The story is true, unfortunately. Unfortunately for him. For the rest of us, we get bloomed-out, nostalgic imagery to enjoy. We have a lot of strips that feature doctors of various kinds. This one was five years ago, and lead to a host of startling outcomes. His particular weak point in this context is specifically The Dentist, a context I have only positive associations with. Brenna and I schedule them for the same time so we can go to the dentist together and then we have lunch. It's a…
I know intellectually that I like Splinter Cell. I always have. For your use, my favorite Splinter Cell games are Chaos Theory and Conviction. But I didn't remember being fucking insane about it, possibly because it's been gone so long. But I might be. I might be cuckoo for a very particular brand of Cocoa Puffs. I chose my handle because the man was full of incongruities, ones you have to contend with - you have to muck around in the gullies between them and fashion little bridges here…
It was like five minutes into the start of this E3 shit that we found out about Battle Royale coming to Battlefield V, but it's like… Battlefield's inherent virtues mean that it has something to say here. Powerful vehicles, classes, and destruction are going to flip this thing on its head. For a Royale game, tech wise? DICE started on third base. It's like I said about Realm Royale - this is a genre now, so, you know. Good timing for them I guess. It's like when everybody had to have…
One day there may be an apparatus designed to fully articulate the moment a trend becomes a genre. Recall that shooters were called Doom Clones, for example. Until this machine is constructed, perhaps from a sliver of replicating extraterrestrial alloy, let's try this: a trend becomes a genre when the "clones" start getting really, really cool. Realm Royale is another one from Hi-Rez, a company which has a knack for approaching genres as they are red-hot and finding a way to spin them. I…
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Bus Stimulator 2018
I've mentioned it before, but it's pertinent so you'll have to endure it again: One of the dudes that worked with us making the first two On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of…
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Preemptive Consensus
I'm as surprised as anybody: Solo is good. I wasn't even gonna go see it; I have shit to do, and after The Last Jedi watching a Star Wars movie during its theatrical run…
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Well, Well
Gabriel has described this comic as a Public Service Announcement. It's a public service announcement from an alternate universe where people drink medicine out of magic…
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