T w e n t y S i d e d
I’m taking Thursday off, so no comic on Friday. Enjoy your holiday.
– Shamus, Wednesday Nov 22, 2006
Aww, I wonder which Thanksgiving that was. They all smush together in my memory, but I was…eight? Oh shit, that was the thanksgiving right after my first major seizure.
I didn’t actually take part in that Thanksgiving dinner, I was busy having an allergic reaction to one of my medications. I think I vaguely remember an audio book about a magical teddy bear taking two kids though a magic world for…some reason? It had Christian overtones…and something about a Christmas star? Weird.
Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry
Why was this classic adventure game so funny in the 80's, and why did it stop being funny?
This is Why We Can’t Have Short Criticism
Here's how this site grew from short essays to novel-length quasi-analytical retrospectives.
Why I Hated Resident Evil 4
Ever wonder how seemingly sane people can hate popular games? It can happen!
The Dumbest Cutscene
This is it. This is the dumbest cutscene ever created for a AAA game. It's so bad it's simultaneously hilarious and painful. This is "The Room" of video game cutscenes.
Self-Balancing Gameplay
There's a wonderful way to balance difficulty in RPGs, and designers try to prevent it. For some reason.
So, on the plus side, looks like they found the inn. And probably the tavern.
…Teddy Ruxpin?
Man, “taking 10” (and, to a lesser extent, taking 20) really is an incredibly underappreciated game rule.