David dug deep with one of the references in today’s strip. It was beyond even my geekdom, which just makes me so proud.
–Noah
David dug deep with one of the references in today’s strip. It was beyond even my geekdom, which just makes me so proud.
–Noah
Dear Reader of Parallax City,
We have decided to take a break from Parallax City for awhile. This comic has been a fun little adventure for us for the past year, but we need to direct our efforts towards something else for a little while.
Maybe you’re curious about what we’re doing? We hope so. We’re very excited about it (and have been for awhile). We’re working on a brand spanking new project titled .45 Ways to Die. There’s so much we want to tell you about it, but to do so would spoil your enjoyment, we think. We will tell you this, it’s set in the late 1800s and gunplay will be a prominent feature. While a running joke in Parallax City was to lead you to the door of an action sequence and then cop out, .45 is actually going to deliver the goods.
So please, forgive us for reneging on our promise of providing you regular entertainment here at Parallax City. We’ll come back here someday (although some things will likely be changed). We love our characters too much to let them die a death of neglect.
Until then, keep your eyes peeled for our next opus.
Your Friends in Time,
David and Noah
Who lead busy lives. When we can’t even put together an hour to kill WWII zombies, you know shit’s bad.
As such, there’s no Parallax City today. I think that there is going to be one tomorrow. I gave Noah a script, and he has informed me that it is “good”. I can’t remember if he said that it was “very” or “really” good, but I definitely remember hearing the “good” part.
Microsoft – I don’t own an Xbox, so I’m really not too interested in what the Xbox peoples are doing. I see they have some kind of face recognizing camera that you can talk to. I’m not sure how that’s a video game.
Nintendo – Here’s what I wanted out of you guys:
See how easy I am to please? Instead Miyamoto gives us Super Mario Galaxy 2. Not that I have a problem with Super Mario Galaxy, but did this game really need a direct sequel? The answer is no. I want a Zelda game, for my Wii, that is not a Gamecube port and does not involve Link turning into an animal at any point. How about a story of what happened to Ocarina of Time’s boy Link after he saved Termina? What happened to Ganondorf in that timeline?
The saving grace of Nintendo’s presentation may have been the Metroid Other M announcement. But what the hell is it?
Sony – What I wanted out of you guys:
What I didn’t need was the introduction of motion sensing controls. It was innovative on the Wii, but then we saw what it was used for. Crappy crappy casual games. If grandmothers start buying PS3’s for brain training, I am declaring consoles officially dead.
Courtesy Spoiler Alert
Terminator Salvation was better than expected, but I am, as always, haunted by a few details.
Marcus Wright’s acceptance that Kyle Reese is John Connor’s father – Put yourself in Marcus’s shoes for a minute. You’ve just discovered that:
Now, when that guy tells you that the 17 year old kid you met earlier is his father, don’t you think that you would still find that just a little bit odd? I mean, you don’t even know that time travel exists.
The Logistics of The Terminator Time Loop and the Logical Fallacy of Skynet – Skynet knows that there have been attempts on John Connor’s life in the past that have failed. It tells Marcus as much. So if they know that the T-800 from the first film and the T-1000 from the second film are going to fail to kill him, why do they still send them? In fact, sending these robots to kill John Connor actually cause his existence. If they don’t send the T-800 back to kill him, Kyle Reese has no reason to go back in time to save him. Skynet’s best course of action in this regard would be to do nothing.
The Water Snake Robots – Why?
Nothing Happens – At the end of the movie we’re really left with nothing. Quite literally nothing has happened. Boiled down, T4 is about how John Connor gets the facial scar we see at the beginning of T2.
War of the Worlds Knockoff – Didn’t the whole affair feel a lot like Spielberg’s War of the Worlds with robots instead of Tripods?
Okay, of course the E3 is very exciting and the potential for mind-blowing announcements can be borderline orgasmic, but! it’s May 26, man. The convention doesn’t start for another 2 weeks. I thought with last week’s flood of E3 speculation and news the actual event would start this week or something, but it’s still so far out. This is getting as bad as XMas season at Wal-Mart. Do we really need to start the hype so far out?
Say Hello to your mother for me,
Noah
