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From The Archives:
Quakecon 2012 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
How I Plan To Rule This Dumb Industry
Here is how I'd conquer the game-publishing business. (Hint: NOT by copying EA, 2K, Activision, Take-Two, or Ubisoft.)
Borderlands Series
A look at the main Borderlands games. What works, what doesn't, and where the series can go from here.
Ludonarrative Dissonance
What is this silly word, why did some people get so irritated by it, and why did it fall out of use?
A Lack of Vision and Leadership
People fault EA for being greedy, but their real sin is just how terrible they are at it.
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.