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2015-02-27

by shaenon on February 27, 2015 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Mixed-Up Files
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  1. Towering Barbarian
    February 27, 2015, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Assassin’s Creed would definitely count as top priority! ^_^

  2. Dave
    February 27, 2015, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    …Hello again, Goldbug.

  3. Ron Armstrong
    February 27, 2015, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    Nick’s being firewalled?

  4. Alphaghoul
    February 27, 2015, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Well, while the comic was loading I thought that Nick got into the drone and was choosing to play assassin’s creed instead, but it looks like he got hacked by goldbug instead.

    • Exasperation
      February 27, 2015, 2:15 am | # | Reply

      I notice Goldbug was apparently also listening in to the conversation with Sweetheart.

  5. BMunro
    February 27, 2015, 2:00 am | # | Reply

    “It was all a dream?” 😀

    • Moor
      February 27, 2015, 2:49 am | # | Reply

      It’s not a dream — he’s being hacked. Check the T-shirt.

      • BMunro
        February 27, 2015, 7:39 pm | # | Reply

        Oh, I realize our esteemed authors wouldn’t do a “Dallas” on us. I am just wondering how far down the rabbit hole Goldbug (if it’s him) is going to toss Nick in pursuit of their agenda.

        (Has it ever been clear whether Goldbug is actually the head of A-Sig, someone working for A-Sig, someone with their own agenda, or some combination of the above?) 🙂

        Tangential: I _must_ have gotten the “Nick Chopper” joke sometime earlier and then forgotten, for no way I am so oblivious I only got it _now_.

        • Rex Vivat
          February 27, 2015, 8:30 pm | # | Reply

          All we know about Goldbug:
          2008/09/17: The text in Nick’s screen in VR identified itself as “Goldbug”
          2008/09/20: Goldbug released Nick from VR against his wishes
          2009/02/06: General Sal said that someone from A-Sig codenamed Goldbug adviced her to contact Skin Horse in the first place (Dr. Lee said it was probably an intelligence failure)
          2009/02/07: Gavotte called someone who admitted to being the one behind Nick ending up with Skin Horse.
          2012/07/21: Someone piloting Violet Bee boasted about releasing Nick from VR
          2013/03/25: Dr. Lee implied the one piloting the drone was Mr. Green (not necessarily all the time, though)

          I think that’s all, if anyone else remembers anything else, feel free to add to it. I’d have posted links, but the comments section eats anything with more than one.

      • Frank
        February 27, 2015, 11:39 pm | # | Reply

        It’s the same tshirt he was wearing when goldbug first appeared

    • Robert Nowall
      February 27, 2015, 5:18 am | # | Reply

      Anasigma’s secret malware in Nick comes to the surface at last.

  6. The Wealthy Aardvark
    February 27, 2015, 4:02 am | # | Reply

    I’m afraid I don’t remember who/what Goldbug is. Anyone have a reminder link?

    • Michael Brewer
      February 27, 2015, 4:10 am | # | Reply

      http://skin-horse.com/comic/for-a-moment/

  7. Dieter M.
    February 27, 2015, 5:28 am | # | Reply

    We have just lost cabin pressure.

  8. Robert Nowall
    February 27, 2015, 6:45 am | # | Reply

    In the absence of edduard…from “Good King Wenceslas” (traditional)

    Nick Zerhakker last looked out
    On his gamer man-cave.
    Beta testing all about,
    Anasigma’s brain-slave.
    Back in Skin Horse Volume One
    Nick was liberated
    Now he’s back in and he’s done.
    Place he overrated.

    Nick Zerhakker hacked the drone,
    Sweetheart didn’t wanna
    Give up contact all alone,
    She’s a prima donna.
    Hope the drone is damage-free
    With this latest venture
    Try again, tomorrow, see,
    If she’s in residenture.

    • DarkStarling
      February 27, 2015, 8:29 pm | # | Reply

      May not be the great Edduard, but you’re certainly filling his shoes 🙂 Bravo!

      • Robert Nowall
        February 28, 2015, 7:33 am | # | Reply

        Also I fond my rhyming dictionary yesterday.

  9. Treesong
    February 27, 2015, 10:04 am | # | Reply

    Best Nowall yet.

  10. sbaker
    February 27, 2015, 10:06 am | # | Reply

    Hmm. I hope this has no ill effects on ‘copter-Nick’s flight pattern. Assuming they’ve been in flight this whole time and not just on the roof of the gubamint building where Skin Horse used to be.

    • Shadowmehr
      February 27, 2015, 7:14 pm | # | Reply

      Well, last time Nick was “called into conference” like this, he was told it was taking place at the speed of thought and would only last a second in real-world time. I doubt Goldbug is telepathic, but the same rules might apply.

  11. Zyzzyva
    February 27, 2015, 11:38 am | # | Reply

    What a coincidence! I’m finishing my 85% complete AC1 save this weekend! 😉

  12. muckenhoupt
    February 27, 2015, 11:51 am | # | Reply

    Goes to show, Goldbug is *always* in the picture. Although this is making me wonder if anything Sweetheart was seeing at the Institute was real.

    • DarkStarling
      February 27, 2015, 8:27 pm | # | Reply

      Given this, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t.

  13. Daniel Barkalow
    February 27, 2015, 3:12 pm | # | Reply

    I think AC4 might hit closer to home.

    Also, I hope there’s no sand in the darkened apartment he’s not really in.

  14. oneuniverse2
    February 27, 2015, 5:00 pm | # | Reply

    I’m wondering why Nick hasn’t upgraded his gaming equipment.

  15. roberttheaddled
    February 27, 2015, 6:00 pm | # | Reply

    On a Narbonic note – I discovered today why Dave was so upset about Yak Face.

    I was listening to a podcast called “Star Wars Minute” and they were discussing how according to Wookiepedia (and Wikipedia) the Yak Face figure was never released in the US, so it must have been difficult to get.

  16. Shadowmehr
    February 27, 2015, 7:19 pm | # | Reply

    Now the question is, is Goldbug working for Skin Horse or Anasigma?

    Yes, I realize the correct answer is “for himself”, but which side would help him more? At least for now.

    • Rex Vivat
      February 27, 2015, 8:37 pm | # | Reply

      (see my reply above)

  17. Frank
    February 27, 2015, 11:41 pm | # | Reply

    Chicken in a bag!

  18. Gyrre
    March 6, 2015, 3:41 am | # | Reply

    Wow, not a single reference to Bumblebee’s upgraded self (also known as “Goldbug”)

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