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Jim Sterling
Personal blog · thejimquisition.comgamesculture
Jim Sterling writes The Jimquisition, a personal blog at thejimquisition.com about games and culture. Since 2015, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Copyright Deadlock”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jim Sterling's video essays and posts on games-industry controversies, YouTube drama, Steam, and copyright claims against videos. Commenters mostly point to specific videos as context.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Copyright Deadlock2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-04-29
What Hacker News says?
Jim Sterling adds multiple instances of copyright infringing material to some his videos to take advantage of a similar effect[0]. [0] http://www.thejimquisition.com/copyright-deadlock-the-jimqui...
Comment linking /copyright-deadlock-the-jimquisition/
on ““My ten hour white noise video now has five copyright claims””Submitted No Man’s Sky Is “Worthless in Every Way” as a story · 3 points
HN discussionNo, it's not just you. Here's a video about that: http://www.thejimquisition.com/ubification-the-jimquisition/
Comment linking /ubification-the-jimquisition/
on “The Legend of Nintendo”Submitted Copyright Deadlock as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIt's worth nothing that this article was posted a month ago: since then, there was another incident along the same lines where popular YouTuber JonTron imploded for the same reasons as described in the article. Jim Sterling has the most objective take on the sequence of events: http://www.thejimquisition.com/youtubers-say-the-darndest-th...
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on “Reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber”Submitted Digital Homicide and the Case of the Sockpuppet Developers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThis is, simply put, a direct result of the Steam Greenlight system. Since anyone with access to $100 and an asset pack is able to become a self-published con artist, it was only a matter of time before one of these con artists had enough money for a hired gun lawyer to try and silence what they perceive as attacks from users and critics. The publisher is question is Digital Homicide. Enjoy a bit of the context and…
Comment linking /the-jimquisition-homicide/
on “Valve Bans Game Publisher After It Sues Players That Gave It Bad Steam Reviews”- Hollow Knight - Hearthstone - Night in the Woods - Hidden Folks - Enter the Gungeon - Superhot - Ori and the Blind Forest - Broforce - Grow Home - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime There're these, for a start. (Though I don’t know why "modern" is qualified as being within three months.) Perhaps the problem is that no one can recognize a game made with Unity at a glance? The cheaper, lousier games can’t or don’t pay…
Comment linking /unity-has-an-image-problem-the-jimquisition/
on “Kerbal Space Oddities”
