The Great Step Forward

[eBusiness]

I am still waiting for someone to explain the floating objects in panel 2. Was it supposed to represent the writer achieving godlike power and authority?

They are certainly visual metaphors, not for his power directly, but for the divine power of the article he has just written. However, as that article obviously won't change anything, the whole power thing is ironic.

 

[Plucky]

Wait...what's the joke?

Did the guy write the Cupcakes thing, or is it implying that he truly wrote something profound, simply for it to be displaced 5 minutes later by something that's "relevant" to the internet?


Was there some large commotion about Gaming Journalism recently? (besides that slight hashtag thing?)

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Sorry, I don't get the last frame. Is that cupcake article what he wrote or something he just went onto afterwards (to symbolise the irony that he's just written an amazing 40K word exposition and then completely backslid into a ridiculous article on cupcakes).

I'm stupid.

His forty thousand word essay is 'saving games journalism' by apparently taking it seriously and providing quality content and analysis. But this is contradicted by him seeing another article on the top 5 gaming cupcakes, which clearly does not take gaming seriously and is irrelevant to gaming. With the end result being that it is clear that games journalism is mostly irrelevant fluff and despite the best efforts of some, it will always be that way.

So "something he just went onto afterwards" is my answer.

 

[Mournblade94]

I smiled.
However, I'm not sure why.

I didn't quite get it, did he write the cupcake article or did he switch over to it for the sake of irony?

Why did I smile at this!?

[small]oh god, this is how it starts...hold me ;_;[/small]

I figured it was because he wrote a whole new standard for gaming journalism, and despite all the effort and his high hopes, the 'Top 5 Gaming Cupcakes' still made it onto his recommended list.

Thanks, that actually makes a lot more sense.

Now I feel like a stupid-head-dummy-butt

[small]Note to self: Take it easy with the Vodka[/small]

If a comic is not well crafted it is not the reader's fault when it is unclear.

 

[Starke]

He reminds me of a friend from high school who wrote fiction but left out key points in his stories that rendered his stories pointless or stupid. But when such a problem was pointed out to him he'd say "I'm sure someone out there would get it, if enough people read it."

My friend never made it as a writer because nobody read his stuff because he didn't appreciate the fact that confusing readers didn't result in a growing fan base.

End

I kinda suspect his inability to make it as a writer had more to do with not being able to take criticism. If, as a writer, you ever have someone come to you and say "there's a problem with this", the absolute worst answer is "no, you just don't understand my genius" or any variant of that sentiment.

 

[Sporky111]

Had to zoom in and read the little article at the end to get it. He had to write an article on cupcakes, and it turned into a huge rant about "the ethics of game journalism", or how he hates his career.