I get a lot of spam comments, which is why there’s a delay on posting if you haven’t posted before (I have to “approve” comments from new posters). Usually I just delete all the spam before it hits the site, and leave up the rest of the comments. But sometimes the spam is so well written I just have to pass it on to you guys. Check out this clever genius comment I got that linked to some bogus sites:

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Yeah, if you fall for this guy’s spam solicitations, you deserve whatever you get. Face.

Please, feel free to comment as much as you want on these posts, it’s what they’re here for! Just don’t spam me.

I’ve done some video game references in the past, especially early on in the strip, but you may have noticed that my gaming references have gotten less-specific with time. Thats because I’m really not the gamer I once was. In my old age, I feel a little bit left out of the most recent generation of consoles, and I’m not in touch with the gaming industry like I once was (all that really means is that my free subscription to ‘game informer’ I got from ‘game stop’ ran out).

But thanks to a great roommate, I have access to a 360, and for the first time in a while, I really got sucked into the hype for a game. I followed the pre-release news buzz, I was going to gaming sites and really just letting the hype overtake me. That game was “Too Human.”

Now that I’ve played for about 10 hours worth, I have to say I’m pretty disappointed. It wasn’t a bad game to me, it just wasn’t a very good one either.  I found it to be yet another kinda clunky button-masher to add to the pile. Granted, while a game like “Gauntlet” has extreme sentimental value, I’m not really attached to the genre–the whole gameplay style really. What interests me most about gaming these days is using them as a storytelling medium (hence my love for turn-based linear RPGs).

In this regard, Too Human’s story was also pretty lacking to me. The setting was very interesting, I like the cybernetic Norse mythology angle, but it never seemed to be anything more than a neat setting, instead of a compelling narrative.

It is good for some mindless, after-work chill-out time, though. I can flip it on and press buttons until things die for like 45 minutes, and then I’m good and ready to start working on comics. And maybe thats what a good video game should do — provide some entertaining distraction and a brief moment of rest before we keep going on with life. If thats the case, then it has definitely succeeded.

But I probably won’t pick up the sequels…

I promise thats the end of they Olympics jokes (for now). I think my brain is too in need of sleep to blog about much today, except to say that Time-Warner is pretty much screwing my family. It’s not a surprise, really, Time Warner has worked hard at ruining my life.

It’s weird to me that so many companies use the business model of “screwing customers.” It seems like if any competition ever came up, all they’d have to do is be nice, and, you know, treat people like they were people, and they’d win out every time.

On a happier note, it is the beginning of the epic Labor Day weekend of glory, and I’m pretty excited about NOT having to go to work on Monday. Even better is that we’re doing a “company outing” on Wednesday, so this is going to be an awesome week for me.

I’m going back and reading some of Grant Morrison’s run on “JLA,” you know, from the 90’s… in my opinion, the Justice League has NEVER been as awesome as it was then, it will forever be in my mind the definitive version of the Justice League. They just released a special revamped hardcover of the first few arcs, I hope they release some more, check it out! I wouldn’t mind having Grant’s whole run in hardback, especially with most of it drawn by Howard Porter, who I really liked. You can do “Final Crisis” and “Identity Crisis” and all the Crisis Countdowns you want, but none of the events going on today will come close to Superman wrestling Angels, Batman killing a lot of aliens without them even knowing it, Aquaman actually kicking peoples butts all over the place, and need I mention the epic “Rock of Ages” storyline, where Batman is locked in epic mental and physical battle with Desaad for like 40 years, and comes out strong as ever? It’s greatness.

I’ll be reading this over the weekend — be sure to come back Monday, even though its your day off, to check in on our Dork friends, the plot actually takes a turn next week, so don’t miss it!

Peace out!