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    '''Jim Sterling''' is an English-American freelance video game journalist, critic, pundit, and wrestling personality. Prior to becoming independent in September 2014, through crowdfunding, Sterling was the review editor for Destructoid, and an author for The Escapist. Their active YouTube series are "The Jimquisition", "Jimpressions", "Industry Bullshit", "Direct to Video", "Oh My Gawd Hype!", and "Commentocracy"; their discontinued series include "The Videogame Show What I've Done", "Boglinwatch", "itch.io Tasty", and "Nitpick Theater".
    '''Jim Sterling''' is an English-American freelance video game journalist, critic, pundit, and wrestling personality. Prior to becoming independent in September 2014, through crowdfunding, Sterling was the review editor for Destructoid, and an author for The Escapist. Their active YouTube series are "The Jimquisition", "Jimpressions", "Industry Bullshit", "Direct to Video", "Oh My Gawd Hype!", and "Commentocracy"; their discontinued series include "The Videogame Show What I've Done", "Boglinwatch", "itch.io Tasty", and "Nitpick Theater".


    Sterling was born in London, England, where they lived on the poverty line for much of their childhood and was psychologically abused by their mother's lover, a Hell's Angels outcast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-beginners-guide-review/|title=The Beginner's Guide Review – The Hardest Word {{!}} The Jimquisition|website=www.thejimquisition.com|accessdate=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414124258/http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-beginners-guide-review/|archive-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> This abuse is what prompted them to take on the "Jim Sterling" name, saying that they would have had it legally changed, if not for their legal issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ask.fm/Jimquisition/answers/135370745058|title=While Wikipedia had already listed "James Stanton" as your birthname, does that make "Jim Sterling" a pseudonym or something more official than that? And is the "Fucking" implied regardless of whoever says "Jim Sterling"? {{!}} ask.fm/Jimquisition|website=ask.fm|access-date=17 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324090022/https://ask.fm/Jimquisition/answers/135370745058|archivedate=24 March 2016}}</ref> In a video from November 2015 on ''Fallout 4'', when talking about the polyamorous relationship options they stated that they are "not a monogamous guy, nor [...] a [[heterosexuality|straight]] one either."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMUBqXkijAw|title=Fallout 4's S.P.E.C.I.A.L Relationships (The Jimquisition)|date=9 November 2015|work=YouTube|access-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317202601/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMUBqXkijAw|archive-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> They openly identify as [[pansexual]]<ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=I used to identify as bi before I realized the whole pan thing applied to me so much more...|user=jimsterling|number=1176169811124133888|date=September 23, 2019|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923171410/https://twitter.com/jimsterling/status/1176169811124133888|archive-date=September 23, 2019}}</ref> and [[queer]].<ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=Anyway, as an openly queer wearer of corseted hats, I do declare that homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia all smell of poo and wee. #IDAHOBIT|user=jimsterling|number=1129381002424606720|date=May 17, 2019|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828052501/https://twitter.com/jimsterling/status/1129381002424606720|archive-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> In June 2020, they became a naturalized United States citizen.<ref name="uscitizen">{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=The job is done, a citizen I am, and I have a flag to prove it.|user=jimsterling|number=1277592411657719808|date=June 29, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629132747/https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1277592411657719808|archive-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref> In August 2020, Sterling came out as [[nonbinary]] on Twitter, saying they accept all [[pronouns]].<ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=I am non-binary pansexual gendertrash. I like all pronouns. I haven't been this comfortable with myself before. Ever''.''|user=jimsterling|number=1298199496652918784|date=August 25, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825123123/https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1298199496652918784|archive-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
    Sterling was born in London, England, where they lived on the poverty line for much of their childhood and was psychologically abused by their mother's lover, a Hell's Angels outcast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-beginners-guide-review/|title=The Beginner's Guide Review – The Hardest Word {{!}} The Jimquisition|website=www.thejimquisition.com|accessdate=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414124258/http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-beginners-guide-review/|archive-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> This abuse is what prompted them to take on the "Jim Sterling" name, saying that they would have had it legally changed, if not for their legal issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ask.fm/Jimquisition/answers/135370745058|title=While Wikipedia had already listed "James Stanton" as your birthname, does that make "Jim Sterling" a pseudonym or something more official than that? And is the "Fucking" implied regardless of whoever says "Jim Sterling"? {{!}} ask.fm/Jimquisition|website=ask.fm|access-date=17 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324090022/https://ask.fm/Jimquisition/answers/135370745058|archivedate=24 March 2016}}</ref> In a video from November 2015 on ''Fallout 4'', when talking about the polyamorous relationship options they stated that they are "not a monogamous guy, nor [...] a [[heterosexuality|straight]] one either."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMUBqXkijAw|title=Fallout 4's S.P.E.C.I.A.L Relationships (The Jimquisition)|date=9 November 2015|work=YouTube|access-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317202601/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMUBqXkijAw|archive-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> They openly identify as [[pansexual]]<ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=I used to identify as bi before I realized the whole pan thing applied to me so much more...|user=jimsterling|number=1176169811124133888|date=September 23, 2019|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923171410/https://twitter.com/jimsterling/status/1176169811124133888|archive-date=September 23, 2019}}</ref> and [[queer]].<ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=Anyway, as an openly queer wearer of corseted hats, I do declare that homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia all smell of poo and wee. #IDAHOBIT|user=jimsterling|number=1129381002424606720|date=May 17, 2019|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828052501/https://twitter.com/jimsterling/status/1129381002424606720|archive-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> In June 2020, they became a naturalized United States citizen.<ref name="uscitizen">{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=The job is done, a citizen I am, and I have a flag to prove it.|user=jimsterling|number=1277592411657719808|date=June 29, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629132747/https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1277592411657719808|archive-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref> In August 2020, Sterling came out as [[nonbinary]] on Twitter, initially saying they accept all [[pronouns]],<ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=I am non-binary pansexual gendertrash. I like all pronouns. I haven't been this comfortable with myself before. Ever''.''|user=jimsterling|number=1298199496652918784|date=August 25, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825123123/https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1298199496652918784|archive-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> but since expressing a preference for "they" specifically.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patreon.com/jimquisition|title=Patreon|website=Patreon|language=en-US|access-date=2021-06-10}}</ref>


    ''The Jimquisition'' is a weekly YouTube video series in which Jim Sterling discusses current issues surrounding video games, primarily involving unethical business practices in the video game industry, of which they are an outspoken critic. The series originally started on Destructoid's YouTube channel and was later moved to The Escapist's channel, before being released on Sterling's own channel. ''Direct to Video'' consists of their playthrough of recently released, and often poor-quality, early access games, while ''Oh My Gawd Hype!'' features Sterling discussing anticipated upcoming games. Their main gameplay series is ''Jimpressions'' (formerly known as "Squirty Play"), where they discuss their impressions of a recently released video game while showing their own pre-recorded gameplay. Another (albeit rarer) series, ''Commentocracy'', consists of Sterling playing a flamboyant 18th-century aristocrat character called "Duke Amiel du H'ardcore" (a parody of "hardcore" gamers), who in a tongue-in-cheek manner reads disgruntled, haughty, or otherwise trolling online comments on the topic of video games.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cuphead Elitists Episode (Commentocracy) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QidBCKYVCMA |website=YouTube |accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref>
    ''The Jimquisition'' is a weekly YouTube video series in which Jim Sterling discusses current issues surrounding video games, primarily involving unethical business practices in the video game industry, of which they are an outspoken critic. The series originally started on Destructoid's YouTube channel and was later moved to The Escapist's channel, before being released on Sterling's own channel. ''Direct to Video'' consists of their playthrough of recently released, and often poor-quality, early access games, while ''Oh My Gawd Hype!'' features Sterling discussing anticipated upcoming games. Their main gameplay series is ''Jimpressions'' (formerly known as "Squirty Play"), where they discuss their impressions of a recently released video game while showing their own pre-recorded gameplay. Another (albeit rarer) series, ''Commentocracy'', consists of Sterling playing a flamboyant 18th-century aristocrat character called "Duke Amiel du H'ardcore" (a parody of "hardcore" gamers), who in a tongue-in-cheek manner reads disgruntled, haughty, or otherwise trolling online comments on the topic of video games.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cuphead Elitists Episode (Commentocracy) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QidBCKYVCMA |website=YouTube |accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref>

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    Jim Sterling
    Date of birth 1 January 1984
    Place of birth London, England
    Nationality American
    Pronouns They/them
    Gender identity nonbinary "gendertrash"
    Occupation freelance writer and YouTuber

    Jim Sterling is an English-American freelance video game journalist, critic, pundit, and wrestling personality. Prior to becoming independent in September 2014, through crowdfunding, Sterling was the review editor for Destructoid, and an author for The Escapist. Their active YouTube series are "The Jimquisition", "Jimpressions", "Industry Bullshit", "Direct to Video", "Oh My Gawd Hype!", and "Commentocracy"; their discontinued series include "The Videogame Show What I've Done", "Boglinwatch", "itch.io Tasty", and "Nitpick Theater".

    Sterling was born in London, England, where they lived on the poverty line for much of their childhood and was psychologically abused by their mother's lover, a Hell's Angels outcast.[1] This abuse is what prompted them to take on the "Jim Sterling" name, saying that they would have had it legally changed, if not for their legal issues.[2] In a video from November 2015 on Fallout 4, when talking about the polyamorous relationship options they stated that they are "not a monogamous guy, nor [...] a straight one either."[3] They openly identify as pansexual[4] and queer.[5] In June 2020, they became a naturalized United States citizen.[6] In August 2020, Sterling came out as nonbinary on Twitter, initially saying they accept all pronouns,[7] but since expressing a preference for "they" specifically.[8]

    The Jimquisition is a weekly YouTube video series in which Jim Sterling discusses current issues surrounding video games, primarily involving unethical business practices in the video game industry, of which they are an outspoken critic. The series originally started on Destructoid's YouTube channel and was later moved to The Escapist's channel, before being released on Sterling's own channel. Direct to Video consists of their playthrough of recently released, and often poor-quality, early access games, while Oh My Gawd Hype! features Sterling discussing anticipated upcoming games. Their main gameplay series is Jimpressions (formerly known as "Squirty Play"), where they discuss their impressions of a recently released video game while showing their own pre-recorded gameplay. Another (albeit rarer) series, Commentocracy, consists of Sterling playing a flamboyant 18th-century aristocrat character called "Duke Amiel du H'ardcore" (a parody of "hardcore" gamers), who in a tongue-in-cheek manner reads disgruntled, haughty, or otherwise trolling online comments on the topic of video games.[9]

    References

    1. ↑ "The Beginner's Guide Review – The Hardest Word | The Jimquisition". www.thejimquisition.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
    2. ↑ "While Wikipedia had already listed "James Stanton" as your birthname, does that make "Jim Sterling" a pseudonym or something more official than that? And is the "Fucking" implied regardless of whoever says "Jim Sterling"? | ask.fm/Jimquisition". ask.fm. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
    3. ↑ "Fallout 4's S.P.E.C.I.A.L Relationships (The Jimquisition)". YouTube. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
    4. ↑ Sterling, Jim [@jimsterling] (September 23, 2019). "I used to identify as bi before I realized the whole pan thing applied to me so much more..." Archived from the original on September 23, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Twitter.
    5. ↑ Sterling, Jim [@jimsterling] (May 17, 2019). "Anyway, as an openly queer wearer of corseted hats, I do declare that homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia all smell of poo and wee. #IDAHOBIT". Archived from the original on August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Twitter.
    6. ↑ Sterling, Jim [@jimsterling] (June 29, 2020). "The job is done, a citizen I am, and I have a flag to prove it". Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Twitter.
    7. ↑ Sterling, Jim [@jimsterling] (August 25, 2020). "I am non-binary pansexual gendertrash. I like all pronouns. I haven't been this comfortable with myself before. Ever.". Archived from the original on August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Twitter.
    8. ↑ "Patreon". Patreon. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
    9. ↑ "The Cuphead Elitists Episode (Commentocracy)". YouTube. Retrieved 23 January 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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