Jim Sterling

James "Jim Sterling" Stanton
Born January 1, 1984
Occupation Video game critic, web video producer, livestreamer
Employer Freelance
Known for The Jimquisition
Website www.thejimquisition.com

Jim Sterling, born James Stanton, is a freelance video game journalist, critic, and pundit. Prior to becoming completely independent in September 2014 through crowdfunding, Sterling was the review editor for Destructoid and a content creator for The Escapist.

Career

The Jimquisition is a weekly YouTube video series in which Jim Sterling discusses current issues surrounding video games. Such topics include pre-order culture, gender issues and early access games. The series originally started on Destructoid’s YouTube channel and was later moved to The Escapist's channel. Currently his other series include Best of Steam Greenlight where he watches and comments on poorly made or games that have been sold only using unaltered pre-purchased assets (known as "asset flipping"), gameplays of different games released on Steam, often games of poor quality, and itch.io tasty series where he plays various videogames available on itch.io under various topics.

In November 2014, Sterling announced that he was leaving The Escapist and intended to seek funding for his work independently through the Patreon website. He has also stated the desire to go back to writing articles and doing podcasts, which he wasn't able to do since he left Destructoid.,[1] but has since done on his own website (thejimquisition.com), creating "The Podquisition", a podcast that he shares with Gavin Dunne and Laura K Buzz.

Beliefs

Sterling has often spoken against sexism in gaming. He is open about the fact that his question has slowly evolved.[2]

Sterling has criticised some art games for being vague and having "intentionally cloudy and obscure dialog." These viewpoints have been agreed to by a large amount of Destructoid readers. Furthermore, Sterling is opposed to the idea that indie games feature originality while AAA games are "uncreative garbage."[3]

Reception

Sterling was featured in a list of "the 25 raddest game journalists to follow on Twitter," by Complex.[4] Sterling has developed into a controversial figure in the world of videogame journalism with his views often challenged.[5] Criticism of his negative review of Final Fantasy XIII prompted him to release a statement in defense of it.[6] His views on art games have been criticized by TIGSource editor Derek Yu. Yu compared Sterling's view to that of art critic Louis Leroy in 1874 of a Claude Monet painting, which Leroy criticized for being unfinished, while the style of painting later became a major art style.

Personal life

After Sterling reviewed the game The Beginner's Guide, he was seemingly deeply moved by the experience, prompting him to write a several-paragraph autobiography revealing Sterling was born in the United Kingdom, where he lived on the poverty line for much of his childhood and was psychologically abused by his mother's lover, a Hell's Angels outcast.[7] He currently lives with his wife and his wife's son in Jackson, Mississippi.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Tassi, Paul (November 15, 2014). "Examining Jim Sterling's Grand Experiment To Create Video Game Journalism Utopia". Forbes. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "An interview with Jim Sterling about sexism in game culture". June 21, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Yu, Derek (February 19, 2010). "To Jim Sterling, Who Hates Art Games". TIGSource. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ Dyer, Mitch (October 21, 2011). "The 25 Raddest Games Journalists To Follow On Twitter". Complex. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ Gonzalez, Oscar (March 22, 2010). "Jim Sterling: His Controversial Yet Accurate Views". Original Gamer. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jim Sterling (Destructoid) defends himself over FFXIII review". Gamegrep. March 18, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Beginner’s Guide Review – The Hardest Word | The Jimquisition". www.thejimquisition.com. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  8. ↑ Jim Sterling wife
  9. ↑ 2012 TMI Interview with Jim Sterling
  10. ↑ "Jim Sterling step-child". Twitter.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.

External links

Official website

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