The ESA Is A Big Piece Of Shit (The Jimquisition)

[@JimSterling]

Wow, the comments didn't immediately fill up with "I miss the old logo" which is how you *know* a change succeeded. Justin killed it on the new logo, and I have some classy (read: delightfully garish) pink aviators and a tie coming. Probably keeping the hat for now, because it's awesome. The intro music isn't new or altered, but Justin used a different chorus (previous intro used the last chorus, this uses an earlier one), so that's why it sounds a bit different. I'll either record a podcast or put an article up discussing the aesthetic alterations, but the short story is that this is just more "me." Hot pinks and purples have always been my thing, as anyone can testify if they've seen the color schemes I often go for in a videogame's character creator.

[@tfonias]

I miss the old logo dude.. 😋

[@ronaldjames6067]

It's got a bit of a Saints Row feel to it.

[@greenredblue]

/shrug/ I really like both.

[@redjack2629]

I feel you, Jim. Not much for aviators, but I just today ordered a pair of pink, frameless glasses. I also wear a feather in my fedora, so I can always appreciate rocking a fancy cap. :B

[@JimSterling]

@@greenredblue Hey, so long as you like what we've got, then we're doing okay! :)

[@M4RRKL33C33]

The Jimquisition: Too hot for KZbin's algorithm.

[@JimSterling]

*shit Too shit.

[@theblackbaron4119]

It's big, scary and now pink ;)

[@yap_yap_]

Well at least he attracts edgy teenagers

[@JimSterling]

@@yap_yap_ No, actually. My viewing stats skew adult (single digit percentages for under 18s, last I checked). It's also part of why I am deeply unpopular - KZbin's millions of kid viewers pretty much hate me.

[@Tsuchiryu]

@@JimSterling Think it's a combination of swearing not being kid-friendly and the content itself not being kid-appealing? Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, it's just what you do and you do great job at it. :)

[@WaterxDragon35]

This is the first Jimquisition video that showed up on my home page. Apparently, leaning into the swearing is working.

[@deandurden2516]

Seconded, go hard jim. Pound it.

[@effdiffeyeknow5864]

@@deandurden2516 he does!

[@DeusMachina_EXE]

@@deandurden2516 Pounding it... pounding it... pounding it...

[@deandurden2516]

@@DeusMachina_EXE pounding it....

[@OctEddie]

I looked up one Angry Joe video for the first time in like eight months... Now he's the only one showing on my page. Jimquistion never did (his other videos did), aside from that was just Nostalgia Critic and John Oliver (specifically videos over six months old.)

[@sarasaland4709]

This episode could’ve been called “The ESA is a big POS.” But Jim isn’t one for holding back.

[@JimSterling]

Screw the algorithm!

[@onedeadsaint]

@@JimSterling yeah fu- I mean, screw the algorithm!

[@division6005]

This is absolutely gold!😂👌

[@weirdaljedifan2]

A big "point of sale"?

[@Dockhead]

@@weirdaljedifan2 'Pubes On Screen', close though.

[@xMadDonaldx]

So if you want to go to E3 you will need a fake I.D and a burner phone to protect yourself from their incompetence

[@DCPTF2]

Only if you got something to hide

[@milesbeler3974]

@@DCPTF2 What, like your social security number?

[@DCPTF2]

@@milesbeler3974 why on earth are you giving E3 your Social security number?

[@LexYeen]

At this point it'd be easier to go to DEFCON. Y'know, the one in Vegas full of hackers.

[@cypherpunk93]

@@DCPTF2 can you post your full name and address here then please? You got nothing to hide right?

[@christineboari131]

Jim: KZbin algorithm won't like this video KZbin algorithm: sends me this video after months of not seeing Jim on my feed

[@alexdhall]

Funny, I regularly get recommendations for Jim's videos....

[@SpaceBearEngineer]

KZbin Algorithm be like: "Oh, you think I won't recommend this? BOOM! Front Page! Haha, yeah, keep 'em guessing" KZbin's algorithms worship tzeentch...

[@entitledOne]

@@alexdhall interestingly I'm subscribed to Jim and his videos never appear at my dashboard. I always have to go to subscription and see if he posted anything.

[@MakoMusicYT]

@@entitledOne Why isn't that the first page you check?? I have my sub feed linked and I only check the home page if I've seen everything I've watched from the sub's and I'm terribly bored. Which is maybe in the weekend.

[@Vaultboy101]

Who knew reverse psychology worked on algorithms?

[@phodon129]

Petition to force the ESA to change their name so it's not confused with the European Space Agency, a body that actually does good for humanity.

[@mari-du7wl]

Or the European speedrunner association

[@kyotheman69]

ESA isn't even needed at this point, they only care about interests of publishers, not consumers, it was mostly made for rating system and protection, well they failed in that shit, and just advertising and shaking hands for scum practices instead now

[@fen7662]

Ha ha, it's hilarious when they get weird angry tweets that have nothing to do with them.

[@LordDragon1965]

ESA, NASA, the Russian, Indian and Chinese Space Agencies should all combine to make a PSA (Planetary Space Agency)

[@Chromodar]

​@@kyotheman69 A ratings board is surely needed. Just not one run by the leaders of the video game industry. Remember this? upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Parental_Advisory_label.svg/2880px-Parental_Advisory_label.svg.png I really want to see one that says "Predatory Monetization" instead at the bottom, stamped on the face of any game that deserve it.

[@BardianAngel]

Control content and the message. That phrase sounds a bit SCP to me.

[@devilgames2217]

I recommend control btw, very good game.

[@JimSterling]

SECURE. CONTAIN. GENERATE FOMO.

[@Madway]

Secure, Control, Profit

[@BardianAngel]

@@Madway OK that's perfect!

[@partialbullet2215]

Secure. Contain. Protect.? ! Is 173 in the building

[@runakinsley3450]

I think "Influencer" is one of the most cynical terms I've learned about recently.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

I keep hearing it and it ain't for nothing good. It doesn't seem like anyone I follow openly calls themselves an 'Influencer' and I only ever hear it when they're trying to sell things or get things for free ala Choosing Beggar paid in exposure style.

[@NoXion100]

About KZbin's algorithm: I recently had one of your videos about lootboxes turn up in my suggestions section. Your inimitable style combined with your high-quality substance ensured that within watching a few videos, I had become a subscriber. So Jim, I would like to offer you reassurances that while you might not be getting the recognition and exposure that you want, nay deserve, the algorithm has not completely buried you from new viewers. Thank god for you, Jim. And thank you for doing *actual journalism* while remaining entertaining.

[@LOZFFVII]

SableChrome hear hear!

[@apachehelicopter9032]

Hear hear and it only takes one view for anyone with half a brain to realize the quality and message Jim works with👍

[@davidgantenbein9362]

SableChrome Hi and welcome ... in my days only word-of-mouth helped getting me here ;)

[@UCapdo2lj2Av-r57nhYMZLyQ]

DON'T SMACK TALK THE EUROPEAN SPEEDRUNNER ASSEMBLY hey wait

[@tylerpetty5458]

Came here to say this.

[@StrangelJean]

or the European Space Agency!!!

[@superthorc6894]

ユノ ha

[@catnium]

@@StrangelJean like nasa is doing so great you needed a car sales man using Chinese tech and Russian rockets to launch your satellites

[@MetroidKing790]

@@catnium not to mention the astronauts committing identity theft..

[@Manic.miner2077]

FOMO when i was young was "dad, but im missing out, my friends have it" dad " well, you must learn that you cant have everything you want in life" me: sulked for a day, forgot all about it.

[@FluffyAbsol]

I feel the thing fell apart the moment they mentioned "influencers". It's by far the worst term in recent years.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

absolutely

[@SwissyChief1265]

In my mind it just translates to "waste of carbon" when I see the damn word.

[@evlofenn]

@@SwissyChief1265 mmm? i dunno- when i see the word i'm influenced to say "oh fuck off!"

[@chrisq6122]

Calling these people influencers is insulting the general population by saying they're just followers. Which, if you think about it, is unfortunately true.

[@clanpsi]

I like when they call themselves "influencers," as if they feel like they're actually important and respected members of human civilisation. 🤣

[@WillyV089]

What the actual heck Jim? I can't believe how irresponsible you've become. Putting up that long of a Wii Music clip? That's just barbaric.

[@Zhrink]

i prayed every second he would finally cut away but it went on and on...

[@gctypo2838]

Remember the congress rap?

[@davecrupel2817]

Especially considering his jab at the Nintendo CEOs horrible music at the beginning of the video.

[@Call_Me_Matrix]

Here's a TV that looks like an apple.

[@Cyber97Gamer]

God that was embarrassing and I’m just watching that atrocity. And I’m not on stage doing that shit.

[@SquackSpencer]

Thank god for you, Jim, because you've just saved me a HUGE amount of money. I was seriously thinking about emitting a passport and going all the way from São Paulo - Brazil to L.A. to attend next year's E3.... But, by your description, even without the social media bullshit, it's a event riddled with long lines and not much to do besides being exposed to a buttload of advertisement. And if that's what E3 is, I'm much better watching the Conferences on Twitch, and going to my local gaming convention (BGS) with my cosplayer friends. It's the same shit, but it'll cost me like 1/20th of the price.

[@memorydefekt]

Correct

[@Vivi2372]

I'd forgotten about Wii music. Hope I manage to forget again.

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

I bought that game. I actually kinda liked it.

[@OctaviousNight]

It’s easy to forget once you start shock therapy

[@Bangcat]

@@digitaldeathsquid3448 Any game that can entice people into shaking like distraught Jim Henson Muppets or disgruntled Chucky Dolls indeed has merit.

[@luigissidekick861]

Oh that E3 conference was SO bad!

[@thethyregod]

I was very confused, that Jim would talk about the European Space Agency... especially in this negative way!

[@MasterfulPeon]

Of course Jim would hate space, there are no video-games up there!

[@markhackett2302]

Keanu Reeves also worked because he was involved in the game and appears to be quite taken with the whole game too, not merely appearing in it, actually enjoying it as much as he would if it were a pet project of his own. There are a few people, that developer woman who recently left would be one example, of people who are involved in a game (or a game company) and seem to actually love working there and excited about what they are talking about (and, just as importantly, not talking about things if they aren't genuinely loving it). Someone who just did some voice work doesn't work.

[@zensoredparagonbytes3985]

Not taken. Breathtaken

[@doomslayer163]

I've been hearing that he was enamored with the game and actually wanted them to give his character a bigger part..

[@Canadamus_Prime]

"...that's exactly the kind of thing Lex Luthor does." Jim, that's not fair. Lex Luthor is much cleverer than that.

[@CoratMcRed]

The same Lex that stole 40 pies? Because that’s terrible

[@Avirx]

*more clever

[@Canadamus_Prime]

@@Avirx yeah, that.

[@mc_zittrer8793]

Well, to a point, at least. He'd actually be a lot more dangerous if he knew how to keep his ego in check. Your point stands though, at best the pubic hairs that work at ESA can only be considered Luthor's interns.

[@Dracinard]

He's not stupid enough to say "I'm doing charity to excuse my eeeevil.". Nobody is. Apart from the ESA, apparently.

[@CrossfacePanda]

That “Power of Social Good” slide made me throw up in my mouth.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

CrossfacePanda it is not just corporate, it’s sociopathic! It’s saying doing the right thing to make leeway when you fuck up, as opposed to doing the right thing because it’s the RIGHT THING TO DO!!!

[@calenthebard2051]

@@stingerjohnny9951 Not just that. We're a generous generation because we realize how hard things are because of corporate greed. Corporate greed taking advantage of that sickens me

[@Abdega]

That was Saturday morning mustache twirling villain levels of evil

[@PedanticPig]

That's probably what most "charitable" actions big companies and billionaires do are really about, we just don't usually get to see them talk about it in public.

[@Sladegaming555]

Same

[@GoodMenstruationAttitude]

The look on this generation's faces when they realize "influencer" is just another word for "salesperson" is gonna be hilariously... sad....

[@xBINARYGODx]

this generation? I am sure most people, of any age, will or won't know at about the same rate. People were not somehow more or less savvy in yesteryear's,

[@sentinel7672]

There's a difference though. Salespeople actually get paid on commission for the garbage they sell you. The ESA basically treats influencers as free advertising.

[@adaptorperish1322]

Sentinel Oh no, they get paid, believe you me. Those fuckers aren’t doing shit for free, all of them have rates.

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

"E3: A yearly celebration of corporate auto-fellatio" Jim, you've just won video games journalism. All of it.

[@Caffin8tor]

KZbin put this on the top of my recommended videos. I guess it knows my dubious tastes.

[@partialbullet2215]

Oh, I hope that is a good sign of things to come

[@Malekariel]

same

[@LordDragon1965]

Second on mine. Looks like KZbin is waking up.

[@faselfasel2864]

It gets clicked so much, because using using swear words on YT in 2019 is a distinguishing enough remark to cancel out the suppressing algorithm by sheer popularity. Genius move.

[@Haan22]

Bet we're a bunch categorized as "filthy deviants", which is why I never get kitten videos in my recommended.

[@masterofdoom5000]

Every piece of modern marketing planning sounds like a villains line, what in gods name.

[@esamietti]

What did i ever do to offend you Mr. Sterling? :(

[@theangryaustralian7624]

Aww that's unfortunate

[@Snardvark25]

Esa Miettinen might consider changing your name..

[@SHADOW_MASTER05]

Change it to something more good like lootbox or nba2k20

[@entitledOne]

Did you consider suing your parents for what they did to you by naming you like that?

[@Mr._Sherwood]

Dude you could sue the ESA for copying your name

[@mightylink65]

The ESA is owned and operated by all the major publishers, its like self regulation lol

[@ilir1989]

Where on earth did you get the idea that it is the job of the ESA to regulate the industry?

[@NShomebase]

"After investigating ourselves we have found that we have done nothing wrong."

[@MetaL556]

@@NShomebase Exactly. It's basically a front for them to pretend that "something" is being done to regulate the game industry when, in fact, the exact opposite is happening, and every time someone from outside tries to investigate they'll vehemently claim that they have this shit on lockdown and there's nothing to worry about as they are taking care of it right now.

[@nicolasc322]

Self regulation is just blatant corruption ngl

[@smashfam1]

yeah, the president of ESA worked in EA, Ubisoft xd lmao

[@beswick1306]

.... Is it bad i clicked on this video wondering what jim's problem with the European Space Agency was?

[@marsmaniac1]

Same.

[@jo3ld0wn]

I was wondering what the European Speedrunning Assembly had done to earn Jim's disapproval

[@drewgehringer7813]

I mean it's kind of a weird relic of Imperialism that the bit of the European Union the European Space Agency launches from is actually located in South America, but that's more France's fault than the E.S.A.'s, they just have economic/physics incentive to launch from the closest-to-the-equator zone that's legally in an E.U. territory

[@blackchibisan8116]

"KZbin isn't going to like this video" Literally recommended on my front page. WHAT UP! You win, Jim!

[@mrcool9090]

the algorythm is weird. Sometimes the video that makes a channel come back into my reccomendeds is their "youtube is censoring the platform" videos, which I find kinda funny

[@HylianJowi]

Oh hell yeah that purple & paaaaank intro. That's what I'm talking about.

[@mari-du7wl]

Yaass queen slay

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

The category is PURPLE WRESTLING KING

[@gravekeepersven82]

LMFAO

[@ramsey276]

Personally, I prefer PONK

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

"Power of Social Good" "Control content and the message" La li lu le lo. La li lu le lo.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Why didn’t we listen to Kojima when we had the chance!

[@meowistforlife]

Fuck it, why not? Nanomachines Son!

[@hazukichanx408]

ESA: Let your -country- ESA control your soul! Let your -country- ESA control your soul! Let your -country- ESA control your soul! *Let your **-country-** ESA Control... Your... Sooooooul!*

[@PolarPhantom]

Kojima was ahead of the times and that's real talk. And he didn't pull it out his butt, this pattern's been going on for almost as long as human civilization. Kojima applied it to the internet age in a novel fashion.

[@astrochiken]

Our champion, Jim Sterling. Please continue to slay corporate dragons.

[@TheAlison1456]

He might be right, but has he ever? I think I'd have heard him talk about how he took down some corporate chump by now.

[@RubbelDieKatzNr1]

The ESA kind of forgot about the Sterling Fleet.

[@Mr._Sherwood]

But dragons are awesome, don't drag them through the mud like this

[@tonycobb5552]

@@Mr._Sherwood drag r them though their shit

[@aqualung2000]

I *wish* he could actually slay them. But instead all we get is the usual "greedy company does something greedy." "Evil company does something evil." Yeah, no shit. This is the world we live in now. Most people are completely ignorant and don't give a fuck. I'm all for raising awareness but I certainly wouldn't say that any forward progress has been made against these crooks.

[@Bootleg_Jones]

"Why are you demonetizing me? I'm right."

[@exantiuse497]

He isn't deminetized by KZbin, he does it himself. Jimquisition is funded solely by Patreon

[@zippomage]

@@exantiuse497 also because he'd totally be demonitized.

[@FrMZTsarmiral]

"Control the content and the message" Pfffft, I can only imagine the Colonel AI from Metal Gear Solid 2 spouting those words

[@snaplemouton]

Woah there! Did you just compare Lex Lutor with the ESA? Lex Luthor is evil, but he isn't THAT evil.

[@thelaughingrouge]

Lex would be like "Jim I do have "some" morals and dignity... well, compared to *those* guys at least."

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

Who da fuq is Lex Lutor?

[@snaplemouton]

@@VancouverCanucksRock You are either being sarcastic, which I'm mostly positive you are, so I fixed the spelling or you are serious and I can't even.

[@creampop8553]

snaplemouton At least Lex saved the world once.

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

@@snaplemouton is Lex Lutor supposed to be a joke, or something?

[@LarsBlitzer]

To be fair, we all want to live with Keanu Reeves in a mushroom house.

[@princessjello]

Not me. I want him to read the paper to me as we have coffee before heading out on our morning commute. Tho to be fair that could happen in a mushroom house lmao

[@DarkSunGameplay]

As would I... Until the athlete's face would set in. :/ Or was that the fate of the woman who lived in the giant shoe? *Shrugs*

[@slowmoe1686]

Or any house, really

[@davidhujik6078]

Who happens 5o the shroomrider

[@facerip6814]

I think all you people who suck Keanu Reeves off, who go on Reddit and "el oh el" circle jerk in Keanu Reeves themed subreddits, are all cringe lord weirdos who think they're being cute and funny but are actually just lame and embarrassing.

[@perciusmandate]

As a comfortably heterosexual man, I can confirm that I too want to have a romantic relationship with Keanu Reeves and live together in a mushroom house.

[@CheezMonsterCrazy]

I'd question your orientation if you didn't.

[@ozeald.7586]

i am comfortably gay and i don't see how any man wouldn't want keanu and the mushroom house lol.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Ghosty Toasty we’ve all got exceptions darling, that’s where the whole man crush thing came from. (For the record, mind are Keanu Reeves and Henry Cavill)

[@Sonichero151]

The easiest ways to detect if someone is an alien is if they are not in romantic love with Keanu Reeves

[@astracrits4633]

I'm ace, and even I want that Keanu Reeves/mushroom house combo.

[@royalbandit8106]

Finally my fetish of being violently advertised too can be satisfied.

[@cryptkeeper08]

Banditking Can't wait to buy 60$ games with commercials and lootboxs with commercials while we wait for it to open.

[@ahniandfriends123]

@@cryptkeeper08 don't forget the spyware to make the ads more "personalized and less annoying". 90s and 2000s nostalgia are big now and we want to enjoy our games just like we did back then, when we would get hit with programs like TimeSink and get lots of toolbars from our store-bought software. Let's not forget the good old days of shareware disks, where we had the problem of making a one-time payment once we send in the payment forms and the fact that these games would be given out for cheap or free, plus the free screensavers and wallpapers that came with them. We clearly need to get our jpegs from lootboxes and microtransactions in order to fully enjoy the game.

[@Avirx]

@@cryptkeeper08 *$60

[@FutureDeep]

You must be FOMOsexual.

[@42Mrgreenman]

Good to see another BDSM fan (Bondage Domination Sales Marketing) OOO, hit me with those ads again daddy ESA, spread that influence all around!

[@SemiIocon]

"The power of social good" I love how it doesn't even cross their minds how cynical that sounds.

[@2la84me]

Couldnt tell you why but that smacks of "Secret Police" and "Big Brother is Watching".

[@chrisq6122]

Jim, when people look back and see the point in time when these corporations were defeated, I hope you're credited appropriately. You're really driving the point home consistently and more and more people are catching on. Don't stop.

[@sorryifoldcomment8596]

Agreed. The battle has only just begun. Jim has been kicking the engines for years, he better be credited!

[@Janduin45]

Thank God for you, Jim! I despise the monster that the video game industry has turned into. Smite them. Smite them, Jim.

[@themark443]

"Control content and the message." That's the most MGS2 BS I've ever heard.

[@hamzafairs3262]

Fookin 'ell

[@andreadtmedina3040]

Campbell: Raiden turn than jimquisition video off Raiden: Colonel? Rose: Jack, turn it off and subscribe to IGN now

[@Nomadic_Gaming]

more mgs4 or mgrr then 2 but thats just me

[@butthurt3297]

MGS predicted future.

[@Magitek1112]

"Can't have anyone complicating the message!"

[@lachlancampbell6328]

Bold of corporations to assume I'm affected by fomo; I live in rural Australia it is just part of life here. I just wait until things drop in price or just "appear" online

[@StrazdasLT]

Welcome to patient gamers brother.

[@pronounsinmybio]

You never need to buy it if you can just borrow it from a friend!

[@Kahelsinova]

Loving this redesign. It looks super slick! 🧡

[@JimSterling]

Thanks! We discussed it for a while. Honestly, the old one really wasn't "me" and the old logo was done in house by The Escapist. The new emblem is done by Justin and represents me much better. Garish pink is so much more my color.

[@Welcometotheslam5424]

You have evolved to match the AAA gaming industry!! Genius move Jim!!

[@sna1466]

Looks great, really.

[@penguinsareForever]

Background is easier on the eyes too.

[@toddlazarus5952]

I dunno if I like it. I love it, but I dunno if I like it.

[@Plasmacat1]

Those Wii Music videos still make me cringe to this day.

[@AnonEyeMouse]

Honestly, I think those presentations were incredibly valuable. They showed, with brutal clarity, just what a t9sser you would look like playing the game. I wonder how many people were saved from that horrendous purchasing error by those presentations.

[@-Trauma.]

@@AnonEyeMouse not really, imagine what you'd look like playing Fallout 76. 😏

[@aturchomicz821]

I find them cute tbh

[@olivur_1459]

I don't see what's cringe-worthy about them?

[@ShiaNeko]

I had to pause during that part of the video...

[@PPGIRL420]

E3 is a dumb shitshow of lies and the ESA can go die.

[@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941]

Ugh, the Wii Music presentation, that thinge made me physically cringe...

[@redwaldcuthberting7195]

I wanted to throw up from embarrassment.

[@WMUser3]

I know it's just a typo, but "that thinge made me cringe" should potentially be a thing.

[@ShameyBaby]

Gauche is such an under used word. Fits perfectly in this context. Love ya Jim!

[@BakanoJutsu]

You're marketable and watchable; the industry just doesn't like the truth! Thank god for Jim Sterling. Keep up the good fight, my dude.

[@morphor]

This doesnt have to do with swearing but this is also accurate, rich people are just one corrupt cabal of assholes who have a mutual understanding of fuck the public

[@jimmyrrpage]

Oh Keanu Reeves I love you I want to live with you in a mushroom house A mushroom house

[@gift4risa]

"Control content and the message" Sounds Orwellian to me.

[@brothermaleuspraetor9505]

Yup, there are actual elements of 1984 in how the industry goes about business. They hide the truth and obscure it from parents, and authorities, just keeping it between the abused and the abuser. This is their little secret, make it all glitzy and innocent-looking, while they touch us in places we don't really want them touching us in, but they do it even so. "Change the appearance of your character, yay!" (for the same price of the game).- In fact, charging money to do something that used to be part of the game cosmetic experience for free is pretty much r4pe.

[@David-ni1pg]

Ironic that Jim deleted my comment calling him out for saying he can Report E3 better by not attending 6:50

[@MightyJonE]

“Social good brand”! Hahaha, PR and marketing absolutely is the pimple on the backside of humanity! Oh no, not FOMO! 😥

[@RexcorJ]

So the celebrity endorsement trend of the 90's is making a comeback?

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

There is nothing new under the sun.

[@dyveira]

I mean, they dusted off fucking Joe Lieberman who spent the 90s railing about violent videogames. The 90s are coming back! ...just the shit parts, apparently.

[@moffant4916]

Porn stars and C&C making a comeback? I'm in..

[@WingZX1103]

Rexcor Jungmir looks like it

[@Rockthemike13]

Am I remembering wrong, or many years ago did I see a very very strange game awards show hosted by David Spade?

[@mkozachek]

Leeland Yee: the dude who wrote an assault weapon’s ban to get himself more business for his illegal arms dealing (which he’s currently in prison for)

[@heiko207]

"The algorithm is not gonna like it" Time to like this video to the heavens, bois

[@MPostma72]

Or dislike. The algorithm loves controvesy.

[@MarcusFrost88]

Hey, Jim. I dig your new purple logo, but--and I say this by way of constructive criticism--I find your new flickering backgrounds to be really hard on the eyes (i.e. causing eyestrain to the point where I need to look away from the screen) by comparison to the static backgrounds in previous episodes of the Jimquisition. Just my two cents, though. Keep up the great work on the show, good sir!

[@hazukichanx408]

I liked the intro logo, but yeah. The background... not so much, in all honesty.

[@ReDeYeRagnarok]

Tend to agree - glitch effects aren't really what I associate with the "jimquisition"

[@heronator]

At least Luthor's evil goals revolve around hurting ONE person, rather than screwing over massive groups of customers.

[@onedeadsaint]

4:51 - 5:18 my god, those 27 seconds felt much longer

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

Justin's self discipline regarding Spongebob was really impressive, today.

[@theskepticpirate156]

They want 10k more people for E3 2020. I don't know what's worse. The fact the ESA wants 10k more people for 2020 when the venue reportedly couldn't handle the amount of people that were there in 2019. Or The fact that they want 10k more people when they can't guarantee the safety of the people who attended previously. They couldn't protect however many people's information, so let's 10k more people's information to our watch.

[@GNatanel]

Oh, the extra 10k people will have no effect on how difficult it is to protect. A database is a database. You can add another 100k people with no difference. If they fix the issue they had with their current numbers, it's an automatic fix for the increased numbers too. Big if though.

[@theskepticpirate156]

@@GNatanel point being they want to add more people to an unsecure database rather than protect those who are in it.

[@StrazdasLT]

nonono. You misundertand. Some guy sitting in front seat staring at the presenter - clearly a rapist that should be escorted out. Leaking peoples personal information allowing others to commit ID fraud - hones mistake.

[@sorryifoldcomment8596]

@@StrazdasLT ....wat

[@jo3ld0wn]

I think it's taken care of itself now

[@qono1458]

E3 2020: ESA propaganda, i mean quality information oops

[@murciadoxial8056]

E3 2020: ESA presents, IT'S REWIND TIME BOYS

[@HistoricaHungarica]

E3 2020: Surpise -mechanics- advertisement!

[@Jordan-Ramses]

Why would anybody pay money to watch a big commercial?

[@murciadoxial8056]

@@Jordan-Ramses #ComicCon

[@Bangcat]

So they wanna make E3 have more people by limiting appointments that the average joes can't try the same stuff? That's all the more reason not to go in my eyes.

[@TheAlison1456]

Ah, so that's the reason the E3 is dying.

[@Bangcat]

@@TheAlison1456 Oh no, it's dying for many other reasons. This just seems to be their NEW gameplan for having people with potential negative opinions standing by the way side as they get spunky personalities who just rattle on being popular in front of their games giving them popular, un critiqued exposure as Jim said. The thing is, they began the downward spiral when the booth babes were bouncing beach balls, and a magical good time was suddenly declared too much for the following year. They then turned E3 into a closed door kind of gig, and so people were only seeing most of anything at those closed door meetings out of light of masses all together. Now they took things out of the shadows a while ago, but by then they already broke the spirit of E3. Now they hope to push the buzz to get those numbers back even further, but then stand them in lines at their ideal show times, and just have popular, chatty, biassed voices just yammer great things about games with no serious critique. Like watching Will Smith look up at a fortnite bus and say 'that's hot' like he did in that youtube video that was given more thumbs down than a spartacus convention through a kaleidoscope. A proper spirited expo for games should be done like a convention. For the fans, some fair questioning, and with people being able to see some time special events, BUT, with plenty of things running around the clock for people to enjoy with questions in minds, and experiences to see that fuel feedback in turn.

[@pnutz_2]

the relevance of E3 2019: Jim Sterling and Genna Bain providing several hours of entertainment via the Snarkathon

[@UnderdogRecords91]

09:03 I guess now we know what Android Wilson would look like as an infuencer. Thanks for the upcoming nightmares Jim. :)

[@fen7662]

D: Oh God.

[@slaughterround643]

We love you, Justin. We may not always say it, but we feel it always.

[@Jian13]

Man, I would love to go to E3...back in the 2000s.

[@truthseek3017]

When Halo 2 or Halo 3 was released.

[@jedisalsohere]

I would love to have gaming in the 2000s back, that would be wonderful.

[@JaelinBezel]

@@jedisalsohere That was the gaming that brought us (only naming games I have and love) Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Ratchet and Clank 2, Beyond Good and Evil, Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War, Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

[@Donnerbalken28]

Control content and the message. Feels like 1984 was a prophecy and not fiction.

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

It's called Predicitve Programming

[@PsychadelicoDuck]

It's almost hilarious how close that book was. Like, not just socially, but even all the far-flung future technology described in the book has come to pass. > Voice recognition? Well on its way. > Floating fortress? Not sure how else you'd describe a modern aircraft supercarrier. > Automated writing and music machines? GPT-2 and other neural nets are basically where they were in the book right now. > Two-way viewscreens... It's Skype. > ...that you can never turn off? That or Kinect.

[@murrfeeling]

A prophecy gleaned from the innumerable times that people have vied to control content and the message before the book was written. One of those "no shit, Sherlock" prophecies.

[@OriginalPiMan]

It's possible to draw parallels between society today and 1984, but there are clear differences. In 1984 information was closely controlled, but I think we have more in common with Brave New World, where information is available in such a flood that it all becomes worthless.

[@Abdega]

Self fulfilling prophecy I guess

[@PaulDozierZZoMBiE13]

If you demand "credit" or acknowledgment for it, then it isn't charity. It's a transaction. Charities that do real good are getting to be fewer and fewer as well. God, I hate being this cynical.

[@donbeverage8359]

Feels like the world doesn't give us much of a choice these days but to get more cynical. Shit like this is just apex corporate cynicism.

[@elegantoddity8609]

@@donbeverage8359 It's not truly cynical if it's based on every prior experience. If someone repeatedly punches you in the balls every time he sees you then it wouldn't really be cynical to say he'll do it again.

[@GNatanel]

If a company donates to charity, 99.9% of the time it's a PR move. The only times it's not is if the charity is something very personal to the company. Last charitable action that didn't smell of PR (that I remember anyway) was Ubisoft offering the Notre Dame model from Assassin's Creed Unity towards the Notre Dame reconstruction.

[@paulomachado7328]

@@elegantoddity8609 What if I just feel like saying "fuck it"? Just for the fucking sake of it?

[@NorfolkTears]

@@GNatanel Or tax avoidance , create a "charity" or latch onto one donate money or items then rent back or take low interest loans from said charity on a peppercorn basis and pay no tax on any funds used.

[@Shirubakaze]

The fact that you're trending right now is beautiful. Good work Jim.

[@TheTherapistGamer]

I'm glad you roast the new E3, Jim, because heaven's knows the influencers aren't going to! I'm surprised more companies haven't left E3 sooner. Microsoft must have payed several million dollars to pull together their press event in 2013, and all it got them was universal scorn. Interestingly, if memory serves, Nintendo didn't attend E3 all those years ago for the same reason that Sony didn't attend this year - they had nothing to show. By the way - isn't Phil Spencer, the head of XBox, also on the board of the ESA?

[@retrohanska4441]

Well, it's not like most games journalists do much better. They spend half of their time complaining that games don't pander for their ideologicla views enough and other half bashing gamers aka their readers for being toxic and entitled, latter usually because they try to oppose anti-consumer practices. So yeah, that duty criticize the industry falls for KZbin pundits once again

[@AnonEyeMouse]

Jim is an influencer. He certainly influences me.

[@AnonEyeMouse]

@@retrohanska4441 There are some gamers that deserve it, though. The recent mechwarrior strategy game, Battletech (?I think?) Made me facepalm. It got a massive review bomb at launch because, when you made your character, they gave you a coice of Male, Female and (grasps pearls) OTHER. It didn't force anything on anyone and merely changed the pronouns in dialogue to fit the choice. Yet a bunch of people went fucking batshit insane. Those people WERE toxic little shits deserving of ridicule. That said, the response to thematic elements in Cyberpunk 2077 (the exploitative advertising of a trans woman, naked boobies and the animals gang) by SJW baiting hacks was just click bait horse shit of the worst kind. Gamers rightly called that out. It just gets tiresome when these two camps of outrage fetishists keep shitting all over our hobby. Sorry, I'm in a rolling, rambling ranting comment marathon. I think about 10% of this was relevant to your comment. I'll be going now.

[@CDL_Gaming]

@@retrohanska4441 Don't forget, a lot of game journalists are also afraid of saying any kind of actual criticism towards major game publishers and developers out of fear that they won't get early review copies of games, which will eat into traffic to their site. A new Call of Duty or Battlefield or Bethesda game might have terrible Microtransactions and other predatory practices associated with it on top of being shallow and mediocre, but you can bet your ass it's going to get good reviews from critics because they want to make sure they get early access to whatever the next big hit is going to be.

[@AnonEyeMouse]

@@CDL_Gaming Bethesda get good reviews? On what planet?

[@SpiritOfLenin]

let me comment on the video while i've clearly not watched it yet jim is right

[@Celene1312]

THANKS LENIN

[@blackace7782]

Dirty Commie

[@bomberharris8439]

Thank you Lenin.

[@thebiglich]

Thank you Lenin

[@janedoe4929]

Thank you Lenin

[@Cleve_Crudgington]

Buzz and Fomo sounds like the worst buddy cop movie ever.

[@pronounsinmybio]

OR THE BEST?!?!?!

[@MrRyuuTakeshi]

I had forgotten it was Monday and now I'm doing much better thank you.

[@CatTechSupport]

Also why Reeves worked so well was CD Project Red. Every thing they touch just kind of turns out to be amazing because they know how to listen to fans of their games.

[@2la84me]

Adding to that -People LIKE Keanu Reeves because he does cool shit (Recently John Wick being super cool) and has no noticeable bad press -CyberPunk 2077 is going to be the coolest thing for the next 5 years and guess who they got to do a important character and tell us more about? -He didnt seemed to be forced into any lines really. He genuinely seemed happy and nervous to be there which was awesome. Like Ikumi-san (who was also cute and great)

[@skuttlebutt3902]

It worked because Keanu doesn't back ANYTHING he doesn't believe in.

[@WingZX1103]

Nora Simonson which is almost Blasphemy in today standards where most businesses assume people are idiots.

[@sawyervuorensyrja4703]

“PlayStation fans mean the world to us” You mean their MONEY means the world to you

[@kukulroukul4698]

hooray :)))) ! but thats not how really good things are created. Is just.... a momentary cure....ITS NOT ENOUGH

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Even today, I still shudder at the mention of SOPA and PIPA. Of what could have been if they were pushed through congress.

[@TruePacifist201]

Yeah... whoever thought those were good ideas should hang themselves in shame.

[@hidoimusic6184]

and now we get about the same thing with article 15/17 in europe. great...

[@ObsidianBlk]

Yeah, don't kid yourself... the media/entertainment industry may have failed with SOPA and PIPA, but that only means they'll be far more underhanded in the future... Also, I believe the EU just got f&^ked with a new law in a similar vain.

[@gororo9380]

The removal of net neutrality set the foundation for stronger control. They can start throttling speeds effectively cutting you off from unauthorized websites.

[@TeleportRush]

@@gororo9380 It's only a matter of time. Primarily because the slower they push the less the pushback.

[@nickclark1815]

Controlling information output to further their own gain... this sounds like The Patiots!

[@FutureDeep]

The Patriots were artificial lifeforms that wanted to facilitate the evolution of mankind. The ESA are people that want money.

[@peasnaps2146]

The La Li Lu Le Lo?!

[@SaltyRocksPew]

Not the La Li Lu Le Lo!!

[@warlordofbritannia]

Where’s Revolver Ocelot when you need him?!?!

[@ericlundquisthere]

Rewatching this video in 2021 makes me glad that E3 2020 didn't end up happening.

[@ronlynquist9183]

Psychologists who work in advertising and public relations are evil.

[@Slumbering_Alex]

Honestly, making the conscious decision to use your understanding of the human mind to exploit people rather than assist them is an active evil. Even if you don't want to become a bread-and-butter clinical Psychologist, there are so many alternatives that allow you to actively contribute to the wellbeing of mankind rather than assist corporations in their schemes to manipulate and misdirect.

[@ronlynquist9183]

@@CBonduMiel I said advertising and pulic relations. The work of the devil.

[@Nihilius84]

I don't think they are evil per se, that sort of label i reserve for pyschologists helping the military or different agency to develop new ways of psychological warfare or torture. Guys who are purely in it for the green i'd rather call a disgrace to the profession.

[@ronlynquist9183]

@@Nihilius84 the military ones who develop torture methods are more evil. But they are similar using their knowledge of peoples psychology against them.

[@leo9753]

@AbeVigodaIsAlive That's a very interesting point that I have never thought about, thanks :)

[@Syrus7sk]

Love the new pink and purple color scheme, very soothing somehow.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Vaporwave

[@33melonpaws77]

Yeah you're right, it strangely is.

[@thatdudeoverthere2188]

One step closer to the Breadtube aesthetic. Good... goooooood

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

@@thatdudeoverthere2188 that is the joke

[@darkmagician6192]

I LOVE IT

[@D_YellowMadness]

Harmonix: "What if we made controllers that simulate instruments & then made games for them?" Nintendo: "What if we recreated Rock Band but with less music, less popular music, none of the original versions, & controllers that aren't shaped like instruments & don't have enough buttons?"

[@paradoxacres1063]

The European Space Agency..?

[@morthasa]

Same. I saw the title and went "Oh dear, what have THEY done to get on Jim's squares?"

[@bbunters]

No, not the awesome one, the shitty one.

[@aidanya1336]

FOMO, hahaha remember when people payed upwards of 250,- for a week early "beta" access to valve's artifact game. Ye the gaming industry cured me of this.

[@andrewmarshall3408]

I believe it was Stephanie McMahon of all people who said "philanthropy is the future of marketing" I can't remember whether she was talking about the breast cancer awareness stuff or the WWEs own "be a star" campaign But either way, that's just fiendish

[@kamurotetsu4860]

FyrE3 Festival 2020 ft Ja Rule and Soulja Boy's new console

[@nubreed13]

Pre pay now! In cash

[@onedeadsaint]

man, the European Space Agency must have really pissed off Jim. oh, the ESA _not that one_

[@mcdonkey500]

influencer is just a nice way of saying shill

[@Lee-bt2cy]

Every word everybody ever said online or otherwise is said to influence ? In KZbin terms though "influencer" means possible revenue stream.

[@suresren]

@@Lee-bt2cy No you dweeb - an influencer is a pseudo-"celebrity" with fans who follow them on social media who gets freebies from corporations in return for shilling and ass kissing. You're not an influencer. Noone cares what you think. Hence you don't get freebies or a place at E3

[@hazukichanx408]

@@Lee-bt2cy Pretty much, yeah. In the end, our reality is shaped by what we see and hear all around us; our perception and impressions create the world we believe to be real. We are all influencers in the literal sense, online and in real life. We can either do our best to encourage a better world to take form, or we can surrender to the crappy one we've had dumped on us by douchebags. I choose the former, when I have the strength for it.

[@hectorandem2944]

"Shill", but with extra steps.

[@doomslayer163]

That is exactly what it is. They're nothing but shills..Fancy nomenclature doesn't change that, lol..

[@zomg1337h4x]

In the immortal words of That's Right, Jay: Don't ask questions just consume product and then get excited for next products.

[@Abdega]

*C O N S U M E P R O D U C T*

[@warlordofbritannia]

The ESA are hack frauds. They need more God-King-Immortal-Ellen-Star Rich Evans in their lives.

[@AliJammo]

Never comprise Jim, ya bloody Legend.

[@theblackbaron4119]

Thank me for Jim. I'm working on that God complex. They already built me a temple.

[@Venomous9]

Never compromise either.

[@dweebicusmaximus]

But I was going to live with Keanu Reeves in a mushroom house!

[@thatphotographerjoe]

Love the new intro! 💕 Just wanted to leave that here since I know loads of people are going to throw a fit

[@Rune3100]

I'm old, it's new, so I don't like it XD In all seriousness, I don't hate it, it's not bad. It'll take some getting used to cause change is scary, but it's not bad. .... I was also a big fan of Stressed being the new intro though, so I guess I'm just weird

[@IIxIxIv]

I really like watching marathon speedruns so the title had me worried for a second about the European Speedrun Assembly

[@Uriel238]

GREAT MOMENTS IN HISTORY! On the very day of the SOPA blackout, ICE (the US law enforcement agency) raided Kim Dotcom's home in New Zealand without any jurisdiction or suspicion of crime, but because the RIAA and MPAA _hired ICE to do so._ MEGAupload was killed (causing a terrible hit in the cloud-storage / cyberlocker industries nationwide). Extradition to the US failed. No charges have stuck. It's still in process to this day, eight years later.

[@anonarchist1936]

Yey for new logo! but is the music at a slightly different playback speed or am i going insane?

[@JimSterling]

We didn't change the music speed, but I think Justin used a different part of it, one of the earlier choruses, which might account for it sounding different.

[@anonarchist1936]

@@JimSterling not just in my mind it was different, cool cool cool, one more day clinging on to sanity

[@MPostma72]

I don't want to burst your bubble, but have you considered that those things are not mutually exclusive?

[@Vamptonius]

You're my influencer. And a refreshing new look to enjoy, too.

[@square721bt]

I hope you feel successful in what you do! I really appreciate you being around!

[@calistman222]

KZbin's algorithm recommended this video to me.

[@WCWThunderRosa]

I love your subtlety, Jim. Thank god for you.

[@hiro9253]

ESA: European Space Agency This is what i get whenever i googled "ESA"

[@Quintaner]

Well that’s just silly. Europe can’t have a space agency. Europe contains Poland, and Poland cannot into space!

[@doomslayer163]

Well, neither of them do anything noteworthy, so one in the same, I guess..lol

[@matthewshiers9038]

Wow, so even Google doesn't like the Entertainment Software Association. Or maybe the ESA are paying Google to lower their search ranking so it's harder to see their gross behaviour?

[@meladarkwood314]

Oh God that wii music clip, the cringe is real

[@jamief415]

I just wanted it to end yet I couldn't look away

[@JimSterling]

But you can pluck!

[@ohnoitschris]

The golden age of E3 ladies and gentlemen and others

[@blazethegryphon9990]

Come on, that shit was adorable in all the wrong ways!

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@JimSterling KZbin's captions on it says you can fuck (Sony)! D:

[@OwlyOwlman]

Is the Keanu Reeves/Mushroom House song on Spotify yet?

[@blazethegryphon9990]

We demand either a remix or full version!

[@AndrewBellflower]

Both screw children. So yeah.

[@dannijustdanni4306]

Andrew Bellflower Booooooo