I think that's his name.

Posted by Bob on July 21, 2006: As we know, Steve's been aligned with the Dark Side for a while now. But now, it's even further than that. He's played through an entire first person shooter, and even got going on the expansion. I don't even know who he is anymore, I tell ya! But to be honest, CoD2 is fucking fantastic. I'm not surprised that he would dig the first one.

Two notes about this comic. I've never been good at playing games with a keyboard and mouse. I've only been able to use a controller. What can I say, I was born a console baby. Although, on second thought, that's not true. I started gaming with my Commodore 64, but I always used a joystick for that too. Anyhow, that's why Steve's using a controller in this one. Even though it's a FPS, which are generally better with a keyboard and mouse, he uses a controller. All out of spite. And two, the phrase in Russian might not be totally correct. In reality, it might be 100% wrong. I got it off some translation site, but Steve checked another site and it gave him a different result, which wouldn't even display for me. I just took a screencap of the site I used, so if you speak Russian and see that it's wrong, tell me, cause I'd be interested to know what I wrote, then after you do that, just pretend that it's right. It's better for everyone that way.

Time for some links. Here's a program you can use to replace Acrobat Reader. It's smaller, faster, and doesn't phone home. It's for the PC, so now you can't say I don't look out for you guys.

Got an iPod? How about you buy some weird shit for it? There's all sorts of goofy things made for iPods. All you need is a case. Nothing else.

God damn, I am gonna be all over the new Ninja Turtles movie. That teaser looks fantastic!

Help someone do some research. Vote for the worst sound in the world. I know a lot of people would say "fingernails on a chalkboard," but that doesn't really bother me. I don't know what I'd choose. Maybe something like someone eating loudly, or people who smack their mouths while eating gum. Yes, I know you have gum, no I don't need to see that you have it. Chew with your damn mouth closed!

I don't think I've posted any comic movie news lately, so here's some. The director has been announced for the next Hulk movie. That man would be Louis Leterrier, who directed...two movies I haven't seen. I dunno, I liked the first Hulk movie, but I have a feeling this one is gonna be a pretty big departure from that. I bet it'll be more "HULK SMASH!" type stuff, which I am okay with.

Second, it looks like the Joker may have been cast. I still would have preferred Crispin Glover, but I am not a casting agent. I think it's funny that they seem to be casting the movie, even though as far as I know, the script isn't even written. But don't get me wrong, I'll be there as soon as it's out.

Heh, I'm gonna have to start going to clubs more often! But that involves being around alcohol and drunks, lots of annoying people and just attention whores like clumsy girl there. Fuck it, I'm staying here.

Well, not HERE here, because this post is done, but here as in home. You know what I mean. I will leave you with a NINTENDO 64!! OH MY GOD!! As Steve said to me, wait till that poor kid finds out that the system only had about ten really good games for it.

Posted by Steve on July 21, 2006: This week's comic is largely accurate. Call of Duty has taken most of my free time, but I had to send the pc to the shop before I could really dig into the expansion pack. *Sigh*

I think my favorite parts were easily the Russian missions. WW2 games seem to normally be U.S. only. Maybe some British missions. This is the first one I've played that had you playing as the Russians. I thought it was cool as hell. Well, except for those tank missions. That tank drives like, well, a tank.

A few notes. First of all, the line Steve says in Russian was Bob's idea. He ran "silence" in some translator and got that word. I ran "silence" through another translator and got a different word. I ran "silence" through a third translator and got about 10 different words. So, a question to our Russian speaking audience; how exactly do you say "silence" in Russian? (Seriously. If you know, by all means share.)

And also, our apologies if the word we used is actually something horribly offensive. Bob did it.

Another thing. When looking for Alexei's last name, I couldn't tell for sure what it was. At one point, they call him "Alexei Ivanovich." Later, they call him "Alexei Voronin." (Assuming the few faqs I checked were accurate) Did I miss something? Do you play as two different people? What's the deal? If you've got the answer, I'd love to hear it.

Oh, and just for the record, I played the game with a keyboard and mouse, the way it's supposed to be played. I guess Bob can't handle playing games that way, so he drew the gamepad instead of confronting his failure.

Oh, one more thing. D+pad! The webcomic ninja returns!

That's all for now. See you next week.