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Tim Buckley wrote a lengthy piece discussing and defending his decision to have a miscarriage storyline in his funny games comic.

I mean, on the one hand we can't ignore real issues and CAD has sort of become half soap opera/sitcom and half games funneys!!!11

But surely there's a place for each, not a place for both?

Most of that was great - except the hugely expected dig at CAD, which has pretty much all been done by now. Laughing at the expense of the same thing everyone's already been laughing at the expense of for a month is hardly clever.

I like CAD.

Not as good as the funky horror of "College Roommates from Hell", but still.

Oh, and Sinfest is clearly the best webcomic ever for all of time.

I used to like The Perry Bible Fellowship, before the author packed up and took his ball home.

Craster wrote:

Gosh, a whole month. The worthless noob should obviously borrow Davros's time thinger to look forward in time so he can script, prepare and compile his stuff in time for the exact nanosecond that the goon masses consider it worth commenting on.

:this:
I've just started reading these and they're pretty funny. Ctrl-Alt-Delete appears to be the work of satan.

Mr Chris wrote:

I like CAD.

Not as good as the funky horror of "College Roommates from Hell", but still.

Oh, and Sinfest is clearly the best webcomic ever for all of time.

*narrows eyes*

Mr Chris...

*imperceptibly shakes head*

I'm in two minds about that - some wider range would be great, but video games really need more people who will call a spade a spade and a pile of mediocre toss Halo 3.

sinister agent wrote:

I'm in two minds about that - some wider range would be great, but video games really need more people who will call a spade a spade and a pile of mediocre toss Halo 3.

Not seen his MGS4 review, then?

... the wonderfully surreal/depressing Garfield Minus Garfield.

Lave wrote:

Mr Chris wrote:

I like CAD.

Not as good as the funky horror of "College Roommates from Hell", but still.

Oh, and Sinfest is clearly the best webcomic ever for all of time.

*narrows eyes*

Mr Chris...

*imperceptibly shakes head*

CAD and CRFH were, obviously, jokes, but if you're actually dissing the 'Fest, well now. There will be words.

Anyone else like Crazy Kimchi? Not sure he updates as often as he used to, but it was excellently bonkers stuff, with added butt plugs.

What no UserFriendly?

Phew! CAD and CRFH are atrocious but I've never read Sinfest. Link please!

Other than that, my webcomics are all non-gaming; Dinosaur Comics (pretty damned wonderful), Dilbert (60% bollocks, 40% horribly, hilariously true about life working for a big company, which I do)

I used to like The Perry Bible Fellowship, before the author packed up and took his ball home.

Anyone got a link to the proper miscarriage one?

I liked the alone in the dark gag a little. I don't know, I don't think it's hugely funny, that story seems to be the writer working through something that's been on his mind. I'm not seeing why the whole internet needs to rise up in anger against them though. Don't like it, don't read it.

Whomper wrote:

... the wonderfully surreal/depressing Garfield Minus Garfield.

Just came in to say :this:

http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

Author:	MaliA [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 17:42 ]
Post subject:	Webcomics
Zero Punctuation does webcomics and, to my mind, is pretty much bob on the money. WARNING: CONTAINS SWEARING AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND I FIND IT AMUSING.

Author:	Grim... [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 17:55 ]
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Anyone else think they were going to see a webcomic drawn by Yahtzee at the other end of that link?

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 19:06 ]
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He did a great one called yahtzee vs. the world (or similar) which was great. Great.

Author:	GazChap [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 19:18 ]
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This particular video was almost certainly created because of a recent argument had on SomethingAwful's forums, where one army of users thought that Ctrl+Alt+Delete was a really good webcomic, and another (bigger) army of users, including Yahtzee, thought that it was the biggest pile of festering shite seen since the famed "Now that is one big pile of shit" scene from Jurassic Park. The miscarriage storyline featured heavily in this argument, and also brought forward this parody, which is delightful in it's own unique way and shows just how bloody stupid it is to use such a storyline in a comic that, up until that point, had been centred around humour. And I use the word "humour" in the loosest possible sense:

Author:	Cras [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 19:19 ]
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Most of that was great - except the hugely expected dig at CAD, which has pretty much all been done by now. Laughing at the expense of the same thing everyone's already been laughing at the expense of for a month is hardly clever.

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Author:	sinister agent [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 19:25 ]
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Yahtzee's whinged about shit webcomics on his site for years, on and off. His site is hit and miss, but has some great moments. It's interesting that they let him do the piece - perhaps he'll try to edge towards general-purpose ranting from now on. I'm in two minds about that - some wider range would be great, but video games really need more people who will call a spade a spade and a pile of mediocre toss Halo 3.

Author:	metalangel [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 19:36 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Tim Buckley wrote a lengthy piece discussing and defending his decision to have a miscarriage storyline in his funny games comic. I mean, on the one hand we can't ignore real issues and CAD has sort of become half soap opera/sitcom and half games funneys!!!11 But surely there's a place for each, not a place for both?

Author:	metalangel [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 19:45 ]
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That's what I'm saying - while I enjoy watching Ethan and Lilah's relationship antics (especially as Chugworth has more or less died after the stupid 'Almadirro/Sally dumps Kiyoshi and he goes all emo' storyline) CAD seems more and more bipolar. He was definitely onto something with the recent 'Idiots in Space' vote-on-what-happens-next story, which reminded me of the good old days of Miss Dynamite.

Author:	AceAceBaby [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 20:23 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Craster wrote: Most of that was great - except the hugely expected dig at CAD, which has pretty much all been done by now. Laughing at the expense of the same thing everyone's already been laughing at the expense of for a month is hardly clever. Gosh, a whole month. The worthless noob should obviously borrow Davros's time thinger to look forward in time so he can script, prepare and compile his stuff in time for the exact nanosecond that the goon masses consider it worth commenting on.

Author:	Dr Lave [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 20:44 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
MetalAngel wrote: Tim Buckley wrote a lengthy piece discussing and defending his decision to have a miscarriage storyline in his funny games comic. I mean, on the one hand we can't ignore real issues and CAD has sort of become half soap opera/sitcom and half games funneys!!!11 But surely there's a place for each, not a place for both? There is a place for each both and any permutation. But if you've shown yourself to be incapable of achieving the basics of comedy, continuity, characterisation and dialogue then attempted such a complex storyline is getting ahead of yourself. And by 'getting ahead of yourself' I'm talking about getting the Doctor to come and help you travel to the other end of time and space. CAD's success is such an embarrassment to the world of video games that the fact it a) can exist and b) can be popular is all the evidence you need about why videos games are still put next to trekkies in terms of credibility.

Author:	Rodafowa [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 20:58 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
ZP is always good value, even if that one was eerily reminiscent of Your Webcomic Is Bad And You Should Feel Bad in places.

Author:	Whomper [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 21:27 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Ctrl-Alt-Del is truly awful. I tried reading it once, but decided that my life was too short and the author's life had already been too long. I hadn't picked up on this miscarriage hoo-hah until now, but rest assured it hasn't changed my opinion. I do read Penny Arcade, though - it's hit and miss, but it's hardly a high committment relationship to read a webcomic (particularly with RSS), and there's no denying that Gabe is good at art and Tycho is good at words, even if they frequently use these talents for self-indulgent wankery. Other than that, my webcomics are all non-gaming; Dinosaur Comics (pretty damned wonderful), Dilbert (60% bollocks, 40% horribly, hilariously true about life working for a big company, which I do), Boy on a Stick and Slither (tiny and often excellent) and the wonderfully surreal/depressing Garfield Minus Garfield. I used to like The Perry Bible Fellowship, before the author packed up and took his ball home. Incidentally, anyone who reads webcomics but doesn't use RSS is exposing themselves to a great deal more pain and advertising than they need to.

Author:	MrChris [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 21:42 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
I like CAD. Not as good as the funky horror of "College Roommates from Hell", but still. Oh, and Sinfest is clearly the best webcomic ever for all of time.

Author:	Dr Lave [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 22:26 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Mr Chris wrote: I like CAD. Not as good as the funky horror of "College Roommates from Hell", but still. Oh, and Sinfest is clearly the best webcomic ever for all of time. narrows eyes Mr Chris... imperceptibly shakes head

Author:	Joans [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 0:03 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Good point. Sorry, Satan.

Author:	Pod [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 0:32 ]
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Fact: Ages ago I bought some t-shirts. They were CAD ones. LOOK, I WAS YOUNG AND STUPID AND DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER. DON'T HATE ME, BRO. Additionally, it's 'well-known' that Yhatzee hates CAD. Infact he used to have a comic-o-list on his website and every 3rd day would post saying "**** off asking me to put CAD on the list".

Author:	MrD [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 0:32 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
I used to help with a webcomic, I used to BE in a webcomic. Then the guy who did the actual comics gave root access to a fool I deliberately didn't give access to (in my neat PHP comic management menu thingy) and the first thing they did was erase the entire thing.

Author:	myp [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 13:25 ]
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I quite like CAD, too. I didn't know it was universally reviled.

Author:	sinister agent [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 23:04 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Cat and Girl, boy on a stick and slither, and Horribleville are all I need. For now.

Author:	GazChap [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 23:18 ]
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Whomper wrote: I used to like The Perry Bible Fellowship, before the author packed up and took his ball home. Check out Truck Bearing Kibble.

Author:	Joans [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 23:37 ]
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I've just started reading these and they're pretty funny. Ctrl-Alt-Delete appears to be the work of satan.

Author:	Cras [ Wed Jul 02, 2008 23:59 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
AceAceBaby wrote: Craster wrote: Most of that was great - except the hugely expected dig at CAD, which has pretty much all been done by now. Laughing at the expense of the same thing everyone's already been laughing at the expense of for a month is hardly clever. Gosh, a whole month. The worthless noob should obviously borrow Davros's time thinger to look forward in time so he can script, prepare and compile his stuff in time for the exact nanosecond that the goon masses consider it worth commenting on. The point is that "Ragging on CAD" has become practically the biggest joke on the internet, and it's been done to death. People saying how crap CAD is has actually become less funny than CAD. If you take a long time to prepare material, you can't be ultra-topical, not on the internet, because it moves too fast.

Author:	metalangel [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:25 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
I can recommend this one as a good, if obscure web comic. Arachne is more or less how I imagined my dunmer Oblivion character as being.

Author:	MrChris [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:01 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Lave wrote: Mr Chris wrote: I like CAD. Not as good as the funky horror of "College Roommates from Hell", but still. Oh, and Sinfest is clearly the best webcomic ever for all of time. narrows eyes Mr Chris... imperceptibly shakes head CAD and CRFH were, obviously, jokes, but if you're actually dissing the 'Fest, well now. There will be words. Anyone else like Crazy Kimchi? Not sure he updates as often as he used to, but it was excellently bonkers stuff, with added butt plugs.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:17 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
sinister agent wrote: I'm in two minds about that - some wider range would be great, but video games really need more people who will call a spade a spade and a pile of mediocre toss Halo 3. Not seen his MGS4 review, then?

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:47 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Just watched it again. I find them all amusing, mostly because I feel no need to aggressively defend the games I play. Interestingly, that particular video has nearly 600 comments on it now, which is at least twice as many as the average video gets.

Author:	sinister agent [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:58 ]
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Grim... wrote: sinister agent wrote: I'm in two minds about that - some wider range would be great, but video games really need more people who will call a spade a spade and a pile of mediocre toss Halo 3. Not seen his MGS4 review, then? He was very mild about it, but he did say basically the same things as I did (except for saying the characters were 'well-rounded'. What the fuck?), though he went on about the controls, which I didn't have much problem with. You don't need to hold down three buttons to aim - only to aim down the sight, which is pretty much useless anyway. Not that it makes it a good thing, but it made it pretty irrelevant to me, especially given the other, more significant things wrong with the game. 'sides, you can't agree with them on everything.

Author:	Bluecup [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:40 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Whomper wrote: ... the wonderfully surreal/depressing Garfield Minus Garfield. Just came in to say http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

Author:	WTB [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:37 ]
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Anyone got a link to the proper miscarriage one?

Author:	Pundabaya [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:57 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
All webcomics fall before the might of Dr McNinja.

Author:	Dr Lave [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 13:34 ]
Post subject:	Re: Webcomics
Mr Chris wrote: Lave wrote: Mr Chris wrote: I like CAD. Not as good as the funky horror of "College Roommates from Hell", but still. Oh, and Sinfest is clearly the best webcomic ever for all of time. narrows eyes Mr Chris... imperceptibly shakes head CAD and CRFH were, obviously, jokes, but if you're actually dissing the 'Fest, well now. There will be words. Anyone else like Crazy Kimchi? Not sure he updates as often as he used to, but it was excellently bonkers stuff, with added butt plugs. Phew! CAD and CRFH are atrocious but I've never read Sinfest. Link please!

Author:	Plissken [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 13:49 ]
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What no UserFriendly? Didn't think so. It used to be most excellent. Now if you go to the website ARGH MY EYES!

Author:	devilman [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 13:54 ]
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Plissken wrote: What no UserFriendly? I've not been on there in ages. I found the day's discussions being more interesting than the comic itself. Not sure what it is about webcomic authors' inability to draw women either.

Author:	Plissken [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 13:54 ]
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All I want is it sent by email, but no. Even frickin' Dilbert can manage that.

Author:	Cras [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 14:06 ]
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I liked Sluggy for a while. Find it hard to keep up with convoluted plot based ones though. Sexy Losers tickles my Bad-taste-o-matic.

Author:	MrChris [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 14:24 ]
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Lave wrote: Phew! CAD and CRFH are atrocious but I've never read Sinfest. Link please! CRFH was amusing for the first couple of months or so. I was amazed to discover yesterday that it's still going! Brrr. Feast your eyes on the splendour of the 'Fest Plissken wrote: UserFriendly That was brilliant to start with, but went shite many, many moons ago.

Author:	AceAceBaby [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 14:30 ]
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I used to read My New Filing Technique Is Unstoppable.

Author:	devilman [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 14:35 ]
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Another 'used to read' - Red Meat There's also a build your own meat if you want to waste a few hours creating your own comic strips.