James Stephanie Sterling
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Oct 15, 2026
Cole NetscapeHOST
I think that, yeah, part of the reason why the Five Nights stuff, I think, caught on more than Slenderman ever did, or at least had a much longer shelf life, is because that...
Cole NetscapeHOST
There was an authorial hand guiding it, even if that authorial hand was an insane man who actually made Five Nights at Freddy's because Stephanie Sterling dissed him in a video.
Cole NetscapeHOST
Did you guys know this?
Nicole VenetoHOST
Yeah, he got mad that people were shitting on the design of a video game he put out about a beaver or something like that and calling it creepy.
ChrisHOST
I think it was, um...
ChrisHOST
I think she's Stephanie Sterling now, but I, I think she gave Sonic Colors, like, a low score.
ChrisHOST
So for some reason Sega just mailed them, like, a huge, like, backyard sprawling, like, Sonic Colors advertisement, like, promotional thing from Sega or something.
ChrisHOST
[laughs]
Conrad ZimmermanHOST
Um, and everything that I do online is supported through Patreon at patreon.com/fishtshark.
Conrad ZimmermanHOST
And you know who else has a Patreon? Stephanie Sterling.
Stephanie SterlingHOST
That is true.
Stephanie SterlingHOST
Patreon.com/jimquisition, which supports this podcast, videos on the YouTube channel, and reviews on thejimquisition.com where there is currently a Silent Hill Townfall review where I really sort of go into my frustrations with it and, and whatnot.
AlexHOST
Mm-hmm.
AlexHOST
Yeah, and they both got screwed like a control got screwed by the comic book review that gave it a four so that like really like tanked the score down and that's kind of like the problem with Metacritic if you get like one It's the thing that happened with Starfield remember when Jim Sterling kind of came in with like a three or a four to Starfield and that like Hogwarts
EricHOST
Legacy as well.
AlexHOST
Yeah can completely tank the score.
AlexHOST
So that's gonna lay the problem with meta and in the way they wait certain like people like Jim Sterling like would be weighed almost similarly to an IGN because he used to be like they used to be one of the bigger reviewers yeah they were Jim Sterling which is
EricHOST
insane because like say what you can be a fan of Jim Sterling I don't really care like it's free country but Jim Sterling I mean maybe I'm incorrect but I'm pretty sure that Jim Sterling doesn't have to go like put his scores through or her scores through a uh like a tribunal edit editorial system like an ign if you if you're like i want to give uh nerf legends to 10 you have to convince like a a panel of people that it's worth it and then you have editors that are and and uh eics that are going to read your review and make sure that the score matches this and like there's conversations and there's like checks and balances um Whereas with Jimquisition, I'm pretty sure it's just this is my opinion and I'm going to say what I want, which is fine.
EricHOST
But it just is very it's not it doesn't evoke the quality of the game as much as it evokes your personal opinion on the game, which can be skewed by tons of different variables, including ones that have nothing to do with the game.
EricHOST
So,
Miles ThompsonHOST
But I...
Miles ThompsonHOST
I think Ethan's point that he took from Stephanie Sterling is really apparent in things like this of like layoffs are often indulged in as opposed to being actually necessary.
Miles ThompsonHOST
And this kind of feels like a halfway step of like, well, we don't want to indulge completely in layoffs.
Miles ThompsonHOST
So we'll just indulge in furloughing you so we don't have to pay you or give you benefits.
SethHOST
But what it did was it opened my eyes to like other experiences like that, where because I loved Deadly Premonition so much and I, you know, I would go online and.
SethHOST
I remember reading Stephanie Sterling's review at Destructoid back then who gave it a 10, which is insane.
SethHOST
Gave it like a 10 and just like gushed about the game.
SethHOST
And then you would see these reviewers who like, you know, were giving it like twos and threes and stuff.
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SethHOST
I do feel like I put Deadly Premonition on a certain pedestal.
SethHOST
But I was willing to kind of like see what they were cooking with this.
SethHOST
And I was reading reviews from people that loved the first game as much as I do, including Stephanie Sterling.
SethHOST
And one thing that was really unfortunate.
Ryan EasbyHOST
Sorry.
Ryan EasbyHOST
You, you've just awoken a memory in m- in me of watching Stephanie Sterling talk about the pachinko machines and wondering what the fuck's happening here.
Ryan EasbyHOST
I was like 14-
Joseph RichardsHOST
Yeah.
Sean HuntHOST
Imagine that.
Sean HuntHOST
Jim Sterling.
Sean HuntHOST
But, yeah, I imagine Jesse found it funny the first 20 times.
Sean HuntHOST
No, but
Miles ThompsonHOST
She is having to make the very difficult decisions to fix these things.
Miles ThompsonHOST
But like Ethan said, quoted from Stephanie Sterling of, yeah, these companies indulge in layoffs because it helps to improve share prices and make the company look more financially stronger than it actually is.
Miles ThompsonHOST
I think some of these merging of studios feels weird.
Miles ThompsonHOST
Halo under Activision stinks of what happened to Destiny.