Digital Homicide Studios - Down the Rabbit Hole
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2016
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The first in what I hope to be a miniature documentary series on internet rabbit holes. This first one is about Digital Homicide Studios, a delusional two-man game studio and the insane actions they take when they can't handle criticism.
100,000 thanks to Kevin MacLeod, from whose website I pulled all of my music at incompetech.com. All tracks are licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 License. The songs, in order, are:
Spy Glass
Airport Lounge
Inspired
Sidewalk Shade -- slower
Finding the Balance
Decisions
Overworld
Master Disorder
The video sample of the "absurd game" comes from Vinesauce, the game being Le Fantabulous Game, available for free.
The audio visualization of the "interview" comes from youtube user DieDevDie.
Scripting, voice work, and musical choir bit in the intro are all done by me.
I was not paid for any endorsements in this video 
Игры
Aaaaaand they're banned for sueing 100 steam accounts.
According to some posters on their old FB account they are now operating under Loot Toot games. Seems possible since they have a generic penguin Ive seen on lousy Newgrounds flash games on their website.
EarlFaulk 2:17 seems to confirm that
I love how Valve stated that they stopped doing business with Digital Homicide due their hostility toward their customers.
What a perfect description.
"60 frames of copyright infringement a second" That's the most magnificent phrasing I've seen all day. I feel like they were trying to brag and accuse at the same time.
So when i record gameplay im violating copyright laws?
"60 frames per second of pure copyright infringement, buy now and we will up that to 200 frames of pure copyright infringement"
Humble brag!
I think it was a brag
Not like there games hit 60 frames
Quality content.
I have to disagree. "A bear chested harpie and an actual bear" can top it
"I'm definitely an adult"
sounds like something an adult would say
Exactly what went through my mind too.
If a tournament level pro fighting game player reviewed a new fighting game and rates it highly because of how balanced it is and how intricate the combos and counter system is, that review is of little use to an average player like me.
A person who doesn't play much fighting games reviewing the game to see if it is friendly to new-comers is more useful to me.
However, I play a lot of strategy games so an expert's review is more useful to me to see if the game is shallow or not.
All perspectives are useful to somebody.
replied in the wrong text box
@@Gooong nice
@@Gooong Big fat oof
''I'm an adult because I have kids''
That's not how it works chief.
Biologically it's technically true. Socially and emotionally...not so much.
Didn’t know best girl would be here
Nui Harime
"I'm an adult because I have kids"
Pregnant teenagers: "Aight, imma head out."
That's just even worse, but true unfortunately
I hope he is either making that up, or that he has kids who aren't living with him because that would be bad, judging from the activity in this video.
Digital Homicide should change their names to Digital Suicide after what they did to their own careers.
One internet goes to you sir.
If this isn't the truth
OMG! Yes!!
WOW
My sides have gone to hyperspace.
Aww, you cut out the best bit of the Skype call.
Romine: "Uh, yeah I'm 35, I got 3 kids..."
Jim: "Oh dear."
Such a perfect British response to that bit of info.
What about when Romino tried to use a bit where Jim was pretending to raise a mutant army as proof that he was sending his fans to attack him?
12:46 Correction: Its right here.
Not the "Oh dear." part.
That sounds like Jim alright.
"I hear story of friend his name is Shamrock he reverses ground magnets with touch." [sheep bleating while NPC levitates]
10/10 game of the year
I was crying
Gotta love those vinesauce clips. I love when Vinny plays games like these.
I know it's been one year but may I know which stream it was from?
@@ZorotheGallade It's from Le Fantabulous Game.
Binyot flips the ground magnets
"Someone's gonna sue you. Not saying we are!" Sues him like 2 years later.
Well 2 years did pass so idk why you attempt to be slick. It's not like it was the very next week.
subtle foreshadowing
Oh and uh, UPDATE: They tried to sue a bunch of steam users, and valve banned them from steam.
HALLELUJAH!
is it true that the brothers then tried to sue Valve?
@@AaronKaiMCDNLD they tried to force Valve to publish the real names of more then hundred steam users in order to sue those individuals. Valve had enough and kicked them out. Finally.
Good riddance.
@@lukasadamson6091 funny thing is steam users arent all from us what if they are from north korea or Somalia or Antarctica he was planning to sue them too?
They're the "Amy's Baking Company" of "game" developers.
Now /that/ is a Down the Rabbit Hole I'd like to see.
That suggests Amy's Baking Company was never down there to begin with.
govin pillai Turns out she bought those cakes from another bakery...so yeah
LeisJ Productions So exactly like Amy’s Baking Company, just replace “cakes” and “another bakery” with “assets” and “asset store”
It's so odd that people this damaged and delusional can even function. It must be hard for Romine to look in the mirror knowing he's screwing other people for profit...or maybe not.
This is..... pathetic. I can't even begin to comprehend how someone trying to cement themselves as a real game company when 90% of their "career" so far has been attacking a reviewer?
Procrastinating actual work.
Robert Romine: *Looks in the mirror.*
"I'm about to ruin this man's whole career."
_OOoUuh. OUc h. That one even hurts m e on how accurate it was though great job x(_
That is absolutely hilarious.
if you can't handle someone being critical of your art, you shouldn't publish your art.
He fucking blames the player instead of his shit game lol
Fully agreed.
I wouldn't even venture to call these guys real developers making "art". Let's just call them what they truly are: a couple of deluded, unscrupulous con men who tried to make a fast buck by any means and got so upset when some online game reviewer posed a possible threat to their profit margin that they unintentionally and singlehandedly screwed themselves over with every attempt to get even with him. They got dealt a permanent, career-finishing blow by the mighty merciless dick of karma and they only have their egos to blame (I guess you can blame, I mean thank, Sterling for that too). This saga couldn't have had a more satisfying ending.
...art
I agree! However, this isn't art...it's a cheapass video game!
What confuses me is:
When you look at their practices, you'd clearly say these guys are con-artists. They make crap, they know they make crap, they don't care, they only want the money.
On the other hand... they go into a huge battle and drama with famous internet-reviewer, and even started a legal battle which they simply had no chance to win. That's NOT what con-artists do.
So... are they just crazy? But... then they would really have to think that their "work" is worth something, and NOT a scam...
I just don't get it.
They're both very motivated and very delusional. It's a frequent combination of traits among assholes.
Maybe they were willing to give up all that shit as it is lol and try to win the case all or nothing
Uh, do you not know Uri Geller?
@@MetalArmaggedon It's not about being evil. What the developers are doing is 1. Actively Scamming a lot of people, especially younger people I would believe 2. Just a well known way to make a quick buck of of naive people. 3. Ruining the market and (potentially) crashing the market (this is almost exactly what happened with the video game crash in the 80's). Now I don't believe that this company could singlehandedly crash the market in this day and age, but why would you ever condone something that is just bad to the market in general, as well as very scummy?
A part of living in the free world is the free market, which you mention, but so is freedom of speech and not standing up to these guys and their toxic behaviour would be very stupid.
Do you honestly believe that they think their games are good? Do you think they actually believe that you can put out so many games in so little time without them being actual hot garbage? if so you are naive my friend :)
Happy New Year!
I believe they are just a certain kind of people who behave like this. Probably they do all this cus they are enraged, but also because they don't wanna lose face. The fact that they chose to go to court without an attorney shows you what kind of people they are. :) Im no Psychiatrist or anything but it honestly sound like they have SOME kind of mental disorder to me. you HAVE to be some kind of delusional and have a way inflated ego and delusion of grandieur to behave like this.
Thats just my personal opinion though.
Digital Homicide uploading Jim Sterling's videos and roasting him through on-screen text is unironically hilarious and brilliant. It's like some Adult Swim surreal late night skit or something.
It's also ironically hilarious, considering they kept accusing him of violating fair use by using gameplay footage while simultaneously using his video to attack him.
It reminds me of Blacktail, who does the same thing, with even less effort, but for military vehicles. I recommend turning the playback speed to at least 1.5x because those videos drag on.
i see nothing wrong done by romine. jim sterling is an annoying retard and got completely mogged over this. pure comedy
I laughed my ass off when Jim released.. reviewing the reviewing of the review of their game.
the inception's unreal, i love it
It's not inception. It's meta. I swear, people abusing that term have no idea what "inception" actually means.
"inception- The beginning of something, such as an undertaking; a commencement. synonym: origin."
Read a book, you fucking Toool.
@@encycl07pedia- Or how about you stop being an asshole and tell this to people in a way that comes across as understanding and informative rather than coming across as being a massive jerk.
@@calebgadison167 better synonym, douche bag.
@@encycl07pedia- It’s s reference to the movie Inception.
@@KnakuanaRka NSS.
I hope that whole "I have 3 kids" thing was just a sympathy grab. I'd feel bad for any children whose dad acts like this Ramine guy.
No one told him Hand Puppets don't count.
+David Roberson does that mean he has 3 hands...?
@@0uttaS1TE because his penis size doesnt surpass either of the lengths of his fingers
If he does have any children, then those children have to deal with a sociopathic father.
ruclips.net/video/GHYVwnVbaxw/видео.html
@@maximilian200057 Not necessarily. He may not know who they are.
Romine sounds like the kind of person on deviantART who can't take any kind of constructive criticism on their work and immediately takes it as an attack on them, lashing out like a child and further making a fool of themselves.
Their art being sonic inflation porn, of course
@@TheArnoldification Or someone calling themself by some made-up title (i.e. "Study Boy") making an unoriginal crossover between Sonic the Hedgehog and Sailor Moon with a self-insert, along with Hot Wheels cars acting as transformation items.
INHUMANENATION If something that is always perfect yet unneeded exists, why bother making it in the first place if it'll always be if the same value. A "true" artist's drive is to improve themselves and their medium to their greatest potential, not let it stagnate as if there was nothing to improve. And by the way, anything can be taken as art. Is everything in the world perfect? Unless you're delusional, no, it is not
@@INHUMANENATION even if someone criticises your "expression", you should have the ability to be mature enough to understand where the criticism might be coming from, and if the criticism is nonsensical, then just ignore it and move on.
@@INHUMANENATION Art isn't merely a self-indulgent process. The piece at the end makes a statement. Poorly-executed art delivers a muddled statement, even if we ignore the whole fact that representational art has a very technical side to it.
My wife drove uber and picked up Sterling to take him to the post office to get his fan mail. Nice guy.
@@notnoaintno5134 Maybe it was in the shop?
You do realize many people living in big cities don't have cars. I don't get it either, being in Texas myself, where we all own Trucks.
@@notnoaintno5134 Daily parking lot costs a fortune while public/private transport offer more incentive in long term, more taxes to paid since you'd probably walking or using transport to your workplace, add up with some others factor, you got the views.
Born livid
I'm not like you
@@moseshamlett3887 Not everyone can afford a car and because there are so many cars on the road in major cities, the tests are made more difficult to deter or altogether prohibit drivers from gaining license. I got my license in North Carolina and it was super easy aside from one lady trying to fail me every time she saw me. I went back to my hometown of Baltimore and most of the people I know have never had or failed to maintain a car. The cost of living is high and the jobs pay low. Not to mention there's a million traffic lights and cameras everywhere and you have to make sure you park your car on the right side of the street depending on the time of day or else you'll end up like me with probably close to a thousand in tickets in just my first few months out of Uncle Sam's Boy Scouts.
I love how Ramine says that Sterling has a "responsibility to game devs" but he really doesn't. Ramine has a responsibility to create games worth playing but he doesn't even attempt and prefers to con people.
He does have a responsibility to game devs and to customers and he fulfils this responsibility by calling out cynical asset flips.
the crash of '83 was caused by companies like digital homicide where quality control was way below the number of copies they pumped out. I doubt that digital homicide could have the effect of bringing down the gaming market, but they can dilute the indi market. I just hope steam's new greenlight laws can push away games like this while encouraging serious devs to go after there dream projects.
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
get scammed idiot all it did was make it way worse with the exception that now games don't even have to be voted on and just get on the store page without any superivision
I've heard that Discord will be opening an online gaming store soon and they will be carefully selecting which games they will sell.
@@Jugernaut915 it actually has cleaned things up quite a bit recently. I haven't seen anything as bad as what it used to be.
@@scyfy2289 I remember buying The Forest on steam greenlight when it first came out. Good game, but really scary.
@@scyfy2289 A developer actually put a game on Greenlight that didn't come with the .exe file, therefore allowing them to sell a game that literally doesn't include the game. Greenlight sure is great
Why would an adult start a game review response with "hi im ___ and im an idiot"
They wouldn't.
A juvenile adult with a childish vendetta, however, would. That's like something a 5 year old does after their babysitter says they can't have ice cream.
@@U.F.O *Hi, I'm Chris Hanson. Take a seat.*
@@U.F.O no that's what an immature 12 year old would do, a 5 year old wouldn't be that crass.
The implication that without Jim's review, they would have sold $3 million worth of their games is just *so* wild. I'd love to see their math that led them to those numbers.
"Okay, multiply the number of active steam users by the standard price of our game....add %13 for error..... yeah, that should be 3 million."
😆🤣🤪
Ugh. When someone tells you that they will hire a lawyer to sue you, tell them to do it. The first thing a lawyer will tell them is not to mention the case in public.
@john smith Exactly. Theyre so full of shit when they make threats.
Digital Homicide could've remained if James Romine hadn't acted like a manchild and actually listened to criticism.
MartianManHunter2258 And, actually make games with effort and less assets.
MartianManHunter2258 Think about how horrible his children must be
im glad they didn’t
Wazzz UP! I heard that Dungeons of Krasnodar was apparently going in that direction before the Romine fucked up.
He didn't even have to listen to criticism, he just had to not act like a massive pissbaby for a week and nobody would have even remembered Jim's original video. It would have just faded into the background of Jim's channel, becoming just one of the hundreds of first impression type videos he's released. Then he could have continued releasing utter crap and scamming his way into retirement in relative peace.
Jim Sterling comes from a country where the video game crash didn't happen though.
True enough, I definitely could have been clearer about that. There are a lot of things I would fix in this video, but I think that's true of any content creator's relationship with their first video. =P
Larry Bundy Jr holy fuck i love your videos
holy fuck you and Fredrik should do a video together
holy fuck
Do you spend 99% of your day commenting? I see you everywhere in comment sections.
"you did a bad thing with bad reviews"
* proceeds to use one of the most abusive and overused practices on youtube *
“Instead of focusing on the fact that *Y O U R* an idiot.”
That irony, though.
You're*
@@DoppSkates that is the point😑
@@DoppSkates oof woosh that went over your poor little head
Wow, this unexpectedly blew up. Huge thanks to Jim Sterling for tweeting this out!
This was made in a huge rush; I did it in three days from conception to completion--that includes research, scriptwriting, voicing, and editing, and it's definitely a bit rough because of that.
People are pointing out a few inaccuracies. First, he does make money off of his videos; only the Jimquisition ones are funded through Patreon. Oops.
Second, while the case could still go to court, the research I did seems to say that has technically been dismissed, but Digital Homicide still has a chance to issue a rebuttal. As far as I can tell, they're on their second attempt to make the lawsuit coherent. I tried to make the gist of it somewhat clear in the video, but trying to explain everything that was going on would have been even more confusing. In short: my bad. I beg forgiveness from the Gods of Legal Jargon and Pedantry.
Anyways, hope you enjoy!
Edit: Also I call the interview a "review" at the end of the relevant segment. I'm convinced that some issues only appear after a video is viewed by a larger audience. I propose further quantum research into the spontaneous manifestation of errors.
Another Edit: I realize that in the last day or so, Digital Homicide has threatened litigation on a number of other people, and that a number of their Greenlight games have been torn down from Steam. Once more happens, I'll likely make a followup video.
It happens, man. It's like writing a book. You only notice the mistakes once you hit the Submit button.
Just do what Jim does when it comes to mistakes: blame Chip!
Given that I've actually published a book, I'm acutely aware of this phenomenon. It never goes away.
I knew I should have been wary of that "Chip" fella.
Oh cool, same here. *Published Author Bro-Fist*
As someone who publishes a lot of work like music and 3d art and even long-winded forum posts, i feel the exact same way. There are some errors you just cant see until everyone can see them too.
Exactly. I'm thinking of doing another video talking about what I got wrong and the stuff I had to gloss over in the interest of time, sort of like the "Lies" segment in Extra History. If I did, I'd probably call it "Biff."
"Possibly to draw in new viewers"
I don't think Jim is THAT underhanded. I honestly think he did it for archival reasons, because if there's one thing he's good at, it's saving shit people said and done to bring it up later, though he mostly does that with corporate executives within the "AAA" game industry.
TRIPLE AAAAIIIY INDUSTRY
I mean there's nothing wrong with trying to draw in a new audience with different content
Also Jim made a point to almost never mention DH for a year. Partly because the lawsuit was ongoing, but to point out that they destroyed their careers that year when he wasn't even talking about them. That was the year they tried to sue valve and make them fork over the personal details of over 100 users. And valve responded by banning them from steam.
"yet you affect tons of developers lives"
yes, that's a definite byproduct of reviews for better or worse. this guy cracked the code.
Like did the man ever consider maybe he should make better games?
Unlike Digital Homicide's games, your online creation is UNUSUALLY competent. I hope to see more from you soon!
you were right
Does the guy who had made that "Cool Cat" movie (who had hilariously entered into an insane dispute with I Hate Everything) live in the same neighborhood as the Ramine brothers? Their manner of speech seem quite similar.
Jan Rupert Alfeche inception... Dun dun duuun
His name is Daddy Derek btw
And actually, these 2 situations are very similar (Cool cat vs IHE / Digital homicide stud vs Jim)
The next episode should cover Cool Cat.
AXL Law COOL CAT LOVES TO BOOGIE WOOGIE
"Sometimes a lazy or cheap developer will buy a myriad of assets, and plunk those on to basic coding then call it complete."
HMMM I WONDER WHO THAT REMINDS ME OF
@@Unfrightable yanderedev
@@oldchannel2185 yandere dev also stole some fan assets
Though your original comment was a bit too broad, yes, Yandev is pretty scummy. And the whole concept was just Hitman in high school.
"60 frames of copyright infringement a second!"
That would require your games to run at a consistent frame rate, Mr. Ramine
In case you haven't heard, DigiHom's not only tried to subpoena Valve for the names of around 100 Steam users for leaving negative comments so they (DigiHom) could sue them, when that attempt failed, they then said they would prepare legal action against Valve itself.
Oh, trust me, I know. I'll be making a follow-up video after everything calms down.
Not only did the attempt fail, Steam in response to the ludicrous request pulled ALL of Digital Homicide's games entirely off their platform
+Fredrik Knudsen.
Well. It's calmed down now. Soooo..? :D
Did you know that SUICIDE has a second I?
Wow.........theyre dumb.
is this the daddy derek of video games
The only difference is that digihom was stupid enough to actually file the lawsuit they were threatening Jim about.
Derek Smart Derek Smart Derek Smart!
From Digital Homicide Studios brings you:
School Shooter Simulator
@@oak1835 digital homicide kill the kids
@Diamond Dawn oh you sweet summer child
R.i.p. unity with those new fee's.
“Leave your negative reviews in forums” aka “leave your negative reviews where not that many people will see them”
No joke. Where almost no one will see them. Most people don't even look at the steam forums because 99% of them are people farming for steam points by trolling to get that dumb clown reward thing.
This is a promising start to what I hope will be an expansive and informative series. You've got the vocal presence and research skills to make this work.
You were right! Thankfully!
And he did.
Indeed
Your foresight is impressive
I hear story of friend
this friend is shamrock
he reverses ground magnets with touch
*inexplicable sheep*
Inexplicable Sheep is the name of my new indie band.
Nah, I think Ground Magnets is way cooler.
I can get behind that. I can't wait to hear their new single: Shamrock Friend.
To be honest, that actually DID make me giggle a lot.
I think it was the inexplicable inclusion of a sheep that killed it.
Or I just have a really poor sense of humor. :(
Please play fantabulous game it's an experience and a half
Vincent Sauce caught while playing what is known as an "egg-like"
I just feel like it's my civic duty to point out that Digital Homicide went under after subpoenaing Valve for the personal information of a bunch of Steam users, and their case against Sterling fell apart and was tossed out of court. Sterling made a full postmortem of the situation after it cleared up.
I bought one of my friends The Slaughtering Grounds a long ass time ago as a joke. It fucked up his computer because the game didn't actually fucking CLOSE and the only way to close it was to restart the entire computer.
Dogman_35 hahaha seriously?
Why couldn't your friend just kill the process?
I hope you have learned your lesson. I mean, you probably didn't intend for that to happen, I understand, but just be aware of the potential for damage that cruel games made by cruel people can cause.
@@jarrodanderson4825 ah my sweet summer child, you really think you can stop THE RAW POWER OF THE RAMINE BROTHERS?!
" A 'bare' chested harpy ; an ACTUAL bear.... "
I see what you did there XD
The Bear chested Harpy! The most horrific of Harpies. They bite you in half as you stand there confused.
I imagined a harpy with bear heads instead of breasts
Nice.
Pretty sure the "Romine brother's" don't exist, it's just one dude, having a fall back account
If the other brother dose exist the guy is one hell of a pussy. Has never spoke a word to Jim, always had his brother do all the talking.
The best thing about you Frederik is your inflexible impartiality. You never judge, always stick to the facts. That's true journalism.
Agreed.
“As a game reviewer, you should be a quality game... player.”
Tell that to the IGN guy that reviewed Cuphead lmao
Hey! Hell figure out how to jump one of these days
I remember when the worst review on IGN was Pokemon Mystery Dungeon on the DS. How times have changed.
@@BrysonSpahn I thought it was pokemon omega ruby
that wasnt ign it was a totally different review company. ign did say that dark souls is hard though
I have no idea why people care about that. Big deal.
YO WHAT
VINESAUCE
I mean, if it's examples of horrible garbage you're looking for...
TOASTEngineer Hey, fantasticaneer made a beautiful game. Do not judge our beautiful friend.
Borderlands Steve egg-likes need a reprisal of the genre
Koopliss >implying the fantabulus game doesn't look good
No shamrock
Only sausage wiener streams
9:09 "To top it off, when you make a mistake you find it amusing."
that's called "self awareness".
“As a game reviewer, you should be a quality game player.”
Yeah but as a game developer you should be a quality game maker.
4:10 VINNYYYYYYY
INCONTINENT FURRIES
I HEARD HIM TOO AHHHH
FIELD OF KOOPERS
BINYOT
Lapass Lassuli Link to pfp pls
I just want to clarify that jim does receive ad revenue from youtube, only things under the jimquisition brand is funded by patreon
3:59 Three years later and I still have no idea what this is, and I'm still captivated.
Read the description of this video and you'll find the answer.
Man, I used to do something like this with my younger siblings when we were kids, except we *knew* that we were only pretending to be a real game studio, and most of our content was actually based on the works of others. It was so much fun, but it's bizarre to see grown men doing this, seemingly without any self-awareness.
As soon as this guy said unity and assets I began to understand why their games look like student projects
Dominic Rojas you paid a dollar, what do you expect ?
Ben Phone There are way better games out there for a dollar
@@benphone7430 Cry of Fear is entirely free on Steam. It presents itself as a Half-Life 1 mod and, except the source engine, everything in there was made with brand new assets.
you deserve FAR FAR FAR more views. watched 5 of your vids tonight and this is high quality content!
@Myrrmoasta Si. Habla no espanol Rojas anejo
Drachenmann
I love the laugh at 15:12 - it's like Joker remembering something funny but trying not to burst.
Hello Böjan.
It's the laugh of an angry man who can't throw hands, I've heard it before
Wow this comment become more relevant
I've had this on for nearly two hours and just now realized I've been in an autoplay loop on the two DH videos.
Great video man, you've got a sub out of me.
Digital Homicide suing you in three...two...one...
You say that this is your second documentary-style video, the first being seven years ago in high school?
Honestly, man. This is pretty comprehensive and fantastically presented. I'm looking forward to more.
When I was 19, I had a 16 edgy teenage jacket friend who started a hacker group called Digital Homicide.
Upon watching this video, I was relieved to learn it was not about him. 😂
Surf Wisely.
"I'm an adult. Also I act like a 10 year old kid."
Pretty common thing it turns out.
@@MarylandResident i have to admit. i also act like a kid when i get really angry
Holy crap this studio is like the worst I ever met. If anything, Jim should be the one sueing them!
Paul Panzer Not only that, but the "company" itself went bankrupt
Probably operating under the name Loot Toot now, according to some.
Jim made a video basically summing up his experiences with Romine Bros. He listed everything he had accomplished since they started targeting him, then went on to demonstrate how they've become synonymous with terribly unethical business practices, been banned from Steam, and have gone bankrupt.
Jim honestly says he pities the brothers, which I do believe is true.
He almost did. He could very well have counterclaimed, but he said it wasn't worth it. James Romaine destroyed himself. He's down the rabbit hole, as it were and he will never fully climb back out. The reason why he backed out is because Sterling's attorney told him just what the logical outcome would be. He would lose far more than he would if he didn't grant a dismissal with prejudice. He did, but not before modifying the document without disclosure and trying to get him to sign it. Now that it's over, he will continue to show what happens when you don't give a shit, and there is nothing he can do about it. The dismissal even told Romaino or whatever (he thinks he was compared to the godfather... ok.) that if he ever wanted to issue a fair use takedown, he would need to consider his own corrupt business practices. Thank god for Jim Fucking Sterling Son.
The President Good.
I was very impressed with your CWC video. I hope the quality, effort, dialogue, and research keeps up.
Hey, looks like Digital Homicide is back....AGAIN.
Oh god no.. I remember when they were giving their games out for free
Yes, they're back, tell some friends.
@Richard Lucena ruclips.net/video/O7hy44PZZX4/видео.html&ab_channel=JimSterling
You know, most of your videos seem primarily neutral, but this one has some direct jokes at Digihom's expense. "In a bit of recursion that would make Christopher Nolan blush..." I just love the flat neutral tone you said it in. It's quite comedic!
kinda like a child when they get yelled at for doing something they're not suppose to, so they double down and do it again while red in the face and trying not to cry with a frown.
The worst part is that the story kept going from here. They tried to sue every steam user who left a negative review of a product and get personal information of each steam user, down to credit card numbers and street addresses
And Valve responded to that request by banning them lol
The ask for every Jim Sterling video for the next 5 years to start with an apology to Digital Homicide Studios is so crazy I wouldn't be surprised if they never expected this lawsuit to make it to court. Just shows the ego these guys have for games they took 20 mins to produce.
Your Down the Rabbit Hole series is very addictive. I love it!
Someone told me this whole case was like the the Battle of Wits scene from The Princess Bride...with Jim's legal team as Wesley and DH as Fizini.
This is surprisingly professional for a first video. Huh. Good job. I tip my hat to you.
Watching this after finishing the EVO Online video. It is insane how much you progressed in less than a decade. I am so lucky to have been here throughout most of that time.
I just found your channel through your DSP piece and I'm crazy about this series now. BUCKLE UP KIDS, I'M WATCHING THE WHOLE PLAYLIST TODAY.
"As a videogame reviewer, you must be a good videogame player!" This poor poor guy hasn't heard of Dean Takahashi, hasn't he?
Wild Freeze or polygon.
+Venitex GD with summons, I'd imagine.
Or dps
Or arin Hanson
ImmaLittlePip hey now! Arin isnt bad at ALL games. :^)
or IGN.
Oh shiz are you a fan of vinny?
Ehhh, step right up, come on, you know, time to do Mechrio time.
vinny pizzapasta is the best pizzapasta
Fredrik Knudsen you’re god.
I bow to you
A Vineysauce fan! :D
*I AM GOD AND THEN YOU KNOW*
“A bear-chested harpy”
Now, this I’ve gotta see!
When did you get here Chalmers?
I'm so happy I found your channel, came for the great, galloping video on Chris-chan and staying for everything else. Happy you're achieving so much success!
This is well made, competently edited. I don't know why I immediately noticed, but Jim's "Squirty Play" now calls itself "Jimpressions", not sure why I even nitpick here as this is a good video. I wish you well for the future.
Fantastic video mate, I can see this go viral, cause Jim just tweeted this out :D well done... on the other hand.. this video makes me really angry, I don't understand how these two idiots get away with it...
Cant believe I just discovered you and you’re done making videos for at least 3 years. Come back! Your vids are lovely
I love Jim sterling and I didn’t know all of this information! Supper pleased! Now subscribed! nice video quality! Best of luck on your RUclips career
Unity: Shit posting but for video games
DrawnToLove it’s much worse with assets for smart phone games.
Jim Sterling criticizes Scott Cawthon. Dude makes successful franchise. Sterling criticizes Digital Homicide, they ruin themselves.
Outstanding quality from the very beggining of this series, you shouldn't be surprised this blew up.
Hope your channel keeps growing both in viewership and content.
My god the quality editing, and audio everything done in this video is amazing and your voice sounds great love your videos keep making more
Hey. I enjoy your work because it's informative and well organized. I've even learned some things about people and games I already know and may or may not love! Just giving you the heads up on this because it's a thing everyone needs sometimes. Thanks.
WHOOPS! looks like there may be a part 2 to this now. XD my goodness.
Its wild to come back, I remember when this was new. It was back when I was watching jim sterling, and I knew nothing about you.
Now years later I still remember you and watch your videos, and you are making me remember jim sterling, who I'd forgotten. Was really something to see how he's changed...
An ammo counter should only be two inches below the crosshair when you play the game on a four inch screen.
Goddamnit. That Slaughtering Grounds music. I thought I had escaped that by now. Oh no...
ruclips.net/video/qMImR3-QUWE/видео.html
Fredrik Knudsen Oh no, what they have done! D:
4:10 Is the best part of the video, tell me what game is that, i need it
It's called "Le Fantabulous Game" if I'm not mistaken.
Ben Jackson yeah it's also gonna get a full fledged remake i'll try finding the link to the dev's channel
BINYOT
Look for Vinesauce - Vinny
Rob Evans the Donut Man
i listened to the offical podcast when you started on it and it was fire, it made me interested in your content, and buddy you got it
going back and watching his old videos I noticed something he speaks slower now.
IT is also amazing to see how far is content has come and realised that it has been almost 4 years since.
This is such a direct contrast to how Scott Cawthon responded to Jim Sterling’s critique of Chipper and Sons Lumber Co. Scott took that as motivation to create FNAF, one of the most successful indie game series of all time.
was it jim sterling who leveled the critique that led to scott?
Im a gamedeveloper myself and part of a 3700 Members big Slack group of other developers and i wanna make a thing clear here: If you review our games do it on a neutral perspective. If there is an error in a public release then obviously that is something you should mention aswell as the good things that work. A proper review is not bound to "developer friendly" actions.
Jim sterling is making great reviews and manages it to give the rest to the single customers opinion. On that way both sites can profit and learn.
Thanks for this Video, i will retweet it and like it ofc. :)
Glad to see this channel getting big. This is the go to video if anyone wants to learn about Sterling v DHS. I know there's a follow up video as well but maybe sometime in the future you could make another follow up on the brothers and where they are now? I'd love to see how low they're sunk and if they've tried any more scams regarding lazy and deceitful practices. Thank you.
first video ? wow amazing its like you were born for this keep it up !!!