Sterling started using the term as early as 2012 on their channel in a variety of unrelated contexts with different meanings for humorous effect. Sterling has been credited with coining the term "Chungus", which would later be part of the name of the " Big Chungus" meme. The lawsuit was raised to $15 million, before it was eventually dismissed with prejudice in late February 2017. They further accused Digital Homicide Studios of deleting negative feedback of the game on its Steam review page, and banning users who criticized it. In March 2016, a lawsuit was filed against Sterling by Digital Homicide Studios, seeking $10 million in damages for "assault, libel, and slander", following their negative review of their first game The Slaughtering Grounds. Gavin was replaced on episode 251 with Conrad Zimmerman, who had previously worked alongside Sterling at Destructoid.
The third founding member/co-host, Irish musician Gavin Dunne, had his final permanent appearance on episode 250, leaving to pursue a musical career. They currently maintain their own website, The Jimquisition, in addition to producing a podcast titled "Podquisition", which is shared with fellow British game journalist and founding host, Laura Kate Dale. Sterling also stated their desire to go back to writing articles and recording podcasts, which they were not able to do since leaving Destructoid. On a 2020 episode of The Jimquisition, they stated that they had departed The Escapist after the publication had refused to publish their negative review of Assassin's Creed Unity, citing that parent company Defy Media was afraid of damaging any sponsorship opportunities with Ubisoft. In November 2014, Sterling announced that they were leaving The Escapist and intended to seek funding for their work independently through Patreon. They have often spoken against sexism in gaming, and have been open about the fact that their position on this subject has slowly evolved.
SEPHONIE GAME SERIES
Their main gameplay series are "Jimpressions" and "Squirty Play", where they discuss their impressions of a recently released video game while showing their own pre-recorded gameplay. The series originated on Destructoid's YouTube channel and was later moved to The Escapist 's channel, before being released on Sterling's own channel. Sterling presents The Jimquisition, a weekly YouTube video series in which they discuss current issues surrounding video games, often involving consumer protection and ethics in the video game industry.