I found his schtick painfully unfunny. I'm going to assume that his douchbag persona in his videos was deliberate, but that still wasn't funny. The Cinema Snob and Yahtzee can pull it of and be funny, Jim couldn't as far as I'm concerned. And I didn't find his talking points all that interesting either, so I'm skipping it.
Poll: Do you like the Jimquisition?
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He brings up some good points worth talking about, and I will admit, he has grown on me a bit. I follow his show every week. But do I like him? No. I really dont find him that funny, and his whole"satire persona" Is just, annoying. Not my type of humor I guess. Though, from his first episode to now, he has gotten, much better overall. Ill give him that.
In the beginning of the series when he was just making a single joke for 5 minutes to stretch one entire point that could be said in 10 seconds (see his sexism episode) no he wasn't very good and I didn't really like him. Now that he's kind of settled down and isn't relying on his "persona" as he puts it to just act like a giant douche without a point or a very small point he's a lot better. He has some interesting ideas and he gives a different perspective on things than some of the other people on the escapist because he's willing to not take the high road if the low road is more fun or is more likely to achieve results. There's nothing wrong with either opinion but Jim is one of the few who takes the low road, maintains credibility enough to talk about his opinions online and have some people care.
Watched a few and a lot of what he says is right but he's kind of annoying. Haven't watched enough to let him grow on me.
Meh. I don't dislike it, and I watch it so I put like.
His arrogance was really grating when the show first started as he was nobody so it was just annoying and obnoxious.
But throughout the series he's peppered so self depreciative humour which helps me feel mor comfortable. Plus he's gone from jamming thoughts down your throat, to actually having some interesting musings and insights.
Do I always agree with him? No. But even MovieBob gets it wrong once in a while.
His arrogance was really grating when the show first started as he was nobody so it was just annoying and obnoxious.
But throughout the series he's peppered so self depreciative humour which helps me feel mor comfortable. Plus he's gone from jamming thoughts down your throat, to actually having some interesting musings and insights.
Do I always agree with him? No. But even MovieBob gets it wrong once in a while.
Loos like I'm the same as the majority of people here. The first few episodes were pretty awful, but I decided to stay with it and I'm really glad that I did. He offers a different and original viewpoint in his videos, and generally has some good insight. His latest episode on the irony of pc gaming was particularly brilliant.
No hit or miss option? Sometimes he's right about something sometimes he's a childish, slobbering, narcissistic, fat, loser.
I get the feeling he's trying to be like Yahtzee, but adress important stuff like Extra Credits. And while ZP does insult his audience, he doesn't do it directly and when he does, its pretty funny. But Jim does it with every other word in the few episodes I bothered to watch before I just got sick of his droaning.
So in short, no, no I don't like Jimquisition, its dull and the art looks like it was drawn by an angry 2 year old on a sugar high.
So in short, no, no I don't like Jimquisition, its dull and the art looks like it was drawn by an angry 2 year old on a sugar high.
Once I got his sense of humour he became one of my favorite things on the site. I admit I needed to watch his youtube stuff first to "get" him. and in fairness his early stuff was pretty bad. He has a big advantage over Yahtzee in that he is not limited to putting everything he says in the context of a review.
He could still do with some presenting classes but I really really like him and I'd say he's a laugh over a few pints. I also love how he pisses everyone off. But that might just be my avatar talking.
Edit: Oh and he loves Deadly Premonition which means he could rape and eat a live rhesus monkey in his next video and I would still have respect for him.
He could still do with some presenting classes but I really really like him and I'd say he's a laugh over a few pints. I also love how he pisses everyone off. But that might just be my avatar talking.
Edit: Oh and he loves Deadly Premonition which means he could rape and eat a live rhesus monkey in his next video and I would still have respect for him.
Yes. The bizarre thing is that despite the vulgar style and hostile persona he takes on, his show is still loads more insightful than Extra Credits, ZP or anything MovieBob has ever done.
I don't necessarily agree with everything he says, but his videos are the most interesting on the site.
I don't necessarily agree with everything he says, but his videos are the most interesting on the site.
I've always have done, since he got here.
Just don't take his persona seriously and he'll be fine.
Just don't take his persona seriously and he'll be fine.
I hated his first to episodes, I couldnt watch either through, After that he grew and grew on me, I like him now and watch him every week. Hes up there with Moviebob and ZP now.
Sometime I wonder why he puts on the persona he seems to be a really intelligent guy. He totally doesn't need to act the way he does for people to listen. I don't know maybe I'm getting old.
Underneath all the silliness and bluster he makes great points and I enjoy his program and his written reviews and previews on destructoid. His Skyrim preview was very helpful and pretty much answered most of my worries about the game.
Underneath all the silliness and bluster he makes great points and I enjoy his program and his written reviews and previews on destructoid. His Skyrim preview was very helpful and pretty much answered most of my worries about the game.