Zero Punctuation: Webcomics

[Kayevcee]

I'd never heard of CAD before coming into this thread, but I still recognised every beat Yahtzee mentioned from other comics. It's especially confusing, not to mention off-putting, when you come across a new comic that has suddenly switched into drama mode at the hands of a writer who has no idea how to do it. I once ran into a very disturbing example with really nice artwork that appeared to be about domestic abuse. I flicked through the previous pages to try and find out what was going on, only to be confronted by tearful flashback after tearful flashback of young women having the piss leathered out of them by their menfolk. Not shocking, just plain ol' nasty.

I usually find political comics worse than gaming comics, partly because they're usually more bitter than funny but mostly because they're always about American politics and I'd have to go and read the CNN website for a while before understanding any actual jokes they make.

Give me http://www.sinfest.net/ and the like any day.

-Nick

 

[agt0000]

Normally, I think Yahtzee is funny, even when I like the game he's bashing. I like CAD, and I didn't think this was funny at all. A few true statements were made, but that didn't make them funny. It all just seemed childish to me...the same with a lot of the comments made.

 

[DarkElfa]

I get the general impression that Yahtzee doesn't like Web Comics all that much, but its OK because I'm with him on that.

Also, its always fun to see who gets banned first in here for shouting first post. (Don't those guys ever learn?)

 

[The Sorrow]

I read CAD for the once-in-a-blue-moon funny comics, but it can't stand up to PA's constant hilarity or comics like Concerned, C&H, Perry Bible Fellowship, XKCD, and Order of the Stick.
I had to clean spittle from my monitor from laughing so hard at this one. Well done, Yahtz.

 

[McChiken]

And the fact that his "Example" was a female character having a miscarriage. Call me crazy, but I don't think he's talking about PvP.

I like CAD, Penny Arcade, and ZP, and no one's opinion about any of these will change my mind. It gets a little exhausting at times, though.

I forgot who made this ( I think someone at SomethingAwful) but:

ah hahaha!

That's horrifying!

 

[Luhaja]

Yahtzee just likes to piss people off.
That's the most valid conclusion you can take from this. I feel if he hadn't specifically mentioned the miscarriage it would be one thing, but this is Yahtzee using the escapist money to launch a personal attack on someone he's been building a grudge against for months.

Next, he'll dedicate an entire ZP to endorsing an American Presidential candidate.

And that is exactly why we love him.

 

[Seekster]

Yes he was talking about CAD and yes the recent story arc with the tragic miscarriage was a very bad idea but there have been some CAD comics that did get a laugh or two out of me which is really all I ask from something that is meant to be funny. As John Cleese of Monty Python said, "If people aren't laughing it isnt funny." I dont care what the source is, as long as I am entertained then its funny to me.

 

[Hypersapien]

Oh, wait. It's back up

http://www.cad-forums.com/showthread.php?t=90513

 

[Poptart Fairy]

I need to second this, as Yahtzee has indeed publicly announced his dislike of CAD in the past and I have yet to see Buckley retaliate.

Somehow missed the huge wave of bans, thread deletions and censorship that's gone on in CAD's past because of criticism?

 

[hamster mk 4]

Yet another video game review video that didn't have a video game review in it.

I love Yahtzee's humor don't get me wrong here. I'm just starting to get a little tired of him going on about how much we hate him and that he doesn't care (and then goes on to acknowledge it over and over and over for 4 minutes).

I found the vid pretty boring and fell asleep somewhere around the 2 min mark. Not because I love penny arcade or ctrl+alt+del or anything like that, but because the vid felt pretty stale.

So c'mon Yahtzee! Go on to rip apart some horrendous piece of crap game! Stop with the fan commentary!

Quoted for truth.

I was also looking forward to a game review. This intra spection on gaming culture isn't why I watch zero punctuation. The whole thing seemed like a bit of a waste.

 

[Giygas]

Brilliant

Fund it

 

[Thaius]

That was really funny, I'm just disturbed at the fact that Yahtzee is apparently one of the shallow readers, like most of the people on this forum, who believe that web comics can and should only deliver the random humor that most do. Personally, I'm quite opposite of him: I haven't found any entertainment in Penny Arcade, I still love CAD and was impressed by Buckley's recent ability to pull of such a tragic and dramatic story with the characters I've grown to love over the years, and the only other webcomic I've actually been impressed with it VG Cats, though on an entirely different level than my love for CAD.

I don't know what to say about the fact that so many people here hate CAD: that all comes down to personal opinion, I suppose. But consider this: if you really want nothing more than shallow, random humor with no creativity or meaning to be found, just keep watching Napoleon Dynamite and catch all the Spongebob reruns you can, lest you get sick from overexposure to intelligence.

 

[keithburgun]

Nice... This inspired me to take a look at some web comics, and man, are they horrible. I made a web comic to illustrate the main problem with web comics, check it out: http://bp1.blogger.com/_if1EyZzJ54M/SGu2Q2eRxII/AAAAAAAAAC0/KFu47sINGpw/s1600-h/my+web+comic.bmp

 

[irishdelinquent]

Excellent video as always, Overlord Croshaw.

I personally like webcomics, including Ctrl-alt-delete (or CAD for you people who feel the need to abbreviate EVERYTHING!). However, the humour has declined as of late, and the whole miscarriage angle was an act of Tim shooting himself in the foot as far as I'm concerned.

But the important lesson is this; abstinence is the only 100% effective contraceptive...just ask Mary the Virgin.

I did NOT like the CAD bashing.

Indeed. I for one find this to be a gross miscarriage of justice.

LMAO I love how nobody noticed this one! Well played pun, sir/ma'am!

 

[LadyZephyr]

... CAD had a miscarriage plotline? Holy crap, I thought Yahtzee was joking. Who the hell thought "okay, let's do an arc of losing a child"? That is just... mindblowingly stupid.


In other news, I'm very happy to see Mac Hall, Dinosaur Comics, and the wonderous XKCD on his list of comics he likes.

 

[The Sound Defense]

As a large crockpot of malice toward the bullshit masquerading as a webcomic that is CAD, I enjoyed the latter half of this review. The whole thing was pretty entertaining, though, and certainly rang of truth as far as gaming comics are concerned.

As for Tim Buckley, he needs to forcibly remove his head from his ass. When you have such a large contingency of people who hate your work with a passion, it takes some serious arrogance to think that nothing is wrong with your comic.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

All I have to say about the CAD hate is this: why is it that when someone likes something you do not like, they are not human?

 

[Crusnik]

This one wasn't very funny IMHO. I think Yahtzee made a lot of good points, but it just didn't really come together right. It'll probably be back to normal next week.