klausaidon said:
Yahtzee tends to be rather pessimistic, Jim tends to be optimistic.
We are talking the same guy who does Jimquisition, right? Jim Sterling seems heavily pessimistic and rightfully so on a lot of topics.
Where he does seem to differ from Yahtzee is that he seems to enjoy cheese. Jim's interests often embody the "guilty pleasure," things you know are "bad" but still enjoy anyway. This is one of the reasons I've long been a fan of his reviews: I'm not quite the cheese fan he is, but I do have an appreciation for similar things.
Yahtzee comes off the opposite, though there's the occasional bout with the "guilty pleasure" in his reviews and commentary.
Taking, for example, "movie defense force," Jim routinely wallows, revels, rejoices in the badness of the movies. And that's part of their charm, to be frank. I enjoy the first MK movie, the Street Fighter Movie, and Double Dragon. They're not classic narratives, they're not faithful to the material (Well, arguably), they're not artistic landmarks. They're just fun. And stupid. And stupid fun. And that's part of the appeal.
Plus, there is the undeniable fact that Yahtzee uses yellow backgrounds. The yellow sun empowers Superman, filling humanity with hope. Jim uses a red background, clearly based on the red sun which drains Superman of his powers and therefore despises all of humanity.
And if there isn't a "KNEEL BEFORE JIM" meme, there should be.
ZCAB said:
Australia and The US aren't on opposite sides of the earth.
Of course not. The Earth is a flat disc held up on the backs of ponies.
But if you buy into the round earth conspiracy, Australia is close enough to the opposite side for jazz. If you look on an antipodes map, as you suggest, my result is off the Australian coast. I am closer to Kangarooland than any other significant land mass. Now, it's somewhat different for the south, granted.
Of course, that's only if you buy into the round earth conspiracy and not the truth of the Ponydisc.