Jimquisition: The Weird is Not Enough

[Doitpow]

loved it.
looks like you've found your tone and style, and feel more comfortable with the camera. bring on more of this.

 

[Fumofu]

I watched this. Then I read Extra Consideration and I enjoyed Jim much better on the latter. He is much more likable and his insight really shows when he's not acting his character for this series.

 

[camazotz]

Well damn Killer 7 and Deadly Premonition are two of my favorite weird games.....and he makes good points about player agency with the weird.

I think Jim's just a bit rusty or noobish at this, but he's improving. I'm looking forward to seeing how he develops this, it's getting better with each episode.

 

[shogunblade]

This is not too much of a surprise, but he makes sense.

The reason why Earthworm Jim and Earthbound are two of my favorite video games are for their quirkiness: They respect their quirkiness, but take their time to make a game. Now for a game that doesn't quite work as well as it should, I point to Earthworm Jim 64, in which the game is so wacky, you can't make heads or tails on how to play it, and the camera is so awful, playing it today actually makes me nauseous.

 

[dunnace]

I think if you are going to be weird it should be to no other end than to provide a unique aspect of gameplay. For example, if I decide that everyone in my world is made of cookies, the first thing I'm going to put in is a milk gun that dissolves away the cookie people slowly, and makes them crumbles as I damage them. That justifies my weird idea.

 

[PureIrony]

Getting somewhat better, though the humor does feel a bit forced at times.

 

[DocBalance]

This was actually pretty funny and interesting. Keep at it Jim, I'm starting to dig this.

 

[YouEatLard]

If he only was funny, it could be alot better.

Very true. I used to think all of the British were probably funny. The British are usually great at being funny.... even when they're not trying to be. Anyone that has been on Vent or Teamspeak when a Brit ripped into anyone else knows what I'm talking about.


This man is British and opinionated.... and somehow.... far from funny. Other added bonuses, weak points and weaker speaking skills.

 

[Cpu46]

Eh, a bit better than his previous videos and he does make good points. However the humor as well as his self centeredness does come across as forced most of the time.

It is getting better though, I'll give it another week.

 

[jovack22]

Ok, this episode was fine.

It still didn't really have a purpose... but neither does movie bob in "the big picture" 2/3 of the time.

 

[Wakefield]

Okay, that was hilarious. Well done.

 

[AyreonMaiden]

Awesome once again. It's very interesting to see how he took the initial roasting to heart and I'm very glad to see that the hate didn't last long enough to ax the show. "Garme jurnalizm!" is a good shtick in my opinion, and something I think this site needs more of. So many people here take themselves and their views on gaming too dang seriously.

Soooo true on artsy games, too. I'm remembering One Chance and I'm finding I resent it a lot more now due to its inability to let me truly take control of the situation.

 

[Zetsubou^-^]

very nice. i do enjoy some weird games, but they get that much better when they let you go at it with a sledgehammer over a dull pair of kiddy scissors(metaphorically of course).

keep it up Jim. your getting better over time.

 

[MB202]

If you pitched your Monkey Ghost idea to Cartoon Network, on the basis that "It's weird, isn't it?", they're be totally on board. In fact, CN's latest line of thinking is EXACTLY the same like of thinking for these weird games, like their bizarre nature is enough to carry an otherwise decent or how-hum show.

 

[ThrobbingEgo]

I'm somewhat glad I clicked on this one. It was an improvement over your last videos. It actually had a fair bit of depth concerning the topic of weirdness.

I'd probably drop the offensive jokes. They don't really fit smoothly with the rest of the video and the juxtaposition (jimstaposition?) doesn't really add anything to my understanding of the topic or the enjoyment of the video. It's just a distraction.

Now most importantly: Where's Chad?

Soooo true on artsy games, too. I'm remembering One Chance and I'm finding I resent it a lot more now due to its inability to let me truly take control of the situation.

Sort of a different situation, considering it was a flash game on newgrounds, wouldn't you say? I can't really imagine a basement flash developer putting in the years of work required to "really" let you take control of that situation - and it would probably undercut the game's message if it were even possible.

I like to think of those as more "short story sketches" than immersive blockbuster games.

 

[Galliam]

Orangafang made me spit coke all over the computer screen
I'm really digging this now.

That and the part about toucans got to me too. I actually enjoyed this episode. I liked too how he was kinda clever about his message this time. He was purposefully talking a lot of bullshit and nonsense, but I felt this time his bullshit nonsense had meaning behind it rather than just bullshit for its own sake. HOORAY JIM, YOU DID IT!

Also laughed at least two times so I'm not mad at this series anymore.

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

I think this series has great potential. It's best when he avoids the disturbing imagery (the family bit was just not necessary) and the forced, fake illusions of grandeur.

 

[danhere]

This one was actually pretty okay.

 

[WilliamRLBaker]

Annnnd 3rd strike means you're out. Sadly, after wading through all the forced mastrubatory jokes and the narcissism (faked or not, I honestly can't tell), he does make a few good points. But the whole production is so juvenile and forced, it takes away from the message. I get that you need to set yourself apart from Extra Credits and even Zero Punctuation. But you've picked one of the worst ways to set yourself apart: acting like a douche. Yahtzee already cornered the sweary, hate-filled narcissist market. Find your own thing.

I wonder if you knew that he was doing this video segment over at destructoid for a while now...

Nope, I didn't know that. And it's probably better that way, otherwise I would have been sick of it long before he made it to the Escapist. How long was he doing it there before the Escapist picked it up? If anything, that makes me more disappointed because that means he's had more time to polish the presentation, and it's still crap.

*laughs hard* god I love that another person that actually believes most of escapist content is cultivated with good presentation...

 

[Sprong]

This one was a huge improvement on the last three, in my opinion. The added bits of self-deprecation made me hate him way less.