vexer
Since: Jul, 2013
09/02/2015 00:00:00
No he is not "trolling for ad revenue" at all, that's complete and total bollocks(especially considering he no longer runs ads on this show). Comparing him to Piers Morgan is completely nonsensical.
Elmo3000
Since: Jul, 2013
09/03/2015 00:00:00
"The gimmick of a bratty, foulmouthed journalist who talks in hyperbole (how is that different from Piers Morgan?) is groanworthy..."
Says the guy who compared Zero Punctuation to Plato. :P
Disagree on some points but this was a pretty good review. Jim makes a good magnet for those hilariously bad indie devs like Digital Homicide who just provide almost endless entertainment to us for free by being so confrontational and obnoxious.
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Oh Jim.
As a gaming "journalist", he's about as good as the title allows. I find him to be a good barometer for what the consensus is in game publishing, and—at his best—an amusing guy to listen to.
As a reviewer...alright, if we're being brutally honest: he is average at best. A prop comedian, late to the TGWTG party from five years ago. I avoided his reviews for four years, and the Jimqusition is the reason why. Critics and reporters do not need props. The gimmick of a bratty, foulmouthed journalist who talks in hyperbole (how is that different from Piers Morgan?) is groanworthy and at cross-purposes with Jim's goal of representing casual gamers.
It's trolling for ad revenue, it's a dead horse, it marginalizes him, and he doesn't do it very well.
As a let's player, he is again average, but I find his LPs oddly addictive. He's not as whiny as others on YouTube (which is nice), and it's fun to contrast his pallbearer tone of voice with Markiplier, who showers praise on these hopeless indie devs.
All in all, contrary to what he says, the "character" definitely bleeds into Jim's personality and affects his responses to outside critique. He's a good critic but could have been great.