. those skin sites) and lootboxes.

Jim also talks about a study done on the subject in Australia.

Edited by Karxrida on Sep 18th 2018 at 10:21:32 AM

That was what was posted at the end of the page last time, but it got thumped.

Anyway, Belgium said "Take out your lootboxes."

EA said "Make me."

Belgium plus 15 countries plus Washington state said "Is that a challenge?"

Also the devil was goading him into ever-more ostentatious displays of power in an effort to illustrate the pointlessness of his quest and also distract him from the heroes.

It’s worth noting that it’s not actually 15 countries, it’s 12 countries plus a British overseas territory and two British crown dependencies.

It’s fifteen European bodies, but three of them aren’t countries so much as entities in free-association with the UK that have self governance over this area.

Probably off-topic, but seriously, what the fuck are the Channel Islands? I've tried reading Wikipedia and asking /r/ExplainLikeImFive, and I still don't understand them.

On topic, Shamus Young just wrote this column about why lootboxes are bad for companies as well as players.

It's a group of islands in the English channel that while not part of the UK proper are territory of the UK. They are administered as two bailiwicks, the Bailiwick of Jersey for Jersey and surrounding uninhabited islands, and the Bailiwick of Guernsey consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark and other islands divided into those three's jurisdictions. Both bailiwicks have their own independent systems of governing, headed by bailiffs appointed by the British monarchy.

That's the clearest explanation I've ever gotten.

I still don't quite get it, however. How can they be a UK territory but not part of the UK? Isn't that what a territory is?

So in 1066 William the basted (the French duke of Normandy) conquered England, alongside being king of England he stayed as Duke of Normandy and passed that down the royal line.

After a bunch of wars the English royal family lost or surrendered all its bits of France, except the Channel Islands which to managed to hold onto.

Eventually someone realised that the tiny little islands couldn’t do much by themselves so the islands (owned by the royal family) decided to have the British government do most big things for them (like foreign representation and defence), but they were never annexed by the UK, they’re just a pair of islands that the royals own and the British government runs for the royals because it’s convenient.

Queen Elizabeth the second is duke (not duchess, duke) of Normandy, she has the British government run her bit of Normandy for her, her bit of Normandy is the Channel Islands.

Edited by Silasw on Sep 20th 2018 at 4:59:52 PM

So it's sort of like the arrangement between France and Monaco?

"William the basted"

Well that brings up weird mental imagery.

Edited by M84 on Sep 20th 2018 at 9:37:49 PM

It's "Guillaume le Bâtard", or "William the Bastard". Which he was called basically because he was a bastard in pretty much every way possible including the one defined as "having been fathered out of wedlock". The French DESPISED him and were pretty glad to get rid.

Yes, because the French king at the time had any moral high ground in the situation and wasn't constrantly trying to screw over his former vassal.

Also worth remembering that the previous French king supported William's claim and awarded land to William's father for supporting his claim to the French throne.

The French-English conflict had less to do with William's personality and more with conflicting loyalties - the Duke of Normandy was a de jure a vassal of the French King, but what do you do if the Duke of Normandy is also a king in his own right? This situation not only led to the French monarch backing virtually every major uprising against William - including at least one involving William's oldest son Robert - but it also laid the groundwork for the Hundred Years' War many years later.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Sep 21st 2018 at 10:35:15 AM

Podquisition episode 200!

A lot of reminiscing about the last four years of podcasting and what life for Jim, Laura, and Gav has been like since the show started.

Yes, I'm aware that he was actually called "the Bastard". "William the basted" just conjured up a funny mental image.

"Just like basting a turkey. Which I will then proceed to have sex with. That's right! I'm gonna FUCK THE FEAR TURKEY! Follow me on twitter at TheCrimsonFuckr"

That? That's the mental image it conjures. Straight outta Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.

Alternatively

William the Basted Bastard. Now everyone's happy!

Wait that makes Bill the Basted Bastard. That's AMAZING.

Edited by MightyKombat on Sep 21st 2018 at 3:19:32 PM

Jimpression of Underhero to get us back on topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWIprERV9LM - Devil May Cry 5 Microtransactions: Pay To Upgrade Your Characters

Should I call them "Crapcom" now?

Anyway, on the main Jimquisition program:

Jim discusses the rise and sudden fall of Telltale Games.

Edited by IncognitoNinja on Sep 25th 2018 at 6:56:16 PM

Wow that kissing scene is awful.

New game theory: Sans from Undertale is the future version of Sterdust.

I regret nothing.

I want Jim's tie.