Too... Many... Cupcakes...!
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Tedd is correct.
And wearing glasses for some reason, which is a bit of science of my own.
So, of course, I don't have any closeups of her, and insisted that she be lying down like that.
Which was, of course, the correct choice, but still.
2019-07-23 03:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Steel type!
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It took me a while to realize that Justin is a huge (though rather innocent) troll when he's not filled with angst.
But realize it I have.
I haven't seen that exact scenario in an actual comic book, but I have seen things that have lead to similar conclusions, or simple bafflement, such as a guy of presumably normal strength trying to stab someone with a sai (aka Raphael the Ninja Turtle's weapon) only for the sai to bend in a ma...
2019-07-21 03:56:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Description - Felix the catgirl lying on her back with a bunch of pillows
Kitty!
Kitty kitty kitty!
KITTY!
So a cat, basically.
Attachments are of different sizes, but otherwise the same
EDIT - Shadow correction
2019-07-19 22:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT - Darn it, this was supposed to become public last Friday. Part 4 is here, btw
What no Rich you're not George or Tensaided what are you doing
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All that is required to take an interest in science is to discover something of personal relevance.
I gave a good deal of thought as to w...
2019-07-18 05:11:32 +0000 UTC View Post
"Surely Superman feels like a lizard?"
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CONVENIENT WRITING IS THE BACKBONE OF THE COMIC INDUSTRY
Sorry, sorry, it's just... You can't take away our convenient writing. You just can't. How else are we going to keep everyone guessing who might secretly be sisters with someone else? There's no other way.
We just... We need it, okay? Okay.
I'm glad we had this talk.
2019-07-16 03:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Does Tedd see something fishy?
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It's time... For SCIENCE!
Or possibly dorks talking about super hero powers.
Misnomer
This one time, at Mythbusters camp, they were testing whether you could bulletproof a car with phone books, and they kept escalating the firepower, and it’s like, no, nothing is bulletproof, except maybe deep water, and you have to establish a range in which the myth can be confirmed, because ...
2019-07-14 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
THE REAL TWIST!
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Look, I was very up front about this. I called the storyline "Pizza" and everything. What did you think it was about? Honestly.
More seriously, a story can make a point about things without it being a 1:1 metaphor. Unless you're writing an essay in which the teacher has specifically stated you have to, or you're making a video that needs a thumbnail with a super clickbaiting question, you don't need to narrow it down like tha...
2019-07-11 04:19:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Kitty really is just talking about eating some garlic bread and relaxing.
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When I first conceived of this storyline, I wasn't planning to comment directly on how metaphors and allegory can fall apart under scrutiny and/or nitpicking (the latter still being scrutiny, but of the sort that makes others roll their eyes).
Then the ideas I liked most messed up the cohesiveness of many interpretations of what "pizza" could represent, and I was left with t...
2019-07-09 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
And the moral is "Kitty is cute".
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Ah-ha! The ultimate twist!
What? Why are you asking if I've read Green Eggs And Ham? Why would I read that? What even are "green eggs"?
No, I will not read it! I will not read it in my chair, I will not read it on the sofa, I will not read it on a plane, bus, or zebra!
What do you mean "that didn't rhyme"? what does that have to do anything? You're weird today.
2019-07-07 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
GASP
EDIT - Forgotten eyelash lines struck again...!
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Previously, in an earlier commentary:
"...The cohesiveness of the metaphor fluctuating depending on what you replace pizza with and the particular moment we're at."
This is one moment in particular where I favored silliness over general cohesiveness.
I'm not saying there's no cohesiveness. Plenty of people have complained about Twilight without ever actually r...
2019-07-04 03:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A new challenger appears!
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I probably should have determined Ashley's acting abilities before I bought her that opera house.
I would say "at least she's a better actor than George", but this assumes George was giving this his all, and, well... Call it a hunch, but I think he might be phoning this in.
Pizza everywhere
The reason I chose pizza is because I don't care much for pizza, either, and have dealt with the same th...
2019-07-02 05:39:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Description - Justin slightly panicked as part of his hair is on fire while 2nd form Gracemander apologizes
Don't worry! Justin is a professional Grace-A-Monster trainer!
Also, he can put that out pretty easily and the hair salons in that world can regrow hair like nobody's business, but mostly the Justin being a professional thing!
Smaller version for easier view depending on how you're looking at this:
2019-07-01 23:40:22 +0000 UTC
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Felix the catgirl!
(Can vote for more than one, one will win)
2019-06-30 03:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Faces are fun.
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No, seriously. The pizza isn't a metaphor for anything specific.
The scenario of someone going to complain about _____ at a place where people who like _____ congregate is inspired by a number of situations, and is something I thought of over a decade ago when "_____" would have been EGS itself, but this isn't meant to be limited to any one thing.
I wish it was limited to just one thing. We could live in a world in which this ...
2019-06-30 03:03:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Bridgette and Mr. Largepizza original characters do not steal
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I am both Mr. Largepizza and Bridgette in this scenario depending on what day of the week it is.
I had concerns about even doing this storyline, but I'm enjoying the heck out of it thanks to this "the characters are acting" nonsense.
I might have gotten a little lazy with the "Mr. Largepizza" name, but I assume any name that is a combination of toppings is almost certainly already...
2019-06-27 05:12:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Tensaided's Pizza: Where every pizza is ten slices.
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Tensaided managing a pizza place?! Ashley working there?! KITTY NOT LIKING PIZZA?!
This world gone mad in a mundane manner is why I opened with behind the scenes nonsense. I also like the additional context that they're all acting, as I feel it can validate really hamming it up.
2019-06-25 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I reserve the right to change the name of this storyline later! Though I probably won't. Just saying.
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What my avatar says in this comic is accurate. I had an idea for a storyline in which I had characters who would sort of fit into it, but would have them doing out of character things while assuming roles they wouldn't normally be in.
Which is fine. There's no reason we can't have a storyline in which people step into different roles. We did that ...
2019-06-23 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
"Zero out of ten, would not recommend."
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They haven't even noticed, Grace. They haven't even noticed. Also, they were mean to you before you did that, but all the same.
I might return to this at some point, but for now, I've done all the jokes I wanted to do, and I think 33 is... Well, I think 24-30 is a good length for an EGSNP storyline, but 33 is fine.
Next week? I'm not 100% decided yet, but it'll be SOMETHING, darn it!
As for Grace...
2019-06-20 03:33:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm just about out of stuff to poke fun at for this setting. For now, at least. Knowing how I favor these games, there could be cause to return to this setting.
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But she's supposed to be a free spirit!
Most NPCs (Non-Player Characters) have huge double standards when it comes to NPC versus Player character lack of wearing equipment. No NPCs in games I know of react to other NPCs not wearing anything, but if you do it, there can be all sorts of crit...
2019-06-18 04:23:21 +0000 UTC View Post
"Don't worry, it's roughly the same amount of XP. Well, a bit less. And no boss loot. There was probably an enchanted sword or something inside that thing."
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Back in the day, I was tired of my villain Damien before the story was done with him, and I joked about resolving everything early with a random meteor.
They Had To Go. Their Planet Needed Them.
I actually can't think of a specific example of a dialogue check resulting i...
2019-06-16 03:18:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The most powerful skill of all.
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Really, there could be no other outcome.
Well, I mean, there could be, but Grace put all her points in Persuasion and Charm magic, neither of which is effective against giant skunks.
Sidenote: I've been told Morrowind didn't have level scaling. Maybe that was the problem with its level scaling? I don't know. I just know I tried it back when it was new and was not prepared for a game that open and coul...
2019-06-13 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT - Corrected shading errors
EDIT 2 - Carol's gloves strike again
(First attachment 1920x1446 pixels, second is 1434x1080 pixels tall)
I don't know about that, Grace. Were you even one level higher, you would've gotten the glowing variant.
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I consider this skunk the most "wasteland" thing we've seen thus far (or are likely to see, 'cause YIKES).
There's...
2019-06-11 04:22:49 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT - Corrected an embarrassment of errors o_o;
Anyone who says this game doesn't have guns clearly missed Grace's biceps.
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I think this is true in all Bethesda open world games I'm familiar with, and I think it's an ingenious solution to the problem of being able to wander in any direction at any level and do quests in variable orders. It also means you can go back to an earlier area and still feel more...
2019-06-09 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, you read that correctly. This comic is thanks to someone think Susan might be male in the last comic, and thank goodness for that!
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No hard feelings, question asker!
No, seriously. I was up super late the night prior to making this, and I was barely capable of rational thought, let alone sorting out what should be the next actual comic in the Fantasy Wasteland storyline. Thanks to this question, I thought of an idea that was mostly ju...
2019-06-06 03:01:14 +0000 UTC View Post
"Seriously, nitpicking minor details, pointing out problematic elements... Take your pick around here."
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What? That's how clothing works! It resizes to fit you, and will change styles depending on your gender identity!
Of course, due to the limitations of video games, that means only two styles. Meanwhile, a single shirt in real life could wind up a whole bunch of styles depending on who wears it and when, assuming it even remains a shirt!
Re...
2019-06-04 03:01:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't worry, I'm sure Grace will insist on unequipping everything if they ever make it into that one town.
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What, you don't dress up as a scientist before doing research? That lacks commitment.
Aesthetically, I really like the bare legs. Logically, I am FURIOUS with myself.
I did try adding a little detail to imply that what's under the thicker part of the armor is a sort of scale mail, but the detail just looked a bit weird in my style, and ...
2019-06-02 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostJustin and Gracemander!
Can vote for more than one, only one wins
Gracemander 1st vs 2nd form reference:
Elliot and Tedd (both male)!
Can vote for more than one, only one wins
2019-05-31 03:56:11 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT - Minor adjustment of Carol's eyes in panel one
I'm not sure how canon this storyline is, but I can't think of any reason yet that it can't *become* canon.
"Become" being the keyword, because it would have to take place in the summer after the current story comics, so... Less "is this canon" and more "will it be canon".
Granted, there would have to be a reason for them to talk about it, which is unlikely, so the canon might be up to he...
2019-05-30 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post