Rock, Paper, Shotgun

18/05/2008 at 10:08 Yhancik says:

Ahahah :D I think that’s my favourite (so far) !

18/05/2008 at 10:25 Dorian Cornelius Jasper says:

Alas, poor Roguelikes. I knew them, Tim.

18/05/2008 at 10:43 Sander says:

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).

18/05/2008 at 10:54 Weyland says:

Smegma :-D

18/05/2008 at 11:02 Saul says:

The three toad stools are where the genius really shines through.

18/05/2008 at 11:06 Flint says:

This is amazing.

18/05/2008 at 11:15 Andrew Doull says:

I know what you mean about the giggling. I’m considering adding accents to my roguelike at the moment; and this is great inspiration.

18/05/2008 at 12:04 Nikica says:

ö, orc wearing helmet made of testicles

LOL, Epic.

18/05/2008 at 12:45 po says:

Could have done with a toad’s tool to finish the set.

18/05/2008 at 13:28 sbs says:

That has to be my favourite along with the Thief arrow types one.

18/05/2008 at 17:16 Arnulf says:

Had to laugh at M Dame Judi Dench :D

18/05/2008 at 18:44 Dogun says:

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.

18/05/2008 at 20:04 The Shed says:

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!

18/05/2008 at 22:33 Sum0 says:

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.

19/05/2008 at 09:02 Seth Tipps says:

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.

19/05/2008 at 11:11 Arnulf says:

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…

20/05/2008 at 07:02 dazed says:

and that, ladies and gentleman, is what constitutes high humor to me.