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I've been reading Backwards Compatible and Ding for a bit over at Crispy Gamer for a few weeks now and I really enjoy them. (OK, I wish Ding had more back story and published more often.  I'll admit to that.)  Imagine my surprise though to see in this comic a 30 day trial message for what I'm assuming to be the image uploader or ftp software.  Something labeled RADActive I-Load.  There's no less than 4 of the comics like that.

Now I don't mind folks using trial software.  Right now I'm using the 2nd release candidate of Movable Type 4.2. (And I just love how the auto-save sends the cursor to the front of the post every time it goes off.) I just would think that one should make sure stuff like that would be visible in a production environment.

Not being negative by the way.  It just bothers me.  Go read the comics. They're good for some laughs.

I was going to promote Shamus Young's webcomic Chainmail Bikini but it appears he's no longer going to continue it.  Pity.

I will mention though that he has a pair of interesting articles posted about his take on Video Game Piracy and Digital Rights Management that may be of interest.  He even takes a shot at Penny Arcade's new game, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.

I don't run into the problem of re-registering my games that much.  The computer I have at home is fairly old and most of the games I play came out when DRM hadn't been created as a anti-piracy program.  I think the newest game I play is Morrowind and that came out in 2002. (I do have Oblivion but I know my system can't handle the graphics. Maybe in a few years.) I'm still going through the old Dungeon and Dragon's Gold Box games from way back when and those sit on my flash drive.  I have to type in a CD key when I install something but I don't mind doing that.

One comment that bothers me is how some folks who have purchased the game have to obtain a crack just to get around the security program.  I had that issue way back when when CD games first came out. (Trying to remember what game it was.  Maybe Pizza Tycoon?) I had a CD burner in that computer at the time and the game saw it and refused to play.

edit: Oh, forgot to mention that Mr. Young also did a Lord of the Rings Photoshop'ed webcomic called DM of the Rings.  It's finished now but it's a good read.  I wonder if he'll start a new one of the Hobbit.

Image from here.

So what happens when you take Garfield, the cat, out of Garfield, the comic?  You get an "even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life."

Garfield Minus Garfield

edit: Discovered here.

Edit: Oops forgot the link.

Jen Slackenerny from PH.D. raises an interesting question: "What kind of grown man doesn't own a suit?" I don't own one.  Not even a sports coat.  I've got a couple of dress shirts hanging in the closet.  A ton of ties. (When I worked for Eckerds, we had to wear them.  I liked collecting the weirdest ones that i could find.) I don't go to weddings or funerals.  I don't really dress up for anything.  God knows that I don't date any more.

Anyone else care to step up and admit that they don't own one?

Bruce Waginslaw left a comment awhile back on my post where I was asking folks to suggest some webcomics for me. He suggested two that he does. Gotta admit that I'm more into story line webcomics like Multiplex, MegaTokyo (which I still have problems spelling) and Order of the Stick while these are more one panel works but I did get a chuckle out of them so I'll give him a plug and add them into the links page.

Savage Chickens and WebDonuts

Give them a try today and let me know what you think.  When you visit Savage Chickens, to flip through the comics, take a look at the Cartoons box along the left hand side.  That lists the current comic you're looking at as well as the previous ones.  That's the only way I could figure out how to go through the previous comics.

If anyone else cares to suggest a comic, please feel free to do so in the comments to this post.