err... owning a pet is a lot more expensive unless you live in a mudhut of a country and stole your dog from your neighbour and then let your dog die from a cold 'cause you can't afford a vet or there's no vet in the village?!?!?
the lol guy :3
over 14 years ago
tis is mine no touching :D
Chaore
over 14 years ago
Critter games aren't bad for one reason, some people can't just go and get a dog. Allergy, Parents, Apartment bans, and probably a hell of a lot of other issues can make a real dog desirable, but not obtainable. They just aren't all used for that reason.
Xocolatl
over 14 years ago
Frankly, having a pet really IS that much work. Not to mention expensive. Dog food seriously costs more than my food!
I would still prefer being outside if possible though. If that is ever an option, that is.
Opuelas
over 14 years ago
[url=#user_comment_35108]@Mac[/url]: Never taken your pet to the vet before? Let us know how much that surgery costs.
Hint: more than and Xbox360!
Youngone
over 14 years ago
Yeah, you're old.
Mad H
over 14 years ago
Because playing some entertaining games for an hour or few makes us terrible people for wanting to relax and enjoy ourselves. I have never liked the "go outside and PLAY pasty lardbutts! >:O" argument, since it always assumes gaming is your only hobby. What a lovely unmatching stereotype.
ze popcorn
over 14 years ago
say WHAT,WHAT
Mac
over 14 years ago
@John Doe
Can't afford upkeep of an animal, but can afford overpriced 360 games on top of internet and Xbox LIVE bills?
Bullshit. If you can afford all that crap, you can afford a dog and dogfood.
Regal
over 14 years ago
[url=#user_comment_34994]@StarPilot[/url]: Now we have to wonder why Sniper-tan doesn't have a moustache.
[url=#user_comment_34994]@StarPilot[/url]
Shit Storm of Excitement comeing in 3...2...
Remi
over 14 years ago
Is that samus? O_o
StarPilot
over 14 years ago
I'll just leave this here.
http://www.teamfortress.com/loosecanon/
Solokov
over 14 years ago
[url=#user_comment_34990]@Bo[/url]: Indeed. Mian Madres is hooked.. possibly obsessed with the facebook games.
Also, anyone else think that looks like Samus?
Batabii
over 14 years ago
Casual gamer = someone who plays less than two hours a week.
Bo
over 14 years ago
There is no such thing as a casual gamer. People who play Farmville and crap like are totally obsessed. They log in huge amounts of time in those kinda games. Just because the game is popular and easily accessible does not make it casual. Casual gamers don't exist they're just a myth.
David Xanatos
over 14 years ago
Allow me to put my personal dis claimer that puppies hanging themselves is in fact NOT JUST AS PLANNED. Blame that douchebag Gendo Ikari. Something to do with tang.
BOA
over 14 years ago
DOG SPOTTED SNAKE!
SarZ
over 14 years ago
I'm sure some people can't wait to take that virtual sunbath. Wait, don't we already have something like that ? It's called a Tanning Bed/Booth.
SRG
over 14 years ago
dog just swap sides that's all, only it didn't use a minigun.
Seturon
over 14 years ago
This kind of comic makes it hurt more when your own dog has died. I've been one to never get into tamagotchie and nintendogs because I had a real dog. You can't beat the real thing no matter how hard you try to make it look nice.
StarPilot
over 14 years ago
[url=#user_comment_34971]@Kishgal[/url]: It began even before Nintendogs. iirc the "Catz" and "Dogz" games started in the mid-90s on pc.
Doc Lithius
over 14 years ago
This comic is both amusing and horribly depressing all in one. D: Poor dog...
Kishgal
over 14 years ago
This sad situation began with NintenDogs. It will probably never end.
SRG
over 14 years ago
I can see Kinect superman game where it feels like you can bend steal and crush heads with little effort.
wait is that the same tree rosalina mother is buried?
@Cap'n Schecky that's what the ps3 Move controller is for.
Cap'n Schecky
over 14 years ago
She'll be sorry when she realizes that a virtual dog won't lick peanut butter off her vagoo.
Alex
over 14 years ago
Kinect seem to be good with dance/exercise/martial arts training. I would be happy to see it explore interactions with more convincing AI, in simulation or strategy.
Other than that, I don't know what it is good for. It might actually be something revolutionary, but it wasn't explored enough.
Alex
over 14 years ago
@Frank West Those aren't "games" if you by the "entertainment products" definition. Those are more like interactive exercise tools. I don't think Innergy was a bad idea, it just isn't intended to people who want to shoot aliens in the face... unless they also want breath/anti-stress training.
Alex
over 14 years ago
[url=#user_comment_34946]@Vysard[/url] That Kinectimals tiger doesn't seem wild at all. It acts like a (particularly stupid) pet, it is ugly and creepy.
If that's the result of the project Milo, it makes me very sad. It would be very cool to be able to actually comunicate with a virtual character.
ColdCedric
over 14 years ago
That's why this Kinect is a gamble. If succeeded, it always fails on something
Internet Guy
over 14 years ago
That was darkly amuseing.
Diden't you had it in you, Jo.
Zen Koan
over 14 years ago
I think a wise man summed it up best.
"It's not my fault your world orbits a ball of *fire*."
"YOUR STAR BURNS! I require frozen treats!
A Bag of Opinions
over 14 years ago
*Off topic* I love how people hear fabulous, well-orchestrated songs through-out games...
Vysard
over 14 years ago
@Sayonara Zetsubou Inu: Lol, nice.
Vysard
over 14 years ago
The Kinetic animal game is supposed to be training wild animals, like large, predatory cats. That's a little harder to do than raise a normal feline or a canine for that matter. Also, it could be for people with allergies, but love animals.
Rodrigo
over 14 years ago
Que bundinha linda a dela!!
IvanTheSpaceBiker
over 14 years ago
Thats not funny thats how my dog killed himself (except with Nintendogs)
Nolan Nymous
over 14 years ago
As already mentioned, the upkeep of an animal is sometimes too much. On the other hand, maybe it's for people that are not responsible enough to have a dog, even if they can afford one. At least this way they get a pet that goes away when the power gets turned off.
StarPilot
over 14 years ago
@Dr. Light: I see what you did there.
Also, BONK! is fulla radiaton, which we know is great for giving people superpowers. So go outside and absorb some good ol' sun so you can get more superpowers!
Irony
over 14 years ago
@Fluffy-Neko-San: Yes "staying inside for long periods of time" and "playing video games" may not be synonymous all the time, but even 15-30 minute intervals are periods of time spent not enjoying summer-ish activities.
Irony
over 14 years ago
Especially considering the type of video games that nerfnow likes to cover, I think my original statement still stands.
Yes, moderation, etc. etc.
Anon
over 14 years ago
[url=#user_comment_34888]@Marcelo[/url]: Boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand
That Cheatin' Whore
over 14 years ago
It's because our kid's kids will be so pasty white that they'll be fried instantly the moment they step out.
slowpoke
over 14 years ago
AND I JUST WATCHED TOY STORY 3
GODDAMN I AM SAD
Bob
over 14 years ago
Well, the point is to own exotic animals, but it's still stupid and dumb compared to real animals.
lololol
over 14 years ago
People who wanna play this faggotry , its probally a REE REE or a Justin Bieber fan.
Seriously.
Passerby
over 14 years ago
This reminds me of one "making of..." video for the anime, Spirited Away. The director, Hayao Miyazaki, wanted his staff to draw a certain scene with a sick dragon "behaving like when you feed a dog a pill". NONE of his staff had ever seen a real dog.
pass
over 14 years ago
sorry i have to tell you having a pet DOES have "real life consequences"
Kaja Rainbow
over 14 years ago
Some people live in apartments that don't allow pets, and that kind of situation. Everyone has different situations. That said, a lot of 'casual' games do seem petty banal to me, but then I'm not the target audience.
But it's not like I really play much of the major games either.
Fluffy-Neko-San
over 14 years ago
[url=#user_comment_34897]@Irony[/url]: the REAL irony is that "staying inside for long periods of time" and "playing video games" aren't the same thing
Fluffy-Neko-San
over 14 years ago
it's not that stepping out side is too much work, it's just that A) too much sun exposure is unsafe ("too much" is subjective somehow and B) too much sun exposure in the wrong way causes uneven skin tones which really tick some people off
danvolodar
over 14 years ago
>step outside to take a sunbath
As I Russian, I must say I am hating you bald.
Frank West
over 14 years ago
I'd like to point out that at E3 we got a preview of a game based around BREATHING.
I hate the gaming market.
Dr. Light
over 14 years ago
Roll have you seen Rush lately?
Irony
over 14 years ago
A comic about video games looking down at people who stay indoors for long periods of time...........
PT
over 14 years ago
I have 2 dogs. Happy with it.
Grimdrome
over 14 years ago
"I want to pet a cat. But I am deadly allergic so getting this game makes me a bad person?"
Largo-san
over 14 years ago
There's just something about going outside and doing shit that no game, no matter how awesome, can replace....
Anybody who agrees with Jo say I...
Marcelo
over 14 years ago
the sun game already exists in game boy advance. I dont remember the name.
Sayonara Zetsubou Inu
over 14 years ago
I'm in despair! The virtual pet has left me in despair!
HURRLOCK
over 14 years ago
dem casuals, man
dem fucking casuals,
fucking ruining everything since.... well pretty much when the current gen started
Alido
over 14 years ago
Now I'm depressed.
Lien
over 14 years ago
This strip's not funny, my dog died that way... ;_;
Kumquat
over 14 years ago
Hah, "nintendosun." What about tanning salons? "I'm not getting enough sunlight for a good tan, I'D BETTER GO INDOORS AND SIT UNDER A LIGHT!"
Alice Margatroid
over 14 years ago
As it says in the bible, "There's nothing new under the sun."
AckAckAck
over 14 years ago
poor dog :(
X
over 14 years ago
It's probably more about the cost of having a pet than the work involved, though dogs can take a lot of your time, *every day*.
Also, you do realize that the sun is a humongous ongoing nuclear reaction? Have fun suntanning!
zeruf
over 14 years ago
actually that might be a good thing, there's dung all over the place, on the pavement, on the grass, at the bus stop, damn if those craptastic dogs become obsolete, get eliminated, and stop shitting all over the area i'll be happy.
Manwhat
over 14 years ago
All my pets take care of themselves ... its a godsend when the vet bill comes in and they can cover it.
2033
over 14 years ago
also, I'd rather give my kids an artificial pet than have to clean up and feed it because they grow uninterested in less than half a year.
if i ever will have kids, that is. :(
2033
over 14 years ago
> because stepping outside is to much work
Rather dangerous. All that radiation and toxins and stuff...
K1
over 14 years ago
But it's been done already, it was called NINTENDOGS and was the hottest thing and then a year later? No one remembers it =P
Xuncu
over 14 years ago
Oooh, that's cold.
sad, sad dog
over 14 years ago
[url=#user_comment_34845]@BarGamer[/url]: :'(
John Doe
over 14 years ago
Maybe it's for people who can't afford the upkeep of an animal? Some people are having trouble getting through the day on whatever they make, let alone carrying another adorable mouth to feed.
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