While i feel all the more sure in siding with EC over Jim Sterling, id be lying if i didn't say they both have something important to add in their own ways.
Yes, im a big fan of Extra Credits, because while they have apparently mess a few things up in the past(this is me admitting i have no interest in fact checking inconsistency of information at the minute), their method of delivery is the kind of thing that can be useful as an introduction method to people outside the games sphere, as well as back up information you already know. Sorry Jim, but id sooner link an Extra Credits video to my less game savvy acquaintances, if i felt they should consider something within it. They can AT LEAST serve as a less vitriolic method of getting various game discussions going. Its not like their ideas are all wrong either. that's another thing about them- they do tend to come down even handed, so just as you might hear them disapprove of something, you'll see them want to tackle something in another way. an even handed approach is something rare as far as I've seen.
Jim (to me) however, is the guy with the Chain-sword complaining in reasoned, but nonetheless anger laden tones about something gone wrong. he makes good sense, but pulls no verbal punch, for whatever good or ill that is. he works just as well in a lot of ways. to those as savvy as we can be, he is like us- at least acting in the same visible rage we emit.
Frankly they both have something to share to the Industry, and I'd assume they share concerns and hopes the industry will get better.
Why not both of them? I think this preference is how we see them. With Jim each Monday I'm expecting a real good rant where someone or thing gets wailed on, and I'm pleasantly surprised if its something I've never heard of. with Extra Credits on Wednesday, I'm hoping to hear something I haven't considered or thought of yet. if I have heard it before, I want to see where they take it. its the air of their works, id say.
