"Just a Rat"

[l3o2828]

Heh
To Quote Mr.Croshaw
◘Now you have to make your comic funny. And reading most existing webcomics, one could be forgiven for thinking that humour is entirely optional, but believe it or not, there are people who laugh at that stuff, even if it's just the author's mum. Fortunately, the advantage of running a gaming webcomic is that gaming humour is incredibly easy. All you have to do is apply video game logic to the real world for comic effect. For example, in say, Gears of War, you have to push the analogue stick to move forward, when in real life you have to continually put one foot in front of the other. This might not sound like "A" material, but trust me, phrase this right, and there's a fortune to be made in Cafepress shirts◘

 

[FEichinger]

Oh, it was a videogame-reference. I thought we were about to embark on a Ratkin Ninja storyline.


Disappointed </3

I kinda feared another Grey-doesn't-write-so-Cory-gets-to-draw-rats strip ... Not that Cory's massive rat porn ain't awesome, but ... it's a little too soon for Grey to fail us like that again.

 

[IamLEAM1983]

I think it's a Dark Souls rat.

I think so too, but there's also a passing resemblance to the Rodents of Unusual Size in Fallout 3.

 

[Realitycrash]

Oh, it was a videogame-reference. I thought we were about to embark on a Ratkin Ninja storyline.


Disappointed </3

I kinda feared another Grey-doesn't-write-so-Cory-gets-to-draw-rats strip ... Not that Cory's massive rat porn ain't awesome, but ... it's a little too soon for Grey to fail us like that again.

I kinda liked that storyline. And I still hope for a rat-ninja one. But the average videogame-references is at least above the usual in humor when it comes to webcomics.

 

[loc978]

Reminded me of this

Such a bad idea in anything that's not a video game... or a spoof movie.

 

[maninahat]

I could see room for, like, a billion of these. Vent shafts, only six inches wide. Guards search the entire room. People not forgetting that someone shot them in the back, two minutes ago.

 

[lacktheknack]

Mirror's Edge at least attempted to reference this.

<THUNK THUNK THUNK .... WHAM THUNK THUNK>

"Jesus, the rats are getting big in here!

Then, if you played your cards right,

http://www.play-mag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MErats.jpg

 

[FantomOmega]

Mirror's Edge at least attempted to reference this.

<THUNK THUNK THUNK .... WHAM THUNK THUNK>

"Jesus, the rats are getting big in here!

Then, if you played your cards right,

http://www.play-mag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MErats.jpg

Wh-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!??

That thing is as big as a CAR!!

 

[Twilight_guy]

Well that's obviously wrong. Video game rats aren't ninjas... their Batman.

 

[Scorched_Cascade]

Hehe, nice comic as always.

To reply to the current slight off topic in here, this is why you don't go through the vents:

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

In video games it's never 'just a rat' unless it's a giant rat. A poisonous giant rat.

Spoiler: NUUUUUUUUU

o_0 Where did that thing come from?! If that's what they find in the vents no wonder they can think that guy is a rat!

Spoiler: One does not simply walk into Blighttown.

Mirror's Edge at least attempted to reference this.

<THUNK THUNK THUNK .... WHAM THUNK THUNK>

"Jesus, the rats are getting big in here!

Then, if you played your cards right,

Wh-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!??

That thing is as big as a CAR!!

bwahahaha those posts made my day. That gif is awesome.

 

[mdqp]

I think it would reflect reality better if the last two panels were switched... I mean, I am sure those sounds come from clumsy ninjas, I just know it!

 

[lacktheknack]

Wh-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!??

That thing is as big as a CAR!!

<youtube=TtaIzSmhuls>

As they said, "Jesus, the rats are getting big in here..."

 

[wax]

"Real Life"?

What's that?

 

[Evil Smurf]

In video games it's never 'just a rat' unless it's a giant rat. A poisonous giant rat.

Spoiler: NUUUUUUUUU

In video games it's never 'just a rat' unless it's a giant rat. A poisonous giant rat.

Spoiler: NUUUUUUUUU

and always ugly.
<spoiler=seriously I hate rats less in real life then this one>http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/pokemon-blue-version/d/d7/Raticate.gif

 

[Souplex]

Is that Erin's boss doing the shoplifting in the first panel?

 

[Phoenix8541]

I dont even know whats real anymore! love it

 

[DanDeFool]

The most immersion-breaking part of Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the so-called "intellicams".

I always figured a futuristic security camera would be about the size of those fire suppression sprinklers, instead of A GINORMOUS FREAKING 3D IMAX CAMERA.

 

[Skeleon]

Heh, love the laser "tripwire". Yeah. Makes zero sense.

 

[WanderingFool]

The most immersion-breaking part of Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the so-called "intellicams".

I always figured a futuristic security camera would be about the size of those fire suppression sprinklers, instead of A GINORMOUS FREAKING 3D IMAX CAMERA.

Thats realistic, but also pretty fucking hard to get pass. With the big ones, gamers can atleast figure out when to move. Well... if they dont bother to turn the cameras off first... makes everything easier...