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Jim Sterling: His Controversial Yet Accurate Views

O.G. writes "He's been called "The Biggest Troll on the Internet". To me, Jim Sterling is that British guy in Mississippi. He's a writer, a satirist, but most importantly, he's a gamer."

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Parapraxis5148d ago (Edited 5148d ago )

(and now for the flipside)
He's a complete tool who gives game journalists everywhere a bad name.
Oh, and he isn't even remotely clever or witty.

Darkstorn5148d ago

He's a polarizing figure, that's for sure. His review of Deadly Premonition (10/10) was either absolutely brilliant or a travesty, depending on your console preference.

Parapraxis5148d ago

That or his Deadly Premonition was a "travesty" because it's a crap game that does not deserve that kind of score, regardless of which platform some may hold dear.

ProjectVulcan5148d ago

Gabe Newell's less attractive brother. Who ate all the pies?

Idle h4nds5148d ago

Hey any press is good press. It's getting his name out there which is what all small time bloggers are trying to do and more importantly it's getting his site traffic.. I never knew who this guy was until all the crap about the FF13 review so I guess he succeeded in bating all you morons by getting his reviews to 1000+ at times..

Parapraxis5148d ago

@Idle h4nds,
Jim, is that you?

rucky5148d ago

Jim's taste to games is the same as the people getting off animal porn.

FragGen5148d ago (Edited 5148d ago )

If I were a dev sending him a review copy of a new title, I'd definitely wrap the game in bacon.

Parapraxis5148d ago (Edited 5148d ago )

FragGen ...and run the risks of the games themselves being consumed!?

EDIT: LOL @Idle h4nds below, looks like I got his panties in a bunch.

sikbeta5148d ago

What is this Crap!? An Article talking "good" about Jim Sterling and made by him.... Bwahahahaha.... LAME!!!!

Idle h4nds5148d ago

@ parpraxis

Are you one of the morons that gives this guy heat?

I never said I like the guy or even read his reviews I actually find his reviews to be laughable at best. What I said is that he's getting his name out there albeit in a not so nice way but it's still getting out there. Something small time bloggers struggle to do on a daily basis.

Myze5148d ago (Edited 5148d ago )

All the questions and comments from the interviewer in this interview give me the impression that he's sitting there with his elbows on the desk, his head in his hands and giving a smile and blank look of awe at Sterling. Probably one of the only people in the world that could be a fanboy for such a horrible journalist.

As for Sterling's reviews. The Deadly Premonition review IS a joke, whether he meant it to be or not. I've seen plenty of videos on the game now that are not only some of the most boring video game moments ever, but also some of the most poorly scripted, acted, animated, etc. It's not a polarizing game, and to give a game a perfect score because it's almost perfectly bad is not funny, witty, revolutionary, ingenious, etc., it's just stupid. However, even without the DP review, I wouldn't care to read what his opinions are, because he's proved on more than one (or two or ten) occasion that he has very poor taste in games.

menoyou5148d ago

An opinion on some journalist is not GAMING NEWS. KEEP THIS CRAP OFF N4G! Also he's a retard and Destructoid is the worst game site on the net next to Kotaku.

Genesis55148d ago

His reviews are terrible and he does gamers everywhere an injustice with each bogus review he writes.

silverbeld5148d ago

Jim Sterling is a lonely sad guy. He not even finish any game cause its to hard to play at easy settings. He is not good enough to play any game. And reviews? Off course only kid games he liked. :(

Ziriux5147d ago

You guys are just pointless readers, that have no clue how to put together an article or speak your mind, because a man speaks his mind you attack, ever heard of opinion? Deal with it don't read and pass around it.

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Deiser5148d ago

Heh, interesting views from someone with such a love/hate fanbase.

4pocalyps35148d ago

judging by your name.....your jim sterling under another alias?

OT: i didn't know who the hell he was until he started running off his mouth a couple of times. hated him since.....needs to stop chatting outta his ass

xTruthx5148d ago

"Whenever someone recognizes me at an event, game store, or wherever, and ask “Are you Jim Sterling,” I do wince because I don’t know whether they want to shake my hand or punch me in the face"

Feeling like that all the time must suck lol

BlackTar1875148d ago

seriously though if people have that much of a love hate for you its kinda pathetic.

harlem_v15148d ago

Yes it's a funny yet sad commentary on society.

hay5148d ago

He's fat and ugly. That pretty much explains why he's so bitter in his reviews.

thebudgetgamer5148d ago

i can see if you you don't like his style of article/reviews. i think people use the word hate to liberally.

Parapraxis5148d ago (Edited 5148d ago )

I wouldn't give 2 sh!ts about his reviews if they were not scored.
But they ARE.
If he wants to make "joke reviews", good for him, but having his jokes be as trusted as those reviews which people honestly put time and effort into is laughable.

And his blind sheep will completely ignore brilliant games due to what he says.
They do take his reviews seriously, as foolish as that may be.

@below "who gives a crap what he thinks."
Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, developers, publishers, and I'm guessing gamers who don't know better. (IE: gamers who have seen "Destrucoid gave it __/10" on a box cover, game demo or in a magazine)
For a gaming website, IMO you either take what you do seriously, or you do it ALL as a joke.

I've seen quotes of Destructoid scores in demos. This means they are being taken very seriously by many.

thebudgetgamer5148d ago

what i am saying is people give his words too much power, hes just some guy on the internet. who gives a crap what he thinks.

ActivistBike5148d ago

Somebody clearly has their panties in a bundle.

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Quadrix5148d ago

Jim Sterling is the perfect example of a person who makes me wish you could revoke people's right to an opinion.

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head1d 15h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.