Jimquisition: Jimquisition Extra: Virgillio Armarndio's Art Hole
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Because I have enjoyed some of Jim's earlier work, I will refuse to believe this was an attempt to mock Extra Credits. I will chose to believe instead that Jim has far more class than that and this was a weird attempt to mock generic, pretentious wanna-bees.
Got 40 seconds in (with most of that being the intro music) and had to stop the video.
You want to make a point, make a point, Jim. We're all behind you when you do. But there's a reason people can't stand smug assholes for longer than 5 minutes a week.
You want to make a point, make a point, Jim. We're all behind you when you do. But there's a reason people can't stand smug assholes for longer than 5 minutes a week.
I am in art school majoring in E-deida and the associate degree of arts is a bachorlor off attendance. My degree hpwever is ball bustingly hard, I am required to shoot 1hours of premium footage a week and texture Maya models wiith my own textures.Cenobite85 said:
Honestly, the comments in response to this video that are trying to jab at Extra Credits are funnier than Jim's foray into trying-to-be-a-different-character-and-still-sounding-completely-like-Jim-Sterling-anyway (really, raising your voice a little but keeping identical speech patterns and mannerisms...it change much of anything). Not because they're true - just the opposite, it's funnier because they're trying so hard to be down on EC yet only succeed in demonstrating their utter inability to grasp the concepts of analysis and critical thinking, thereby equating any example of such with satire of the worst kinds of pseudo-critical art "interpretation" since it all sounds the same to them.
It's hilarious. And depressing. At the same time.
Edit: Realized it'd benefit from a little clarification.
It's hilarious. And depressing. At the same time.
Edit: Realized it'd benefit from a little clarification.
This is, while something i'd typically take offense to, followed by a lengthy rant, pretty awesome. Better in fact, than the theory presented in this video. Which itself is rather exquisite.DVS BSTrD said:
Sorry to the other quote-ey, dunno how to get rid of your portion.
You know what Jim?
I think you're my favourite video contributer on the escapist now.
I know, I know, it's a great honour.
You're welcome.
I think you're my favourite video contributer on the escapist now.
I know, I know, it's a great honour.
You're welcome.
I would appreciate his criticism of the "games are art" movement if he would ever actually talk about where he stands on it. He's said he understands the potential of video games as an art form, but all I ever see from him is stupid, sensationalist crap like this making anyone who claims to find artistic depth in the medium out to be pretentious, know-it-all morons. As it stands, he's never managed to go anywhere on my list other than "that really annoying guy with a lot of really bad ideas and the occasional brilliant one." Stuff like this is why.
I whole-heartedly endorse an 80's arcade exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern are as this cannot possibly be the only depiction of white male oppression over various cultures and genders.
Donkey Kong, Frogger, Battlezone, Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Missile Command, Tron, OMG even Breakout... it all makes sense now. Thank you, thank you for opening my eyes to a whole new perspective!
Donkey Kong, Frogger, Battlezone, Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Missile Command, Tron, OMG even Breakout... it all makes sense now. Thank you, thank you for opening my eyes to a whole new perspective!
this is pretty funny, but would be 1000*10^8 times funnier if i had the link to the original series this was based off of. Or reason, which ever comes first.
Well as a chemistry major at my university I can sympathize with Jim in that he views all the "fine arts" people as pretentious. Its hard to argue after a few short conversations with the types. They genuinely think you are simply a nerd who has no life and would rather do math then be a human being. At least that's my experience with fine art majors. Then again the regard I hold them with is not much dissimilar then with which they regard me. But I get a job out of collegeThaius said:
. Unrelated note,
Solve media is showing advertisements? For shame...........
Those two accounts are the same. I don't know why he doesn't use his contributor account like MovieBob (probably forgot the password, considering it was made well before he started the Jimquisition due to one article he wrote), but they are the same. (Hell, Jim's referenced his love of the Aliens franchise before, and Jimothy's avatar is a xenomorph... put 2 and 2 together.)Darknacht said:I'm not sure that Jimothy Sterling is Jim Sterling.MonkeyPunch said:You do realise that you're linking an Episode to the creator of said episodeSteelStallion said:
Too funny that Jim actually got a warning (or maybe it's all part of the show?!)... I'd say that he was responding in character. Like the guy he's playing in the video for what I'm commenting on.
I'm doing a bachelor of games design, and we dabble in some of this sort of stuff.
Except not quite to this silly extent of course. XD
For anyone interested, space invaders was capitalising on the popularity of space as a theme, very common for the time.
They took the idea from Break Out, but made the blocks into little aliens that moved closer to you and shot back.
Of course with space invaders you don't actually look for a 'statement' it was trying to make... unless you count 'give us your coins'
Except not quite to this silly extent of course. XD
For anyone interested, space invaders was capitalising on the popularity of space as a theme, very common for the time.
They took the idea from Break Out, but made the blocks into little aliens that moved closer to you and shot back.
Of course with space invaders you don't actually look for a 'statement' it was trying to make... unless you count 'give us your coins'
AAAAAAAAND you've lost me again.
When I first started watching Jim it was a struggle to get behind his sense of humor. He tidied things up, stopped using his own art as much, and settled into an enjoyable persona. He and I had a good thing going.
This just throws me. I understand what he was doing and why, but it just didn't humor me. Perhaps I feel he performs this character poorly in general.
Anyway, I will look forward to seeing what happens next week.
When I first started watching Jim it was a struggle to get behind his sense of humor. He tidied things up, stopped using his own art as much, and settled into an enjoyable persona. He and I had a good thing going.
This just throws me. I understand what he was doing and why, but it just didn't humor me. Perhaps I feel he performs this character poorly in general.
Anyway, I will look forward to seeing what happens next week.