By Tim Stone on March 30th, 2008 at 8:20 am.
From August 06.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Strafe Left: The Formative Years #23
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30/03/2008 at 08:33 Svenska says:
I don’t get it…
30/03/2008 at 08:50 Bas says:
Me neither.
-100 nerd points for me.
Now I’ll never get laid! :(
30/03/2008 at 08:51 Unibrow says:
Armadillo Run.
30/03/2008 at 08:53 cqdemal says:
@ Svenska:
Go play Armadillo Run then.
Great, great SL, this one.
30/03/2008 at 09:02 Pirate0r says:
heh now i get it…
30/03/2008 at 09:38 fluffy bunny says:
Armadillo Run was one of my three favourite games of 2006. Those who haven’t tried it yet really should play it now.
http://www.armadillorun.com/
Neat comic, btw, I never realized AR got that kind of mainstream attention.
Edit: RPS should try to find out what Peter Stock is doing these days…. :)
30/03/2008 at 09:42 drunkymonkey says:
Hahaha. I was left stumped until I read the comments.
That’s just genius.
30/03/2008 at 09:58 Tellurian says:
Strafe Left is good’n all, but it really IS the one games related cartoon I know that’s sometimes just TOO darn cryptic…
Not that I’m against some level of sophistication, but SL all too often does it in a rather non-funny way.
30/03/2008 at 10:06 drunkymonkey says:
I think that the readers of the magazine (PC Gamer UK) have the benefit in that the cartoons are often based on events and games happening in the same month.
For us future-dwellers, it can be a little harder to spot. :)
30/03/2008 at 10:23 Mike says:
That’s the price we pay for hovercars.
30/03/2008 at 10:28 Vaughn says:
Hehe. Genius!
30/03/2008 at 10:43 Arnulf says:
Never played Armadillo Run, but could it be that it was influenced by Bridge Builder, (later Pontifex & Pontifex 2)?
30/03/2008 at 11:17 Alex Grose says:
Brilliant! I must get this game back out of its dusty folder again. I was thinking about it only this morning…
30/03/2008 at 11:39 fluffy bunny says:
Arnulf: Yeah, but AR is much better. You’re not limited to bridges, and you can even solve levels by constructing your own rocket powered cars if you want. Complete with fancy suspension systems and everything.
30/03/2008 at 11:50 Rahul Gonsalves says:
Seems like a version of The Incredible Machine?
30/03/2008 at 12:04 Jim Rossignol says:
Yes, it’s not unlike The Incredible Machine.
30/03/2008 at 12:29 Max says:
Mmm… Basketball.
30/03/2008 at 14:12 The_B says:
Craig reviewed it for PCG, giving it 86%, iirc.
And yes, I agree – it’s also one of my favourite games of 06. It’s absolutely brilliant.
30/03/2008 at 15:54 Willem says:
I think I get the joke. I’ve played AR and all. It’s not funny, though.
30/03/2008 at 17:59 Iain “DDude” Dawson says:
Horay for Strafe Left!
30/03/2008 at 18:20 AbyssUK says:
BUT wait.. he cheated he added lots more connection points!
31/03/2008 at 00:04 [Blademaster] says:
You dare roast the armadillo?
Just kidding…very funny!
31/03/2008 at 02:04 Nick says:
Crunchy on the outside, smooth on the inside.