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Deus Ex and The Treachery of Labels
Deus Ex Mankind Divided was a clumsy, tone-deaf allegory that thought it was clever, and it managed to annoy people of all political stripes.
Was it a Hack?
A big chunk of the internet went down in October of 2016. What happened? Was it a hack?
Control
A wild game filled with wild ideas that features fun puzzles and mind-blowing environments. It has a great atmosphere, and one REALLY annoying flaw with its gameplay.
MMO Population Problems
Computers keep getting more powerful. So why do the population caps for massively multiplayer games stay about the same?
Another PC Golden Age?
Is it real? Is PC gaming returning to its former glory? Sort of. It's complicated.
It seems there is a joke regarding Gimli and Legolas but I don’t get it. Can anyone help me out?
I’m pretty sure it’s just a set-up for the next strip. Shamus ended this strip the same way, then started the next strip talking about what happened to Legolas and Gimli. Their friendship is a big secondary story in the books, but the epilogue also gets into some lore Peter Jackson didn’t have a good way to explore in the movies. So it’s not as significant there. It’s kind-of like Gandalf, before he returns to Valinar, says he’s going to go have a LONG TALK with Tom Bombadil, who isn’t included in the movies at all.
And I’m still sat here going “what happens to Legolas and me?”
Oh good I didn’t have to be the one to say it. Because I certainly thought it!
“Aye, me can do that.”
The last panel’s grammar may not be correct, but it sounds more stilted-medieval. Gimli’s player might be from the early Bioware fantasy RPG era, and do things like that deliberately?
Then again, his is an out of character question, so maybe not.
“What happens to Legolas and my good self, my good man?”
I do like Aragorn’s player’s unbridled delight, not at being king or wedding Arwen, but at Gandalf leaving.
I forgot how quickly this comic wraps up; I only read it after it was finished, so I didn’t have the experience of it coming out, but this remake has been part of my routine for…some time (however long it’s been running now) and it’ll be weird not having a new strip each week.
I took the liberty of looking back in the archives, the first remaster post was on January 1, 2023.
So nearly exactly 3 years. Give or take however many strips there are left.
What a wild, fun ride it’s been.
Unlike the film, where there’s always more endings than you remember.