One of my favorite things about Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3 is the ability to join games in progress that your friends are in. Sometimes you get stuck on the same team.

Other times you are at odds.

Nothing is more frustrating than thinking you’re playing a game with a bunch of anonymous people, racking up the kills, and then suddenly witnessing your death and seeing the callsign of a friend pop up as the culprit. On the other hand, few things are as satisfying as joining a game in progress which several of your friends are playing, landing yourself on the opposing team, and proceeding to mercilessly rend the flesh from their bones. Bonus points if the team was winning before and you are instrumental in their defeat.

Thank you, Infinity Ward, for adding friend griefing to the mix.

Ok, so renewed PXC means renewed image. Between David’s new site design and some of the new art I’ve been making for our icons, there are ominous signs of horribly badass things to come all over the place. Here’s a bigger view of our new icons just because I’m really happy with how they turned out.

We’ll see you with new comics starting sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Noah
p.s. because we’re giant nerds, we would like to invite you to play Playstation games with us. Friendvite Jestmeister (David) or NominalAeon (me), I’d be excited for the chance to pwn a fan!

Okay, so maybe there haven’t been any rumors, but if there had been, they would have been correct.

Parallax City is reborn.

Be warned, the focus is shifting on this. One of the initial conceits of titling the comic after a city was that it wouldn’t tie us to a particular theme. We’ve done a good job of discovering what doesn’t work (and once or twice got a taste of what did). Now we’re going to try something else. All your old friends are out there though, and I’m sure we’ll see them again.

Keep watching…

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.

You can keep track of Noah over at Drawn by Mouse. Marvel at the animations that are 100% digitally produced! See the bunny people go on adventures! Watch a chef perpetually chop vegetables! It’s all there.

As for David, you can keep track of his upcoming story over at .45 Ways to Die. Will it be a comic, cartoon, novel, or some piece of interactive fiction? He doesn’t know.

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, we shall remain…

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:

• A new Zelda for Wii

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:

• God of War III (not until next year)
• Info on Team Ico’s new project (looks neat)
• Details on awesome exclusive stuff that taps the PS3′s full potential (MAG, maybe?)

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:

• You’re not dead.
• You’re in the future
• You’re mostly a robot
• The 30-something guy standing in front of you really doesn’t like you

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

Star Trek – Is amazing. Best movie I’ll see this year, hands down.

21st Century Breakdown – Is also amazing. Green Day have expanded on the ideas in American Idiot, and thrown some new stuff in the mix. The album is kind of an odd roller coaster. My favorite track has to be East Jesus Nowhere.

Terminator Salvation – Isn’t being shown in IMAX at my local theatre. What’s on the IMAX screen instead? Night at the Museum 2. Yay for monkeys slapping people, especially Ben Stiller.

Season Finale of LOST – My brain exploded. I’m gonna miss this show so bad. Hopefully Damon Lindelof and J. J. Abrams will get to work on a Dark Tower movie as soon as LOST wraps up. (Just a note fellas, I’m totally down with playing Eddie Dean…)

Will Ferrell Hosting SNL Season Finale – Is it just me, or did the show get 200x better with him on hand?

Ocarina of Time – Stole about 5 hours of my time this weekend. No matter how many times I play it, I still get confused about what I need to do next in the Water Temple. Doppleganger Link was a pushover. I remembered him being harder.

Peggle on my iPhone – This may end up causing the death of my iPhone. I’ve had to resist the urge to break it in half or throw it across the room several times now. I love a game that gets me so wrapped up in it that I curse at it for “cheating”.

While the wait shouldn’t be half as long as it was for Watchmen or Dark Knight, David and I still plan to show up an hour early for the Star Trek premier. This event will slice into my Parallax City production time so I’ve created this place holder for you to enjoy until Monday.
Later,
Noah