After an especially disastrous year for the game industry (particularly on an ethical level), Jim Stephanie Sterling lists their picks for the 'best' video games of 2021 - or at least the ones that they didn't entirely hate.

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DigiPen: The College That Teaches Crunch Culture

December 13th, 2021

Jim Stephanie Sterling investigates the DigiPen Institute of Technology, which is very influential in the video game industry, to explore how it forces video game students to accept overworking and crunch culture.

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The Stunning Cruelty of Raven Software's Layoffs

December 6th, 2021

Jim Stephanie Sterling denounces the cruel layoffs at the Activision-owned Raven Software, made even worse by what was exposed of Activision Blizzard's toxic work culture earlier in the year.

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When Games Media Forgets the Whole Abuse Thing

November 29th, 2021

Jim Stephanie Sterling denounces how quickly games media forgets the sins of video game publishers after they fail to hold Ubisoft accountable for its toxic work culture and are on the process of doing the same with Activision Blizzard.

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Bobby Kotick is an Abusive Monster

November 22nd, 2021

Jim Stephanie Sterling unleashes their full rage when the Wall Street Journal reports that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick knew of all the abuse happening at the company, did nothing about it, and even contributed to the culture.

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Grand Theft Awful

November 15th, 2021

Jim Stephanie Sterling tackles the disastrous launch of "Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition" and how it contributed to the once-beloved Rockstar Games ruining their reputation in recent years.

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NFTs: Nasty Fucking Things

November 8th, 2021

With the NFT trend being in full swing, and video game publishers embracing the idea of them, Jim Stephanie Sterling returns to them to fully give an idea of why they're so terrible.

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Scott Cawthon Simps Just Love to Hate

November 1st, 2021

Stephanie Sterling talks about the people who fiercely defend "Five Nights at Freddy's" developer Scott Cawthon, especially after his recent donations to the US Republican Party.

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Pissy People Protesting PlayStation PC Ports

October 25th, 2021

After PlayStation fanboys grow upset over the announcement "God of War"'s PC port, Stephanie Sterling talks about the very concept of console exclusives.

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Why Emulating Nintendo Games Is Good, Probably

October 18th, 2021

After a Kotaku article announcing that "Metroid Dread" being emulated, and Nintendo announcing their premium subscription service, Stephanie Sterling talks about why emulation is a good thing.

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Leaky Twitch

October 11th, 2021

Stephanie Sterling talks about how Twitch, a popular, Amazon-owned website, somehow managed to have their entire website and data leaked.

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Konami's Awful, Awful Soccer Game

October 4th, 2021

Stephanie Sterling reencounters their old arch-nemesis Konami by talking about "eFootball 2022", their disastrous new entry in their formerly beloved "Pro Evolution Soccer" series.

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Microtransactions Are An Accessibility Issue

September 27th, 2021

Jim Sterling and Laura Kate Dale talk about how microtransactions prey upon vulnerable players and why the game industry's attempts at accessibility should be taken with a grain of salt as long as they continue to be there.

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AAAA

September 20th, 2021

In a shorter, simpler episode, Jim Sterling talks about AAA game publishers wanting to push the AAAA term for their games and why not only are they undeserving of it, but AAA itself is already bad enough with.

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The Man Who Loved An Abortion Ban

September 13th, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about former Tripwire CEO John Gibson and how he tanked his career in the video game industry and ruined his company's reputation after posting a tweet supporting Texas' recent anti-abortion laws.

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Relitigating Steam Refunds

September 6th, 2021

Jim Sterling dives once again into the eternal debate around Steam refunds after its two-hour policy has affected "Summer of '58", an indie game that can be completed in only an hour and a half.

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Hate Raids

August 30th, 2021

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World of Warsh*ts

August 23rd, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about the recent loot box controversy around "World of Warships" and how happy they are that its consequences for the game and Wargaming are being negative.

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Hohoho Because I'm Jimbo Jimmy Girlie WTF

August 16th, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about some of the weirdest criticism they have received for some of their videos, particularly regarding their coverage of video game industry abuse.

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Bobby Badpants & Activision's Awful Executives

August 9th, 2021

As Activision Blizzard tries do damage control after the news of their sexual abuse were revealed, Jim Sterling explains why nothing will change as long as Bobby Kotick and all the other executives that allowed it remain at Activision.

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Pokémon Unite: Disgusting But Inevitable

August 2nd, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about the "Pok\u00e9mon Unite" MOBA, and why, despite its disgusting lack of ethics in its nature, it was, unfortunately, an inevitable path to take for Nintendo and the "Pok\u00e9mon" franchise.

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Activision Blizzard and Industry Abuse: Burn It All Down

July 26th, 2021

After the recently revealed sexual abuse culture at Activision Blizzard, Jim Sterling goes on a rant about the state of the video game industry on an ethical level and how rotten to the core it is.

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FIFA and In-Game Gambling's Black Market

July 19th, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about the recently discovered mining farm of FIFA Coins, and how, despite being morally questionable, the damage they do to EA's microtransaction economy is a good thing.

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The Switch OLED & How Rumors Lead To Self-Trolling

July 12th, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about the announcement of the Nintendo Switch OLED and how the hype built around it and the massive backlash sparked afterwards speaks poorly about the discourse among Nintendo fans.

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Why EA's Dead Space Can F*** Off

July 5th, 2021

With the mounting reports that EA is planning something new with the "Dead Space" IP, Jim Sterling decides to explain why EA making anything new with the franchise is actually a pretty bad idea, entirely because of EA itself as a company.

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Activision Bad

June 28th, 2021

After Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has pocketed $155 million at once, Jim Sterling takes advantage of the news to highlight everything wrong with Activision as a company.

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Not Watching E3 is the New Watching E3

June 21st, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about this year's E3, and why the event has never really been all that important to begin with.

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Why the Five Nights at Freddy's Guy Sucks

June 14th, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about Scott Cawthon's recent donations to the Republican Party in the US and why they think it makes him look bad in their eyes, considering the party's attitude towards queer people.

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That Time Warner Bros. Beat Up a Queer Character for Pride

June 7th, 2021

Jim Sterling talks about the event Warner Bros. set up for Pride Month - which consists of beating up canonically queer comic book character Poison Ivy in "Injustice: Gods Among Us 2" - and why it's problematic for the LGBT+ community.

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