Comments on: Strafe Left: The Formative Years #40

By: Zeh

Zeh — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:41:02 +0000

I pity the fool who doesn’t love Strafe Left.

Keep it up, guys.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:21 +0000

Don’t understand =/= bad

Silly people.

By: Alarik

Alarik — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:00:08 +0000

Brilliant :-)

By: The Shed

The Shed — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:05:22 +0000

As Andrew said. Less subtle/ clever than the others, but still worth a grin and a burst of laughter.

By: spd from Russia

spd from Russia — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:29:21 +0000

It just looks like a generic level design process. lead designer and art grunt :)

By: Pace

Pace — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:24:23 +0000

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.)

By: Lh'owon

Lh'owon — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:52:50 +0000

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

By: Arathain

Arathain — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:40:54 +0000

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.”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:39:21 +0000

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 :)

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:12:11 +0000

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.

By: Pbryanw

Pbryanw — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:30:15 +0000

@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 :) )

By: ScubaV

ScubaV — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:19:06 +0000

Ted: Yeah this comic is pretty bad, needs an explanation for almost every one which kills any attempt at a joke.