By Alec Meer on January 12th, 2010 at 12:52 pm.
Today in Cruel, Existentialist Browser Game News is this tragicomic little ditty. It’s free, it’s pretty, it takes about a minute to play, and I really don’t want to spoil it by writing much about it. Life is hard.
12/01/2010 at 12:57 mpk says:
I lol’d
12/01/2010 at 15:22 El_MUERkO says:
/\ what he said
12/01/2010 at 12:58 Rudolfo says:
charming, like it even though the j&r is lacking finesse.
12/01/2010 at 13:04 Choca says:
Heh, nicely done
12/01/2010 at 13:04 Brumisator says:
Now THIS is entertainment!
Short, powerful, to the point, I love it!
12/01/2010 at 13:06 Okami says:
I laughed.
12/01/2010 at 13:08 Kieron Gillen says:
This is RPS the game.
KG
12/01/2010 at 13:10 phil says:
Not really existential but I like it, it’s Mario meets the Perry Bible Fellowship.
Actually, I’ve just checked, and this is PBF meets Mario;
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/03/pbfmario.jpg
12/01/2010 at 13:10 markside says:
Hey, it’s not all that bad. Life, I mean. Is it? :(
12/01/2010 at 13:11 Okami says:
I predict that a lot of bad gaming blog posts with too many big words in them will be written about this game. At least one of them will feature the phrase “gaming’s Citizen Kane”. This will also shortlisted for at least three awards and win will at least one of them.
12/01/2010 at 13:16 Brumisator says:
And you just made the 1st one of these posts. ;)
12/01/2010 at 13:37 Okami says:
No, I didn’t. I wrote a comment on a gaming blog, that’s not quite the same. I also didn’t use any big words.
12/01/2010 at 15:31 Nick says:
Shortlisted has 11 letters!
12/01/2010 at 13:11 Tei says:
Chuck Norris completed this game unlocking this acchievement and collecting 101/100 of the gems.
12/01/2010 at 13:16 sigma83 says:
The statement’s made, arguments about gameplay, etc.
12/01/2010 at 13:27 Rohit says:
Definitely.
12/01/2010 at 13:29 Freakoftheuniverse says:
Wow, that’s the first time I’ve gone “OH GOD! NOOOOOO!” and then burst into apologetic laughter, complete with the odd “Oh nooooo”.
12/01/2010 at 13:33 Frankie The Patrician[PF] says:
The story of my exam periods…sorta
12/01/2010 at 13:37 Psychopomp says:
MUST GET COINS >:(
12/01/2010 at 13:38 El Stevo says:
Needs double jump and a rewind feature.
12/01/2010 at 13:39 Rinox says:
No crossbows?!
Great little game.
12/01/2010 at 13:57 Mr.Bigglesworth says:
I laughed……hard………..
12/01/2010 at 13:59 Glove says:
I think they really screwed up the punchline. Slow-fading text displayed word by word isn’t as instant or rude as that kind of joke needs to be. Same thing with the cliff collapse; just leave your corpse there.
12/01/2010 at 18:56 MWoody says:
Aye, true on both counts. Just a courier-font, all-lowercase little epitaph in the corner while he lies there bleeding.
12/01/2010 at 19:58 Eric! says:
Hmm I disagree! But I guess I would, wouldn’t I? Thanks for checking it out!
12/01/2010 at 14:03 HexagonalBolts says:
If you press the S in ‘life is hard’ at the end then it comes up with another level
12/01/2010 at 18:59 MWoody says:
This is a lie.
12/01/2010 at 14:05 Cynic says:
Jumping off the cliff and ignoring the box is far more satisfying.
12/01/2010 at 14:11 Ian says:
Everyone else got all the coins, right?
12/01/2010 at 16:05 etho says:
Yeah, you have to go back through after getting the mushroom.
12/01/2010 at 14:12 Mike says:
Thoroughly enjoyed that. Almost like a three-panel cartoon. Nothing too pretentious or knowing, it was just a comedy sketch.`
12/01/2010 at 14:28 Benkyo says:
I laughed, loudly.
12/01/2010 at 14:38 Down Rodeo says:
My flatmate and I lol’d. Quite a funny wee one.
12/01/2010 at 19:00 MWoody says:
That’s what your mom said!
12/01/2010 at 14:50 Lunaran says:
I got so used to not being able to reach anything that I thought the point was to run off the cliff at the end. What does that say about me?
12/01/2010 at 14:52 Ian says:
…oh, it wasn’t?
Yeah, okay, I should play it again.
13/01/2010 at 02:05 bill says:
Don’t give up so easily! You can do it!
13/01/2010 at 02:10 Lunaran says:
Honestly it’s because we’ve all just played “Every Day the Same Dream.” Right?
… right?
12/01/2010 at 14:52 Wilson says:
That was quite funny. I liked it.
12/01/2010 at 14:54 Berzee says:
shortlisted
12/01/2010 at 14:55 Berzee says:
That was of course a reply to Okami.
12/01/2010 at 15:02 Eric! says:
Haha, awesome. I was not expecting this to show up here! I made this for a friend at work and he liked it so I’m glad other people like it.
12/01/2010 at 16:42 rei says:
Your comic was pretty enjoyable too. I was rooting for that skeleton.
12/01/2010 at 18:05 Eric! says:
Thanks for reading! It’s not over yet, though!
12/01/2010 at 22:01 Zerrick says:
Congratulations for being featured here. I was laughing out loud at the end.
Your comics are quite good as well. Tomb has a nice twist similar to Life Is Hard. I have added it to my Google Reader and awaiting further updates. :)
13/01/2010 at 02:14 bill says:
Heh. Yeah. I liked the comic.
12/01/2010 at 15:06 gulag says:
I hear there is DLC planned for this that lowers all the bricks by 25 pixels. Should be about €9.99.
12/01/2010 at 15:08 Bhazor says:
Pretty much perfect for what it was.
12/01/2010 at 15:17 Chris says:
Anyone else having trouble getting this working on a mac?
12/01/2010 at 16:37 Richeh says:
nope.
12/01/2010 at 16:24 MadMatty says:
lol
12/01/2010 at 16:46 blaargh says:
A brilliant little bagatelle, just to the point.
12/01/2010 at 16:54 White Noise says:
Needs multiplayer.
12/01/2010 at 17:17 AndrewC says:
Life has multiplayer?
12/01/2010 at 17:46 qrter says:
They tried giving it MP, but ran into the problem of connections being too weak.
12/01/2010 at 17:19 wm says:
You are all on drugs.
12/01/2010 at 18:47 Mad Doc MacRae says:
I was playing the new Super Mario at a friend’s house yesterday so I’m getting a kick out of these replies…
/I was terrible
//this was fun though
12/01/2010 at 19:03 Kavika says:
Love that character style :) Good ol’ Technos!
12/01/2010 at 19:14 gryffinp says:
Compelling.
12/01/2010 at 19:15 Carra says:
This articles titles is a major spoiler!
12/01/2010 at 20:22 mbp says:
Not bad but it would be better if the difficulty ramped up more gradually. Level 2 is big let down after you make that b*stard split second timing jump to break out of level 1. Nice ironic touch at the end of level 3 though. 7/10
12/01/2010 at 21:23 White Noise says:
Not bad but would have been been better if the comedy ramped up more gradually. Sentence 2 is a big let down after you make that b*stard split second realisation to get meaning out of sentence 1. Nice ironic touch at the end of sentence 3 though. 7/10
12/01/2010 at 22:39 golden_worm says:
Not bad but would have been been better if the meta ramped up more gradually. Comment 2 is a big let down after you make that b*stard split second realisation to get meaning out of comment 1. Nice ironic touch at the end of comment 3 though. 7/10
12/01/2010 at 23:02 jsutcliffe says:
Good grief. 7/10
13/01/2010 at 01:46 Hulk Hogan says:
oh wow
13/01/2010 at 05:13 x25killa says:
I agree with that. Life is hard.
13/01/2010 at 15:09 fresch says:
+1 internets for you
14/01/2010 at 06:33 Johnny Go-Time says:
Absolutely wonderful. This is what commercials should be like in the future.
16/01/2010 at 11:23 mcnubbins says:
My life is way harderer than that, it’s not even funny.
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