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Duly noted, but I don’t think anyone would mind, Dad. We’re pretty used to your antics and it would be cool given the circumstances.
From The Archives:
Linux vs. Windows
Finally, the age-old debate has been settled.
Project Frontier
A programming project where I set out to make a gigantic and complex world from simple data.
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?
Twelve Years
Even allegedly smart people can make life-changing blunders that seem very, very obvious in retrospect.
The Mistakes DOOM Didn't Make
How did this game avoid all the usual stupidity that ruins remakes of classic titles?
Small typo in the first balloon, “Saurman”.
Noticed it too, but thought maybe it was intentional? Players usually have a hard time remembering names like Saruman, which was definitely made up by the DM at the last moment.
It IS in the original, after all
There’s definitely a joke later where Aragorn thinks Saruman was also Sauron. This may or may not be part of it.
Nope, it was intentional. A commentary on how players don’t actually remember the DM’s high-fantasy names, but also part of the standard “So is this Saruman or Sauron we’re talking about now?”
The two similar-named top villains are the one point I can recall in the LotR commentaries when there was an active grumble about the source material; “wouldn’t do it that way today” or some such.
The jokes are what make the webcomic, but I love how Shamus was able to get such great screen grabs. Just a tremendous match between the line and the visual in panel 5.
This one really does hit differently.