Oh look, YouTube did something that upset everybody again. As videos are being flagged as inappropriate for monetization, all eyes are on YouTube’s guidelines for “ad-friendly” content, as well as the crapshoot bots that unpredictably enforce them. Because, y’know, automated systems are great at determining context.
Sterling’s little birdies are tweeting secrets again, this time bringing the delectable stories behind Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s cash-grab elements. How much warning did Eidos Montreal get about the microtransactions? Exactly why was Breach mode included? And what about the next Deus Ex game? The Jimquisition has naughty secrets to…
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is yet another victim of this industry’s unchecked avarice. It’s an ironic victim at that, given the series’ themes. So, let’s chat about the preorder bullshit and microshenanigans that inevitably dominated the game’s post-launch discussions. Oh… oh Square Enix…
Overwatch is in the news again, with a loot-flavored event that has made even a lot of the game’s defenders raise their eyebrows. Let’s all just admit that no matter how much you might love Blizzard, it’s still another fee-to-pay peddler at heart.
Discussing emulation as a games pundit can be risky business – it’s a taboo subject, and you can’t be seen to endorse it even slightly. However, the existence of emulation ought to be treated more importantly and taken seriously, especially when you consider how devalued a lot of older games…
A year ago, we talked about how Evolve fell out of the “AAA” Bullshit Tree and hit every branch on the way down. Turtle Rock’s multiplayer game of predator and prey prototyped the current trend of unfinished games that used DLC like crutches, and suffered as a result. Now it’s…
Steam Greenlight was designed to let customers vote on the games that looked most appealing, that they most wanted to buy. It was a noble idea and an interesting way to allow indie games a chance at recognition. Unfortunately, the well has been poisoned and the idea perverted to allow…
And the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chillcrow/kologeon
The System Shock reboot went live on Kickstarter today, and they have a playable demo. So I played it. Check out the Kickstarter here if you want – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock
Mighty No. 9 is out after three years of waiting. The fans got what they expected… but not at all what they wanted. Time for a post-mortem then. Let’s dissect this corpse and poke at the gooey bits inside. (Also thanks to James for providing some of the MN9 footage!)
http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com Clearance Overwatch is one of my favorite games of the year, but I cannot in good faith consider awarding it the title of “best” game. My long-running policy of disqualifying premium games with microtransactions in them is consistently enforced, but it’s pissed off a lot of Blizzard fans….
http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com Clearance Buy “March of the Sterling Jester” by Carl Catron – https://carlcatron.bandcamp.com/track/march-of-the-sterling-jester Battlefield 1 has turned a lot of heads. Its announcement video is the most liked trailer on YouTube. Hell, even I’M interested in it. Electronic Arts executives, however, didn’t want it to happen, which is sadly…
