I've said it on several videos on other channels and I'll say it again: I have had my work stolen for NFTs three times so far, all in the span of a week and a half by completely different people. The only thing that's been a bigger pain in the ass than the time wasted on filing DMCAs to get the listings removed and the money I've had to spend on a service to monitor for future thefts is having to deal with the dudebros who get a chub at the mere _thought_ of NFTs. I've encountered two in particular who were real gems: "Your work wasn't stolen, they just minted it before you did. If you want this to stop you just need to mint it first or take them to court." _Because we all know how easy and affordable taking someone to court is._ And the real winner: "Look man I'm sorry you're upset but please understand that complaining about your OC being stolen or whatever won't help anything." I'm a professional illustrator, designer, and colorist with 15 years of industry experience and a BFA in illustration. But yeah, I'm just bitching about my OC being stolen. "Or whatever." As if being a hobbyist/amateur would have somehow made stealing my work _magically okay._ Fuck NFTs and the doorstops who steal artwork for them. I'm glad these companies are getting blasted for trying to shove this shit down our throats. I keep repeating myself on videos about this to spread the word about what's happening to artists right and left as a result of this bandwagoning.

@zonesproductions

2 жыл бұрын

How did you discover your art was being stolen? I ask because I worry about the same with mine. I barely make a penny as it is. I can't have some prick making bank off of me through nefarious means.

@AegixDrakan

2 жыл бұрын

Jeeeez, so these dudes who whine about how "no one understands nfts" don't understand basic IP protection? What a surprise. -_- I cannot wait for that ponzi scheme to implode. Best of luck with not getting your art stolen in the future. :(

@Axelarden

2 жыл бұрын

"They just minted it before you did" is such a tacit admission of theft requiring olympic level mental gymnastics to justify that you really have to wonder if these people SHOULD be taken to the moon and fucking left there

@ladyabaxa

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm just old but I seem to remember a time when attempting to sell something one did not own or have legal right to was considered fraud.

@bS0up

2 жыл бұрын

"They just minted it before you did" The fuck gave them the right to even do that in this cryptobro's brain?

You're not beating a dead horse, the industry is beating everyone to death

@NetMoverSitan

2 жыл бұрын

The horse in undead as it won't STAY down.

@CoffeeMaus

2 жыл бұрын

@@NetMoverSitan That which has no life cannot be killed. Keep beating the horse until it's nothing more than dust.

@PunkHerr

2 жыл бұрын

@@CoffeeMaus and this dust is undead dust, which will be sold to you :D

@NetMoverSitan

2 жыл бұрын

@@CoffeeMaus It'll take more than a whip, a cross and holy water to make this stay down...

@CoffeeMaus

2 жыл бұрын

@@NetMoverSitan Screw holy water. Bring an entire river. Recreate the season 2 finale.

Given Casltevania's chief villain by now has one instalment where he expresses shame and repentance for hurting a thing he made and once loved, Konami is objectively worse than literal Dracula.

@CarbonRollerCaco

2 жыл бұрын

Today's Konami didn't make Castlevania.

I remember when my uncle bought a parcel of land on the moon. I thought that was the dumbest thing a person could spend money on - a piece of paper signifying ownership of nothing that no one could ever really see or use and doesn't actually grant any legal privileges. NFTs may well have topped that because at least owning a piece of the moon is a nice idea an doesn't burn down a rainforest.

@user-sl6gn1ss8p

2 жыл бұрын

So, I just searched for it, and there seems to be NFTs of parts of the moon already. Maybe let your uncle know? : /

@chaossmith3864

2 жыл бұрын

Right? My sister compared NFTs to the whole buy a star thing, and I felt the odd compulsion to point out there's something nifty about the star thing. Plus, most people at least are aware they can't actually do anything with it. No one is acting like that stuff is an investment or something either. Plus all the issues that are inherent to NFTs. She actually agreed with me on those points. They're both technically silly but NFTs are honestly worse.

@femboyleo8581

2 жыл бұрын

At a garage sale in socal i saw a box filled with "I own a piece of moon" certificates lmao

@BeylMay

2 жыл бұрын

Buying moon land and stars is just a harmless little bit of stupidity, usually as a "it's the thought that counts" kinda gift. On the other hand, people who buy NFTs do so with specific intent to resell them to a bigger sucker later.

I'm genuinely worried that pointless NFT crap in gaming will be seen as normal as DLC in 10 years. At least DLC *can* be good.

@lumpypillowguy542

2 жыл бұрын

There has been dlc that I wasn't ashamed of buying. New Vegas' Dead Money, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road. Witcher 3's Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone were also worth paying for. Dlc can be decent enough. But lately the market is so saturated in shit, it's hard to be even remotely happy about seeing what dlc your new title has to offer

@chinghamburger2200

2 жыл бұрын

I give it 5 years before it's considered as normal as loot boxes. Because a lot of gamers not only have short memories. But also just don't give a shit

@jasongarrett768

2 жыл бұрын

Just adding in the environmental impact aspect makes the prospect feel like a dark parody of itself. What is this reality.

@54tisfaction

2 жыл бұрын

I give it a year. Millennials, you know.

@hotskunkaction

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened with Micro-transactions, lootboxes, battlepasses, and so on. It doesn't look promising. NFTs are just the new cog on the ever spinning crap machine.

I really enjoyed the game recommendation segment at the end, would you consider making it a stable part of The Jimquisition?

@Actual-Knight

2 жыл бұрын

I second this. it would be nice!

@nyyfandan

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously, how about a whole section that's like "here's a non-evil version of the recent BS published by AAA developers."

@theMuBot

2 жыл бұрын

They used to do this more often, and I would love it if they brought it back!

@DavidDevlin1989

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, honestly a "Here's some games that came out this week/month that aren't shitty heartless cash grabs" would be a lovely section to add at the end of an episode every now and then :)

@VillainousMuse

2 жыл бұрын

They used to do a positive game recommendation but statistically the videos weren't watched, so they stopped doing them.

Jim if I have to hear about how NFTs are "changing the game" or whatever the fuck every single day from the conmen on Twitter then I'll be happy to hear you talk about how fucking stupid these things are every day until their server farms explode

@NoobLord9001

2 жыл бұрын

don’t use twitter. that site is literally no different from 4chan in the effects it has on your mental wellbeing.

@autobotstarscream765

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, those exploding servers were made from the scalped PS4s and PS5s that the peasants are barred from playing by the crypto "elite" who buy them up for double the price to mine crypto that they sell to make their money back 5 times over by inflating its "value" with scams and fraud.

@artry93

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoobLord9001 100% agree with you. Same with Tumbler.

On the subject of microtransactions. I left a negative review for a full priced because of how grindy it is to unlock things in the game if you dont use microtransactions. Someone left a comment on my steam profile regarding it saying "Why do you expect everything for free?!" I paid for a full price game and want everything inside of the game, but I'm clearly the insane one for expecting that without shelling out twice or three times the selling cost to unlock what I paid for.

@khoavo510

Жыл бұрын

People are starting to normalize microtransactions/lootboxes. This is a good sign /s

It's been a while since we've had the opportunity to say "fuck Konami". Thanks Stephanie!

@FailcopterWes

2 жыл бұрын

Every day can be a "fuck Konami" day if you want it to be.

@cornflakeshumunculus8373

2 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for him to cover these wankers.

@Soulweaver0

2 жыл бұрын

Thank god for them.

@thecheddaravenger4084

2 жыл бұрын

@@cornflakeshumunculus8373 *them

@Caffeine_Club

2 жыл бұрын

It's Jim Stephanie. Get it right. 😝

Everyone: "So why'd you do it?" Konami: "Money!"

@marabo12

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@23Scadu

2 жыл бұрын

And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know.

@marabo12

2 жыл бұрын

@@23Scadu No money is EVERYTHING!!!!

@bificommander7472

2 жыл бұрын

@@23Scadu Yes. There is also lots of money!

@Posichronic

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, there's a little money, then there's more money, then there's ALL the money. Then, everything that's worth money, things that money can't buy, etc.

NFT's are basically just the ultimate form of the "Fine Art industry". The one that takes the works of painters from the 1800's or before (most of whom were regarded as hacks in their own time), labels them the most powerful masterworks of art that the world will ever know, and lets the awe of that label and the back-and-forth selling of said paintings for ever-increasing prices drive up their perceived value so that they can make millions of dollars by just having a painting sitting in their living room or museum. The only difference with NFT's is that they get to drop the pretense that they are the works of classical masters, instead just generating their own works outright and driving up the value by shouting very very loudly into the ether that they have great value. They can produce theoretically infinite numbers of them and claim that each is entirely unique, flooding the market with "Fine Art" pieces that will continue to appreciate in value as long as they can keep convincing people that they are valuable. And like the Fine Art industry, the average person has nothing to do with it, only the super rich need to be involved in order to turn these things into infinite money-generators. And they can pass this legion of Fine Art pieces back and forth without even the inconvenience of having to transport real life paintings from place to place. The whole thing is a sham, just like the entire Fine Art industry has always been. It's been going on for longer than any of us have been alive, the power of the internet has just allowed them to evolve the concept to a ridiculous level, so that they are no longer limited by physical storage space or even having to find works of art that already exist. They can mass produce the art themselves and give it value by behaving like it has value, just like they have always done.

@danielludwig647

2 жыл бұрын

This needs to be said again and again. NFTs are just a extension of money laundering in the art trade, it’s current most advanced and abstracted form. And with the way speculation and grifting occurs, I hope they get properly identified as unregistered securities sooner rather than later.

@erinfinn2273

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielludwig647 Anyone wanna take a tour of the NFT data vaults with huge magnets in our pockets?

@sharkofjoy

2 жыл бұрын

And just like fine art, nearly all of it is money laundering.

@Teth47

2 жыл бұрын

It's just money that's easier to launder and harder to tax. That's all this is. NFTs are money laundering coupled to a Ponzi scheme.

@DiamondAppendixVODs

2 жыл бұрын

pump and dump, pump and dump, pump and dump and it's not even good pussy

The more the big corporations try to push NFTs, the more my interest diverts to indie games and emulators with games gone by. Also, hope you feel better soon. Thank you for continuing to put out content, but I hope you're taking care of yourself too.

@Ramsey276one

2 жыл бұрын

INDIES WILL NEVER DIE

@haruhisuzumiya6650

2 жыл бұрын

Indies are doing play to earn though

@DiamondAppendixVODs

2 жыл бұрын

There are 22 years' worth of games since my birth, plus more before my time, I have plenty of things to play without having to touch any new AAA releases ever

@Ramsey276one

2 жыл бұрын

@@DiamondAppendixVODs Same XD My Switch is mostly Indie/retro XD

@LoneManProductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@haruhisuzumiya6650 True, but unlike the big corps who are almost to a man trying to get this NFT junk to work for them, there are plenty of indie devs out there who won't follow the play to earn model. That's one of Indie's greatest strengths; there's such a wide range of devs out there. Even if for some reason play to earn became big, there would still be enough games coming out that didn't use it because there's always going to be devs out there who don't want to shoehorn junk into their games and have the billionaire white men breathing down their necks trying to force them to do exactly that.

One of the funniest/most ironic things about NFTs is that most of the stuff their supporters like to dream about (Skins working in multiple games and such) would take such an amount of cooperation, effort and just straight out ALTRUISM from game companies that the only ones that could actually believe it possible are... ... Well, the ones that haven't played any AAA game in the last 15 years. ^^

@TNTITAN

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that from the Linkin Park singer and I’m like why would I want that in my videogame. Why would I want to play Final Fantasy with a Master Chief skin. The idea of taking “my property” to other game is not a reason I ever played games to begin with.

@misterymisterio8778

2 жыл бұрын

@@TNTITAN And something that does not need nfts to exist.

@yotube155

2 жыл бұрын

@@misterymisterio8778 Right, that's the bit that gets me every time. Even if all these technical and legal hurdles vanished overnight, you could just do it without NFTs.

@jayhill2193

2 жыл бұрын

@@TNTITAN it's also in complete disregard to modders (you know,, people who actually contribute to enrich a game), who've been doing that since forever. Want to play Fallout 4 as Arnold Schwarzenegger or some Anime girl with hoops? Go ahead, it's 100% been done by someone. But that's something the publishers can't make money off after selling the game to the modders and the one's installing the mods for money, pity them.

@SymbioteMullet

2 жыл бұрын

@@paul.1337 oh, that's some mlm crap right there. Hard nope. Again

I've genuinely come across younger gamers that grew up in a gaming world where microtransactions are normalized and it sucks to see. they're completely okay with it and trying to tell them how much more rewarding games were when you earned these things instead of paying for them just makes me look like a grumpy old millennial that can't let go of the past. I dread the idea of NFTs becoming normalized in the same way.

@gabyfraga9294

2 жыл бұрын

that's me having conversations with my brother about games. It's just so sad

@jaycromer

2 жыл бұрын

You'll never convince a kid that waiting for something is better than having it now. I'm in my 30s, and that wouldn't have worked on me in the NES days. "You mean I can jump right to world XXX or have the ultimate gun at the start? Sweet, what's the cheat code." Heck, GTA 3 was only fun for me when I spawned a tank and used cheats to max the star level. The difference was I got those things for free, instead of it being charged for it.

@rainbowkrampus

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Shit's pretty scuffed.

@gabyfraga9294

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaycromer Agree. He's 17 though, idk if that still counts as a kid for this aspect. He's 17 but he grew in the middle of this stuff. He likes to play COD, FIFA and LOL so loot boxes have been there for him since pretty much ever.

@aerrae5608

2 жыл бұрын

My brother thankfully knows better. He even plays a lot of older games, his fave is Quake 3. Makes me proud of him. My bf is gonna be 23, I'm 28. He's the same. It's not hopeless, Gen Z have brains too. Btw, you guys can always boot up Devil May Cry 3, Special Edition and pop that little button code at the start screen that gives you the super armor, then tell your siblings, if this was CoD you'd have to pay for that.

How the Hell is Peter Molyneaux getting away with anything at this point? I think that boggles my mind more than NFTs do.

I'm still astounded and appalled that freemium monetization practices have been normalized in full price AAA games. Like, how did this happen?

@badflamer

2 жыл бұрын

well, the answer is kind of twofold. Primarily, it comes from the fact that capitalists will chase money no matter what. They don;t care about long term viability, nor keeping face. they smell a get richer quicker scheme, and by their nature they pursue it in all viable forms. That means that without any cospiratorial nature inherent, you can bet on them playing follow the leader and all doing the same dirty, shitty things in quick succession. ironically, if it was just a few of them, this would be very self destructive and manifest the consequences of their lack of long term planning. However, since they -all- can be trusted to do the same shit, it causes a normalization of behaviour which makes it difficult to organize a concentrated resistance against the practices, ironically ensuring that these short term gain decisions end up becoming more and more secure/viable in the long term (see microtransactions now being accepted/expected instead of a pr gamble). It's like the darkest possible example of a successfully executed prisoner's dilemma The second aspect, however, is culture breeding. This, again, isn't exactly conspiratorial but a beneficial consequence of expected systematic action. Videogame publishers do not give an iota of a fuck about video games. They don't care about artistry, they don't care about originality, they don't care about narrative, and they sure as FUCK do not care about gamers who buy their products. So, when the people who make the most high profile games all have this generalized disregard for bot the product and the fanbase, this will alienate the fans who do care about those disregarded aspects. But, what do publishers care about? publishing the games that will net them the most money. So that is games that have a focus on multiplayer (because if all your friends are playing call of fifa: fortlegends, you're gonna want to game with them and get the same game), and games that can be advertized to as wide an audience as possible (so typically easier games that younger gamers can play) with the flashiest and most hyped up marketing schemes. All of these impulses are again in service of immediate monetary profit, but it creates a culture where a wide net is cast, but this wide net only catches those gamers too jaded, selfish, or young/inexperienced to give a fuck about the degradation of the medium as a vehicle for art and creative experiences. It creates a culture that as a whole forgets that such experiences are even possible. It not only caters to, but actively reinforces the lowest common denominator to the point where any other denominator becomes seen as fringe, pretentious, or even 'political'. Thus, Gamers (tm) are made and raised. and the pursuit of short term profit creates a base that is entirely willing to fuel the next scheme, and the one after, and the one after, because getting swindles is all they've ever known or cared about.

@aneeshramaswamy8517

2 жыл бұрын

@@badflamer It’s ironic that leaders of almost all corporations in a sector can collectively cooperate to realize their shared dream of continuously making more profits whilst you can’t even get a tenth of consumers to come together for a cause with an obvious benefit because corporations know how long and far resolve to stand up for a cause lasts among the public.

Ahh yes, Cryptovania, the franchise where you play as Simon Belmint and various other members of his bloodline on their respective journeys to stop Greedcula and other such major evils of the night! Using your Money Whip (which can be upgraded into the Block-Chain Whip), you thrash your way through every penny of the night to put down the Lord of Greed.

@Shield-Theyden

2 жыл бұрын

Simon Belmint! Belmint!

@ramenbomberdeluxe4958

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shield-Theyden Mint? As in...minting currency :0?

@romank90

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 people arr using it in context of NFTs to give it more "legit" impression

@Shield-Theyden

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 Exarctly!

@shytendeakatamanoir9740

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the various other members are just recolored version of Simon ofc.

You know 2022 is going to be a shit year for gaming when, two episodes in, the Jimquisition has to utilize FucKonami News And it’s not about a soccer game.

@shis1988

2 жыл бұрын

Football*

@jayhill2193

2 жыл бұрын

@@shis1988 to be fair, the way Konami (ab)uses that sport, it doesn't deserve to be called its actual name

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

Idk. Konamis' not the worst anymore. Who saw that coming?

@weagles_fan7467

2 жыл бұрын

@@shis1988 If you really want to be technical, Australian Rules is more Football than Soccer is. You can use anything except the hands and arms in Soccer to score a goal, Australian rules requires a kick, ie last contact with the ball is below the knee.

I hate to say this....but with NFT's, companies treating their employees like shit, loot boxes......we need another gaming collapse like in 1983. gaming companies need to see their actions have consequences and a collapse is the only way they'll get it

@ericmoll1530

2 жыл бұрын

The worst part is that the people at the top won't even care, they'll just happily bounce out with all the money and leave the industry they rotted from within to die. They'll still be obscenely wealthy, and it'll be all the normal people that suffer.

And by "bidding war" it actually means insider traders will sell the NFTs between each other at massively inflated prices to hype suckers up into believing there's money for them.

@NomadSoul76

2 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind part of the scam of nfts is that the marketplace takes a cut each time they're sold. For opensea it's only one percent, but still, there's a cost to gaming the market that way.

@vaiyt

2 жыл бұрын

@@NomadSoul76 As long as suckers see the big number and gamble their savings in crypto, the value of the coins they're holding can increase massively. Pump and dump.

Please don't ever stop, Sterling! Also, vocable is a perfecty cromulent word.

@gaiusjuliuspleaser

2 жыл бұрын

A noble vocable embiggens the smallest creator.

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

Some ones' a Simpson fan ...lol

@tinnagigja3723

2 жыл бұрын

As is 'scumful'.

@smoothshot9562

2 жыл бұрын

Is he cos playing as a woman or something I don't get it

There's a line from "The Untouchables" said by one of Capone's men, that I feel has described the state of video games for the last decade or so, and getting worse all the time. "It's not supposed to be GOOD, it's supposed to be BOUGHT"

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

That is so Evil.

@CarbonRollerCaco

2 жыл бұрын

And indeed it's supposed to be bad in order to save work and frustrate those who know quality and lower the standards of those who don't.

NFTs are evidence that we're not taxing the rich nearly enough

@TheUltimateBlooper

2 жыл бұрын

Problem is that for every rich lunatic peddling NFTs - there are a 100 poor idiots "between jobs" who think NFTs will be their big/quick break. Someone did an analysis on the NFT subreddit and found that the same people using that sub are, in general, people with poor financial literacy and not well-off money-wise.

@bilateralrope8643

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateBlooper Good to see that someone did that research. Even if the result is unsurprising.

@volpe_sol

2 жыл бұрын

Let the rich pay more taxes so the government can use it to steal and expand their corrupt powers with it at the cost of everyone, especially low and middle class....But hey, at least normies like you can feel good about your own inflated ego. The fact that more taxes are useless in the hands of the government is just a tiny little detail, don't mind it. lol

@JosephJamesScott

2 жыл бұрын

@@volpe_sol Oh, someone's been reading Ayn Rand.

@volpe_sol

2 жыл бұрын

@@JosephJamesScott Not a fan of Ayn Rand.. but am interested in finding solutions, rather than posing as a trendy socialist without any stake in the game, though.

I can only imagine investors are calling NFTs Not Fully Taxables amongst themselves. It's just a capital gains wheeze so they don't have to pay tax the way normal people do.

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

LOL... meanwhile us plebs call them "NoFuckingThanks"

Can we just all start comparing NFTs to Beanie Babies? People claimed that they'd be an investment, but at the end of the day, they're both worthless, but at least with a Beanie Baby you can actually have a thing that isn't just ethereal 1s and 0s

@MrCrunchytime

2 жыл бұрын

Except the difference is with beanie babies, you still at least have something cute that you can squee at during the hours of your life spent in the dark soul-crushing pit of despair one calls home, whereas NFTs are literally nothing. I mean, Konami even has a disclaimer for it's auction explicitly stating no licenses are traded in the process.

@fpedrosa2076

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrCrunchytime Less than nothing, NFTs actively waste energy. They're a net loss.

@Caffeine_Club

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. A Beanie Baby is an actual tangible object that has more substance than a virtual bullsh!t deed to nothing at all. Give me a Beanie Baby over an NFT any day. I refuse to 'invest' in make believe, or profit off of someone else's delusion that they are worth anything whatsoever.

@golgothavirus

2 жыл бұрын

And didn't consume a whole forest for power

@snackplaylove

2 жыл бұрын

You can wipe your arse with a beanie baby

I love it when Steph flubs the line, lampshades it, and moves on. I wish I had that level of audio confidence! This isn't sarcasm. I legit respect that.

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's called "Not giving a fuck what people think of you" We all achieve that sooner or later.

The internet, an amazing invention that allows people to share information and creations without scarcity, supported by such things as the copyleft movement. Trust companies to find a way to mess it up. Any CC-licenced or public domain data you download from the internet is yours in more meaningful ways than any NFT, especially anything that allows you to remix it and distribute your version.

To be fair to Activision and Ubisoft (there's a phrase I never thought I'd type), Konami is a Japanese company, and given certain aspects of Japanese corporate culture, particularly the aversion to rocking the boat, there's a good chance that managers are indeed horrifically abusive and protecting each other from consequences and we're just not hearing about it because everyone is too afraid to speak out. After all, this is a company that isn't above making employees completely miserable in the hopes that they'll take the hint and quit.

@crazyluigi6664

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, I wouldn't surprised if that's the case there also...

I remember back when corrupt corporations at least pretended to be honest.

@pseudonayme7717

2 жыл бұрын

LOL. They are still pretending, it's just nobody believes them now😛

@TheStargov

2 жыл бұрын

Hey now, what the Square Enix CEO said was entirely honest and right from his cold, dead, money fueled heart. And Ubisoft saying that they won't give up on NFT's and will force them down our throats until we accept them was very honest for a company that lies about it's history of sexual abuse and defend and even promotes those that perpetrate it.

@RhizometricReality

2 жыл бұрын

Its time to wage war against the corporate.

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

@@RhizometricReality Been waging it ever since PS3 became a locked pc and Steam threw up the wall and became the gatekeeper. Been a Pirate since 2011 and GameLife is good.

@roundduckkira

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 how did steam become a gatekeeper? Steam monopoly bad indeed and it does practice some not good stuff to "give its store a fair shot" but how did steam become outright locked down and the only way to game? Or is gatekeeper merely being a monopoly almost? Just curious

Konami must have missed being talked about (genuinely forgot they were still a thing) so it decided to do something shitty... interesting strategy

@Nightmster

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, eFootball 2022 wasn't too long ago either...

Geez, remember when Konami was "the worst"? God I miss these days.

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

Right!? Who saw that coming? lol

@charlottewolery558

2 жыл бұрын

We only didn't know how bad the others were. And that's the sad thing.

I legitimately retconned Castlevania as being owned by Capcom in my head so I keep asking myself, “Why hasn’t Capcom made another Castlevania?” So when I see reference that Castlevania is a Konami property, I become delirious as if two separate timelines are slamming together like a drunken college hookup.

I had the biggest “WELL OF COURSE THEY WOULD” when I heard the news. I’d say being a Castlevania fan is pain but that’s nothing compared to the absolute limbo fans of their other series have been in for over a decade now.

@shytendeakatamanoir9740

2 жыл бұрын

At this point, it's almost better they ignore the other franchises instead of being repeatedly spitting on and desecrated over and over again.

@Kropothead

2 жыл бұрын

It’s Silent Hill pachinko all over again.

@Tardisntimbits

2 жыл бұрын

*cries in Silent Hill*

@joeottoson1226

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing is better than what happened to Contra.

@JFirecracker

2 жыл бұрын

I don't even _want_ a proper Silent Hill out of Konami after seeing what they did to Contra.

I think it's rather sad that from the many post-apocalyptic futures there were to choose from, we somehow ended up in Ready Player One's

@Shadewaltz

2 жыл бұрын

Even worse, we're in the RP1 future where the company that was explicitly the "bad guys" won. Let me repeat that, _even RP1 portrays this kind of behavior as shitty and bad and something to be scorned,_ and these companies are either not self-aware enough to notice or actively just plain actually malicious.

@TheStargov

2 жыл бұрын

Ready Player One but the bad guy wins.

@nobodyinparticular9640

2 жыл бұрын

We still have time to nuke the entire planet. We either gonna end up in Fallout or Adventure Time... And imo, both are better than out current reality

@OurBenefactors

2 жыл бұрын

Could we not at least have a better-written cyberpunk dystopia?

@jamesbarr8218

2 жыл бұрын

I know, my money was on Terminator, and somehow that seems preferable to…whatever this is

Billionaire greed knows no limits. like we all remember that time freaking lootboxes were frowned upon, now it's standard that we all hate.

Understanding Konami becomes a lot easier when you realize it’s a borderline open secret that they’re just a money laundering operation for the Yakuza.

"What is an NFT? A miserable pile of bullshit..."

@nobodyinparticular9640

2 жыл бұрын

I myself like "What is an NFT? Not a Fucking Thing!"

First five minutes and I’m smiling ear to ear. Thank you so much for being the most real person associated with the game industry.

@scoobydoobers23

2 жыл бұрын

They might take offense at you said they are "associated" with the games industry.

@passgo8507

2 жыл бұрын

@@scoobydoobers23 oh shit that is NOT what I meant. Only to say that they make a career from the industry as an associated critic, not a mindless lackey. I hope I didn’t offend you Jim!

I grew up playing Castlevania III. It was my earliest childhood game that I loved. Then I jumped to the GBA trilogy, which I loved. I have so, SOOOO many fond memories. And then the DS trilogy came out, which provided me my two favorite games in videogame history (PoR and OoE). The series as a whole honestly defined me. And then… then…. Then………….. THIS! Why… what did I do to deserve such punishment? Have I angered God somehow? Did God say, ‘Hey, Satan, you known what company you should run? Konami.’ Thankfully IGA (Guy formerly in charge of Castlevania) is doing the Bloodstained series, so I have something to remind me of what I used to love. But still. I may be a bit bitter.

Nintendo celebrating the 35th anniversary of its smallest IP: here, have the best game in the franchise as well as probably the best game of the year. Konami celebrating the 35th anniversary of one of the biggest names in gaming and probably its biggest franchise: here, have some shitty artwork you don't actually own Edit for clarity: Metroid (Dread, specifically.) I know Metroid is popular, but it only has a few games compared to even the next smallest Nintendo IP...not counting Splatoon, which is too new to have more than 2.

@Ramsey276one

2 жыл бұрын

What game???

@davidspring4003

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ramsey276one Metroid Dread

@Ramsey276one

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidspring4003 OH I thought they released a classic again! XD

@davidspring4003

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ramsey276one I mean I wouldn't mind is Super got a remake a la Samus Returns

@Ramsey276one

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidspring4003 Fully agree

Vocable *is* a nice word! It means 'any meaningful sound uttered by a person', so actual words but also non-word sounds that still have meaning like 'Umm' or 'Oh!'

I just saw a tweet from Mike Shinoda hyping NFTs in gaming and it made me crawl in my skin.

@Elwaves2925

2 жыл бұрын

That pun was so bad it made me feel numb. I might faint.

@dennett316

2 жыл бұрын

@@Elwaves2925 You both need to start breaking the habit...TONIGHT!

@TheRealLetharos

2 жыл бұрын

Wounds not healing.

@EliTheMonKEE101

2 жыл бұрын

Welp, waiting for the end to come

The more I think of NFTs the deeper I spiral into an existential crisis about money and economics. Like, I've always known that at the end of the day, money isn't "real", in that its value and utility is a social construct used to make exchanging goods and services more convenient. If every human on earth were to disappear right now, money would be worthless; just a bunch of paper, metal, and digital code. But for the sake of simplicity, we all silently agree that money has value, and we can use that to get the things we want or need. But the very nature of NFTs just brings the subjective value of money into sharp relief, selling imaginary goods for imaginary money with imaginary value, all so you can invest in even more imaginary money and imaginary goods. It's like kids playing pretend with a Fisher-Price toy cash register, but at least playing pretend doesn't use more electricity than Sweden to operate.

The most frustrating thing about ‘NFT Games’ is I still don’t know what exactly that’s supposed to be! Like, what part of, say, Fortnite would be the NFT? The gun? The skin? The skin for the gun? How does any of that stuff being an NFT change how it’s earned or used in-game? I know some people have claimed it’s important because you can use and sell the NFT outside the game, but given that those things are only useful in the game (can’t exactly put a fortnite gun in Age of Empires after all) and selling in-game items outside games is generally frowned upon by publishers who want BOTH players to buy the skins so…what’s the point? What does the publisher get out of not getting to sell a skin to two customers who would rather give it back and forth to each other? And what do customers get that they didn’t already get buying in-game skins via microtransactions? Maybe I’m thinking of this wrong? Is an NFT game actually a game that makes blockchain off your computer as you play it? If that’s the case, how exactly do you sell that to PC gamers who probably don’t want their GPUs overtaxed and their electricity bills skyrocketing for a game that by definition can’t have top of the line graphics and performance because it’s using graphics hardware and CPU hardware for non-graphic and non-in-game processes?

Might As Well Make Castlevania into A Bouncy Castle. It Won’t Help but Its a Better Use of The Franchise than Grambling Machines & Nfts.

@geo-fry6372

2 жыл бұрын

A Castlevania bouncy castle would be awesome.

@ollllj

2 жыл бұрын

@@geo-fry6372 make sure it randomly flies off 10 meters high in small gusts of winds, killing at least Six 10-year-Olds. (tasmania edition)

@KraggFair

2 жыл бұрын

Why do you capitalize the first letter of every word?

@ollllj

2 жыл бұрын

@@KraggFair this is almost normal in many languages.

I like it when you off handedly recommend an indie game I hadn't heard of before! More of that please! And great episode as usual.

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

Here's two more. Valheim and Project Zomboid.

@Gaff.

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not up to that part yet, but if it wasn't Blasphemous, I can't recommend Blasphemous enough. What a fantastic game. Came out in 2019 and keeps getting DLC-sized additions patched in at no cost, its most recent being a couple weeks ago. The same developer made Last Door 1 and 2, and I absolutely recommend those as well. Assuming any of these are your thing.

@TheUltimateBlooper

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 Oh yeah, *nobody's* heard of Valheim before... 🤣

thanks for the game recommendation, as a little splash of positivity at the end it was an extra delight thank god for you

I love your little endnote game recommendations when you do them, and Grimvalor looks like a lot of fun!

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

If you think that looks like fun look into Eastern Exorcist, Dead Cells, Mark of the Ninja, Hollow Knight, Cuphead and, Ori :)

@theMuBot

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 I have over 800 hours in Hollow Knight, so it being included in a recommendation list is a good sign for the rest of the list, and couple of these weren't on my radar yet. Thanks!

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

@@theMuBot Yeah man have fun. These are GREAT Games :)

Hate to see Konami worsening their bullshit but love Commander Steph tearing into them in perfect fashion. Thank god for you.

Oh boy when Konami announced NFTs I knew this episode was coming because fuck Konami. Edit: also been gone from this channel for a while but damn you are looking fantastic!

I recently read a story about how one of the crypto bros had his NFT automatically bought on the cheap somehow, and had to pay a load of money to get it back. And I figured that if we could somehow get NFTs to fuck off out of the lives of normal people, yet continue to be a way for the crypto bros to make each other miserable... well, that'd be the best of both worlds, wouldn't it?

Honestly, if you wanna keep sharing a nice game to play at the end of every Jimquisition I'm not going to complain, it's a nice touch. Thanks for everything you do! Thank god for you, fuck NFTs, etc etc

I don't subscribe to your patreon because I want to hear about lack luster surface level games journalism. I subscribe because capitalism is hell, and I'm just glad someone is willing to fucking say it. As a fellow trash girl, Please keep up the good work.

The Chunky Grumbler? Well, there go my hopes for the return of the Cornflake Homunculus.

@garywilson3042

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t you say that! He’s coming back….right?

Grimvalor is cool, I have it on Android. Also, please never stop complaining about NFTs, Lootboxes and Gambling in videogames. We need your voice. Thank God for you!

@chantolove

2 жыл бұрын

Metaphorically and literally. I love the way their voice sounds

I think it will go exactly as with the whole microtransaction-BS. They will consciously overstep they bounds a lot and take it back, so many times that the goalpost will be moved bit by bit til this scam will be somehow accepted as the norm.

Being a castlevania fan means getting spit in the face, repeatedly and enthusiastically, by Konami for almost 2 decades now.

@shytendeakatamanoir9740

2 жыл бұрын

Any Konami property honestly. #FuckKonami

@gryffehondor4236

2 жыл бұрын

Play Curse of the Moon and its sequel, they're amazing ! Especially the second one !

@CarbonRollerCaco

2 жыл бұрын

At least with Sonic, half the spitting is just an honest accident of how Takashi Iizuka bungles the series.

@silentcaay

2 жыл бұрын

Being a Castlevania fan means having abandoned Konami ages ago and joined camp Bloodstained. Can't be spit on if you aren't there waiting for something they'll never deliver on. Also, Ender Lilies was an awesome metroidvania that came out last year. Highly recommendable to any (former) Castlevania fan.

@RedSpade37

2 жыл бұрын

@@silentcaay Haven't heard of Ender Lilies! Thanks for mentioning!

That opening... You know, I actually remember Key to the Kingdom. Not the commercial, but the actual boardgame.

Oh my gosh I'm so in love with your outfit today! It suits you so much. Thank you as well for continuing to do videos on video game corruption and fuckery, these actions should always be rightly criticised, it's never beating a dead horse, it's a very much needed in these times.

Thank you for the Grim Valor recommendation! I'm so sick of Microtransactions that I pretty much don't have any fun games on my mobile. So when you suggested it, I knew right away it wouldn't have any of the crap that has pretty much killed gaming these days.I would love to hear more non microtransaction game recommendations and reviews! Thank you for all you do! You are being heard!

I'm surprised Konami still alive and haven't sold off all his franchise

@f4rlgaming951

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Konami before you release your NFT check how's Ubisoft quartz doing

@GaldirEonai

2 жыл бұрын

Until the pandemic hit the pachinko business was going incredibly well and making far more money than the video games ever did with far lower cost. They kept their video game division going just so they could hold on to IPs, because as much as we love to joke about the "Hit the lever!" meme their game-themed pachinko machines actually drew in customers. Now of course they're in a bit of trouble, because a whole bunch of pachinko parlors were already forced to shut down and the ones that are still open aren't exactly lining up to buy new machines...

@fpedrosa2076

2 жыл бұрын

@@GaldirEonai Turns out putting all your eggs in one basket is risky! Who knew?

@crapshot321

2 жыл бұрын

@@GaldirEonai I hate to admit it, but...Konami's pachinko troubles do give me some form of satisfaction.

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

@@fpedrosa2076 The farmer knew.

As a fellow chronic pain sufferer I just wanted to say... Sorry you're having a bad patch Jim Steph. I know it's physically and emotionally exhausting, and when you have several days on the trot of bad days it can feel like it's gonna be bad days forever but the bad patch will pass. I'm proud of you for keeping up with your release schedule regardless, but do us a favour and catch some rest, eh? Feel better soon

I remember going into a casino last month, and seeing the Konami logo in some of the slots machines. Not much more I need to know about em to know they're scum

“Show your work MATH" is NOT money or property. Solid entry in the genre, J-Steph.

Given that Konami's main gig is pachinko machines, so crypto and nfts is a real brand synergy

Good morning everyone!

I like how they released an amazing show with multiple satisfying seasons and how do they capitalize on that? Not with a remake or new game, but 6 months after the show ends with NFTs.

Stephanie going "vocable! :3" is the literal cutest.

I'm glad I used the animated series on Netflix as my stepping off point. I thought it was brilliant, and for me, my Castlevania journey ended when that did. #FUCKKONAMI

@RedSpade37

2 жыл бұрын

I like that! Poetic!

The Chunky Grumbler! Our Saviour Sterling knows what the public want, moreso than the "NFT" crowd... Keep up the good work! I have missed the Konamii bashing

I think selling NFTs automatically makes you an uncredible joke. Having your name tied to one of them is like having your name on Epstein's flight ledger

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I dont think its that bad ...lol..

@metalcorefowlkes

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 Right lmao like damn fam relax just a bit

@maximvsdread1610

2 жыл бұрын

@@metalcorefowlkes So you think selling junk is as bad as rapingchildren? Ok.

@metalcorefowlkes

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 What? When did I say that? Read my reply again I was agreeing with you, hence why I replied "right, like relax a bit"

@metalcorefowlkes

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximvsdread1610 my guy trying my whole life you knew what I meant player

These blasted NFT's must exist on some form of drive or machine or other physical object one could take a sledgehammer to. Which is exactly what I feel like doing.

Noticed that Metal Gear Survive's zombies and their crystals are basically Dragon Age's Red Lyrium or Amalur's Prismere. Just an observation.

What happened to gaming? What happened to video games? Making video games used to be about love, and passion, and providing an experience... it says something about video games today when the ones I return to came out before 2006.

Keep up the good work Jim and Co. You're one of the few sources I get that will on the regular talk about what the industry needs to change to be awesome. It's just a shame that it's basically asking the industry to turn back time...

5:58 Yep that loophole where you trade in the balls for a prize then go to a different building to cash in the prize. It's apparently not gambling if you have to go out of your way to redeem the money. (and know we known the real reason the Game Corner was removed from Pokemon: It exposed the trick)

You'd figure they'd try to get POSITIVE press if they were to resurface... But nah. Konami is from bizarro world apparently.

NFT's remindme of those Steam Greenlight games that didn't come with an exe file. Sure, you have a receipt that says you own a game, but there ain't nothing to play.

Was really hoping this scam NFT stuff dies off quickly, however I can see it becoming the next cancer. Thanks for making this video. Keep up the good work.

It's nice to see the massive backlash that these companies are getting over NFTs. I hope we can keep up the outrage, because more companies will try this, and the last thing we want is NFTs becoming normalized. Please, just this once, let us have a W as a community...

I knew this would get Jim Stephanie's attention the moment YongYea reported on it. This is proof that Konami hates all their fans and doesn't want anyone to have fun anymore.

@Relugus

2 жыл бұрын

What is Konami, but a miserable pile of crypto currency?

@Khotetsu

2 жыл бұрын

@@Relugus But enough talk, enter your credit card number now to unlock the rest of the fight!

It’s rather bizarre how this got all started

It's comforting to see that there are other sane people pissed off by all of this.

I appreciate videos like this, I don't have the time in my schedule to keep up on all what's going on so it's helpful for keeping in the loop, I was also looking at grim valor yesterday so it's good to know it's a real game and not just a money grab

HIT THE LEVER!!!!

It continually astounds me that a thing like "NFTs" actually exist.

@bleh329

2 жыл бұрын

I can't help but wonder who came up with thw idea in the first place.

@nobodyinparticular9640

2 жыл бұрын

They actually don't exist, if you've been keeping tabs on what Jim's saying, lol Since they're literally nothing, just a scam

Hey Stephanie, I just randomly heard Erasure’s Chains of Love in my 80’s radio station and thought of you. Thanks for the continued great content. :)

I hope the rising popularity of indie games rises to the point where they actually become normalized in the more mainstream sphere, get people to develop expectations from those who are making plain games. Each generation are getting more well versed and independent with entertainment with things like Amoung Us surging in popularity with kids due to KZreadrs rather than getting a game because they saw TV advertisements for it.

Feel better soon. Outfit is fire. Episode was fire. Usual stuff. Thank God for you.

@ricojes

2 жыл бұрын

the big videogame publishers need to be on fire. the kind that results in a smoldering wreck at the top executive level.

I've never been so early...Thank God for Jim Sterling.

Sorry to hear that you are in pain. Best wishes for a speedy recovery

I recommend ender lilies for the Castlevania widowers out there! It's a great game with great music!

@utisti4976

2 жыл бұрын

Just mentioning Blasphemous, Ori 2, Bloodstained and Hollow Knight here. I recommend Blasphemous. 👌

@nobodyinparticular9640

2 жыл бұрын

Bit old, but gonna name-drop the Guacamelees games too

I like the call out to "just a nice videogame for a change". Maybe this could be a thing -- callouts to indie games that avoid being yet another regurgitated microtrx piece of shit.

Thank you for your work on this, and I hope you feel better

Thank you for your continued anti-capitalist coverage of the games industry. This NFT push is gross.

@zeehero7280

2 жыл бұрын

It's not anti capitalist its pro real capitalism anti corrupt garbage that leads people to turn to objectively failed evil crap like socialist ideas. Capitalism never meant exploiting people with crap products no one wants and never will unless certain slime gets their way in re defining the language. It means economic freedom to create goods and services that sell to people on the merit of those goods and services, and in doing so create jobs and make money for yourself. Intepreting Jim's justified lambasting of abusive practices as anti capitalist is insulting to jim, to you, and to the very thing that allowed video games to exist in the first place.

@varunojar5602

2 жыл бұрын

@@zeehero7280 Dude, selling piss and calling it wine has always been what capitalism is. And if you asked Jim I'm fairly certain they'd self-identify as anti-capitalist.

@zeehero7280

2 жыл бұрын

@@varunojar5602 You can go on spouting that nonsense you tell yourself all your life, anyone who thinks that is tragically mistaken. Jim or otherwise. it's sad that people mistake evil crap with the very thing that made civilization possible. and it's why there will be no future for any of us and things will continue to get worse until people wise up.

Honestly, I see NFTs as money laundering rather than actual sales. Anything 'without regulation' will be FULL of that shit.

Ooooo is it time to shit on Konami again? Excellent!

ayy KZread finally actually showed a notification for one of your uploads!

6:11 I think this is the first time I've heard "rifle" being used as an insult

I would appreciate more videos ending with "a nice game" mentioned, a gentle reminder of there being value in the industry. I know the solo positive videos never do well so it'd be a nice compromise.