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Sunswipe
Feb 5, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Lonos Oboe posted:

I have wondered many times over the last year or so why Yahtzee doesn't just go onto Patreon and do his schtick there and make the 12 grand a month or however much Jim Sterling makes.

I figure it's two reasons.

1. The Escapist "owns" his Zero Punctuation ip. As I heard that some other shows that were cancelled could not go on and continue with their own work on youtube.

2. Jim Sterling works like a mule to put content out and who the gently caress wants that?

Any thoughts on that one?

I think 2's a big part of it. At the moment, he's got a steady gig paying his bills, leaving him free to make games and stuff without worrying too much about whether they'll be commercially viable. I remember on one of his Drown Out videos he was saying he really enjoyed the freedom of being able to make a game that was exactly what he wanted without other people involved, taking as long as he wanted. Sounds like a nice level of creative freedom.

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