Jim Sterling / James "Stephanie" Sterling / James Stanton/Sexton & in memoriam TotalBiscuit (John Bain) - One Gaming Lolcow Thread

[Dom Cruise]

I had never seen much sterling but in the last few years i had seen his videos that about loot boxes and the microtransaction bullshit. I don't know what he was like in other videos but those were pretty well done and presented some great arguments as to why its terrible.

My main experience with him was when he wrote reviews for Destructoid, I always felt like he was too cynical but when he would give a game I didn't like a bad review he had a pretty satisfying way of tearing into them.

One thing that sticks out in my mind is Assassin's Creed 2, which I thought was pretty bad and he was one of the only critics I read to say so, it got good reviews from most other outlets.

Two things happened that made me dislike him though, the first was despite usually being pretty hard on games he weirdly gave Silent Hill Downpour a positive review, which convinced me to spend 60$ on it and I hated it, I still don't understand why he gave such an awful game a good review.

The second that sealed the deal was his review for The Evil Within (which was for The Escapist, not Dtoid) which he didn't like and it wound up being one of my favorite games over the last several years, which I wouldn't have played had I gone by Jim's review.

So after that I wrote him off as a source worth listening to as far as reviews go, but I did wind up watching a few of his Youtube videos, but he still came off as overly whiny and cynical and it just got old.

Remembering how he was a decade/decade+ ago it still feels very weird to think of him drinking the SJW Kool-Aid though, I would have expected him to go the opposite route, it reeks of him bandwagon hopping solely to keep a job but I guess he eventually got Stockholm syndrome and started buying into it for real.

 

[heavycream]

He's wearing that godawful wig.

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"If you've got anything shitty to say about Fem-Stirling, I'll have you know a man offered to help me with my shopping!"
Well, that says it all folks. These absolutely pathetically weak men want all the perks of womanhood without any of the cons as a cope to deal with their pathetic weakness.
Women don't accept favours because they feel chuffed and enamoured by the offer itself, like some narcissist having their ego stroked. No, like most normal people, women accept offers if they need help. Clearly Jim did not and just wanted to get his transgendered rocks off.

 

[Scarmaiden]

We all knew this was coming:

Looking at his socialblade stats he's been bleeding subs pretty consistently even before his "big coming out", but Jim can't miss a chance to whine about it - used to be YouTube conspiring against him now it's everyone's a bigot. His content becoming progressively shittier is of course not an option Stephanie entertains

 

[Bell Peppers and Beef]

I'm sure there are countless people here who mentioned this already, but I remember this guy from that one video from the Down the Rabbit Hole series. He seems alright back in those days when he fought the good fight. Just seeing the major changes of Jim through the time-skip between 2016 and now, it feels like one big disappointment large enough to be its own deathfat (just like present-day and potential future Jim). From his Tweet about his disapproval of feminists back in 2014, to trooning out at the beginning of 2021, he has truly become the monster that he hated back in the early to mid 2010s.

By the time he kicks the bucket, it's a guarantee that the Romine brothers will celebrate and have the last laugh. While they lost the battle of their lawsuit, they might win the war of who the bigger faggots are.

Now I'll continue my journey into this thread to see how bad these waters can get. Pseudo-intellectual politics - not even once.

 

[Commander X]

Even "online reviewers" like Doug Walker are cooler than a fat, washed up ex-game journo who chugs estrogen while calling people who like the "wrong" games bootlicking chuds.

 

[The Dick Faggotson]

Jim, I don't have trouble accepting who you are, I simply don't. You're the one having trouble with that.

That was so passive aggressive lol Probably the most real thing that needs to be said to this man.

"If you've got anything shitty to say about Fem-Stirling, I'll have you know a man offered to help me with my shopping!"
Well, that says it all folks. These absolutely pathetically weak men want all the perks of womanhood without any of the cons as a cope to deal with their pathetic weakness.
Women don't accept favours because they feel chuffed and enamoured by the offer itself, like some narcissist having their ego stroked. No, like most normal people, women accept offers if they need help. Clearly Jim did not and just wanted to get his transgendered rocks off.

Women are higher than men, I thought this was universally known. Thats gotta be why all these soy boys are trying their damndest to turn into women, right?

Jim probably lost his rocks when he accepted the cuckening anyways. When do you think was the last time they had sex? Id bet and say atleast a year. Poor old Jimmy and his shriveled Jimmy. He wanted to become what he couldn't obtain. Always about him. Shallow and Pedantic.

 

[Guli]

For posterity

 

[cyberdick]

so is he actively taking estrogen or is this just "im bi also non gender conforming and also trans" attention seeking?

 

[Ginger Piglet]

Turns out I was subscribed to him. I'd forgotten that I was because I'd not watching his stuff in ages. Fixed that, I have.

Video reviewing of games in general tends to attract loudmouthed airheads and Dunning Kruger sufferers. Jim was an exception to this once.

Frankly, given how shitty GARME JURNALIZM is I honestly think that if I were to become a game reviewer I'd insist on doing it in print. And I'd take a leaf out of Amiga Power's book from back in the day - never, ever, bend the knee to anyone, but always be prepared to justify your views. I didn't agree with some of their scores (they didn't like Frontier: Elite II and they also sang the praises of football management games way too hard considering I've never understood the appeal of same) but I could understand why, for the most part, they gave them what they did.

 

[Fat retard]

We all knew this was coming:
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Looking at his socialblade stats he's been bleeding subs pretty consistently even before his "big coming out", but Jim can't miss a chance to whine about it - used to be YouTube conspiring against him now it's everyone's a bigot. His content becoming progressively shittier is of course not an option Stephanie entertains

Yeah his demographics are really weird because he’s definitely mentioned that his audience has a large proportion of older viewers which seems at odds with a gaming channel, he’s probably been consistently bleeding subs for years without knowing but his sub count has been being kept afloat by people who share his political views, it’ll be a tough 4 years for him now orange man is gone

 

[Robotic Richard Simmons]

I said it before and I'll say it again. Putting on lipstick and women's clothes does not make you a woman lol.

 

[The Penultimate Warrior]

Turns out I was subscribed to him. I'd forgotten that I was because I'd not watching his stuff in ages. Fixed that, I have.

Video reviewing of games in general tends to attract loudmouthed airheads and Dunning Kruger sufferers. Jim was an exception to this once.

Frankly, given how shitty GARME JURNALIZM is I honestly think that if I were to become a game reviewer I'd insist on doing it in print. And I'd take a leaf out of Amiga Power's book from back in the day - never, ever, bend the knee to anyone, but always be prepared to justify your views. I didn't agree with some of their scores (they didn't like Frontier: Elite II and they also sang the praises of football management games way too hard considering I've never understood the appeal of same) but I could understand why, for the most part, they gave them what they did.

I miss those days of games journalism. Sure, a lot of them were barely disguised shills who played a game for an hour then gave it 80%, but there were some great ones around as well. Most importantly, none of them actualy hated their audience or tried to inject their political opinions into everything.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

We all knew this was coming:
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Looking at his socialblade stats he's been bleeding subs pretty consistently even before his "big coming out", but Jim can't miss a chance to whine about it - used to be YouTube conspiring against him now it's everyone's a bigot. His content becoming progressively shittier is of course not an option Stephanie entertains

And the award for most complete lack of foresight or common sense goes to... JIM STERLING. Congratulations on being a fucking idiot.

Maybe if he put a modicum of thought into this, hed realize hes bleeding subscribers not because hes a troon, but because his core audience wants video game discussion pieces. Trooning and video games are not the same subject, it shouldnt be hard to figure out what's happening.

 

[mindlessobserver]

I miss those days of games journalism. Sure, a lot of them were barely disguised shills who played a game for an hour then gave it 80%, but there were some great ones around as well. Most importantly, none of them actualy hated their audience or tried to inject their political opinions into everything.

I am old enough to remember when game reviews came in actual magazines that you bought at the Grocery store. Those were the days, the happy age of youth. Then came the dark days, when corporate media turned those reviews into marketing platforms, all online. The magazines vanished and we turned to alternative media like Jim, only to see the creeping corruption as they too became corporate shills or increasingly desperate narcissists willing to put on lipstick and a dress for attention all the while sperging about politics....and not games.

Few now remember what once was, growing ever more lost and forgotten in the mists of time.

 

[Reverend]

We all knew this was coming:
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Looking at his socialblade stats he's been bleeding subs pretty consistently even before his "big coming out", but Jim can't miss a chance to whine about it - used to be YouTube conspiring against him now it's everyone's a bigot. His content becoming progressively shittier is of course not an option Stephanie entertains

the slippery slope to obscurity is now coated in jim's 50 gallon drum of lube to speed up the ole process.

 

[Balr0g]

I am old enough to remember when game reviews came in actual magazines that you bought at the Grocery store. Those were the days, the happy age of youth. Then came the dark days, when corporate media turned those reviews into marketing platforms, all online. The magazines vanished and we turned to alternative media like Jim, only to see the creeping corruption as they too became corporate shills or increasingly desperate narcissists willing to put on lipstick and a dress for attention all the while sperging about politics....and not games.

Few now remember what once was, growing ever more lost and forgotten in the mists of time.

And right now henever someone is screeching about a specific game we usually knows it's a good game. And if it is showered in accolades we should be very sceptical.

And god damn I also watched Jim regularly and he has really fallen. Was never subscribed though.

 

[SPERGSTROM]

I blame that cunt Kieron Gillen for starting "news games journalism" back in the day, which in turned everyone games reviewer into the cunts we see today.

Also im out of the loop with Jim, is this change due to him being constantly cucked by his wife or something?

 

[Wingnut]

And the award for most complete lack of foresight or common sense goes to... JIM STERLING. Congratulations on being a fucking idiot.

Maybe if he put a modicum of thought into this, hed realize hes bleeding subscribers not because hes a troon, but because his core audience wants video game discussion pieces. Trooning and video games are not the same subject, it shouldnt be hard to figure out what's happening.

But that would mean he is wrong and people outside of the lefty hug bubble don't care if you're a troon or not, and we all know these people are never ever wrong!
He's also likely trying to convince himself it's the bigots hating his troon self and not his shit content that is driving people away.

 

[mindlessobserver]

I blame that cunt Kieron Gillen for starting "news games journalism" back in the day, which in turned everyone games reviewer into the cunts we see today.

Also im out of the loop with Jim, is this change due to him being constantly cucked by his wife or something?

We think the wife thing was a borderline green card scam. He moved to Philadelphia last year without the wifey. His content has been going downhill since. Well, the downhill fall really accelerated. He very rarely actually talks about games now and just spergs about how terrible it is corporations make money.

 

[cumster]

obese person (sign of mental illness) comes out as a tranny (mental illness)
wowie, that's quite the surprise!