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| date_birth = 1 January 1984

| place_birth = London, England

| nationality = American

| pronouns = They/them

| gender = nonbinary "gendertrash." "Trash girl from the gender dumpster."

| occupation = freelance writer and YouTuber

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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", "Squirty Play," "Industry Bullshit", "Direct to Video", "Oh Mah 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, 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> They still use the name Jim Sterling, but have added the middle name "Stephanie."

 

''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 Mah Gawd Hype!'' features Sterling discussing anticipated upcoming games. Their main gameplay series is ''Jimpressions'', where they discuss their impressions of a recently released video game while showing their own pre-recorded gameplay. They also have a gameplay series called Squirty Play, where they play and mock a randomly selected game off of Steam Direct. 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>