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A couple of people were foolish enough to encourage me yesterday, so now I’m inflicting another one on you.
Quakecon Keynote 2013 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
PC Hardware is Toast
This is why shopping for graphics cards is so stupid and miserable.
Why I Hated Resident Evil 4
Ever wonder how seemingly sane people can hate popular games? It can happen!
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.
Raytracing
Raytracing is coming. Slowly. Eventually. What is it and what will it mean for game development?
Heh, this one is even better! More humor about fantasy role-playing (vs. gaming in general) and humorous rule awareness!
As a slight tangent, hooray for OOTS returning from Summertime irregularity. Characters thinking like players need never get old.
Bah! I had a quick flash back to our campaign at the very beginning with that. Well actually it summed up most of it.
“I start gutting Gandalf!”
Here’s one way to win that particular campaign.
I’d just like to update Steven Den Beste’s link with the new Dork Tower link to the comic: http://www.dorktower.com/2005/04/15/comics-archive-674/
“Encouragement! Encouragement! Nya ha ha ha! I offer Shamus Young more ENCOURAGEMENT! Ha ha ha ha! Let the heavens bellow their darkest fears and bring forth more comics! Ha ha ha ha!”
…What? No, I do NOT laugh like Mandark. I laugh like that scary guy, you know, what’s his name. Never like Mandark. Stop saying I sound like Mandark!
This reminds me of playing the old 8-bit computer text adventure “The Hobbit”…
> kill gandalf
You attack Gandalf.
Gandalf breaks your skull with one mighty blow.
You are dead. You scored 2%.
Would you like to play again? Y/N
:)
LOL!
I say sack the town or die trying!
I refuse to post anything about not being able to see the webcomic, as I am a unique individual with thoughts of my own.
Wait… doh!
Heh, cliche. What make that especially funny is that most of the cliche’s in LoTR are cliche’s because Tolkien made them up and everyone else adopted them.
Kudo’s for the in joke.
11th!
@RPD: And kudos to you sir, for getting the joke. And making sure everyone knows you got it. And for making everyone who didn’t get it feel dumb. They do feel dumb, right? I hope they feel dumb. What’s the point of being smart, otherwise?
i would want to sack the town too after seeing that innkeeper!
I didn’t think I had earned my geekcard until I saw this site! Lovin it
only 15 comments??? Cmon you guys can do better then that! This comic is much better then 15!
Aragorn
Does 16 make it better? Aragorn could use a bit more dialogue, since he’s the only one around at the end.
very funny!!!! i love it!!!
Absolutely hilarious!!
lol@u klodin XD
Ah, this has to be one of my favorites in the series.
“Just wait. We’ll be back when I hit level 10”
claaaaassic
:)
total cliche
Most every single time I go on a quest it starts out in a tavern, even when we are in the middle of nowhere we find ourselves in some random tavern or inn
2019, still new readers ! (I read The LoR in 1977 for the first time…)
This comic remains the best ever!
If by any chance anyone else reads this, there’s a remastered version now:
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=55122
Wow. I just realized, Shamus made an even bigger leap than Peter Jackson did. The theatrical cut at least shows Bilbo’s birthday and Gandalf explaining his findings about the ring to Frodo and has a way of putting the Four Hobbits together (even if he skips the 17 year time jump, all the planning that actually went into Frodo trying to inconspicuously depart the Shire, the fact that Merry and Pippin were in on the business the whole time even if they didn’t tell Frodo, the move to Frodo’s fake new house, the Barrow Wights, and Tom Bombadil, to get us to Bree and then get us to Rivendell in a hurry.) Shamus skips over everything before Bree to try to get the party together faster. To be fair, with this group of players, they would have quit the game if it started with Bilbo’s birthday party.
Still love this comic.