The Seven Deadly Sins (The Jimquisition)

[@ArrowValley]

Careful with that Hyrule shield, Jim. It might shatter after three hits.

[@judge_dreddpool7593]

For Smegs sake Rimmer, go back to whatever you do with your Ego.

[@geraltofrivia1599]

Why would you even use a shield it slows you down to much in a fight

[@TheBT]

@@geraltofrivia1599 One might say it engenders passivity.

[@timothythomas3300]

Remember to buy the 4 hit Hyrule shield for 15.99$

[@distane8376]

Really it was fine.

[@omnibusprimephd7914]

Feels like EA should have that gluttony slot. Like how they endlessly consume good dev studios and shut them down.

[@Rem694u2]

Good point. But like he said, EA embodies all 7 sins. It's hard to just pin them to one. lol

[@ScowlieMeerkat]

I too was 100% sure EA was gluttony. All the other sins are shared so widely by the big publishers. Gobbling up studios and shutting them down is EA's signature move.

[@ergheiz1245]

Thats why its pride. It towers over all, like its the best and is untouchable, setting trends and bossing others around. Pride fits perfectly for EA

[@superthorc6894]

Omnibus Prime yup LoL they eat up a lot of their talents and pop out shit quality

[@MasouShizuka]

Really any of them can be in that slot. I want to know is where is big names like Konami or Take Two.

[@StigMurcielago]

Envy could've definitely been the PUBG guys. Their hate boner for Fortnite is legendary.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

And so is their envy towards any mildly successful small-name company that makes even a mildly successful scavenger deathmatch.

[@crystalsoulslayer]

Jim was specifically covering TrIpLe AaAaAayyy publishers. As spectacular as their little meltdown was, I don't think they qualify. Which is funny, because being considered small fry would surely piss them off.

[@akhannar9368]

I was about to suggest Soulja Boy, but he spectacularly failed to join the game industry, so all I got left is agreeing with you.

[@ty_teynium]

Prolonging Upset Begets Grief

[@Haan22]

@@ty_teynium I see you have excellent taste in youtubers.

[@Mokai]

Honorable Envy Mention: Bluehole, who spent a good portion of the past year or two complaining about Fortnite being more popular than PUBG and attempting to sue several other games with similar playstyles.

[@TheZajicekfarber]

I was going to say this myself. I can't think of anything better representing envy than being incredibly successful, but being mad at someone else more successful than you.

[@TheRighteousDawn]

Even though it's built on the same engine as PUBG right....?

[@zacsnowbank7632]

I mean, Epic Games did provide the standard support it gives to promising game studios using its engine, Unreal, to Bluehole, and went above and beyond in some aspects to help them make PUBG. But I'm sure the numerous suspicious similarities in code are just a coincidence. Heck, there's no way Epic Games was working on Fortnite while providing help to Bluehole (which would have been a serious breach in confidentiality, conflict of interest, etc) because Fortnite was released a whole... four months... after PUBG's beta. Plenty of games get made that quickly! (And as for the other games, they were blatant mobile rip-offs, literally every game company has to sue to shut those down because the only thing more profitable and prolific than asset flips is asset flips named Player Battle Field Unknown.)

[@zenithquasar9623]

OMG, yes!!!

[@Damaniel3]

This was going to be my choice.

[@notreallythere477]

Makes sense that EA is Pride, as Pride is considered the worst sin specifically because it is the sin from which all others arise. In other words, EA being guilty of every other sin is only natural.

[@hazukichanx408]

The video as a whole was a very fine example of metaphorical conveyance of real, important facts and situations concerning the companies involved. Meta-gaming as it should be. Idea Factory could learn from this video... ...If they were capable of learning...

[@WhiteDarkness3113]

I still think greed is during for EA but I think Capcom is kind of greedy as well

[@noahwilliams8996]

Sloth comes from pride?

[@DSzaks]

I always felt that Greed fit more into the title of the sin in which all others arise. I mean nearly all the other sins are just Greed but for a specific thing. Lust is greed for Sex, Gluttony is greed for food, Envy is greed for what others have, Sloth is Greed for leisure, and Pride is greed for acknowledgement. Wrath is the only one that doesn't quite fit, but I guess you could call it Greed for revenge. So yeah, it's like they say. Money is the root of all evil.

[@jonah_da_mann]

@@noahwilliams8996 Yes. A person guilty of sloth (whether it be in the form of laziness or emotional despair) generally sustains their sloth by unconsciously reminding themselves that there is nothing wrong with being lazy or hopeless, which in and of itself, is a form of pride. Pride in general, is the complete inability to admit that you might have been wrong. As KZbinr Three Arrows pointed out, the inability to admit that you've been so blind/complacent is precisely the reason why so many people are willing to continue sitting idly by while atrocities such as the Third Reich are taking place ("I've been supporting/excusing them for so long; it's too late for me to turn my back on them now, because I would have to admit that I've made a terrible mistake.")

[@Azdrerios]

Gotta give it to DoctorWeevil, Lust does fit Rockstar pretty well. Their fascination with horse testicles is quite uncanny.

[@Sorrowdusk]

I think it says more about everyone who noticed it. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Mernom]

@@Sorrowdusk they literally released a press article detailing how they shrink in cold weather iirc.

[@I_am_a_cat_]

They have such a fascination with horse testicles that my female horse on red dead online somehow grows them everytime I go into the stables, and then magically sucks them back into its body after I leave the stables. It's like they thought no one would want a female horse, let alone try and customize a female horse. They expect everyone to pick a male one because HORSE BALLS.

[@I_am_a_cat_]

@Lady Wanderer... You can switch it to first person whenever you want... So not really. Idk how it being third person makes them obsessed with "man-ass" lmao like what?

[@jondoe5937]

​@Lady Wanderer you caught me; ever since claude's diamond-polycount ass graced my crt tv, i have been obsessed. tommy's lilly white hinny, and cj's mocha-chocolate cheeks have enthralled me throughout my confused childhood. some may claim they prefer 3rd-person because it's much more "impersonal" for such violent acts, or feels less constricted in open-world settings, but you and i know the truth: it's that paddy-cake-paddy-cake sculpted androgen glute goodness which truly drives the development team's passion.

[@abyssaljoey7695]

I'm disappointed in you Jim... why isn't this video called "The Seven DeAAAdly Sins"???

[@StrazdasLT]

because the indies are just as guilty?

[@robbycooper6787]

I thgout farcry 4 said factory 4

[@-madampman-6481]

Clever title for sure!~

[@Rafael-rn6hn]

It's been over an year and still no patch. smh

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

reminds me too much of "the seven dadly sins," too much trauma

[@Adamantium93]

Lust does no have to be simply sexual desire. Lust, at its core, is the desire for primal satisfaction. While that can be sexual, it can also be a lust for violence (bloodlust), power, sadism, or other such primal satisfaction. I'm not exactly sure who that would be, but I think a case could be made that Telltale was lust. Their success with The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among essentially was their first "hit" of what it felt like to be the toast of the town. Their subsequent games were the equivalent of chasing the same high, the same satisfaction. They wanted it so badly that they abandoned good business sense and human decency in pursuit of that high, only to crash when their lust for fame and recognition burned them out.

[@tomboyraider1015]

Good point

[@Heriarka]

Didn't quite like the pick for Lust either, I like the narrative you make for yours.

[@Heriarka]

Greed: Want all of the things Gluttony: Want too much of the thing Lust: Want the thing too much

[@Adamantium93]

@Dan Nguyen I think there is going to some redundancy regardless, as we are dealing with companies that exist to make money and most of what they do is in pursuit of profit. As Heriarka says, I think its more specifically how they pursue that goal which determines the sin. Telltale never did the greedier or excessive (excess is sometimes used as a synonym for sinful gluttony) things that other companies did like microtransactions, lootboxes, product deals, or excessive special editions. Rather, they allowed their lust for fame and fortune blind them to the realities of creating a sustainable business model. As Heriarka notes, they wanted it so badly that they neglected common sense (not listening to communty feedback, never updating their engine, never innovating with their formula, securing exhorbitant licensing deals they did not need, etc.) because it worked for them the first time and they did not want to (or did not see the reason to) mess with the formula that brought them profit and acclaim with TWD. They, at the expense of their company's health, attempted in vain to recreate their initial success, which led me to compare them to a junkie chasing the feeling of their first hit. Not a perfect analogy, I'll grant you, but I think it fits the theme of this exercise.

[@knvs2931]

​@@Adamantium93​ I see what you mean, but the latter part of the narrative seems more like the sin of Pride than Lust. It can be hard defining the sin of Lust in terms of corporations though because lust usually entails primal or carnal pleasures, which are more human than societal in nature, and well corporations aren't exactly human.

[@V1DE0]

For Envy I would have gone with Compulsion Games and their game We Happy Few. The game developers were indie but wanted to be AAA so bad they ruined their own would-be flagship title in a failed attempt.

[@AGrayPhantom]

I'd argue Contrast was their flagship game.

[@sasaki8765]

I'd argue for either BlueHole: For trying to Sue fortnite for copying Pub:G even though the only similarity was that they were battle royales, because they hated Epic stealing their thunder or HiRez: because they're always one of the first to jump balls out and flailing wildly with some mess of a game into whatever the hot new genre is.

[@CurtisRouse-]

Genuinely don't know how you're not at like 1 million yet, let alone 2/3 million yet. You deserve a lot more because your content is better than most of KZbin and you actually put effort into it and you're not fake like the real big KZbinrs. Much love my dude

[@TerrolAxelor]

Put some bubble wrap inside your helm, this props it up on your head and gives you a comfy air cushion!

[@planescaped]

Or wear a gorget you armor tourist!

[@MedievalGenie]

A padded cap is more permanent and less noisy.

[@NZBigfoot]

@@MedievalGenie Thats more or less what they wore under those helms in the first place (one reason they are as large as they are), heck some of those padded helms were very padded if you take the medieval art works as litteral (which I think we should). You sure as hell wouldnt wear that helm without something underneath, one clonk from a weapon on it and you'd be hearing bells for weeks... if you were still alive.

[@EdadTace]

I was certain gluttony was gonna go to EA. For devouring up good developers until there is nothing left of them.

[@raikaria3090]

EA is all of them. Pride is usually considered the greatest of the 7 and the Prideful usually encompass most of the others as well.

[@ClemmyGames]

I miss the after credits bits

[@cantrip7]

After credits bits happen when there's news that doesn't fit into a whole episode. Since this is its own kind of anthology, it probably didn't make sense here.

[@ClemmyGames]

@@cantrip7 Yeah but in general though, have not seen one in awhile

[@Spartan1853]

Jim has turned the spinoff bits into separate videos. They worked better as spinoff bits, though. He makes his point in the separate videos, but then he continues to ramble for 3-5 minutes.

[@LUNCHMONEY4numbers]

*H I T T H E L E V E R !*

[@ClemmyGames]

@@LUNCHMONEY4numbers EXACTLY!

[@TheTherapistGamer]

"Steam is the digital equivalent of Arkham Asylum." Brilliant!

[@Daxank]

At least the bad guys of steam don't seem to ever break out so... it's at least doing something better than Arkham Asylum!

[@ChimeraMK]

@@Daxank I just thought of Digital Homicide as an inmate that kept going crazy they decided it'd be best to execute him.

[@hazukichanx408]

And then the whole thing turns into The Suffering when the ghost of Douche Romein returns from the grave and starts gassing the living to death. With premade gas assets bought from the Unity store, of course.

[@AbbreviatedReviews]

I thought the Sloth part was Valve sitting on multiple coveted IPs for which people would love to have new games but they choose to make clunky CCGs and stacking more Battle Royales on the pile. Either way, they couldn't be more appropriate for the title.

[@isaacargesmith8217]

To be fair they're not exactly the only ones doing that. Even super active companies like nintendo do that.

[@AbbreviatedReviews]

@@isaacargesmith8217 How is Nintendo doing that? Only the Wii U managed to not carry all of the core franchises and that's because it had a ridiculously short lifespan. By comparison Half Life 2 Episode 2 came out a year after the original Wii released. Left 4 Dead 2 and Portal 2 both came out well before the Wii U released and still don't have any word of a sequel. It's not unusual for developers to put lots of time between their games, probably more now than ever, but there's never a question as to whether or not they're in development. Valve on the other hand has left these franchises for up to a decade or more with zero indication they're making anything at all.

[@LaineyMaryK]

@@isaacargesmith8217 That is quite the point though, other companies are still actively doing things. Valve is providing the bare minimum of support to it's still-running games (TF2, CS:GO and Dota2) while they haven't been working on anything substantial in years. Remember the reaction people had to the Artifact teaser? Everyone was so hyped for a second, then that immediately died when it was revealed as a Dota card game. Valve was known as an innovative force once, now they sit on their thumbs and follow market trends. I'd agree they fit Sloth perfectly on that- though the way they handle steam was a good pick as well. Maybe mentioning both of these sides would have been better, but Jim had to sift through so much crap with Steam Greenlight I can't fault him for having that more on the forefront of his mind.

[@hazukichanx408]

It can be for that too. Also, they are updating their UI in a "no choice" way... by copying Discord. FFS, Valve, pull your heads out of your butts and try being Valve again for five frigging seconds a year...

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Greed is a powerful thing, and so is Totinos Pizza

[@Rem694u2]

Am I a bad person even if I buy Totino's pizza rolls and tossing the Assassin's Creed shyt in it bin?

[@mammon_is_god]

Yes, I am.

[@karnagefails333]

I subjected myself to literally watching the entire Sonic 25th Anniversary show put on by Sega. Over 3 hours long. Am I human?

[@WesleyABrown]

I'd sooner vouch for Tombstone, or Digiorno's. But that's me.

[@boxhead6177]

Activision Blizzard are so greedy... they lost not 1, but 2 Chief Financial Officers in the same week... how is that? A company so greedy, the people that count the greed profits (and ruthlessly cut costs) lost their chief greed officers, cause they were too greedy to stay, and got a better offer somewhere greedier.

[@MasouShizuka]

They jumped ship. Maybe they saw that Activision is losing consumer interest or something and decided to look for other, lucrative prospect. They never gave a shit about development or games in general.

[@pvt.prinny759]

You sound like you’re an expert on how business or this industry works

[@TNTITAN]

@@wartome3196 On the what law would I push. The law that states you can't put gambling in games for those played by people under the age of 18.

[@WcHDICE]

that because they live in California with increase taxes

[@hughjass2640]

@@wartome3196 Lmao, you have a child like understanding of the word greed. Greed is more then just a motivator to acquire money. There are plenty of other motivators. Greed is more then that. Greed is taking part in destructive and unsustainable buissness practices designed to exploit those with low impulse control and those at risk of gambling addiction. Greed is acquiring different studios, guuting them, forcing them to work on doomed projects and then closing the studio down. Greed is mass hiring devs forcing them to work ungodly hours, only to lay them off without a second thought. It's easy to pretend Rand wasn't just some selfish bigot making excuses for being a shit person. I'd say it's much more difficult to prove these things aren't destructive to the industry. Go jumo off a cliff.

[@smjaiteh]

This is why we need to write good comments! They could become our own episodes!! 🤩

[@Falishan]

"I am a proud practitioner of most of these sins." Jim Sterling 2019

[@ShadowAkatora]

This was a pretty fun idea. Kudos to Dr. Weavile.

[@jonah_da_mann]

It should be noted that pride is traditionally considered to be the deadliest of the seven deadly sins, as it is often seen as a “gateway” to the other six - if you’re too proud of yourself, then that internally justifies you as being greedy, lazy, envious, lustful, overindulgent, and filled with wrath. So yeah. Fuck EA.

[@grubbybum3614]

What sin is being addicted to drugs? Gluttony or Sloth?

[@markcobuzzi826]

@Grubby bum I remember hearing that Sloth is more specifically geared towards “apathy” and a total lack of regard either way for the people around you, besides just laziness in general. For indulging on addictive drugs, I would probably lean towards Gluttony more, since that sin involves having warped priorities when it comes to enjoying the pleasuring of food/drink above all else, drunkenness can be seen as both a drug addiction and overindulgence in drinking like Gluttony, and even other illegal drugs can at least be seen as “consumable substances” similar to food/drinks.

[@grubbybum3614]

@@markcobuzzi826 :( >Tfw addicted to benzos and opiates

[@proteus2103]

@@grubbybum3614 Envy

[@puppy0cam]

At this point it's a pissing contest to piss on consumers

[@Readysetheal]

Consumers *and* developers. Fuck CEOs, and fuck shareholders.

[@ty_teynium]

They're measuring the trejectory of their stream.

[@NatrajChaturvedi]

​@@Readysetheal I have always had difficulty in believing that narrative... I think there are Developers out there like Todd Howard who are just as interested in squeezing their customers hard as a Bobby Kottick or Andrew Wilson and will go to any lengths to do it including dumbing down and destroying the franchises they work on AND maybe there are CEO's and CFO's who are level headed and sane and can think of the long term good and maybe even have some love or passion for the industry they are in...

[@Mernom]

The problem is... People still buy into those schemes.

[@Sniperbear13]

@@NatrajChaturvedi that is true, there are bad devs on top of shitty publishers. the number of wanna be game devs that have popped up over the past few years who make shovelware and try and act like its worth money has been climbing. publishers still play a major part in the non indie scene however. the CEOs of many big name publishers are business men and more then likely never played games other then solitaire or match 3's, and have the aim of making more money then is sustainable. most of the time, the developers that do work for a publisher don't have that big of a say in how the game will be made. they really can only do what the publisher wants because the publisher is the one paying them to make a game, and if the publisher wants something in the game, its hard to refuse.

[@spaceiguana5066]

Envy also could have gone to PlayerUnknown given that whole debacle surrounding PUBG and Fortnite

[@grubbybum3614]

Yep, he was scraping the barrel on envy

[@thepfeifester]

After a hard day of work and getting out late.. A jimquisition comes out and makes the morning better. Thanks!

[@oopsimdead2578]

exactly what i was thinking

[@DaSniper2]

same here

[@akritos546]

I can't help but feel that the lust one was more of a joke than anything.

[@PauloGarcia-sp5ws]

Ya, I don't think boobs are a sin :P

[@markcobuzzi826]

@A Busty Dragon I was one of the first people to reply to Dr. Weavile’s comment and got many thumbs up, when I asked if he insinuated Rockstar was lusting over the animated shrinking horse bollocks.

[@isaacargesmith8217]

Yeah Im not really getting much of the problem with the lust one, not like they're hurting anything from the sounds of it. Just kinda making softcore porn leaning games more than anything. Was kinda expecting something more... exploitative or something controversial like the hot coffee incident. That or maybe steam being hypocritical about porn games, with it being ok for AAA games like the witcher and stuff to do nudity and sexual situations it but not even soft core, no actual nips shown indie games.

[@YadonTheCat]

I'm sure there's a better fit for lust than Onechanbara, that series is so irrelevant

[@Zadamanim]

Wasn't there a story a while back about a manager at EA or Ubisoft that was harassing the women working there?

[@ingeniousclown]

This presents some amazing roleplay opportunities for Darksiders 3.

[@hiddenshadow2105]

When I saw the title, I thought it would be Darksiders 3 review.

[@dibuk123]

It isn't?

[@cybruiser57peti]

@@dibuk123 Actually yes, if we focus on Fury vs The Seven Deadly Sins. As a pissed of gamer who wants to unleash it's Fury on the Triple AAA companies, because it's SICK of there SHIT.

[@dreamerabe]

And Dante's Inferno.

[@asbestosfish_]

_anyone got a bible? I have some divinity to beat into some AAA executives._

[@JonnyHyperbole2090]

Larian have you covered on that front without the bible.

[@Rem694u2]

I got something else to beat... Excuse me while I go play some Samurai Bikini Squad.

[@mammon_is_god]

I do, it's a little scorched but mostly legible.

[@andregon4366]

Does the book of grudges work? It's heavier than the bible, and Thorgrim Grudgebearer killed a few nasty creatures with its spine alone.

[@mikeaft3585]

Will you smack them over the head like some god-obsessed man-monster from a certain gory anime? Hint: kzbin.info/www/bejne/infcipd6q8poqs0

[@GenericSoda]

Please never stop saying "Triple A" in increasingly ridiculous ways

[@therealbahamut]

"tripllle EEEYYYYEEEE"

[@theR1ch]

It’s ear piercing. No.

[@The_Undertow]

Don't forget the way he also says ''Live services''

[@AntonShields]

Agreed!!!

[@coffee115]

Can someone with talent and free time make a 2018 Jim "AAA" compilation video? Just every time he says it. Would be glorious.

[@Rhyas9]

"You! Bioware! Make Destiny!" Sums it up pretty nicely.

[@Javetts]

I'd have sloth be Bethesda, but this is good too.

[@murfeel1173]

I thought so as well, since they can't be effed to update their fossil of an engine. But Jim makes great arguments for the alternative.

[@KonDragon008]

I thought Nintendo would get Wrath (considering their Holy War against ROMs), but dang...yea, I agree Konami has to take the title for that after hearing what they've done.

[@amirabudubai2279]

I was expecting Nintendo to get Pride. While they are generally good and put a lot of effort into their games, they don't take criticism well. They are the kings of telling people what they want and sticking to their guns even after the customers/fans riot.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

@@amirabudubai2279 and usually turn out on 🔝

[@NathanCassidy721]

Nintendo is nowhere near one of the worst companies. They live in their own bubble when it comes to reality and games media BUT because of that they seem to be ignoring a lot of industry bullshit like lootboxes and slicing up games to sell back to you later. Which is more of a blessing in disguise when you look at the wider picture outside your box of "petty revenge".

[@tech6294]

I'd still give it to nintendo as well as sloth for their entire old lists of games... You literally can't play them legally anymore but they'll still sue you for trying... Sad.

[@comyuse9103]

nah, konami is actively malicious towards their workers. i would rather go work for literally any other company with 100% always active crunch time than work for konami. nintendo, though, is (was? they got a new CEO so they could change) the most on the nose, textbook example of an overly prideful, stuck in his backwards ways, old japanese man who hates everything past the day he was born. their way is right because it is their way and you are less than nothing if you disagree, that is pride at its finest.

[@PsychoPanda9000]

I really liked the concept of this, if you're gonna stay on the same theme for the next video I suggest the four horsemen of the game industry that usually ends up ruining games for people. Like the Famine of early access games not being updated for years, the pestilence of games being taken over by cheaters and hackers like a plague of locust, the war of fandoms for games that end up becoming so toxic that nobody will want to associate with them, and death, just straight up dead on arrival like the culling 2 which made stillborns look like they had a longer lifespan

[@Christian-rn1ur]

PsychoPanda9000 You're not Jim Sterling, lmao, that was pure cringe to read. Stop trying to emulate him.

[@PsychoPanda9000]

@@Christian-rn1ur nigga I was just giving a suggestion like the guy who suggested this video you fucking ass clown

[@Christian-rn1ur]

PsychoPanda9000 Touched a nerve did I? It's fine if you want his voluptuous man meat inside you, but at least be honest about it.

[@PsychoPanda9000]

@@Christian-rn1ur no, it's just when some random degenerate comes out of the wood works to be like "oh cringe, cringe what a fuckin edgelord cringe" I'm morally obligated to sit them right the fuck down in the shit stack they crawled out of

[@Christian-rn1ur]

PsychoPanda9000 you're doing it again! Just admit that you want Jim inside you - it's nothing to be ashamed of!

[@yanlucasdf]

I was thinking that by lust* you would say something about the near endless quest for bigger and prettier maps without considering that there must be a reason for the map be this big and when triple a say that games are too expensive to make but then they say players only want 4k textures and 666 poligon models

[@yanlucasdf]

i do in rare cases, like in games that are old but still look pretty, or when the grapic part is used for a style or in bad cases, like the dreadful animation Mass effect andromeda have during launch or in cases when the grafic is really awful

[@79pass89]

Yeah, lust felt like such a missed opportunity. Even Dynasty Warriors shittily tried to have their own pretty-looking open world instead of retaining the improvements made in previous games.

[@isaacargesmith8217]

Im surprised he didnt bring up how valve used to be hypocrits about sex, porn, and nudity, with it being ok when a studio does it like that conan game or the witcher but its not ok when independant groups do it even if they dont go as far as those games did. That or the hot coffee incident.

[@79pass89]

@@isaacargesmith8217 While I agree it's a problem with Valve right now, I don't think it'll fall under them being lustful. I think it'll fall under pure incompetence and inconsistency. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that Witcher didn't have its sexual stuff removed and that many games are now free to have sexual content, but I really wish Valve was more consistent with their stance on sex by going after absolutely no game for it.

[@soarel325]

Yup!

[@DarknessIsTheTruth]

"PRIIIIIIIDE! ...and accomplishment." Best part of the video. XD

[@alexanderforrest1983]

Deeth Irteen I feel like something he left out that definitely says pride is how they have handled BF5 and how proud they are for their wokeness.

[@IamCoalfoot]

4:48 That shot of companies being weighed down by their own bullocks is precious and amazing.

[@JaelinBezel]

Did you know: There were once Eight Deadly Sins, but then Despair got bought out by Sloth.

[@mjbig9461]

Gluttony, u forgot game editions that don't include the GAME 👌😀

[@JARRYDTHEPAIN]

Yeah WTF is that anyway?

[@Starfals]

Honestly, the least i hear about Valve the better. I just wanna forget. Its like an ex girlfriend that cheated.. you just wanna move on and stop getting upset. Stop getting upset how they used to make amazing games, with super fun gameplay and amazing soundtrack (that i still listen to..).. uhh... You made me remember again Jimbo grrr. /mad

[@GruppeSechs]

Valve gets too much shit. They opened the door for so many devs to have a platform for their games. Say what you will about the cut they take and that shitty half-baked games get put through too often, but the truth is that they helped so many good games and devs get discovered over the years. As fun as Half-Life and Portal are, that's far more important than releasing another game.

[@Niller0n]

Do the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse next. Famine, Pestilence, War and Death

[@DannyMexen9]

RIP TTG

[@Niller0n]

@Lady Wanderer

[@PhyreI3ird]

@Lady Wanderer Wow, didn't think the idea would be very interesting, but that's basically perfect. Though you could also easily slot in Microsoft for the Famine position.

[@thundersoul6795]

@Lady Wanderer Oh no, Actibliz murdered several IPs, totally deserving of the title of Death and way worse than _an entire graveyard filled with forgotten legends (p)owned by EA._ War would be Konami, for the same reasons you've described - except, again, they're way worse offenders. And Pestilence would be some now forgotten greedy dev of early 2000s, maybe Gameloft(which pretty much meant Ubisoft until '16), but there's no way Beth would innovate or, God forbid, pioneer, it's simply not efficient.

[@destructodude]

I'm trying to think by the original 4 and their gimmicks. Conquest goes out conquering and pillaging, so maybe EA fits there for buying studios and basically killing them. War is out to create discord between the people it influences. That can be any number of mixed message community scandals... EA, again, of course. Maybe Bethesda goes here. Then there's Famine, the horseman that diverts attention away from the coming pestilence by making his people indulge. So, Famine could be Valve for relying on Steam and ignoring game production; or maybe it could be Activision-Blizzard, for forcing loot-boxes onto its community and whatever "famine" analogy goes with people losing all their money. Death is a little tricky, because it represents a consequence of the previous three, so I can't apply it to any company. Maybe "government regulation" can be "Death."

[@rasengdori13]

How to fix this terrible industry for 2019: 1) Never buy anything from Activision, EA, Konami, Ubisoft, nor Warner Bros (if there is any other publisher you don’t like, add them to this list). Any game from them now will have ruined potential and will always be badly designed on purpose to sell microtransactions, lootboxes, and cheat codes. Create the stigma that anything with these publisher’s name on it is a lesser product _because it’s true._ If you absolutely NEED to have one of their games but still want to get it legally, wait about a year until the game is on sale with included DLC or (preferably) buy a used copy. 2) Never pre-order any game. Waiting until the game comes out to give them money will force them to make sure it’s a functioning, bug-free (as possible), complete game. 3) Wait until said publishers are downscaled/bankrupt from lack of sales. Even if they change their ways after suffering financial struggles, they’ll just go back to their current agenda once they’re back on top again. Let them burn in bankruptcy. They never cared about you. Don’t give them the satisfaction. 4) Wait until they’re forced to sell IPs and franchises to better publishers in order to cut costs from going under. Developers let go from this should also be given employment opportunities from said publishers. This is, unfortunately, the only drawback to this plan as there’s no telling what will happen to said franchises and developers. 5) Spread. This. Message. Feel free to copy/paste this comment anywhere it’s relevant! Anyone who says “this won’t work” is doing EXACTLY what these publishers want. The moment you give up and think uniting against exploitative and terrible business practices is fruitless is the moment you lose. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. This has worked before and it will work again.

[@sdgdhpmbp]

This won't work. You know whose first in line to be hit by boycotts and/or poor sales? The overworked developers. And like it or not, doing this stuff just means shareholders will blame everyone at a lower part of the chain of command and either cancel IPs that developers themselves love, cut their salaries or worse, termination. That doesn't mean I don't have my own solutions. Want the most practical one? A complete shutdown of the industry and rebuild with extreme government supervision. Failing that, government level standards of games being functional on release and a strict limit on additional content. Moreover, releases of remakes, yearly editions or simply sequels that do not meet standards of warranting them to be called new games will hit prices hardest. I said practical, not realistic. And even if I could do all that, all those companies are rich anyway. All they'd need to do is rally behind and financially back politicians willing to do them favours with those rules and they're pretty much free to do whatever they want. Gaming is after all one entertainment industry, probably broken worse than the rest since it's a newer medium than movies, TV and comics. I'm not saying we should stop fighting but if you expect to change this industry, you're basically helpless at a consumer level when at most you can wag your finger at others.

[@stryletz]

#2: no, they'll push it out broken, put up a review embargo, and just "fix" it after the fact with patches.

[@KwokeKnightK]

About Warner bros. Im sorry. I have to get MK11

[@princedizzy3506]

Yeah i know the PC port was a mess but i loved MKX on Console.

[@yamadiyoo9658]

@Rayman Legends Also people seem to forget Konami owns Yugioh which is one of the most popular rl trading card game and it has a tv show that seems to have updates with each expansion to the rules.

[@kevinhunter6457]

Jim, I have followed you around for some time, and this has to be my new favorite episode! I like how you've taken not one, but seven consecutive companies and tore them apart so poetically! Also, I'm a big fan of the knight's helmet. It looks great on you!

[@riderwolfseeker5066]

For a second there I thought Jim Sterling would be taking about an anime called Seven deadly sins.

[@qualivia]

Me too.... Damn the weebs have infected me.....

[@Rem694u2]

I was a little let down... But at least this video was entertaining too!

[@stormblade3408]

Which of the two? ;)

[@riderwolfseeker5066]

@Deivis *Instead of making them disappear they become Jojo level buffed*

[@riderwolfseeker5066]

@@stormblade3408 Both

[@Houseckat]

It was hilarious watching you struggle with the helmet's eyeslit, but usually that kinda helmet's worn with some kind of padded hat to absorb impacts. So, yeah, that's why it didn't fit properly, probably. I don't have X-ray vision, I can't see what was under that incredible helm.

[@RedVGFox]

Well, to me "Wrath" is more related to Nintendo and rheir annoying attitude in shutting down fan projects, giving DMCA to KZbin videos about emulation, TAS speedruns or mods and suing people for sharing 20+ years old roms.

[@2dguy284]

Yea I thought the same, Nintendo is pure Wrath.

[@amirabudubai2279]

I was expecting Nintendo to get Pride. While they are generally good and put a lot of effort into their games, they don't take criticism well. They are the kings of telling people what they want and sticking to their guns even after the customers/fans riot. That being said, Wrath has to go to Konomi. They are the only company that would savatage themself just to spite a former employee.

[@comyuse9103]

they are so much more prideful than malicious, they act like they are the best of the best and anything else will hurt their brand.

[@Sizdothyx]

Reminder Nintendo brought the hammer down a fan artist just because she drew a poster of Lucina on a commission. "Benevolent" my ass.

[@Strausburg]

Nintendo changed their policy on taking down KZbin videos recently. At least it's a step in the right direction.

[@Tech_Marauder]

Gluttony could also be EA and their neverending consumption of game studios.

[@AscendantStoic]

Good one 😏

[@NormanReaddis]

M$ trying to do the same

[@AscendantStoic]

@@NormanReaddis But EA's victimized studios list is far bigger 😏

[@NormanReaddis]

@@AscendantStoic M$ is still a budding seed of live service full on streaming push Sure those devs they acquire are making games with live service included to entice their streaming services

[@BurningBlood517]

I'm surprised Take-Two wasn't on the list, being the money hungry pricks they are.

[@russellbrown6888]

As bad as they can be, at least they give their developers the time and freedom they need to make a good game (usually) and don't rely on the "crunch". Activision is all about the crunch.

[@vixx1497]

@@russellbrown6888 What about the 100hr weeks for Red Dead Redemption 2?

[@GGamersUnited]

But plz...they don't even monetize their games nuff. Trolololo

[@GGamersUnited]

@@russellbrown6888somehow u really did forget about rdd2. Don't praise them too much. Pressure comes from publishers....always.

[@roguebanshee]

Nintendo would have been a perfect fit for Pride.

[@TheAyanamiRei]

It's also becoming increasingly Wrathful as well. What with taking down Emulators, while drip feeding consumers their old games.

[@cicjose6016]

@@TheAyanamiRei you do realise that Nintendo fanboys dont want new games right?

[@Leiliel1]

Yeah, no. I don't like their hatred of LPers or emulators, but compared to literally *everyone else?* Yeah, no, I'll take the virtual console and the fact they actually give a damn about the art over EA. Maybe Sloth, for their refusal to get with the times, but no, they're aggravating rather than actively evil. If you seriously think E-fucking-A is a worse fit than Nintendo? I'm sorry, but hand in your critic badge. You are objectively wrong.

[@LuckXvaati]

When you really get down to it, Nintendo is absolutely nowhere close to representing any of the sins better than the ones used here. Maybe if there was an 8th sin that was about being slow, not lazy like sloth, just slow, then maybe Nintendo could appear there.

[@jackgarcia5926]

If incompetence was a capital sin, Nintendo would have an in, but even then, Squeenix would likely snatch the spot anyways.

[@MrCrossa]

Early to bed, early to catch the worm. Or is it the Jimquisition?

[@I_am_a_cat_]

It's... Neither?

[@RaymondStormbl3ssed]

If you don't say "TrIpLe AaA gAmEs" like jim sterling does, you're just saying it wrong

[@hi-friaudioman]

lmao when he rolled his eyes in the helmet while saying "trrrrripple ayyyyy" almost as if he was touching himself.

[@fzysknr]

I'm surprised you didn't go with Nintendo as Wrath. The way that they try to shut down streamers, critics and fan artists; the willingness to brick consoles that have been modified to do more than they bothered to let them do out of the box; the relentless harassment of sites hosting ROMs that Nintendo hasn't made "officially" available for decades. Hell, they'll probably bar me from buying their products once I leave this comment, but I don't mind. It's not like they've made anything I genuinely want to play in the last six years, so what are the odds that they'll start doing so now?

[@MrCracky32]

Fuzzy Skinner Shut down steamers, critics, and fan artists- I have yet to see any of that happen. People are streaming their games without problems, no critics have been silenced as far as I know and if the Bowsette thing is any indication, they don’t have a problem with fan art. Bricking consoles- Nintendo only bricks consoles if you pirate games on it, and only if you’re dumb enough to go online with the pirated copy. Also, it was found that the firmware used to hack Switches also had a brick code installed, so it seems Nintendo aren’t the only ones. Taking down roms- Downloading a rom without owning the original is illegal which I’m pretty most people who download roms do not have. It sucks that they don’t give us alternatives, but they are technically in their right.

[@fzysknr]

Jim himself has described how Nintendo repeatedly filed claims on his videos, and even went out of their way to reject the counter-claims he filed in response. This was the reason he had to use the "copyright deadlock" to prevent ads being placed on his show. He also described the restrictive means they were using in an attempt to decrease the amount of money people could make from streaming/uploading their gameplay footage - which, in light of recent changes, does seem to be *slightly* less restrictive, to their credit. As for the bricking of consoles, I admit that I'm not familiar with any issues involving the Switch (as I don't own one); what I'm thinking of were the incidents where people reported their homebrew-enabled Wiis getting bricked by system updates, regardless of whether they had ROMs on them. Finally, I do make every effort to build my ROM collection based on the games I already own - unless the creator has given express permission to freely download the game (such as John Romero putting the GBC ROM of Daikatana on his site a while back) or a publicly available physical copy simply does not exist (such as the Resident Evil prototype on GBC). I realize that not everyone does this, but I still pine for the days when companies like Infocom would specifically recommend making a backup of a game (and primarily playing from the backup) in the instruction manual.

[@Heriarka]

That and Konami was basically the no-brainer. They've been quite openly aggressive. If anything, Nintendo and their tendency to work in their own, often outdated ways would have been a good candidate for Pride.

[@zimriel]

@@Heriarka I agree. Nintendo are bad but Konami have been outright vicious. Nintendo gets the [dis]honourable mention with Wrath like Bluehole with Envy

[@sausagesausage]

When it comes to the actions of large 3rd party companies I feel like SEGA are genuinely the best currently. None are perfect but SEGA don't really do any underhanded selling tactics, they release pretty good games on a regular basis, their Steam support, (for a Japanese publisher) is excellent, they are supportive of mods and fan games, and they often release games cheaper than the market average.

[@Changetheling]

I believe you're right. They're still behaving like a civil game company (perhaps I'm too fond of their Binary Domain, but still).

[@kaydwessie296]

sausagesausage now if only their games weren’t all so cringey

[@sausagesausage]

@@kaydwessie296 Gotta know which games you find cringey? I mean, as a publisher they have a really diverse line up, in all kind of genre, with entirely unrelated styles... Alien: Isolation is hardly comparable to, say, Sonic Mania... Then there is Persona 5, Warhammer: Total War, Yakuza, Football Manager, Monsterboy, Valkryia Chronices, Dawn of War... There is literally no common theme here... Sonic aside, SEGA have been pretty spot on with quality releases in my opinion.

[@sausagesausage]

@@Changetheling Admittedly I wrote Binary Domain off at first, got it in some steam sale and it was absolutely fantastic... The inventive boss battles are a highlight. Should never have doubted the team who made Yakuza. P.S Another SEGA published 3rd person shooter that is fantastic (and available pretty cheap on steam) is VANQUISH.

[@kaydwessie296]

sausagesausage Stuff like Sonic And Puyo Puyo Panic lol. It all reminds me of the worst of my weeb days

[@84jesterx]

Today I learn there are at least 7 youtube accounts that have notifications for Jim Sterling on so they can just go and downvote. I mean, why else has somebody already downvoted a video that hasn't been up for barley 20 mins?

[@alexeverett308]

Well he's a renowned sjw, plus he talked about Anita Sarkeesian that one time, so he should probably be shot 🤷‍♂️ a few dislikes is fairly generous really. (this is sarcasm btw. With Sarkeesian. Sarkeesasm.)

[@I_am_a_cat_]

I don't know, maybe because... Hmm.. Maybe because they just didn't like it? Or is the idea of someone having a different opinion than your own that hard to imagine? In reality though, it's probably just people that really hate Jim.

[@I_am_a_cat_]

@@kaistzar2831... I mean yeah, probably. It's one of the best feelings there is, making people that hate you livid with anger. It's pretty satisfying.

[@Bo0Mgameplaya]

Or... they're just bots.

[@GrandisArcanum]

Or people downvoted based on some of his choices. Maybe get off r/pol because not everything is a conspiracy

[@TheGhostbuster1989]

Remember when video games were made for fun?

[@Rayen015]

Vaguely. It seems so long ago.

[@squizzlor]

No. I’m pretty sure your just hearing tall tales, or urban myths.

[@LivresAudio]

Retro is the future of gaming, no need for $hitty new games.

[@Suksass]

Yes, long time ago.

[@TheShepOfButter]

pepperidge farm remembers

[@Peteblz1]

JIM IS BACK. *Thank God for Jim.* *GOD SAVE THE JIM STERLING*

[@SaintChaddes]

D3 is the least offensive sin, congrats lads

[@teal_m_101]

Well, it is the second circle of Dante's Inferno, and the first *REAL* part of hell.

[@talynhastime9343]

I just want to take a short moment to say I'm sorry, Jim. I avoided your channel because friends disliked you for being "a snob", "narcissistic", and "contrarian". No, what people were calling "snobbery" is a schtick -- it's meant to be funny. If I--a person who can't detect sarcasm very well--can understand you're *clearly* doing a bit, then I don't know what everyone else is complaining about. You have a great number of points about the gaming industry, you handle criticism well and are self-effacing (how people thought you were narcissistic, I don't understand), you're very serious about presenting things as accurately as possible, and you break the mold of a typical "gamer" by being very sensitive and genuinely sympathetic to the concerns and needs of others (things that others would write off as "SJW"). You are not another "angry" gamer or game reviewer: You bring levity and a unique level of absurd humor to the table while you highlight the bullshit that's in the gaming industry. Everything you say is couched in research or else prefaced with "I am not X, but ..." or "this is my opinion", which I deeply, *deeply* respect. So cheers to a new year and a new subscriber.

[@animeweng]

Now take the time to unsub your friends and fuck them.

[@MoreImbaThanYou]

After watching this to the end, I am missing Square ENix on the list. They manage to fly under the radar way too easily. When thinking about Sloth, I assumed you would choose Bethesda. Basically all they do is resell assets and games they created years ago, while putting minimal effort into quality. But they also fit envy, as they desperatly tried to copy a "live service" concept. Then again, Square Enix also fits envy pretty well, as they try to copy anything they have seen to be successfull somewhere, with not a grain og artistic integrity left. Pride should go to nintendo and their overprotection of IP's. EA doesn't really have any pride, they are slimey, opportunistic and more reminiscent of a weasle than anything else. Maybe gluttony would fit too.

[@LezbionestHere]

I agree Nintendo would have been a fantastic fit for pride

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

There is no sin for "incompetence" or "dense" for SE to take unfortunately.

[@sensualarmpit3512]

Overprotection of ip is required by law. If you dont protect your ip you can lose it. They have no choice.

[@Vouru]

@@sensualarmpit3512 To follow up on this statement in case some one argues it. At any point and time if a company does not choose to protect their IP then it sets a "precedent" where if they try to stop some one else from using/stealing their IP and it leads to a court case the defended can point back to it and use it as a defense. "You didn't stop them from using your material, why are you stopping us?"

[@GruppeSechs]

Bethesda has been adding a new coat of polish to turds for years. I'm glad their incompetence has finally come to a head.

[@dynamickirby]

lol. I thought this was a Jimpressions on the Seven Deadly Sins game...Then I realized that today is Monday.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@Lord Jesse He's probably talking about the one based on the anime of the same name.

[@ClemmyGames]

5:25 I'm doing my part to help indie devs!

[@ClemmyGames]

@Mac Mcskullface Will do!

[@thelastgogeta]

First I heard of your channel but I'll give it a look. I'm rather tired of people telling Valve or whoever to have less games (yes ones which don't work suck) over bringing the best to our attention. The worst part is that for all of Jim's merits as a "Steam Cleaner", it leads to worse games getting more popular due to him just mentioning them or alternatively them confronting Jim for attention instead.

[@one1nsanity]

@@thelastgogeta yeah but that would imply knowing shit about something other than monetization and let's be real, Jim is pretty spot off when it comes to something else

[@matteste]

I hope one day that someone with decent weight to their name ever talk about the indie title Zero Ranger. 'hint,hint'

[@Olodus]

@@thelastgogeta I agree somewhat with what you are saying. I don't really like the thought of Valve stopping a game because they didn't like it or whatever. Still though, I think Jim's criticism holds to some degree as well. Even if Valve wanted to have all the games on their service, it is their job then to help people find stuff, which in my opinion they are doing quite a lazy job of. Furthermore, they are responsible for the products they are selling. In some sense I feel we already have a platform that doesn't quality check anything at all already and that is the internet. If Valve wants to just let any game ever onto their platform and doesn't give much better search than a search engine on the web does - what actual additional value do they provide that the web doesn't already give us? But these are hard questions. Distribution of software is a hard question. As I said, I partly agree with you. And the more reviewers that help us find the good ones in the pile the better off we will be. So keep up the good work Clemmy :D

[@malohn2068]

Tbh all these gaming companies are pride. Sloth and greed.

[@hiddenshadow2105]

Lust could have been done better. It could have been a company that gets good interesting studios or IPs and then shamelessly puts a lot of horrible Stimulating Trade Decisions into them to utterly ruin studios or IPs at the end. It could have been studios like King that try to copyright words such as 'Saga', so it only belongs to them. It could have been a company that demand so much crunch that their workers' families started protests. It could have been Telltale or others (Telltale is not the first) that effed their own workers with payments for their work.

[@eriksoberanis6409]

Starting the New Year off right Jim

[@brawlnut8543]

Next monday on the jimquisition: the seven virtues of video gamedom/game industry

[@MenxiGoblinQueen]

honestly, Lust isn't too bad if the game is actually fun...

[@AscendantStoic]

He actually missed the fact that Lust isn't just sexual, it's lust for anything that isn't food or money, like fame or power.

[@batt3ryac1d]

To be fair the Alexa thing is pretty funny actually.

[@apteropith]

If it's Unicronic Arts, I would have thought it would be gluttony, devouring all those studios and eating the devs alive.

[@LordofBroccoli]

By my count, there are currently Fifteen Deadly Sinners: EA, Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft, DICE, Bungie, Bioware, Bethesda, Konami, 2K, Take-Two, Valve, Warner Bros, Bluehole, Capcom and Rockstar. Additionally identified sinners will be added to the Hall of Villains. Feel free to identify additional sinners in replies below...

[@Stogryn]

Nintendo works for wrath

[@TheRealColBosch]

I'd say Nintendo is another Greed, for their continued over-valuation of their back catalog. I'm assigning Wrath to Gearbox.

[@PritstickDmC]

@@TheRealColBosch I think Pride fits better - they rely too heavily on the same IPs and don't learn from fan outcry (like it's crappy online).

[@Isnogood12]

@@PritstickDmC Many of the sins fit Nintendo, but it is definitely Prideful

[@Isnogood12]

@@TheRealColBosch Is incompetence a deadly sin? Because that'd be right up Gearbox's alley.

[@mattbyrum8680]

Jim’s early this morning. He’s really got his yoke on this week

[@voraminfantes5264]

I'm surprised you didn't bring up how Bethesda employees respond to people asking them about FNV in interviews. They seem to be a bit envious about how well Obsidian did with that game.

[@Ivan-qf4mt]

Yeah, that is a great example of envy. I ENVIOUS that i haven't thought of it myself.

[@Zer0Tr1gger]

"So committed to doing nothing, it's made more work for itself in an attempt to do less work." Sounds like some of the managers at my office.

[@Devilot109]

The thing that gets me about Senran Kagura and Oneechanbara is that... they're both really good franchises. I mean, if you like that sort of beat'em-up/hack&slash game, anyway. If they were awful, I could just safely ignore them, but they're actually good enough that I want to play them even as fanservice reaches levels even my hypersexual ass finds uncomfortable. (Senran Kagura has *weirdly* great writing and characterization, as well.)

[@Devilot109]

And here, we see a demonstration that a literally hypersexual lesbian cannot compete for raw skeeve factor with a typical straight man.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

Frankly, I'm not bothered by the boobie aspects. Personally, when I think of lust in the games industry, I think of the perverse lust for more money, even though that kinda overlaps with greed.

[@markcobuzzi826]

As I just said to another person, if Jim Sterling was taking that segment a little more seriously, he probably could have more loosely interpreted “Lust”, like he did with “Gluttony”. He could have described a TWIPELLLLAAAAAY Publisher that took its most acclaimed IPs and metaphorically “whored out” them. In the process, the acclaimed IPs would be treated as soulless stripped-away commodities to be sold out to the lowest common denominator for lots of money, at the expense of the IP’s own wellbeing and artistic merit. Plus the spread of more “STDs” in the gaming industry would be perpetuated. Now I am not sure of what company we got, not already mentioned by Jim, that would perfectly embody that description above all else. Then again, that definition I imagined could technically apply to many of those publishers like “Greed” does, so Jim would still need to find some really specific way to pin it on one entity.

[@sunpsyco7073]

You could use Konami whoreing out their IP's for pachinko machines.

[@AscendantStoic]

Besides sexual desire Lust actually is for non-material things like fame and power too.

[@markcobuzzi826]

@sun psyco I did think of Konami as I typed my comment, especially since I heard that Pachinko machines often are pretty much the Japanese equivalent to slot machines, and gambling games played in casinos can also be considered a very addictive and debaucherous activity. However, Konami was already selected for “Wrath” and Jim sounded convincing with his reasons.

[@TheSeptet]

Lust and Gluttony are kinda the same thing, if we're being totally honest. Greed and Envy as well. I think they might have packed their list a bit to get over the required wordcount.

[@OneWhoKnowsThings6009]

*Seen Monday come* Heeeeere comes the Jimquisition!

[@RAFMnBgaming]

Industry Defender!

[@johnathanjones3251]

Oh dead space how I miss you. Hey Jim have you heard about a small dev group trying to make a dead space successor? Called negataive atmosphere it looks promising.

[@johnathanjones3251]

That's somewhat the point though. It's inspired by dead space and looks like more dead space and that's what people want. It's small and slow going but I'm keeping my hopes up since we'll never get a dead space 4.

[@graahbrains]

Sadness? Oh god Jim's Sadness bit (featuring General Boneshitter) back on Dismal Jesters still kills me.

[@Mugman896]

“I would raise game prices higher if I could” Don’t get mad then when you hear your consumers say “I’d buy your games if I could”

[@Nebelkorona]

UPlay bloatware is the ultimate envy of Steam's success...

[@SidheKnight]

Also, Origin.

[@angeloffish]

We had the golden sins of horror games. Now we have the Seven Deadly Sins😈. Awesome 😎. I wonder if there could be one for the Seven Graces for good games😇. On another note, I paused the video to write this comment, and Jim is looking at me cross-eyed.

[@GuyN0ir]

I am legit surprised Nintendo wasn't the company for Wrath.

[@caad5258]

Konami is the worst tho. Nintendo cant top them.

[@HarrisBoe]

Now for a real challenge: the seven heavenly virtues

[@tjbarke6086]

Is that hell or mustafar?

[@chiefsymeris]

It's Mustafar but from an EA's Battlefront™ point of view.... Both!

[@zidanetribal1406]

TJ Barke Yes

[@RainBird88x]

Bethesda should have been Sloth, as 76 was a massively lazy and low effort attempt to jump on the live-service bandwagon.

[@randallflagg9498]

yeah valve cant even be arsed to finish trilogies.

[@Daxank]

@Professor Bearington at this point I wonder why most people still consider VALVe to be a game developer...

[@NathanCassidy721]

@@Daxank They haven't done shit lately except make a boatload of money off other people's games.

[@Daxank]

@@NathanCassidy721 That's what I said, I wonder why people still consider them as game developers

[@paperbackwriter1111]

Not quite true, the game is probably infinished because the devs got rushed from one type of project to another.

[@SeRgEaNt_RaNdOm]

I would have said EA for Gluttony because they've absorbed more dev companies than any other

[@SeRgEaNt_RaNdOm]

Although I will admit that Pride suits EA much better

[@kaydwessie296]

Hello from the cluster of Sims fans who miss Maxis

[@SupermassiveGaming]

Seven Deadly Sins...I feel like this is going to be a microtransaction based video.

[@unseenunknown6836]

Supermassive Gaming lol chill

[@Isnogood12]

They all are. Jim's been doing the same vid at least 20 times now.

[@Bomberman66Hell]

@@Isnogood12 Because companies keep fucking pulling the same shit.

[@TiStardust]

@@Isnogood12 He'll stop bashing when THEY stop. They HAVEN'T, so he DOESN'T. Good on him for pushing the envelope.

[@sebas8225]

Well, Companies need... A incredible greed to do and abuse microtransactions. A incredible Gluttony to do advertisements of products + microtransactions. A incredible sense of pride and accomplishment to defend said microtransactions in front of a lawsuit. A incredible Lust to lock those types of elements behind microtransactions. A Incredible Sloth to have others make the games (some with microtransactions) and take advantage of the system via fees. A Incredible Wrath to be enraged at gamers for disliking and criticizing microtransactions. A Incredible Envy of other sucessful game models to the point, they copycat the data for the next game in production leading to market saturation.

[@tatercairns6998]

Can we get a full quest of Jim going though different places in his fictional world, reporting on the industry as he gos in this format. Id like that

[@Katy133]

I loved this! I also think that making this Jimquisition set in the underworld is very appropriate, since the series adaptation of Good Omens is finally coming out this year! XD

[@AxelLeJeff]

Is it just me, or should Lust seemed more like an endorsement.

[@udhsids]

I mean is really hard to come up with anything negative about lust.

[@caad5258]

It's 2019 and Chastity is lame.

[@cursedex80]

If I remember correctly, once Jim dissed Hideo Kojima by praising Senran Kagura developers. The idea was that Quiet and Senran Kagura offered the same thing, but while the later was open about what it wanted to give to the consumer, Kojima was a coward who hid his actual intentions under the storyline pretexts he made um himself, starting the I "breath through my skin" meme Jim had for a while.

[@TheSweetSpirit]

@@cursedex80 "she has an awful condition, you should be ashamed for thinking otherwise!" *Spends a lot of time panning the camera over their body*

[@zimriel]

read Gagnon's comment - "Lust, at its core, is the desire for primal satisfaction. While that can be sexual, it can also be a lust for violence (bloodlust), power, sadism, or other such primal satisfaction. I'm not exactly sure who that would be, but I think a case could be made that Telltale was lust."

[@Skirakzalus]

Made my own list just for the hell of it: Lust = EA, it's a bit far fetched, but are there any other companies that _perverted_ as many established franchises as them? Gluttony = UbiSoft for the same reasons as in this video. Greed = Rockstar/Take2 for how they have been handling GTA Online for the past few years and their sports games. Sloth = Bethesda for falling behind in the industry and not putting enough time into their products. Wrath = Konami for the same reasons Jim gave. Envy = PUBG/Blue Hole for their reaction to falling behind Fortnite. Pride = Activision Blizzard for how they treated players like cattle in Destiny 2 and devaluing their biggest IPs.

[@sebas8225]

Rockstar reaally got greedy in Red Dead Redemption 2.

[@speedrobo99]

I like yours a little bit better. Your envy is especially apt.

[@XShrike0]

Better list. Particularly Lust.

[@KiwiOuiOui22]

Good list but I think if I made it, EA would represent every single sin. I am really uncreative.

[@thundersoul6795]

But... Lust must be sexual. I don't remember any questionable, suggestive or straight up explicit pieces from EA? On the other hand, Rockstar is full of suggestive stuff, from innumerable sex jokes in GTA games to making big news out of friggin' _horse balls._

[@Shtoops]

Personally I think Activision-Blizzard fits Pride more than any other company. They rode the top of the industry with CoD and WoW and believed they were entitled to everyone's money and reverence. In particular, Blizzard showcases pride by believing it has eternal audience Goodwill, which I think the whole Diablo mobile thing shows they no longer do. The decline of Cod and WoW and their desperate inclusion of monetization and popular trends shows their unwillingness to let go of their once unrivaled success.

[@ogs_Boga1900]

don't forget destiny :-)

[@animeweng]

Greed fits Activision best. Blizzard no longer exists but in name. Old employees at Blizzard are gone.

[@Nab2150]

A game that really gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment while only costing $15 is My Summer Car. The first time you get your car assembled correctly and it starts is an absolute joy because after hours of frustration, much like you'd have if really assembling a car from just bits, you have made something.

[@gnarlin4964]

I think each company should get a score of 1-5 for each sin, since all those companies indulge in each of those sins to different degrees. I also wholeheartedly encourage you to make another video about the virtuous game makers out there and score them with this new system.

[@ArcaneSorceror]

3 views, 177 upvotes, 1 downvote, 46 comments. KZbin seems as solid as Bethesda's game engine

[@riderwolfseeker5066]

They're even deleting features from previous updates.

[@mdavies97131]

Yeah, from what I understand, it doesn't count as a "view" until you've watched a certain percentage of the video, while many people hit votes & comment LONG before they're done watching the video, so you'll see the most disparity on a new video, which most of the votes/comments are from people still actively watching it (I'm one of those, this time around) which haven't reached "view" status, yet. Once many have actually finished watching the video, this changes (with the exception of bad ones, which don't get viewed long enough, but gather plenty of downvotes & comments as to why, lol). All that being said, KZbin's mechanics are absolute junk, just thought I'd let you know why you're seeing that ;P

[@dlscorp]

It's bots all the way down

[@FutureNaught]

@@mdavies97131 As far as I know, KZbin adds a view after a viewer has watched thirty seconds or more of a given video.

[@justme002]

How is PUBG not Envy with all the stink they've made over Fortnite and other games in the genre?

[@bobjoe109]

Ooh, you're absolutely right. PUBG is perfect for envy.

[@dlscorp]

They're not AAA

[@Mernom]

@@dlscorp neither is the one that was crowned as lust.

[@Ruteekatreya]

Being potentially justified in two cases may not disprove envy, but it doesn't make them an embodiment of the sin as such.

[@archiemisc]

PUBG is not a publisher

[@trevorlanclos6566]

I'm surprised no pride before fall joke at EA. Missed opportunity.

[@markcobuzzi826]

EA: “My stock shares have doubled since the last time we met, Count.” Dooku: “Good. Twice the pride and accomplishment, double the fall.”

[@jonah_da_mann]

I was almost certain that "lust" would be going to Koei Tecmo.

[@murfeel1173]

Same! Or Square Enix. For the outfits alone. Choices.

[@dr.weavile6165]

Thank god for Jim Sterling (I think I'm in the Over world)

[@DeadlyRedGecko]

SwaggerSouls is that you?

[@ithemexican2423]

Lust probably should have gone to the super seducer guys

[@caad5258]

They don't deserve a feature.

[@Orinslayer]

@@caad5258 Triple Aaaaaay-men

[@Catmomila]

nah pick up artists don't even really enjoy fucking, they do it because their misogyny: to show to the world and to themselves that they are real men.

[@teal_m_101]

At least that man has soul in his work... Unlike the AAA industey

[@wynbarrett2989]

@@Catmomila ...that's not what misogyny means.

[@brycevo]

Praise the Sun, Jim!

[@trusodapop]

Not to mention Steam GUI hasn't seen a significant update to the usability in a hot minute. There are so many ease-of-use functions that are backwards or don't exist at all. Thank god for Enhance Steam on your browser, which seeks to provide actual data and streamlined usability that we need and want to see. Valve truly is the king of sloth

[@lilporky8565]

From someone who suffers from insectophobia, I give you my thanks for using gummy worms at 12:03 instead of real ones.

[@LiroRaeriyo]

if were refering to the common earth worm, that would be incorrect, as they are not classified as insects, however larva in general, which move and writhe in a similar manner to worms would be classified as insects.

[@zimriel]

@@LiroRaeriyo Lil Porky forgot s/he's commenting on a forum with a lot of gamers, developers, and other autists

[@Hodoss]

Then don't get wounded, the new treatment is based on maggots: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3bOq6trjdqfaK8