Poll: Should This Guy Be On The Escapist?

[smartengine]

I loved that show... why did it stop?

so, yes he should be on escapist!

 

[JasonBurnout16]

I quite enjoyed that. I wouldn't mind him joininig the panel.

 

[Flare Phoenix]

Ehhh I think there was one point where I kind of smiled, but not really all that funny in my opinion. If he came on the Escapist, I won't be watching him.

 

[Da Orky Man]

He's better than Jim Sterling.

Agreed. Even if it's just a persona, Jim is an arrogant fuck and I don't like that - I thought the whole point of pretending to be something your not was to make yourself look better...

Um, have you ever heard of British humour? Yes, it is different to American humour. I find the Jimquisition good because he pushes the whole aspect of personal exaggeration to a ridiculous
level, using the holier-than-god act to put things into perspective of either God or an idiot.

I find this hilarious because you assume I am American and therefore don't understand... wrong - I'm British, and I understand what he is doing - but I still can't stand it.

Being British does not mean that I have to enjoy Jim as an entertainer just because he uses British Humor...

I have to presume you are American because there are by far more Americans on these forums than any other nationality.
It was the way that your wording made it sound like you thought that his greatly-exaggerated personality was his real one that I was worried about.

 

[TheEndlessSleep]

I have to presume you are American because there are by far more Americans on these forums than any other nationality.
It was the way that your wording made it sound like you thought that his greatly-exaggerated personality was his real one that I was worried about.

Just because there are more Americans doesn't mean that I have to be one... check my profile and you will see that I am from the UK.

Also, if you look closely at my original post you will see that I said I was aware it was his PERSONA - and that my issue with Jim was that he made the choice to adopt such an annoyingly smug and arrogant persona, which is why I don't like him.

Even if it's not really what you're really like - acting like a douchebag is inevitably going to drive some people away.

 

[pspman45]

I don't know, while he does have something to say, he sort of rambles around and often strays from the main point. I found it almost hard to watch, as it was just uninteresting.
I know Jim Sterling gets a lot of hate here, but I would rather watch him than this guy.

 

[Sebster 105]

Seeing as he's done work for IGN he doesn't deserve a proper job in the gaming industry

How is The Escapist any better than IGN? Paid reviews [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/8701-Dragon-Age-II-Review], shitty reviews [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/7423-Review-Metro-2033], you name it, The Escapist has it. Seriously, The Escapist is just as "bad" of a site as Gametrailers, IGN or Gamespot. If anything it's worse than the others since they can't get good interviews or get any reveals of new games or such if their lives depended on it. Even xbox360achievements.org is better at getting interviews with interesting people from the business.

I'm not saying The Escapist is the worst site on the internet, just saying that people who believe it to be so much better than sites like IGN are living in denial.

I never said The Escapist was better. I was just making a joke about IGN being awful.

I just use The Escapist for a news site.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

He already has a job at IGN, why does he need a job here?

Although he is HILARIOUS.

 

[Sebster 105]

]You kinda did, since the thread was about if he should get a job on The Escapist, and you said he had worked at IGN which meant he wasn't worthy of a real job. That kinda implies that The Escapist would be "superior".

In that case I worded it wrong and I'm an idiot.

 

[JochemDude]

How about not, all these new shows still need to settle in.