Just watched it last night – I’m still blown away my Alan Tudyk’s abilities as an actor, voice or otherwise. Hoban Washburn, Sunny (from iRobot) and King Candy – all the same guy.
That was a mighty fateful key tap. And somehow the dither? flourish? in the preceding panel makes it much more frightening.
Two worlds are being thrown into the fire and the guy who did it was just guessing.
1. Didn’t know HR was a ventriloquist – in panel 3, he’s throwing his voice! (See word balloon arrow)
2. So that’s what gods do with their sacrifices – they explode ’em.
There seems to be a period of time we haven’t witnessed during which HR went from trying to rescue the five and sort of “fix” things to rambling about godhood and partaking in human sacrifice of sorts. This period can be best summed up by a quote from the previous page imo: “I’ve been listening to these madmen all day…”.
I don’t think rescuing the five was his intention so much as it was learn from it in order to ascend to godhood. I think apotheosis was his goal all along and he’s just going mad from being frustrated by his failed attempts.
I’m questioning if that was his intention at all. I think we (most of us?) initially assumed that the intent was that the five would survive being removed from the game. But that was really just an assumption, I think. (IIRC, I asked a question related to that in one of the Q&A sessions and they politely said that they wouldn’t answer it.)
Kudos to the writers for making us go back and recheck our assumptions. They didn’t guide us down the wrong path but just left the door open.
see, the way i caught it, he was trying to kill them;) rigged the game against them, yet some “force” interfered with it to allow the 5 to survive. pulling the plug on their life support proves nothing, his godhood is proved through total control of the game universe.
they defy him;) but yeah, think he’s lost it a little in his quest to understand “how” the 5(or maybe destiny?fate? another god?) defy his will.
This is my favorite speculation so far on what H.R. is doing. But whatever it is, he’s definitely right on the edge of entering the world in-game, I’m sure of it.
I do not like them, HR I are.
I do not like them on a kite,
or in a sacrificial rite.
I do not like them in my hair,
I do not like them when they stare
(with uncounted eyes and limbs),
even if I’m hungry from all my sins.
I am damned, damned I am
I do not like green eggs and ham.
From the beloved writer of ” One limb two limb red limb blue limb”, and ” oh the wonderful deaths you can die”
Not to mention the holiday classic” How the madness massacred Christmas” all this and more for countless payments of the blood of innocents. Call now!
That was one of the best things about Sim City – “I’m bored with this city; let’s spice things up with a couple natural disasters and an alien invasion.”
KITT (from Knight Rider): “I detected a misspelling in your previous post. You wrote, ‘AAAARRRRRRRUGGHHHHHH’, when in fact, the noise you made should be spelled, ‘AAAAAaaaaaaYesYesYeeessss’. Shall I upload the corrected post?”
This makes me wonder what all that magic would normally do if HR hadn’t intervened due to still being distracted by the cat videos or something. Would it peter out as if it were merely a fancy levitation effect, or could the spell make some sort of lasting signal that would basically put them on hold until someone answered? Or like evil magic tends to do, would it cause the whole building to collapse at the first sign of failure?
“All of our Dark Gods are currently assisting other supplicants. Your sacrifice is important to us. Please continue to hold for the next Demonic Entity.”
Hello. I would like to point out that have noticed that the next page of the comic after this one (doing an archive binge for a few days now), is broken.
Thank you for this awesome comic. Keep up the good work. Regards.
False icons, resist such temptation
Starry exit closes on needless death.
Game jumping? Have you learn nothing from Wreck it Ralph!?
Warning, incoming game… Warning, incoming game…
Glitch, anything!
Alpha-numeric!
turbo-tastic
Death-blossom mode! >:3
She won’t answer the helm! We’re locked into the moon’s gravitational pull. What do we do?
*vzzrt*
We die.
Moebius Death-Blossom?
Just watched it last night – I’m still blown away my Alan Tudyk’s abilities as an actor, voice or otherwise. Hoban Washburn, Sunny (from iRobot) and King Candy – all the same guy.
Oh yes, damned you are. By thy polka-dot boxer shorts, thou art damned. Srsly.
In this new universe, everything shall be PURPLE!
Silly H.R.
That was the LUDICROUS SPEED button.
Actually that was the delete key.
I suspect that was a player, wonder what the real world effect will be?
Curious, myself.
Account perma-banned for hacking!
That was a mighty fateful key tap. And somehow the dither? flourish? in the preceding panel makes it much more frightening.
Two worlds are being thrown into the fire and the guy who did it was just guessing.
1. Didn’t know HR was a ventriloquist – in panel 3, he’s throwing his voice! (See word balloon arrow)
2. So that’s what gods do with their sacrifices – they explode ’em.
Thanks for pointing that out. It explains the white dagger next to his skull.
There is something just so perfectly bent about the idea of ‘God’, completely deranged, watching over his little world…in his polka-dot boxers.
Does this mean we’re about to see Best get a bleeding cultist dropped in his lap?
I posted something similar yesterday. And I sure hope so!
There seems to be a period of time we haven’t witnessed during which HR went from trying to rescue the five and sort of “fix” things to rambling about godhood and partaking in human sacrifice of sorts. This period can be best summed up by a quote from the previous page imo: “I’ve been listening to these madmen all day…”.
I don’t think rescuing the five was his intention so much as it was learn from it in order to ascend to godhood. I think apotheosis was his goal all along and he’s just going mad from being frustrated by his failed attempts.
I’m questioning if that was his intention at all. I think we (most of us?) initially assumed that the intent was that the five would survive being removed from the game. But that was really just an assumption, I think. (IIRC, I asked a question related to that in one of the Q&A sessions and they politely said that they wouldn’t answer it.)
Kudos to the writers for making us go back and recheck our assumptions. They didn’t guide us down the wrong path but just left the door open.
See now, I don’t think I can agree. One would think killing them fairly easy. Pull the plug on their life support and all.
Doesn’t mean his intentions are benevolent, but I think, at least at the time he was trying, he wanted them alive.
see, the way i caught it, he was trying to kill them;) rigged the game against them, yet some “force” interfered with it to allow the 5 to survive. pulling the plug on their life support proves nothing, his godhood is proved through total control of the game universe.
they defy him;) but yeah, think he’s lost it a little in his quest to understand “how” the 5(or maybe destiny?fate? another god?) defy his will.
What just happened? (Actually perplexed.)
HR Huffnpuff just sent Ashok to his final reward, via the Universal Delete button
Nah he just got sent to wherever Best ended up…
I still say he’s off to Cyberia. But I suppose we’ll find out for sure soon enough.
Worse, poor doomed fool will have to preach about death to banelings!
damnit, H.Rs going turbo on us
There’s gonna be a lot of confused …was it nethackers?… AI programs?… at that game, pretty soon. “D00d is this DLC lol wut AIIIIEEEEE.”
In-game…I do believe Ashok just got ripped in half. Yikes.
Out of game…I’m guessing H.R. is trying to figure out where Best went. By tracking Ashok
This is my favorite speculation so far on what H.R. is doing. But whatever it is, he’s definitely right on the edge of entering the world in-game, I’m sure of it.
I’m hoping H.R. enters the game as the wolf avatar Frigg keeps seeing in her dreams.
Actually hoping that those ‘gods’ already exist in game, it will be funny to see how they react to HR calling himself a ‘god’
I think it will be a multi-diety showdown. And it will be awesome.
I am damned. Damned I am. I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, HR I are.
I do not like them on a kite,
or in a sacrificial rite.
I do not like them in my hair,
I do not like them when they stare
(with uncounted eyes and limbs),
even if I’m hungry from all my sins.
I am damned, damned I am
I do not like green eggs and ham.
From the beloved writer of ” One limb two limb red limb blue limb”, and ” oh the wonderful deaths you can die”
Not to mention the holiday classic” How the madness massacred Christmas” all this and more for countless payments of the blood of innocents. Call now!
… et lux ergo facta est
Et radiatio ergo facta est?
You know, I sort of imagine that in the future “God Game” Video Games will make us act in a similar fashion, if they already don’t.
I distinctly remember unleashing various natural disasters on my Sim cities that would seem to support this hypothesis.
That was one of the best things about Sim City – “I’m bored with this city; let’s spice things up with a couple natural disasters and an alien invasion.”
Then EA wanted to play the game like that too, and lo and behold – simcity 4.
I always pictured god with boxers.
I like the idea of a god wearing polka-dot boxers – you don’t know whether to take him seriously or not.
There is nothing more serious in this or any other universe than polka dot boxers. -_-
I don’t think this is a good thing. Kind of like messing with genes or going into dark and hidden places, there be monsters here.
Yeah, but we need monsters.
They drop loot and XP.
Even though several are nursing the vital orgasms I need for this DAMNED QUEST AAAARRRRRRRUGGHHHHHH
I’m just gonna assume you meant “organs”.
Otherwise… that’s one hell of a quest you’re on.
“organisms”, perhaps? Though, I admit I’m curious how your quest turned out.
Auto correct my post…
Umm, do you have one of those “learning” auto-correct programs that picks up your most frequently used words?
KITT (from Knight Rider): “I detected a misspelling in your previous post. You wrote, ‘AAAARRRRRRRUGGHHHHHH’, when in fact, the noise you made should be spelled, ‘AAAAAaaaaaaYesYesYeeessss’. Shall I upload the corrected post?”
Twice. Autocorrect ruined my post…twice.
So… you didn’t mean to type orgasms, then?
This makes me wonder what all that magic would normally do if HR hadn’t intervened due to still being distracted by the cat videos or something. Would it peter out as if it were merely a fancy levitation effect, or could the spell make some sort of lasting signal that would basically put them on hold until someone answered? Or like evil magic tends to do, would it cause the whole building to collapse at the first sign of failure?
“All of our Dark Gods are currently assisting other supplicants. Your sacrifice is important to us. Please continue to hold for the next Demonic Entity.”
+1 for that one:)
Hello. I would like to point out that have noticed that the next page of the comic after this one (doing an archive binge for a few days now), is broken.
Thank you for this awesome comic. Keep up the good work. Regards.
See, Sword Art Online; *this* is how you do a “second game” twist *right*. :’)