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posted by BobPosted by Bob on November 18, 2005: So, today, we have yet another comic that doesn't involve any of the Think Tank regulars. I'm beginning to think Steve hates them all. He really just likes dudes in suits. That's gotta be it. Anyhow, yes, big head mode is the most worthless cheat around. I have never understood why developers use this so often in their games. Some companies seem to be worse than others, (I was going to put the logo for "Widmay" somewhere in the comic, but didn't know of a good place to go with it. You can figure that one out for yourselves.) but it seems to pop up often. Who needs infinite health or ammo? I've got a big bobble head! Huzzah!

I am going to start things off this week with some fan art we received! Sole-Soul of Deviant Art drew this version of Bob. Pretty cool, eh? In fact, that's not the only fan art we've gotten. I've never posted any of it before, so why not now? We've got this piece from Liz, aka KurdtKobainFr34k on the forums. Next, how about a cast shot from Penciljack's Neon? or Bob, by Nate Lovett? Up next, I've got the Jessie Avenger, as drawn by Jynkies on PJ again. And, I think that's it. I know the way I said "Up next I've got..." might have led you to believe that there was more, or else I would have said "Finally, I've got..." but I already typed it and I'm too damn lazy to go back and change it. So, there you have it. Maybe someday I can talk Steve into changing the wallpaper page into an "extra stuff" page, and we can put all this up there. In fact, I think I just kind of did that. But, just to be safe, "Hey Steve, how about we do what I just said there?" I hope you liked looking at all the other interpretations on our characters. Feel free to send in more! I'll post it all up here and even pimp out your website. How's that for gratitude? Heh.

So, last week was Mitch Hedberg. The week before that, Dane Cook. Or was it the other way around? Anyway. This week, you can all worship at the altar of Bill Hicks. This is the best thing I link to this week. Check it out.

People can be so fucking stupid. Thankfully, there tends to be someone nearby with a camera who can show this to me. Thank you, internet!

Everytime I've been to the zoo, the polar bears never do anything. They just wander back and forth, all day long. Apparently, I've been doing things wrong. I need a polar bear hat. Or a cute asian girl. That would work for me too. Either way.

Okay, someone else gets hurt. Why not. These "people getting hurt" videos are hard to write descriptions for anymore.

Check out this hard drive! That's thing's got to be able to store like, a kajillion GB. Right? Look at the size of it! Imagine all the mp3s that thing would hold. I'd finally be able to keep my collection on one hard drive! I...wait...Huh? It only holds 500KB? I love that the guy has to wear a space suit to be around it. Fantastic.

Holy crap! I should watch Court TV more often, I think. I love that he literally hits him with a chair. That's just fantastic. I thought only pro wrestlers and bar fighters did that.

Audi vs Bus! Round one! Eh, something tells me there's not gonna be a round two in this one.

Well, that's all I've got. Err, almost. Before I go, I will link you to this interview with Henry Rollins. Read that, and I'll be back in a week.


posted by StevePosted by Steve on November 18, 2005: I'm pretty sure we've covered it before at some point, but just to make sure, "Big Head Mode" is probably the most worthless unlockable "feature" in the history of video games. I don't know who started it, who actually likes it, or why it persists, but it seems like it's in every damn game I play.

Now, I'm not a developer. I don't know much about the process of programming a game. Perhaps the act of coding big head mode is pure joy. If that's the case, fine. However, here's the deal. If there's a big head mode present in your game, then your game better be 100% bug free. If the time you spent coding this worthless cheat could have been used to fix just one bug, then you shall be sent to a frozen wasteland to develop N-Gage games. That way, you get to code your shitty little cheat as much as you like, and since it's for an N-Gage game, no one will ever have to play it.

One last thing. I generally leave the links thing to Bob, but this is just too cool not to share. See you next week.