By Tim Stone on July 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pm.
From Spring 2006.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Strafe Left: The Formative Years #40
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- nootpingu86 : “For my part, I think it's ridiculous to find the sublime in most games because of the content on display. The medium can do whatever ...” on The Sunday Papers
- Consumatopia : “@sinister agent, your original argument was "Demanding status updates is just a waste of their time that they could spend making the goddamn game." Kadayi ...” on The Sunday Papers
- Sinderlin : “@jaheira Gabe Newell made several statements and anouncements regarding the planned trilogy of "episodes". I can understand your reluctancy to call those "promises" as a ...” on The Sunday Papers
- Hoaxfish : “there's always that opposite example of player/character intelligence... a player (or DM) using a character that is supposed to be a genius by their stats, ...” on The Sunday Papers
- Vinraith : “I'm a little confused as to why an obvious troll is in the Sunday Papers at all, let alone the first article.” on The Sunday Papers
Can anyone tell me what game this is poking fun at?
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I’m guessing Tomb Raider: Legend which a quick google reveals to have had a Peru level and a 2006 release date!
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Yeah, it’s definitely Tomb Raider. “Extra trinket ledges, banner poles and exposed chains”
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Looks like any game where you explore ancient ruins to me.
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There’s a few lines in the Peruvian tomb that talk about how you’re only seeing “the bones” of what the place used to be like. Perhaps added in response to this comic? :P
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I was going to say Prince of Persia, but whatever.
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I’m not sure the Prince of Persia ever made it to Peru.
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I have yet to get the joke in a single one of these comics.
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Ted: Yeah this comic is pretty bad, needs an explanation for almost every one which kills any attempt at a joke.
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@Ted & ScubaV: You forget that we used to get this comic for free in our monthly UK PCGamer (okay, I know, £5.99 isn’t free).
The point is, it’s not there to make you laugh, it’s there as a tribute to one man’s iron will in churning them out for all the years it ran. Any laughs you may get are a bonus.
It’s a national treasure and became an institution in the hallowed pages of PCGamer (well, until it got replaced by more K. Gillen, and let’s face it, who needs more of him :) )
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Well it made me snicker most months. It seems the problem with reposting them now is that it’s less apparent which game is being referenced as the strips have lost most of their context. I can’t say I’ve had much trouble identifying the references myself though, in part due to me having seen all of the strips the first time around.
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I immediately got it. I’m afraid to say you guys need to have you game knowledge passes revoked, it’s so obviously Tomb Raider (any of them, who cares where? :) ).
Funny stuff, not the best but made me laugh :)
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Strafe Left has always been one of my favourite parts of the magazine.
My wife’s comment about the strip: “I think it’s funnny, and I’m not a gamer.”
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I think you need to read Strafe Left in a way that some people seem (sadly) to be uncomfortable with.
Average comic: Read -> Laugh
Strafe Left: Read -> Think -> Laugh
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Well put Lh’owon, though the true first stage is to play the game(s) being referred to. Without that, they’re usually impossible to understand. The ones I get though I usually really like.
(After some thought.)
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It just looks like a generic level design process. lead designer and art grunt :)
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As Andrew said. Less subtle/ clever than the others, but still worth a grin and a burst of laughter.
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Brilliant :-)
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Don’t understand =/= bad
Silly people.
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I pity the fool who doesn’t love Strafe Left.
Keep it up, guys.
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