Today is Earthworm Jim’s birthday 🎉 He’s 32 now.
It’s a shame they murdered the series. It would actually work well as a metroidvania.
It’s also a shame TenNapel is such human trash, because the games were genuinely good.
I still play my copy of EWJ2 on Mega Drive though. I got it from a video shop for $5 when the were clearing out their stock of 16 bit ex rentals.
I wouldn’t pay a cent for anything else EWJ related with what we know now.
just read up on him.
wow, what a piece of shit.
Was he only involved in the animated series? Or the games as well?
Everything. He created and owns the character.
It doesn’t matter what kind of person he is if he created masterpieces such as Jim and Neverhood. I love what he did, not himself, and his personal life is not my business.
You can love a piece of art without funding its creator or promoting it. No is saying you have to loath the art, but you also don’t have to publicly celebrate it (promoting it) or spend your money in a way that feeds a creator who is calling for harm against others.
I thought that up until he started to directly attack the LGBTQ community.
I don’t care what someone’s beliefs are - unless they start to harm other people.
If you give money to people who stand for values opposite to yours, you’re essentially financing a world where there’s no room for you.
you can choose to not engage with art that you dislike for any reason. but not everyone is you.
and quite frankly, you’re being extremely dramatic. no human is ever pure evil or pure good.
that’s not how life works. this isn’t a fantasy world.
this is how it is for most people, honestly. if someone can separate art from artist, I think that’s fine. i have had to do it in my life as well.
i love the ender’s game series. but orson scott card is absolute human trash. it doesn’t take away from my feelings toward the works, though.
i wish nuance would come back. everything is so black and white now. “you like this artist’s work? then you’re evil.”
that’s sadly the world we live in now.
Unfortunately, there is no middle ground when someone says people I care about should die.
when did I say that?
I’m talking about TenNapel. Not you.
Same dude if I wasn’t able to separate the artist from the art the only thing left to watch or read would be Sesame Street and Mr Rogers neighborhood.
Its like the shitty person wins twice. They did whatever fucked up thing they did and took away the ability to enjoy something you love.
Fuck that.
I live 15 minutes away from his home town of Turlock 😃
They’re not celebrating his birthday, tho 😔
