Jimquisition: The Survival of Horror

Jimothy Sterling

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The Survival of Horror

Dr. Jonathan Crane returns to Jimquisition and teaches us that horror is perfectly alive, despite what publishing executives may tell us.

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Jinjer

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Wow. Thanks for the mental scarring at the end there, Jim. Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster for you!
 

Nooners

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I imagine all the Escapist bigwigs simultaneously laughing and crying, wonder if THIS time Jim Sterling has finally and truly gone off the deep end. I still say that the Jimquisition's tagline should be "Technically Pornography" instead of "Get Angry."
 

Canadamus Prime

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For a second there I thought that Scarecrow had somehow pumped fear gas into my apartment, but then I saw the Aliens: Colonial Marines box and I couldn't stop laughing.
 

Ishal

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inb4 people complaining about Amnesia and similar games only forcing you to run away from monsters and using a simple engine.

These games are supposed to take the power away from you, that is the point. That is a staple of horror when its done right. A protagonist completely out of their comfort zone forced to cope with situations beyond them. It's the opposite of machismo and gun wank. They call it Flight or Fight, and most people in most situations would run their ass away from these situations or try and hide. Contrary to what other games and some parts of popular culture might tell you, not everyone is fucking Rambo.

The marketing point is brilliant. Pewdiepie is the biggest presence on all of youtube. Know what that means? The most popular youtuber is a lets player who largely climbed to the top by playing horror games. There is your advertising.
 

mdqp

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How am I ever going to sleep again, after seeing what I have seen? Damn you Dr. Jonathan Crane!

Anyway, I certainly wouldn't mind more survival horror games, although I feel lately we are missing a "middle of the road" experience, right now either indie developers make no combat horror games, or AAA studios make action packed horror games, but nobody seems to make games where fighting is difficult and discouraged, but possible, with at least a little bullet management.
 

Andy Shandy

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For a moment, before the reveal, I was expecting Holmes' face on it, but then I remembered it was Jim's biggest fear, not fantasy.

Hallowe'en episodes are always the best. :D

On the point of the actual episode, I must say I'm reasonably hyped for The Evil Within. With Mikami at the helm it should be good.
 

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I'm in class currently, so I can't watch right away, but after reading the comments I'm a afraid to view the video.
 

Weresquirrel

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Jim, you're a sick puppy...

On the topic at hand though, I kinda hope that triple A developers keep their mitts off horror. Watching LPers like Markiplier has shown me there is a wealth of horror out there, and frankly we don't need the likes of them spoiling it.

Things like SCP containment breach, Kraven Manor and so on don't need capital to be great, what they need is passion. They need developers who give a damn for what they're making for more than the pay cheque at the end. The Triple A industry has shown they don't have the passion needed for it.
 
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You put LoTR and a certain other movie/book series in the same sentence. This is an outrage i demand the episode to be changed immediately. If Yahtzee could do it so can you, get on it, now!
 

Silvershock

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Well there's something I didn't know before; it's possible to get instrumental knock-offs of Lady In Red, of all things.

Is it such a bad thing that the AAA industry stays away from horror games though? I personally agree with one of your earlier videos; horror is ugly. I think smaller studios with less management bullshit and a more focused approach are far more capable of producing real horror.
 

Evonisia

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Well we've already seen what happens when one tries Survival Horror with a big budget, we get Silent Hill Downpour. Downpour was good in it's own way but I doubt anybody would call it a good horror game.

Also... dammit, that outro will be in my mind for days now.
 

Aardvaarkman

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October really is the worst month. Why does everything suddenly have to become about "horror" and "scary" things? Because of some bizarre American fascination with this "Halloween" thing that almost nobody else in the world gives a crap about?
 

1nfinite_Cros5

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This is what I like about Bethesda. They're a company that is willing to publish games that would ordinarily be passed up by other publishers because "there's not enough appeal" or "it wouldn't sell in these days". Good on them for taking stabs at a variety of genres.
 

MrCollins

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Agree with all the points in the video, as for the end. I'm not sure if I think it's hilarious or if i need therapy.
 

Entitled

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It might appear a bit more... professional if Jim would start using other examples for a similar point, instead of always coming back to his own personal obsession of horror games.

There are really a shitload of genres, styles, and themes that the Industry left in the dirt, and that are picking themselves up only in the past years of growing indie publishing. Horror isn't even the most extremely ignored one.
 

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next frictional game should be somewhat of a consolation for not having your space horror game running away from xenomorphs
http://www.somagame.com/
seems much more psychological / meta horror than alien, which is promising