Asking Sterling (A Patreodcast) #10

In jolly old England, I'm also known as the Yorkshire Slasher, is that why my name gave you pause?

I take it that this is just a continuation of questions he hasn't yet answered in his previous one? So in that case, I guess I'll have to wait for a post by Jim about asking new questions before I can ask mine?

Is there RSS for this podcast?

Thanks for taking the time to answer, Jim. I guess one reason I felt a need to ask about a reviewer's responsibilities is a distant memory of Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman beginning his review of the original movie of "The Handmaid's Tale" by calling the book "Margaret Atwood's paranoid feminist 1984." Even at the time- I had to be in my teens- I remember thinking, "maybe if that's your *starting point* on a fairly well-known book, you should have recused yourself from reviewing this one?" ...I guess with regard to games, something similar comes to mind; maybe someone who has never enjoyed a soccer game in their life shouldn't actually *avoid* reviewing one, but they should still be aware that their view isn't necessarily that of their audience and perhaps make them aware that failing to break the trend isn't necessarily to the game's discredit.

Great episode. I too have a tree-nut allergy and had a particularly bad experience with curry years ago. So when I say I understand...I really understand your perspective on trying new things.

Thanks for the answers, Jim. No worries about having trouble coming up with examples for my question; I'm the same way, where I know I have dozens of examples of something but as soon as I have to recall them I'm drawing a blank.

Jim, thanks for answering our questions! Hope I didn't misrepresent your position by saying you were unhappy with how Epic has approached taking on Steam. I think that's the take I got from your video about Exodus, but thinking about it more, I understand that's not really what you were saying. I'm pretty eager to hear your thoughts on the upcoming launcher wars and will stay tuned!

<i>"I like MOST of your work."</i> - <b>The average Jim Sterling fan, during Aura Phase</b> In regards to the very first question asked by Jamie C (sp?) I honestly think the major companies aren't interested in money from (on average) older gamers because we tend to be more cautious in our spending habits. When I first heard Jim describe the AAA industry lingo about whales, dolphins, etc - I couldn't help thinking that I was the equivalent of a sea cucumber, in terms of my consumption and purchasing of games. I know it may be a cheap shot to say "young people don't know no better", but I don't think it's controversial to say that a significant number of younger gamers who may not recall the way things were done in the early console days - heck, even the PS2 to early PS2 days! - may splash their cash a lot more readily than burnt-wicked depressed folks in our thirties and ongoing. EDIT: I'm pleased you mentioned <i>Silent Hill: Downpour</i>! I hated that game when I played it, and the disappointment possibly coloured my reception of it and my memory of finishing the game. I did however watch GG Gab's playthrough of it recently, and if you ignore the highly unimaginative (arguably goofy looking/sounding) monster design and awful combat mechanics, there was actually some marvelously dynamic and surreal environmental design. The plot also had potential if the acting wasn't so hammy and rife with bad stereotypes. ADD. EDIT: Black pudding <i><b>is the heart and soul</b></i> of a fry-up. I'll die on that hill defending it... ;p

Thanks again Jim, I sound like a broken record but "I really enjoyed this"

The sole reason I've never watched "Orange is the New Black" is that it's done by the same folks that did "Weeds". I'm certain that the first season is epic, the second is really, really good, then the slope just drops it into buh? wha? territory.

Just to reinforce the recommendation on Black Lagoon. I've read everything that was released (in my country at least) and loved it. I think you might like it as well, as far as I know it's not too long.

Thanks for this. I don't usually listen to podcasts but I think I should as it is a quieter form of entertainment. Anyway hope this is a good one. PS: Hoping in the future that I could support you better and wish I could buy from the store but damn the shipping cost. Hopefully the Canadian dollar gets better soon so I can afford it somewhat more. In regards to the talk in the podcast .... Best of luck surviving tax season. Yes! 28 Days Later is a classic for horror. Sad to hear Sterdust is going away but hopefully not forever. : S Jim! Do not crap on Making A Murderer! It has been amazing and watch it all. To each his own though but to me it made me think they were innocent. The second part definitely does give you more information and gets into of course updating all that is the case. As for you talking about The Jimquisition if you needed to take a 2 week vacation from it eh do it. People deserve a vacation and generally we see the so called regular people take a 2 week vacation as that pretty much is the most they can get saving up sick days or whatever. Anyway if you don't want to do that well it is your life. : ) In regards to the 3DS you said you would just be happy to have them on the Nintendo *itch eh so I guess you did not care about the 3D side of things? I really wish I could have kept mine but at the time my no ex-fiancee wanted it as a present for whatever and I gave it up. I really wish I didn't for many reasons now. Also I believe the original had a better screen. Am I wrong on this? Finally in getting games for it eh they are still quite pricey used even like some Wii U games so yeah before I go getting it again I got to take a look at what the used games would cost. Glad what you said about EPIC and what they should do for people who want an alternative to Steam. Personally I think the perfect thing would be GOG improving things adding a truly great community system and continuing to add way more games somehow to make the storefront more interesting. Thing is though GOG improving would be unexpected as are they not now owned by WB? (Made it to the end and thoroughly enjoyed this and so yeah looking forward to more Patreodcasts ... and got to catch up on them too if possible here.)