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New Comic 2/2/11

duraxdurax Who watches the watchdogs?Registered User regular
edited February 2011 in Social Entropy++
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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited February 2011
    I enjoyed this comic.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I guess scripted sequences before easily dying sequences would lose their charm, yeah.

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    That's pretty cute.

    I want a giant, monster worm to be my nurturing mentor.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    i just started this game

    it's real good

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    "Rowr, I guess!" is somehow really adorable to me.

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  • GSMGSM Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Problem:
    Action > Save Point > Jump Scare > Action

    Solution:
    Action > Jump Scare > Save Point > Action

    GSM on
    We'll get back there someday.
  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I remember getting mysteriously stuck on one part of Kingdom Hearts where you fight Riku. I had to watch that cutscene close to a dozen times.

    By the second or third time my roomate and I were making fun of the line "Kairi's inside me?" and reciting it each time I had to do the fight over.

    Cutscenes should be skippable the second time through, at-least.

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Oh! We another comic about Dead Space. I could've mentioned that farther up, maybe.

    And that "another comic" URL is broken on the front page too.

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  • FramlingFramling FaceHead Geebs has bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I really like the word 'fuckfest.'

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    this comic is pretty delightful

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I believe FFX had a cutscene that seemed to go on for about 6 minutes RIGHT before a mini boss battle

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Lookit all that juice!

    Shut up, Cole. Just... shut up.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Great, Tycho mentioned Dynamix in the newspost and now I'm depressed all over again.

    It doesn't help that I think I'm one of the 5 people who ever played Earthseige instead of Mechwarrior.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    This is a really shit version of something that would have been a valid complaint around '97.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Reloading saves

    wow

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The fact that games are still doing it is worthy of derision at each and every opportunity

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Let us deride the hell out of this.

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  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    natek wrote: »
    I believe FFX had a cutscene that seemed to go on for about 6 minutes RIGHT before a mini boss battle

    THE FIGHT BEFORE SEYMOUR ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE

    oh my god that fight was such a bitch and then you had to watch Tidus and Rikku whine at each other each and every time you died

    Whoever designed that particular transition should be shot

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Lookit all that juice!

    Shut up, Cole. Just... shut up.

    augh

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Great, Tycho mentioned Dynamix in the newspost and now I'm depressed all over again.

    It doesn't help that I think I'm one of the 5 people who ever played Earthseige instead of Mechwarrior.

    Ah-ha! I knew there was a reason I had that box sitting in the basement below a heating duct for all these years, waiting for an opportunity to have me shine a flashlight on it and snap a photo.

    But I don't know anything about this game the comic's based on, though. Maybe it would make more sense if I did.

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Didgeridoo wrote: »
    natek wrote: »
    I believe FFX had a cutscene that seemed to go on for about 6 minutes RIGHT before a mini boss battle

    THE FIGHT BEFORE SEYMOUR ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE

    oh my god that fight was such a bitch and then you had to watch Tidus and Rikku whine at each other each and every time you died

    Whoever designed that particular transition should be shot

    just remembering this sends me into a seething rage holy shit

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Oh man this comic speaks to me.

    I skipped clock tower 3 because of the scripted scares and bullshit restarts. Also playing The World ends with You right now. You can get raped by a boss and if you didnt save before the fight that was before the boss fight well fuck you buddy!

    Bedlam on
  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    SabreMau wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Great, Tycho mentioned Dynamix in the newspost and now I'm depressed all over again.

    It doesn't help that I think I'm one of the 5 people who ever played Earthseige instead of Mechwarrior.

    Ah-ha! I knew there was a reason I had that box sitting in the basement below a heating duct for all these years, waiting for an opportunity to have me shine a flashlight on it and snap a photo.

    Okay, well, that makes 4 of us: you, me, my brother, and this kid who used to live in my neighborhood.

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  • Frosty the Snow PlowFrosty the Snow Plow Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    This comic actually made me laugh; I feel good now!

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    GSM wrote: »
    Problem:
    Action > Save Point > Jump Scare > Action

    Solution:
    Action > Jump Scare > Save Point > Action

    I'm playing through MGS4 right now.

    The method seems to be

    Action > Cutscene > Savepoint > Cutscene > Cutscene > Cutscene > Savepoint > Cutscene > Action

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Oh man this comic speaks to me.

    I skipped clock tower 3 because of the scripted scares and bullshit restarts. Also playing The World ends with You right now. You can get raped by a boss and if you didnt save before the fight that was before the boss fight well fuck you buddy!

    I skipped clock tower 3 because I'm a little girl.

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Oh man this comic speaks to me.

    I skipped clock tower 3 because of the scripted scares and bullshit restarts. Also playing The World ends with You right now. You can get raped by a boss and if you didnt save before the fight that was before the boss fight well fuck you buddy!

    I skipped clock tower 3 because I'm a little girl.
    I think Amnesia is the more fun game where you run away from shit you cant fight, anyway.

    Bedlam on
  • EncEnc A Fool with Compassion Pronouns: He, Him, HisRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    GSM wrote: »
    Problem:
    Action > Save Point > Jump Scare > Action

    Solution:
    Action > Jump Scare > Save Point > Action

    I'm playing through MGS4 right now.

    The method seems to be

    Action > Cutscene > Savepoint > Cutscene > Cutscene > Cutscene > Savepoint > Cutscene > Action

    As opposed to The Bouncer:

    Cutscene > Cutscene > Cutscene > Cutscene... etc > Cutscene > Credits

    Enc on
  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Just unlocked the part in TWEWY where I can retry battles.

    Wouldve saved so much early game frustration if it was there from the start :S

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2011
    Weaver wrote: »
    This is a really shit version of something that would have been a valid complaint around '97.

    nope this comic is hilarious actually

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Heheh this was good. I like that worm.

    "I don't know what you want me to tell you, mindworm. It's a real fuckfest down there."

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Heheh this was good. I like that worm.

    "I don't know what you want me to tell you, mindworm. It's a real fuckfest down there."

    Attempt Twelve:
    "Oh for fuck's sake, just wait here. I'll talk to those guys."

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Heheh this was good. I like that worm.

    "I don't know what you want me to tell you, mindworm. It's a real fuckfest down there."

    Attempt Twelve:
    "Oh for fuck's sake, just wait here. I'll talk to those guys."

    Hahah

    I'm reminded of the comic with the spider, with the immortal line "Let me talk to her."

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Edcrab wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Heheh this was good. I like that worm.

    "I don't know what you want me to tell you, mindworm. It's a real fuckfest down there."

    Attempt Twelve:
    "Oh for fuck's sake, just wait here. I'll talk to those guys."

    Hahah

    I'm reminded of the comic with the spider, with the immortal line "Let me talk to her."

    Which one was that?

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Ivar wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Heheh this was good. I like that worm.

    "I don't know what you want me to tell you, mindworm. It's a real fuckfest down there."

    Attempt Twelve:
    "Oh for fuck's sake, just wait here. I'll talk to those guys."

    Hahah

    I'm reminded of the comic with the spider, with the immortal line "Let me talk to her."

    Which one was that?

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/6/7/

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  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    What creeps me out is how you go back into an area/room and all the NPCs lock onto you and follow you around the room with their head or they start rotating in place.

    WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU LOOKING AT

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  • Darth WaiterDarth Waiter Elrond Hubbard Mordor XenuRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I read the comic and loved the rowr-I-guess-line, but the last panel changed it for me.

    'Did you use the remote mines? Like we talked about?'

    Seems like ... nagging.

    Go ahead and re-read the whole thing in with your mom's voice for the worm, you know ... when she would remind you about taking out the trash ... puts a whole new spin on it.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I read it more as if the player had a massive breakdown on the fourth or fifth time, prompting mindworm to give the ROWR stuff a break and try and console him

    "I just can't take it any more!"

    "Dude, just... just relax, calm down. It's not the end of the world. Do you have remote mines?"

    "*sniff* Y... yeah, I do."

    "Maybe try those this time? Do you want to do that?"

    "I, I guess so. *sniff*"

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Enc wrote: »
    GSM wrote: »
    Problem:
    Action > Save Point > Jump Scare > Action

    Solution:
    Action > Jump Scare > Save Point > Action

    I'm playing through MGS4 right now.

    The method seems to be

    Action > Cutscene > Savepoint > Cutscene > Cutscene > Cutscene > Savepoint > Cutscene > Action

    As opposed to The Bouncer:

    Cutscene > Cutscene > Cutscene > Cutscene... etc > Cutscene > Credits

    Oh you mean the Xenosaga method of video game planning.

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    It would work better as a Groundhog Day comic if the worm wasn't aware of such things.

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