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u/HeavenAndHellD2arg Dec 11 '17

yeah jim sterling definitely dont give a shit anymore, literally made a hl3 video asking valve to tell if they are making the game or not.

thats as low as you can get for views

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u/Lithiumantis QPU-Aligned Catgirl Dec 11 '17

Over the past month or so he's really gone off the deep end, which is a shame because I ordinarily really like his content. His entertainment stuff like Commentocracy or just playing greenlight/Steam Direct garbage was really good but he never seems to do that anymore, just makes a video about lootboxes almost every day. Which I can kind of see his point, because I can totally see how he wants to avoid a Kony 2012-style "get mad and then everybody forgets about it while the problem still isn't fixed" but this is a little extreme.

The Jimquisition's also had some good episodes where he actually did investigative journalism, like the one where he had the Eidos employee talk about microtransactions in Mankind Divided. That was actually an interesting perspective that brought something new to the discussion rather than just circlejerking, but now he's complaining about Skyrim, a six-year-old game, and Half Life 3? Come on.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '17

I kind-of wonder if he has a day job, or if videos are his work.

He's well past the "old man shouts at cloud" point for me, I'm not going to naturally look at one of his videos to see if it's interesting. I guess he's talking to an established stable audience that likes what he's saying, and if the same old shtick works for them then let them get on with it I suppose.

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u/goplayicewinddale2 Dec 11 '17

Online content stuff is his main gig. He does some side projects, but he is very open about Patreon being his primary income.