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James Stephanie Sterling
Oct 26, 2019
The Outer Worlds - Take Me Home, Outer Worlds! (Jimpressions)
Take me home, Outer Worlds! Obsidian's long-awaited The Outer Worlds is, quite frankly, everything I needed it to be. Rich, dense,...
James Stephanie Sterling
Oct 21, 2019
A Lurid Post-Mortem Of Anthem - (The Jimquisition)
Anthem. Oh, Anthem. BioWare's ill-fated attempt to jump aboard the "live service" bandwagon is yet another cautionary tale the "AAA"...
James Stephanie Sterling
Oct 17, 2019
Children Of Morta - A Family Jewel (Jimpressions)
A truly excellent game, Children of Morta is like a checklist of my favorite things. Hack n' slash gameplay, dungeon crawling, roguelike...
James Stephanie Sterling
Oct 16, 2019
The Witcher 3 On Switch - A Surprisingly Switchy Witcher (Jimpressions)
The Witcher 3: Complete Edition has made its way to Switch, and it works! Like, it works really quite well. Obvious graphical compromises...
James Stephanie Sterling
Oct 14, 2019
Blizzard Chose Tyranny (The Jimquisition)
Activision Blizzard has been mired in controversy since it punished professional Hearthstone player Blitzchung for his vocal support of...
James Stephanie Sterling
Oct 7, 2019
Games That Embarrass The "AAA" Industry (The Jimquisition)
Shall we talk about good games doing good things? Between Borderlands 3 and Code Vein, we have examples of cosmetic rewards and...
James Stephanie Sterling
Oct 6, 2019
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered is an interesting throwback. Not only does it hark back to an era where linear, straightforward...
James Stephanie Sterling
Oct 5, 2019
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Tony Recon's Ghost Clancy Breaklands (Jimpressions)
This game doesn't deserve serious critique. These open world live service looter shooter "AAA" pieces of garbage have become increasingly...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 30, 2019
Garbage Nintendo's Gacha Garbage Is Garbage (The Jimquisition)
Mario Kart Tour is total rubbish, which is par for the course when it comes to Nintendo's boring mobile games. Loot boxes, frustration,...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 28, 2019
Code Vein - Thirsty Anime Soulslike Action (Jimpressions)
Code Vein has been rather aptly described as "Anime Dark Souls", but there are some notable differences between this undead adventure and...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 25, 2019
Contra: Rogue Corps - Fucking Embarrassing (Jimpressions)
It's almost impressive just how wrong this game is. As a Contra game, Rogue Corps almost goes out of its way to be completely inept. As a...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 24, 2019
The Surge 2 - A Surge Of Brilliance (Jimpressions)
The Surge 2 represents Deck 13's strongest crack at a Soulslike yet, and it's really damn good. They nailed it this time. Fast,...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 23, 2019
The ESA Is A Big Piece Of Shit (The Jimquisition)
The Entertainment Software Association represents the "AAA" game industry's interests in the US, and that alone qualifies it for...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 21, 2019
The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Old School To A Fault (Jimpressions)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a stunningly faithful recreation of a classic Game Boy adventure. It's gorgeous, too. I mean,...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 16, 2019
It's Microsoft's Fault That Videogames Are Bad (The Jimquisition)
It behooves first party publishers to provide top quality productions that make their consoles worth buying. Nintendo and Sony have both...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 15, 2019
Borderlands 3 - The Totally Unbiased Critique (Jimpressions)
Borderlands 3 has faced tumultuous PR on the road to its launch, but now the game is out, we can completely divorce it from any context...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 13, 2019
Greedfall - A Bit Of Poison On My Blade, And Lets GO! (Jimpressions)
Focus Home Interactive is publishing all kinds of mid-tier stuff, and it's pretty awesome. Greedfall is a Spiders-developed game, and if...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 10, 2019
Blasphemous - Deliciously Macabre Misery (Jimpressions)
Blasphemous had my attention way back when it was a hopeful Kickstarter project nobody had heard of. Now it's finally here, and it was...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 9, 2019
How Game Companies Abuse Passion (The Jimquisition)
Been planning this one for a while, and recent allegations toward Starbound developer Chucklefish provided the right avenue. Young...
James Stephanie Sterling
Sep 6, 2019
Gears 5 - Swarms My Heart (Jimpressions)
Gears 5 is pretty damn good, huh? A campaign that dares to revitalize the series' formula, backed up by some classic multiplayer, Horde...
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