This show is really growing in to its place here.
Nice episode Jim, and good luck with the show.
Nice episode Jim, and good luck with the show.
Jimquisition: The Weird is Not Enough
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Still no.
You've got two concepts up in this ***** right here, and you're tackling them like they're either indivisible or indistinguishable.
You had some funny jokes though.
But overall, it was still a pretty dismal bit of commentary with pretty ham-handed insights that you haven't worked through completely.
You've got two concepts up in this ***** right here, and you're tackling them like they're either indivisible or indistinguishable.
You had some funny jokes though.
But overall, it was still a pretty dismal bit of commentary with pretty ham-handed insights that you haven't worked through completely.
Also this.Sprong said:
Valid points, I think quite a few weird games turn out to be more fleshed out than just their weird visuals. Recently for me, Zeno Clash ($15 on Steam).
http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/22200/0000007655.800x600.jpg?t=1241208144
Zeno Clash has the wildest character design and along with prehistoric art direction, it's uniquely weird. The world is very different from fantasy fare, with concepts like Corwin of the Free being like mental patients who are without inhibitions. Then there's a weird story where you're one of the children of Father-Mother but decide to run away from your family, and then you start getting beat up by your "Sisters" and "Brothers", while on the way finding out the mystery to Father-Mother. The ending has one of the most shocking plot twists that's straight out of a Grimm fairy tale.
All this presentation aside, the first-person melee is the most satisfying and deepest since Condemned. It's a brawler all the way, and appropriately arcadey with being blocked off in arenas for fights and having vs screens. There are shooting segments too, with the very hand-made weapons reminding me of Stranger's Wrath. You have fish dual pistols (like Videodrome), crossbows, and the coolest looking rifle. Surprisingly, they're fun to use in such a brawler-heavy game and add strategy to group combat encounters.
http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/22200/0000007660.800x600.jpg?t=1241208144
http://casualtygamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/zenoclash_mucalosaurus.jpg
Just one of those games you MUST play for the unique experience.
http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/22200/0000007655.800x600.jpg?t=1241208144
Zeno Clash has the wildest character design and along with prehistoric art direction, it's uniquely weird. The world is very different from fantasy fare, with concepts like Corwin of the Free being like mental patients who are without inhibitions. Then there's a weird story where you're one of the children of Father-Mother but decide to run away from your family, and then you start getting beat up by your "Sisters" and "Brothers", while on the way finding out the mystery to Father-Mother. The ending has one of the most shocking plot twists that's straight out of a Grimm fairy tale.
All this presentation aside, the first-person melee is the most satisfying and deepest since Condemned. It's a brawler all the way, and appropriately arcadey with being blocked off in arenas for fights and having vs screens. There are shooting segments too, with the very hand-made weapons reminding me of Stranger's Wrath. You have fish dual pistols (like Videodrome), crossbows, and the coolest looking rifle. Surprisingly, they're fun to use in such a brawler-heavy game and add strategy to group combat encounters.
http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/22200/0000007660.800x600.jpg?t=1241208144
http://casualtygamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/zenoclash_mucalosaurus.jpg
Just one of those games you MUST play for the unique experience.
I've never really been that mad at it, i thought it was okay at the start. It just needed some more diverse topics and a little more flash for people to grow to it. But still orangafangs and toucans are definitely in my vocabulary nowGalliam said: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!HandsomeZer0 said:Orangafang made me spit coke all over the computer screen
I'm really digging this now.
Also laughed at least two times so I'm not mad at this series anymore.
This show is definitely getting better. The last one was an improvement and this one was really solid.
i actually quite liked jims approach to mocking himself a bit more in this weeks episode, keep up the good work.
I feel there is a plenty of room for irony here. Just swearing doesn't make an attractive show, just being weird and pretending to be egoistical isn't fun when it's like our job is to sit here and watch you have fun with yourself...
But it's not really true. This is a decent show, unfortunately squeezed between Extra Credits, Zero Punctuation and MovieBob which cornered all three aspects of opinionated first (intellectual, funny and really really opinionated) which makes it hard for this to feel fresh. But all in all it's fair enough, I haven't been completely engaged in every video, but thats a lot to ask. I will say I'm treating this more as a podcast though, with nothing much to be worth looking at, something which creates the shotgun humour affect in the other three aforementioned shows.
EDIT: And after four watchings the opening credits haven't got any less awesome
But it's not really true. This is a decent show, unfortunately squeezed between Extra Credits, Zero Punctuation and MovieBob which cornered all three aspects of opinionated first (intellectual, funny and really really opinionated) which makes it hard for this to feel fresh. But all in all it's fair enough, I haven't been completely engaged in every video, but thats a lot to ask. I will say I'm treating this more as a podcast though, with nothing much to be worth looking at, something which creates the shotgun humour affect in the other three aforementioned shows.
EDIT: And after four watchings the opening credits haven't got any less awesome
Third episode I've watched, and third episode that is completely underwhelming. Also, Jim's voice just irks me for some reason and I haven't the first clue why that is.
Overall, this series is done for me, good luck with your future endeavors Jim and I hope we never meet again. Cheers!
Overall, this series is done for me, good luck with your future endeavors Jim and I hope we never meet again. Cheers!
If the trend continues this could become a great series, I especially enjoyed the specific insight into certain games, giving reasons as to why they did well or why they failed.
However, the vulgar humor just doesn't fit in with the rest of the show. I understand that in between each insightful period a joke has to be thrown in to lighten the tone, but I would consider a more creative or eccentric humor, a bit like the orangafan gag, over the crass "I could force my family..." one.
Still, credit where it is due, this was a much improved video. Good work.
However, the vulgar humor just doesn't fit in with the rest of the show. I understand that in between each insightful period a joke has to be thrown in to lighten the tone, but I would consider a more creative or eccentric humor, a bit like the orangafan gag, over the crass "I could force my family..." one.
Still, credit where it is due, this was a much improved video. Good work.
I grinned to myself when he slammed The Path for it's presentation. It's like he read my mind.
If you don't engage the player, you have failed in your vision, and thus failed as an artist.
If you don't engage the player, you have failed in your vision, and thus failed as an artist.
Is this actually a problem in gaming? Seriously, he was right about Noby Noby Boy but I'd never even heard of Cargo and the weird games that tend to have a single fan in their fanbase like said Deadly Premonition and Killer 7 are pretty much the games that depth in other areas
What other "weird" games are there out there that get any notice at all? Katamari...that about it? Thought so...
I'm not a fan of Jimquisition yet but this topic isnt relevent. There aren't THAT many games out there that ARE just weird with not background gameplay. Maybe this discussion is better made about film.
What other "weird" games are there out there that get any notice at all? Katamari...that about it? Thought so...
I'm not a fan of Jimquisition yet but this topic isnt relevent. There aren't THAT many games out there that ARE just weird with not background gameplay. Maybe this discussion is better made about film.