I would like to give Sterling some credit though. I thought his review of Sonic Colors, while very harsh on its own, did a very good job explaining why the game isn't the second coming of Sonic, and was important in offsetting the mostly unanimous praise the game received. Having played it for a while, it really isn't that amazing! I think giving it a 4.5 was obviously an exaggeration, but many of his points against it needed to be made in order for Sonic to have any chance of improving in the future.

Another review I think he did well was a retrospective on Metal Arms - a game from last gen. Convinced me to hunt down and buy the game and I am thankful for it!

Let me finish by saying that if you read some of his reviews without considering the final numeric score, they do make coherent, valid arguments about stuff that is genuinely problematic about the game. That was definitely the case for Sonic Colors, and seems like the case for From Dust as well, based on his review.

He can still be a blunt trolling arrogant dick sometimes, and many of his arguments are extremely shallow and narrow minded, but he does offer legitimate criticism that occasionally hits the nail on the head, or close to it.

I'm sorry to be harsh but I think this is bullshit. Nobody is 100% objective, and claiming you are is usually hypocritical at best. Reviewers find success because their own, personal taste is representative of a large enough segment of the consumer base. There always has been and always will be room for many of them. The facts should be reported and credit should be given where credit is due, but at the end of the day if personal taste is removed from the equation then all reasonably good games would end up receiving the same exact score: a "Solid 7", because you can always find something in the design or execution that isn't perfect and that somebody out there might possibly not enjoy. The same is obviously true for the game's good points too.
This is exactly the kind of thinking that brings us one assembly-line clone after another, and makes publishers scared shitless  about trying anything different!

You can't argue for diversity in gaming and also argue against outlying opinions at the same time!

It used to be that anything below a 6 meant the game was technically broken or unplayable. Perhaps we are thankfully moving ahead to a point where these issues aren't as common. Movies can still be considered terrible without the projector having to burst into flames, you know! 

I almost completely agree with his Bastion review (and no, neither he nor myself disliked the game).

I hope I won't have to agree with his From Dust review. It's one of my most wanted games of the year.

It's not just those games. For example, he gave both FF13 and Sonic Colours a 4. I mean, what? And other games are too high, or not finished (read:Metro 2033).

I like the Jimquisition, but as for his reviews, as with Yahtzee, ignore the actual content of the reviews and read it for the giggles :)

just how you flamed the fuck out of me for not liking FFXIII

@ OP

i've not played Bastion much (just got to the world hub) but so far its an okay game, i find the narrator to be the best thing about the game, however its pretty linear, and pretty easy for it's type.

He's a troll and should be ignored... that's it.

Why doesn't anyone else find his hatefullness entertaining? 

'cuz he's not funny.

Like yahtzee, really.

People reacting to him is some what funny. 

If you like the meltdown humor sure :P