Destroy All Humans! Remake Jimpressions: Jim seems so sensitive to jokes that don’t align with his politics, that to him building a period piece (50’s Red Scare alien flick) “isn’t an excuse." What do you want? For everything to work like Stranger Things? (80’s-era racial and sexual stigmas don’t exist in the show’s world. But it'd likely be “problematic” in Jim’s circle to sweep the topic under the rug. idk.)
Anything TLOU part II: yawn. I keep hearing whiny pissbaby arguments on both sides over this stupid franchise, yet no one seems to point out that TLOU works on generic Hollywood logic. People are allowed to look perfectly healthy, even excessive bodybuilder healthy in an apocalypse because fuck it. “No one” would want to see a movie where everyone looks
ugly from hunger! TLOU is a ~CINEMATIC~ experience, so it
has to follow old tropes!
But no, Jim’s too busy writing long essays about the kinds of people we shouldn’t be taking seriously. If there really are so many people screeching that Abby doesn’t make their pee pee hard, they should be laughed off the face of the Earth. Jim’s making the argument for more varied women shapes look retarded by wasting energy on these strawmen.
A 12 minute video to point out that Epic/Apple is having a slap fight over money. It should take no more than 2 Tweets to state “Greedy companies are being greedy, Epic parodied Apple’s 1984 trailer because memes.”
Mildly surprised that Jim didn’t harp on
Deadly Premonition 2’s deadname jokes for too long. The first DP has such a cult following, something like this is surely treason to his ilk!
The video about Control Ultimate Edition: I think I’m starting to lose my sanity with Jim’s videos. I had my hands on my temples while listening to this one.
PS5 graphical enhancements being exclusive to the Ultimate Edition sucks, sure. But Jim hammers on how fucked the original backers of Control are over this deal, when it’s
obviously not about the old playerbase. It’s an incentive for new customers to buy at the tail end of the PS4’s lifespan. You’d have to be a graphics whore
and love Control enough to want to re-buy the whole game again. This is no different than DVD “complete box sets” with 30 minutes of brand new special features.
I don’t get why people like Jim demonize the notion of studios re-releasing their games in value packs. Okay, so you technically wasted money buying the base game and its DLC separately a year ago. Either enjoy the experience you paid for, or count your losses and move on. I’ve spent $20 on games that last 4-5 hours tops (e.g. Untitled Goose Game, Carrion), but I don’t chimp out whenever said games have a flash sale or get thrown into a Humble Bundle.
Twitter tangent (& stanning Carrion): Jim tweeted that the lack of a map in Carrion was a turn off. Responses to the thread talk about how important maps are for accessibility/ADHD people and blah blah blah have y’all never heard of
pen and paper?! Even then, Carrion’s map is child’s play compared to the labyrinthian headaches common in Metroidvanias.
Even more so, enemies never respawn, so you can easily wander around while looking for the next area. Carrion is surprisingly accessible in an otherwise strictly defined genre. What a twist!
https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1289286776763355138
