New Super Effective! Also since it's been a while since I've done a link dump, I think I'll take a link dump.

Videos: Mordin Sings Scientist Salarian(ME2), Mordin on interspecies relationships(ME2), VIDEOGAME DOGZ (spoof), Dragon Age "DLC" Trailer, Megaman 10 Easy Mode, and Zelda II by The Adventures of DnB.

Games: Mario + Tetris = Tuper Tario Tros., First-Person Tetris, and The Company of Myself.

Lastly, Mass Effect 2 finally comes out today. SO PSYCHED FOR IT.

Finally done. I know it's a while after Christmas but I really wanted to get this thing finished. Planned to get this comic done last year but found I didn't have the time. I just didn't know HOW much time it would actually take me. A few of the images in the background are from here and here. Now I can get back to updating Super Effevtive. :P

On a completely unrelated note, friend of mine Josh did this video explaining a career in art/creative fields. Very worth a look if you're ever feeling bummed out while following this path or, if you feel like it's something you might want to follow. "Compare your life to Pixar."

So I started working on the comic a little over two weeks ago. Took two days off for Christmas and another for fixing a broke car but, the rest I've been drawing. Nothing like working on a Christmas comic AFTER Christmas. Oh well, still working at it but it should be done soon.

For now the great people who do the audio adaptation of VG Cats did an awesome holiday themed Episode. Check it out!

Lets take a little wrap up of what I felt were the best and worst of 2009.

Best God Damn Game of the year: Batman Arkham Asylum. Not only was this the first great Batman game but, it was also a fantastic game on it's own with a sequel on the way. Multi platform as well so there's really no excuse not to play the god damn Batman. (Runners up: Left 4 Dead 2, Prototype.)

Best God Damn XBL Game: Shadow Complex. This games screams classic Metroid action and I love it. (Runners up: Monkey Island, Marvel vs Capcom 2)

Best God Damn Adventure Game: Tales of Monkey Island. Gets better every chapter. (Runners up: Brutal Legends)

Best God Damn Content Delivery : Steam. The deals man, the deals. Hell Team Fortress was $2 at one point. It's really hard for me to actually buy a PC game in the box anymore. (Runners up:No one.)

Shortest God Damn Full Price Game: Halo ODST. Multiplayer was fun for a bit but damn the story mode was it short. After the last fight I could help but think, "Wait, that was the end? Really?". (Runners up: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)

Biggest Disappointments:Turtles in Time : Reshelled. The most visually confusing game I've ever played. Though Ghost busters was close. Not sure why it didn't go the the Street Fighter HD route and simply updated the graphics. Instead it butchered a classic. (Runner up: Scribblenauts, Ghostbusters.)

"What's going on here? Why it's our fourth annual Webcomic Holiday Postcard Fundraiser!

A whole bunch of webcomic artists have teamed up to bring you a set of classy holiday themed postcards!

Our secret ulterior motive? By purchasing any of our holiday themed postcard sets, you'll actually be donating to Child's Play, a charity that collects toys and donations for sick children each holiday season!"
-Shawn

New Super Effective! The line "Rock Block" is entirely Steve's fault. Thank him for that.

So getting back to L4D2. I've been waiting on this game with eager anticipation for months now. I'm glad to see it did not disappoint in any way. The improvements on this game first are really so drastic that I can't see myself ever going back. The best comparison I can think of is Halo to Halo 2.

The main area of improvement I think is in verses play. The scoring system has been revamp to reflect progress rather than health (unless it's a tie breaker). This has lead to more balanced matches. Where a team who was losing can still win, even late in the game. This has helped a LOT in rage quitting. Will it ever solve the problem completely? No, people can still be dumbasses. That a problem bigger than Valve.

As well the new infected work to solve a lot of the annoyances of the past. Usually in any kind of frantic activity (Horde, crescendo, etc...) the survivors will take to a corner to ride it out. You do so at great risk now from spitter loogies and charger rams. Forcing people to actually play the game the way it was meant to be.

With five long campaigns, tons of new weapons and power ups, and all of these improvements I can't NOT recommend this game. Hats off to Valve for an awesome sequel.

A few L4D2 videos to check out; Chocolate Helicopter Mod, Silly Sound Pack, and Boomer Roll.

On Sunday I was like "Yeah I totally have enough time to get this done in time for tomorrow. Hell, I'll even get a Super Effective done." Yeah, that took a little longer. Anyway new comic. I'm going to get some sleep.

Edit:
Dave: No sleep! Post the Shirts!
Scott: Bleargh!

Got two new shirts for christmas in the store. I'd suggest ordering them this week if you're getting them. The christmas rush for shipping does gets a bit hectic.



Edit EDIT: For %5 off use the coupon code "vgcats"

I officially give up on working on that Halloween thing for right now. Even if it gets done, it'll be Christmas. I'm NOT releasing that on Christmas. It'll be done when it's done. Gonna start just working on regular comics tonight. At least Super Effective has been getting updates. Speaking of which.

New Super Effective!

New Halloween Pumpkins! Also a new Super Effective.


And if you haven't seen it already. There's a new "Leaked" Left 4 Dead 2 trailer. The demo comes out for those who pre-ordered it on the 27th and for everyone else on the 30th. Can't wait! For those in Austrail version of the trailer for you too.

I really do apologize for not having a VGCats up this week. Had a Scribblenauts strip done that just didn't work out at all. So I scrapped it. THEN MOPED. EMO IS THY NAME. Seriously though I might have been distracted by Brutal Legends as well. Anyway! Working on something special for Halloween though so stay tuned! For now here's a New Super Effective.

The show must go on. We had a pre-order running for most of October at Shark Robot for these new shirts. Leave it to me to post them the day the pre-order ends. So pick 'em up while you can! Personally I'm keeping a Tunnel Snakes shirt for myself.

Man I'm getting bad about making new posts ever since twitter. Gotta break the habit of posting everything there. New VGCats yesterday and a new Super Effective last week. Herp de derp.

Also some videos for you. Dynasty Warriors goes Greek, RE4 Minions, and Phoenix Wright meets EBA meets Queen. You can actually play the track for yourself over here using OSU.

Also that new KOF movie is looking particularly horrible.

Just a heads up for all of you who like free stuff. In honor of talk like a pirate day TellTale is GIVING AWAY the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island. This available for today and today only. I highly urge you to try it if you haven't already.

Speaking of Monkey Island I might pick this up.

If you're looking for another free game to kill some time on, here's Canabalt. See how far you can get on a randomly generated escape scene. Two little video's for ya too; a fan made Meet the Pyro and The Cat Piano.

Also a word on Scribblenauts. Been playing it for all of a day now and I gotta agree with Scott, the novelty wore off. Fun as all hell to begin with but it does get very repetitive (Wings, black hole, wings, black hole, etc...). Hard to believe in a game geared for creativity. I do recommend you give it a try though. Technically speaking it's a masterpiece. I just didn't enjoy it for as long as I thought I would.

Oh, yarrrr matey... or something.

I understand this item removal affected a vast amount of active players. I get that you're mad. You feel cheated, insulted, and demonized. Here's the thing though. You're getting angry over fictitious items in a videogame. In a videogame. Play it and have fun.

Sorry if I came off a little strong but after watching Shawn idle for months, only to result in this. I took a pleasure in it. A LOT. I'm an asshole, it's what I do.

Edit: Almost forgot. Beavis and Butthead promo for the movie, Extract .

So team Fortress came out with these hats a while ago. They drop randomly while you play the game. The chance of getting one is quite rare. So naturally people used Idlers to cheat their way to a hat. Playing without actually playing.

Well today Vavle cracked down on the cheaters. Everyone who has ever used the Idler program now has all their items removed. For for us who haven't cheated, we get a fancy Halos (not that Halolz). Of course people are a little angry at the situation. There's even a mod out to turn the halo into a giant "Fag" sign. Oh the nerd rage.

Now there are also people who lost items obtained legitimately. Simply because they tried out the bot once. Unfair? Maybe but, using the Idler is a violation of your ToS any way you look at it. In anycase, I made a new spray for the occasion, get it here.

Kinda have to see the movie (Inglourious Basterds) to get this one. Which I totally recomend doing. It was fucking awesome. Sorry I missed last week. Was a little short on time to myself.

Also if you haven't heard already, Disney bought Marvel. Yeeeeeeeeah...

Here's a short comic after last week's LONG one. Been meaning to use this comic for like two years now. Ah well. Also the video below is very much worth a watch. It's a fan made adaptation of the comics.

New comic, it was really just an excuse to make as many puns as I can. In all I'm not happy with how it turned out. Might just delete it come next week, we'll see.

My God was I ever tired when I got back. I forgot it was a long weekend and we ended up getting really stuck at the boarder. Traffic was backed up for miles. Drive a foot, break, park, wait for 10 minutes, repeat. Thanks to everyone who came though!

Anyway! Couple of things L4D to mention. First is a brand new campaign announced for it. Crash Course, details over here. As well an amazing fan made campaign released, Heaven Can Wait. It's the first fan made map to have a (make-shift) gauntlet event.

And if you feel like expressing your L4D love with a shirt, the guys at Halolz have this Peelz shirt.

Lastly the Batman Arkham Asylum demo is out and it's fantastic. Of course if you followed my tweets you'd know this already.

If you're seeing this then Pierre is awesome and uploaded the news post. Thanks! Enjoy the new comic! See you after I drive back from the con.