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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27/07/2008 at 13:19 Ben Abraham says:
Can anyone tell me what game this is poking fun at?
27/07/2008 at 13:27 dartt says:
I’m guessing Tomb Raider: Legend which a quick google reveals to have had a Peru level and a 2006 release date!
27/07/2008 at 13:39 Razerious says:
Yeah, it’s definitely Tomb Raider. “Extra trinket ledges, banner poles and exposed chains”
27/07/2008 at 14:14 Calabi says:
Looks like any game where you explore ancient ruins to me.
27/07/2008 at 15:53 Theory says:
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
27/07/2008 at 16:31 Fat Zombie says:
I was going to say Prince of Persia, but whatever.
27/07/2008 at 16:39 TychoCelchuuu says:
I’m not sure the Prince of Persia ever made it to Peru.
27/07/2008 at 20:05 Ted says:
I have yet to get the joke in a single one of these comics.
27/07/2008 at 20:19 ScubaV says:
Ted: Yeah this comic is pretty bad, needs an explanation for almost every one which kills any attempt at a joke.
27/07/2008 at 20:30 Pbryanw says:
@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 :) )
27/07/2008 at 21:12 Man Raised By Puffins says:
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.
27/07/2008 at 21:39 Andrew says:
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 :)
27/07/2008 at 21:40 Arathain says:
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.”
27/07/2008 at 21:52 Lh'owon says:
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
27/07/2008 at 22:24 Pace says:
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.)
27/07/2008 at 22:29 spd from Russia says:
It just looks like a generic level design process. lead designer and art grunt :)
27/07/2008 at 23:05 The Shed says:
As Andrew said. Less subtle/ clever than the others, but still worth a grin and a burst of laughter.
28/07/2008 at 07:00 Alarik says:
Brilliant :-)
28/07/2008 at 14:00 Nick says:
Don’t understand =/= bad
Silly people.
29/07/2008 at 00:41 Zeh says:
I pity the fool who doesn’t love Strafe Left.
Keep it up, guys.