FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for January 05, 2013
Transcript:
Jason: Hey! What are you doing?! I was in the middle of the game! Paige: Oops. Sorry. I thought you were done. Jason: Done?! Couldn't you see I was just about to do battle with the red orb guardian?! I just paused it so I could get some more sugar in my bloodstream! That was going to be my 10,000th attempt! I was feeling extra-lucky! I can't believe you reset it! Paige: Who said I reset it? Jason: Then where's the red orb guardian? AAAA! You got past him?! How?! How?! What'd you do?! Paige: Well, let's see... the first time I sneezed, I think I pushed this button... or this one...
Kamino Neko almost 12 years ago
Heh, I remember this one from the first time it ran.
… Ten years ago. Good goddess…
skeeterhawk almost 12 years ago
I recall this one too. I think it was rerun here a couple years ago. But that’s the way it goes: spend all that time trying to figure something out, then someone ignorant to the game (or other situation) comes along and solves it with no/little effort. It must be the new/fresh perspective the person brings to the game. ‘Course I’d be bored/frustrated after a dozen tries and gotten the cheat sheet/walk through.
QuietStorm27 almost 12 years ago
I’d ask you to do a spoiler alert next time, but I’ll probably forget before I read it for the first time.
skydancer11 almost 12 years ago
Oh, that is just rich.
Phosphoros almost 12 years ago
Paige could have also said, “Oh, is it a good thing to get past him? Beginner’s luck. Haha.”
Phosphoros almost 12 years ago
She could then offer to protect him through further passes/ passages and be his guardian. See him seethe.
Doctor11 almost 12 years ago
Boy, Paige is going to torture Jason as LONG as she can.
Rickapolis almost 12 years ago
Feminine wiles, that’s what it is.