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Rex Ready Player One, Part One

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:16:00 +0000

I'm going somewhere for a little while, so we looked at our list of quote unquote treasured, underutilized characters from our ancient past and decided to take Rex Ready for a spin. It seems like it ended up being topical.

Rex Ready Player One, Part One

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Rex Ready Player One, Part One

Returnal

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:48:00 +0000

There is a very famous video during the console war of 2013 where Microsoft said a bunch of weird shit about DRM and watermarking games to your console and controlling software purchases after the fact. This video referenced above may be the most malevolent assault since Sega did what Nintendidn't. Just… blood everywhere. Gandalf suggested that a wizard is never late, nor are they early - they arrive precisely when they mean to. Microsoft's doom is that they are perpetually late, except when they're so early people don't even understand what the fuck they're talking about.

Once Upon A Galaxy!

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:26:00 +0000

Potent wisdom, delivered weekly - that's what #Fridabe is all about. Join us for another SponStream™️ with Once Upon A Galaxy!

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Returnal

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Returnal

Modular Doom

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:36:00 +0000

Gabriel misunderstanding things is one of our most profound genres; I should make up a keyword based on this propensity and begin utilizing its subtle power.

Modular Doom

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Modular Doom

Non-Fungible Tims

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:28:00 +0000

Tim Sweeney fascinates me; he is an endless source of activity and interest. He is always whipping out a tendril of some kind at this or that - he doesn't like that Steam identifies works made with AI, referring to it as a Scarlet Letter, which it is. It's whatever the opposite of an Organic sticker is. And it makes sense why he wouldn't like it - I've heard our designers talking about how AI tools are enmeshed now through their industry standard software, and now Gmail literally tries to write my emails for me. I saw a video for the newest Unreal technology that involved typing prompts into it so it would draw over the work you did, and then you'd have to draw over that work and fix it. So, yes. If using Unreal is synonymous with AI, a big sticker that says so isn't gonna be super welcome. Luckily, they just remembered that they have their own store recently and are gonna work on it.

Non-Fungible Tims

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:28:00 +0000

Non-Fungible Tims

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Non-Fungible Tims

Imperium Maledictum

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:44:00 +0000

The primary way I interact with Warhammer these days is through fiction and videogames - which I'm sure works just fine for them. New versions of the flagship game, Warhammer 40,000, come out fairly frequently I would say - and with them comes a host of rule changes, changes for how armies are constructed, and changes to what your models do - up to and including exile. 11th Edition just came out, and I've looked at it and looked at it; you can look at it too. I wonder who outgrew who; the conservative rule shifts and terror of their own fanbase makes the game feel inert. And it's gotten so expensive that I'm considering going elsewhere for rules and printing my own models out of poison.

Imperium Maledictum

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Imperium Maledictum

Chronocaust

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Gabe is losing his shit over Adventures of Elliot, which was not a sure thing, because there are two versions of the demo and only one of them lets you continue from where you left off in the retail version. I'll leave it to you to guess which one he had, and the theft of several hours would ordinarily be a dealbreaker but it charmed the pants off him. Technically his pants sublimated, moving directly to a gaseous form without first passing through a liquid state.

Chronocaust

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Chronocaust

Full Spectrum Warrior

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:38:00 +0000

I try to be as much of a moving target for social media algos as I can, battering it with strange data; the best guess TikTok could possibly make is that I'm an ancient moth with zymurgical inclinations who works part-time as a welder. At least, that's what I thought. Somewhere in that hostile nonsense it managed to constellate a route from point A to point B and put my whole deal into stark relief. I am someone who likes robots that turn into shit, and vice-versa. I was under the impression that Transformers ruled the roost - by and large a metaphorical roost, but I assume Swoop has a literal aerie in addition to the rhetorical one. But there's a whole industry now around making things not as they were, but as you remember them. Sorcerous.

Full Spectrum Warrior

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Full Spectrum Warrior

Widow's Bae

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Apple TV is fascinating. It doesn't have a super deep roster, but it has a weirdly high ratio of absolutely must watch shit. I got some free Apple TV when I got an iPad a few Christmases ago, and ended up hooked on For All Mankind - then let it lapse, and now my three favorite shows are all from there. It goes Severance, Pluribus, and now Widow's Bay. They don't seem to be able to produce on any kind of schedule, but then, I don't think they're even trying to. This is exactly what a modern leviathan should be doing with its bulging coffers. As a young man, I was told that Campbell's Chunky Soup was said to eat like a meal. These are shows that watch like books, that benefit very clearly from study.

Widow's Bae

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Widow's Bae

Dark Arisen

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:28:00 +0000

It's very textbook stuff; now that the game festivals are over, now that the charm offensive has been executed more or less flawlessly and there's no more juice to squeeze from it, it's time to produce an incredibly large cartoon knife from nowhere and move to the next phase.

Dark Arisen

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:01:00 +0000

New Comic: Dark Arisen