By Tim Stone on May 18th, 2008 at 9:58 am.
This one appeared in PC Gamer UK at the start of 2007.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Strafe Left: The Formative Years #30
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hahaha, awesome.
: Testicles
h Hellhamster
violet v Fruits of the Forest Golem
M Mouse
m Mammoth
Genius.
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Ahahah :D I think that’s my favourite (so far) !
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Definitely my favourite.
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Alas, poor Roguelikes. I knew them, Tim.
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“Is it true Bamber, did you do a ‘Disney nasty’?”
Excellent.
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I’m sure some of the previous ones are technically better jokes, but this one made me laugh the most yet. Still not nearly getting all of it (what’s a Bamber? I’m guessing there’s more balls involved, possibly feet?) Thanks Tim.
PS quoting is deeply pointless, but dude, toad stool? Smegma? Snort (in a good way).
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ahahah!
Z Zombie
N Sleeping Zombie
fantastic
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Smegma :-D
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Bamber Gascoigne used to host University Challenge.
Fruits of the Forest Golem. heh.
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The three toad stools are where the genius really shines through.
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The best Strafe Left so far!
L Lizardman
L Lizardman Sergant
L Lizardman Captain
L Robert Kilroy-Silk
HA!
Also Fruits of the forest Golem!
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This is amazing.
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Hahaha, the black bear one made me laugh out loud.
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I know what you mean about the giggling. I’m considering adding accents to my roguelike at the moment; and this is great inspiration.
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d wild dog
p circus dog
I love this more than all the other strafe lefts put together, thanks for posting it!
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ö, orc wearing helmet made of testicles
LOL, Epic.
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wow. That’s brilliant!
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Could have done with a toad’s tool to finish the set.
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Excellent.
I don’t ‘get’ the A, a or á ones though :(
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That has to be my favourite along with the Thief arrow types one.
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I want a pet Hellhamster.
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Had to laugh at M Dame Judi Dench :D
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& – Sand Amper tickled me.
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The black bear got me best.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve been killed by monsters the same color as the background.
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Even better than the Thief one. I remember having a good giggle at this one when it was first out.
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Jesus, I didn’t even giggle much till I read the comments about the giggling; now I can’t frickin stop.
Don’t ask me why, but the Smell of Cabbage, and Hobgoblet got me best. Sniggering like an idiot. Pure the best one yet.
“Arnulf says:
Had to laugh at M Dame Judi Dench”
Awww, Jesus!
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Most excellent. Surprised no-one commented on the Helipad.
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I just love the idea of bright green patches of Cabbage Smell dispersing throughout the dungeon, covering everything in its wake with the smell of cabbage.
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I suppose Cabbage Smell would be better than the bright purple patches of miasma wafting through your average Dwarf Fortress.
(And yes this is indeed probably my favourite Strafe Left. Orc wearing helmet made of testicles gets me every time)
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who immediately started laughing at this. I suppose it should be no surprise; I know most of you are huge dwarf fortress fans, but still. Giggle is totally accurate. Perhaps even snicker.
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Oooohhh…. so tempted to try and make something playable out of this…
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I think it’s the most funny when you catch the meaning of the joke a short time after you’ve read the symbol and its meaning. I probably laughed more about my own slowliness in comprehending than over the clever connection of M and Dame Judi Dench. And Mr Stone obviously speculated about some culture knowledge about current Bond movies.
It’s this short period where you recognize you’ve tripped over something curious but couldn’t quite grasp it. And then it dawns on you suddenly.
I know, analyzing jokes is lame, but I like how this is built up. It starts quite the innocent. And, bam, with 3 buttocks it catches you completely off guard. Much like a Monty Python skit which mostly start also as if nothing out of the ordinary would happen. At least if you begin reading from top left down the column first.
Addendum: just realized that the line B Chest before is the actual, real opener here. Talk about slow…
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Ah, I remember seeing this on PC Gamer. I almost choked when reading it. Fantastic.
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and that, ladies and gentleman, is what constitutes high humor to me.
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