T w e n t y S i d e d
Shawn has begun colorizing Chainmail Bikini. He’s gone back and colored the early strips as well. Also, today’s strip at last lives up to the name “Chainmail Bikini”, and is more or less where the name came from.
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Ah! How did I miss this yesterday? September 19 is was Talk Like a Pirate Day. Everyone Else posted pirate-y talk to their blogotrons, except for me. Let me now make amends. Time for some some fiercesome pirate lingo!
Bob: Hey Norman, can I borrow your copy of BioShock?
Norman: Sure.
FEAR: Ending
Total spoilers ahead. If you think you might pick the game up someday, skip the stuff below. The most important thing to know is that they forsake the traditional “Boss Fight” mechanics to deliver something different and (in my opinion) more rewarding. (For a longer review with less spoilers, check out this FEAR review from Alan De Smet.)
So let’s compare how this game worked to how it might have gone if it were a more pedestrian first-person shooter. Continue reading ⟩⟩ “FEAR: Ending”
Webcomic: Extra Life
A reader was kind enough to send along a link to the webcomic Extra Life, and this comic in particular. The first two panels aren’t even all that far-fetched. BioShock requires online registration and Steam requires positive ID before you can play.
Of course, every time they add a layer of DRM some ninny will appear in the forums crowing that, “This is only a little more hassle than previous DRM schemes.” Which is true. But reasonable people like me are not comparing this year’s DRM burden with last year’s. We’re comparing this year’s DRM burden to the burden we deserve as paying customers. Which is zero.
No, I’m not letting this subject rest. Writing on this blog has now become some sort of personal challenge, wherein I try to twist every subject into a rant against BioShock and the evil retarded pedophilic inbred cannibal Nazi liars at 2kGames. I will not be satisfied until the company is driven out of business and the involved parties are all conscripted into forced labor working in a malaria-infested South American turd mine. The company headquarters should then be burned to the ground and the ashes gathered up and disposed of in the same manner as depleted rods from a nuclear power plant. The building site will forever after remain a barren scar on the face of the world, since no life could hope to grow where…
Oh geeze. Where was I? Oh right. Webcomic. Yeah. Here is another good one, simply infused with the truth. Extra Life. Funny comic.
Where’s my medicine?
DM of the Rings:
Closing Credits
I would like to thank all of the following:
Huge thanks goes to Pixy Misa for letting me host my images on Mu.Nu. This was a much-needed resource that came when the comic got too big for my current webhost.
Roxysteve, Scarlet Knight, Carl the Bold, AngiePen, Browncoat, Telas, David V.S., brassbaboon, Deoxy, and all of the other commenters, too numerous to list.I’m not at all ashamed to admit that many times the comment threads were more entertaining than the comic itself. We talked about quantum mechanics, encumbrance, attacks of opportunity, how to convert a d20 to percent, and techniques for breeding Trolls and Balrogs . We’ve had some geeky, geeky conversations. You folks are a smart bunch. Thanks for sticking around and having clever things to say.
Peter JacksonWe’ve savaged his adaptation and nitpicked the book-to-movie conversion to death, but I have to hand it to him that the movies are a gorgeous piece of cinema, wonderfully cast and beautifully scored. After making this comic, I doubt I’ll ever be able to watch them again, but I will give Peter Jackson credit for doing a tough job for a demanding crowd.
Taken alone, the movies are wonderful. The fact that the movies fall short of one of the greatest works of fiction from the 20th century is not a great sin. For us die-hard fans of the book they could have been better, but they could also have been far worse. For everyone. I’m glad they were made.
New Line CinemaI don’t know if they didn’t notice or didn’t care, but I am so glad they didn’t unleash the lawyers and spoil our fun.
Dan, Adam, Chad, John, Luke, and TexThanks for the interview, the great gaming conversations, and for making Chainmail Bikini possible.
DMotR Deleted Scenes 5:
And Now For Something Completely Cliché
Here it is, the final bonus comic. Gotta end with a song. If you forget the tune, you can hear it here.
I wrote this a while ago, but was never really happy with it. Thanks to the lower standards of these Bonus strips, I can now foist this on you without guilt or shame.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “DMotR Deleted Scenes 5:
And Now For Something Completely Cliché”
Killing Language
Surprisingly, this story isn’t about the languacide perpetrated every day by semi-literate Halo fans on message boards across the world. It’s also not about similar crimes b cause all th kidz lern 2 type in IM and dont lern 2 spell or punctu8
No, this is about the death of languages besides English. According to this story, the number of languages in the world is shrinking quickly. (Right now there is a language with only one guy left who knows it. When he dies, it’s gone.) Some people estimate the number of living languages to be ~7,000 right now.
I wonder: Are they including Elvish and Klingon in that total?
From The Archives:
Punishing The Internet for Sharing
Why make millions on your video game when you could be making HUNDREDS on frivolous copyright claims?
Best. Plot Twist. Ever.
Few people remember BioWare's Jade Empire, but it had a unique setting and a really well-executed plot twist.
A Telltale Autopsy
What lessons can we learn from the abrupt demise of this once-impressive games studio?
Autoblography
The story of me. If you're looking for a picture of what it was like growing up in the seventies, then this is for you.
Starcraft 2: Rush Analysis
I write a program to simulate different strategies in Starcraft 2, to see how they compare.
The Best of 2013
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2013.
Object-Oriented Debate
There are two major schools of thought about how you should write software. Here's what they are and why people argue about it.
The Best of 2014
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2014.
My Music
Do you like electronic music? Do you like free stuff? Are you okay with amateur music from someone who's learning? Yes? Because that's what this is.
Video Compression Gone Wrong
How does image compression work, and why does it create those ugly spots all over some videos and not others?