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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#2726: Jun 20th 2016 at 7:55:08 PM

I've heard it said that the first game alone was a decent story arc for him, being basically the proper structure of a Greek tragedy.

But they wanted sequels, so he survived the first game and got worse.

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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#2727: Jun 20th 2016 at 8:49:35 PM

Yeah, a revenge plot isn't quite so cathartic when the protagonist is taking revenge on the people who stopped his genocidal rampages.

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TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#2728: Jun 20th 2016 at 9:10:20 PM

I've never played God of War at all, ever, and have 0 desire to do so and am not a fan of Kratos as a character. The canon, video game Kratos, that is.

Colesquid Kratos, on the other hand, I love and am glad she keeps finding ways to use him in her comic. smile

Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#2729: Jun 20th 2016 at 9:33:42 PM

Yeah, but in most cases MGDMT!Anybody > Canon!Anybody

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
TobiasDrake Queen of Good Things, Honest (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
Queen of Good Things, Honest
#2730: Jun 21st 2016 at 7:09:04 AM

I played some of the first God of War game, but I never finished it. After the part with the incinerator, I'd had enough. It's one thing to "Finish him!" in Mortal Kombat after beating an opponent who would've done the same to you, but dragging a helpless victim kicking and screaming to his death? Screw This, I'm Outta Here!.

That's actually a recurring scene in the franchise, and one of my favorite talking points on the topic of "Despite the misguided fandom, you're not supposed to like Kratos." Every God of War game features a point in the game where you have to murder an innocent person as he begs and pleads for his life in order to progress.

I mean, the guy's Establishing Character Moment features him slaying a hydra, then murdering a Ship Captain in cold blood for no reason. That's Kratos in a nutshell.

Since that was apparently too subtle for the fans who thought Kratos was the awesomest manly guy of awesomeness, God of War II ramped it up by introducing a mechanic that encourages players to literally dropkick puppies.

edited 21st Jun '16 7:11:41 AM by TobiasDrake

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#2731: Jun 21st 2016 at 7:11:27 AM

I couldn't even get that far - all of the parts of the game that involve Kratos walking on thin balance beams got to me. I'm sorry, I thought this was God of War, not God of Acrobats.

Consequently, that's the one thing I always find missing from this comic's version of Kratos - his apparent willingness to engage in circus performances at the drop of a hat.

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#2733: Jun 27th 2016 at 7:48:52 PM

A saved Hyrule is a saved Hyrule. tongue

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#2734: Jun 27th 2016 at 7:53:20 PM

Hey Arnold!

...I just spent the last hour trying to remember what the title was referring to.

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#2735: Jun 27th 2016 at 8:10:29 PM

And I thought the fishing pole confused the hell out of Ganon.

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#2736: Jun 27th 2016 at 9:00:28 PM

Definitely not one of the Hey Arnold references I'd catch. Now if it were bunny pajamas or Trojan pigs or Gerald Field, you'd have had me.

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TobiasDrake Queen of Good Things, Honest (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
Queen of Good Things, Honest
#2737: Jun 28th 2016 at 7:38:10 AM

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Or the Bug-Catcher's Net.

Man, Dragonbreath of the Wild is going to be a trippy game. @.@

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#2738: Jun 28th 2016 at 11:35:22 AM

I like the idea of the Gerudo dwelling Ganon being completely baffled by the idea of a fishing pole though.

Oh really when?
32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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Court Dragon
#2741: Jun 28th 2016 at 9:21:36 PM

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Twice.

But only as Aghanim, though.

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TobiasDrake Queen of Good Things, Honest (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
Queen of Good Things, Honest
#2742: Jun 29th 2016 at 7:19:01 AM

The most confusing day of Ganon's long life.

Well, until he met Naked Pyro Link.

edited 29th Jun '16 7:19:23 AM by TobiasDrake

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#2743: Jun 29th 2016 at 8:06:34 AM

Given the Zelda series history of Link doing weird things with his items and having it work, I'm not so sure that Ganondorf could pick just one moment with Link as the weirdest. I mean, at this point, I deliberately pull out something inappropriate in major confrontations, just to see if it'll help against the major bosses (for example, yes, I did pull out the bug-catching net against Yuga in A Link Between Worlds, and yes, it does work... that said, due to the wonky relationship Yuga and Ganondorf have, I don't know if Big G would know about that incident).

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Eagal This is a title. from This is a location. Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
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#2744: Jun 29th 2016 at 10:23:11 AM

You can reflect Ganondorf's lightning with a bottle in Ocarina of Time.

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!
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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#2746: Jul 5th 2016 at 12:00:13 PM

Poor precious fuzzy little babies. And a good PSA as well - keep your fricking fireworks away from pets. Check out Jared's face as well - he's finally found THAT fattest pigeon.

32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#2747: Jul 6th 2016 at 9:24:58 AM

My cats were oddly not spooked.

And yes, my eyes were immediately pulled towards Jared's reaction as well.

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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#2748: Jul 10th 2016 at 3:53:16 PM

He represents what everyone's thinking.

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#2749: Jul 11th 2016 at 9:54:08 AM

First thing - last week's comic is colorized and looks sweet as.

Second thing - this week's comic is out, and Jared's found a new hobby.

http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/i-bet-he-names-every-magikarp-mr-fish

stevebat Since: Nov, 2009
#2750: Jul 11th 2016 at 1:05:41 PM

Now that it's colored, I notice that raptor is getting ready to go for every birds favorite treat. Human earlobes.

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.

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