[TRENCHES] Thursday, May 24, 2012 - Cinematic
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Cinematic
http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/cinematic
No Choice About It
AnonymousInbetween test projects, I got moved to an FPS toward the end of developement. When I played for the first time, I raised my hand and jokingly asked, “Can I put down the whole game as a serious bug?” I was going for a laugh, but I was quite serious. It was THAT BAD.
No one on the team was amused, because every newb made that same joke. They all knew it was the worst game ever made. But they had to work on it.
When you get a testing job, there’s no choice about what game you work on. They assign you a game and you work on it. Sounds simple enough.
In a bad economy, this game is the difference between you being employed for long hours and a so-so wage and being unemployed in the family basement. So when you’re assigned a game, you have to put up with it no matter what it is.
Don’t like M-Rated FPSs and want to work on the E-rated RPG in the other room? Sorry dude. Chances are for the next few months you’re stuck with that game, 8-12 hours a day.
Whatever it is.
If the graphics are bad, you see it every day. The voice-acting/music/sound design is atrocious? You get to listen to hours of it for audio bugs while you play. No Pandora for you (Guys got let go for doing that btw). Can’t skip cut scenes either.
And you have to test whatever they assign you to about that game. You have to anticipate what might be exploited or what might crash the game.
My brother once had the task to kill a flying mini-boss, the hardest creature in the game to kill in terms of skill, with every weapon in the game including that little axe they give you with no reach at all. His day did not end until he had killed the toughest monster in the crappiest game ever with a crappy melee weapon. It took him forever, as did every other mini-boss and normal boss in the game with every weapon.
Then the next day he got a new build… and had to do it again.
But that’s the job. The job that meant the difference between employment and unemployment.
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I'm assuming that's because his fingers are spread open, parting her hair, so you see the wall through the spread he opened.
Also, I can't help but think that Cora is in some kind of comatose after panel 1. Isaac moves his position from panel 2 to 3, but Cora's in the same exact pose with the same expression. As if they just copypasta from one panel to the next and then redrew Isaac. Seems kind of lazy. =/
Funny comic though.
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I think it's done on purpose to make her seem flabbergasted by what's happening. You never stand somewhere slackjawed after someone does something incredibly stupid.
And by the way, they didn't copy/paste her, as in the last panel they forgot to colour in her leg.
I'm also assuming that wasn't included because they couldn't figure out how to draw it, since their ridiculous and bizarre noses would have to interact in some way for a kiss to take place.
Isaac/Cora shipper 4lyfe, Isaacora 4evah.
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The story is that they didn't have or weren't able to pick an interesting real story to post, so they punted and put up that dull ramble instead.
I've really tried. I love dem guys but I just can't be a part of this anymore.
You'll be missed.
No, wait, the other thing.
I'd like to think that Scott's inability to draw two of his characters kissing will convince both him and Gabe of the inherent awfulness of Trenchnoses.
Guess we'll find out next week...
Sure they can.
Oh, "two of his characters" or "two of these characters"? Why would the noses affect it? Just draw one and have the other one turn their head slightly so you don't see the two noses interlocking. Or do an upside-down Spider-Man kiss. There are plenty of routes.
Or just do it straight across like normal. It could happen. It just wasn't going to happen here because that's not what they were going for.
I love this line
It isn't about you, or about how you buy games, or about getting angry at injustice. It's about them talking about the shitty work environment of testers because somehow the job always gets a "good rap", in that people get the wrong impression about testing. You aren't supposed to do anything about it, because it's obviously not about you. The stories aren't even supposed to make you laugh, they're supposed to be relate-able to testers.
You look at the comic and read the stories, it's hardly being "a part of" anything really. I wouldn't call myself "a part of" wall street because I see it on television.
Also, the "story" feels really weak this time. It's less of an interesting anecdote and more of a straight description of testing in general.
and I don't get why someone would take the time to edit a comic to show they don't like it in that manner. To load the photo, scrub the bubbles, add and size your text and then fit in some other image... just... wth. sometimes it's okay to walk away quietly. o_O
Because he needs us all to know that he's not happy and can't be "part of this" anymore.
Actually, I don't see how any of those ways would work with a "negative space" nose. Any kiss is going to look wrong at best.
The great thing about the edit is that, on it's own, it's a pretty funny parody of WORST COMIC EVER internet fanboys, but then you realize it was written in all seriousness by an internet fanboy and your mind is blown. Poe's Law, man, not even once.
Noses can smoosh a bit in kisses.
But that's just it! Two holes aren't going to "smush" when people are kissing. The two holes will just stare each other down. Creepily.