#071 – Stabbing, Sawing, Shooting: The Three S’ Of Splash Pages
This strip has nothing to do with me. I basically told Virus to do 1 big panel and go crazy with the battle scene. What you see here is a work of his creative genius.
Bit of return pimpage this week. Dave of SNAFU comics is apprantly a big fan of EN. Thanks for the linkage Dave. And Secondly I just felt like putting a link of the front page to our newest affiliate Squirrelworks. Which is very cool and I say everyone should at least take a look. Thanks.
I rented GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, this week. I get free rentals from blockbuster every week because I work for a subsidiary. I’d like to say that because of this I haven’t wasted my rent. But the fact of the matter is GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is the WORST FPS I have played in the last few years.
I could go on and on about what is wrong with the game but I’m gonna focus on one thing this week. In the game you can take enemies hostage. It’s rather pointless as your hostage’s comrades just keep shooting at you and take no notice of their mate Charlie shouting, “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON’T SHOOT!” Ok that doesn’t happen but it’d be funny. Anyway, the thing is the enemies take EACH OTHER hostage as well. Yes they take their own allies, which you were about to shoot, hostage.
What exactly is the point of this EA? I am not going to spare my enemies because they decided to take one of their mates hostage. All it means is that I just have to keep shooting a bit longer to kill them both. Seriously, what’s the point? I don’t see any Elite’s in Halo 2 taking Grunts hostage:
Elite: Stay back or I’ll shoot the Grunt!
Master Chief: OK, shoot the Grunt. Saves on my ammo.
Elite: I’ll do it, don’t think I won’t!
Master Chief: Go on then.
Elite: I’m going to!
Grunt: I just wet myself.
Elite: Shut up you.
*Master Chief attaches plasma grenade to the Grunt*
Elite: Oh pissflaps.
*BOOM*
*Master Chief continues on his merry genocidal rampage*
Laters.