That’s pure genius, especially since “Night Trap” is actually my favorite bad game ever made, for obvious reasons. Punishing people for trying to take a second and enjoy the story is the heart of every bad Escape Room.
And just to tackily build on my own comment – it feels like one of the Sunday strips should be a full-on Dr. Phillips style tartan-and-tiki ensemble-cast boozy kilt party.
Frank: Or maybe he’s telling Peirson to thank his (i.e. Tip’s) God for the fact that Peirson built that trap there. I’m not sure how the concept of free will fits into all of this.
“Usually”? It seems to imply that not only he has already encountered an incinerator death trap in a bathroom, he already had to thank the one responsible.
And since it’s “usually don’t”, then the amount of time he had to deal with the fire trap is much higher than two.
The message on the sweater isn’t “i m not me” it’s “u r not u”. Remember the 16 hour gap? They’re all pod people. The real ones are imprisoned in the basement or something.
Aah I love the smell of burnt plants in the morning. Except Australia. I send all my water and hope to you all! Save the poor Kangaroos and Koala’s and all other animals, whether cute or fluffy, scary or scaly.
Probably because he would be seen as non-threatening, but wouldn’t raise a red flag like a survivor of a past mission who inexplicably stayed in Carbondale instead of escaping back to HQ.
Just don’t light a match when it’s active.
Dr. Phillips was flagged with a “U R Not U” sweater – but Peirson was first! I’m so confused!
That said, poor Phillips seems to meet a bad end in any incarnation…
Technically, the Knitting Ninja was first.
Phillips deserved it for drinking all their booze.
Maybe that was a different Peirson.
How many Piersons are there? (Pieople?)
“e” before “i”… it would be “Peiple”.
Peirson hasn’t changed his top. Maybe he thinks it suits him.
Just hope he knows how to turn the fire back off again, whoever he is.
Maybe it’s cold inside.
Jeff wanted this strip to be a tribute to the Sega CD game “Night Trap,” and I complied to the best of my modest ability.
That’s pure genius, especially since “Night Trap” is actually my favorite bad game ever made, for obvious reasons. Punishing people for trying to take a second and enjoy the story is the heart of every bad Escape Room.
Which reader triggered the trap? Because I didn’t.
So he’s telling himself that maybe he can get to his GUN….funny they’d let him keep it handy. Although he always kept Alice SOMEWHERE.
I suppose, with all his quick’n’slick seduction ability, he can hide ANYTHING.
Tip’s explosive collar does _not_ match his outfit.
Dang, now we’ll NEVER get to have a kilt party.
And just to tackily build on my own comment – it feels like one of the Sunday strips should be a full-on Dr. Phillips style tartan-and-tiki ensemble-cast boozy kilt party.
That sounds like an EXCELENT desktop wallpaper!
Well, that’s one. How many of them have to be kilt for it to be a party? Seems there’s a law of diminishing returns at play there…
and diminishing returns on word-play
It’s a little known fact that the kilt is named after what happened to the last person to call it a skirt.
Why wouldn’t one normally thank people for that? It seems polite to me! ^_^
One would hope you’d never need to employ an incinerator death trap in the bathroom. And you certainly wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of it.
Of course it’s polite to, but I think it’s just that the occasion to thank someone for it normally wouldn’t come up.
Technically, it’s God he’s thanking
Frank: Or maybe he’s telling Peirson to thank his (i.e. Tip’s) God for the fact that Peirson built that trap there. I’m not sure how the concept of free will fits into all of this.
“Usually”? It seems to imply that not only he has already encountered an incinerator death trap in a bathroom, he already had to thank the one responsible.
And since it’s “usually don’t”, then the amount of time he had to deal with the fire trap is much higher than two.
Consider Tip’s career path up to this point. Fiery death traps might be among the least weird thing he’s dealt with in the past.
The message on the sweater isn’t “i m not me” it’s “u r not u”. Remember the 16 hour gap? They’re all pod people. The real ones are imprisoned in the basement or something.
At best, they’re in a lost basement. Let’s not consider the worst case scenario at this point.
ahhh… so seldom i laugh aloud these days. Thanks, Shannon and Jeff.
Aah I love the smell of burnt plants in the morning. Except Australia. I send all my water and hope to you all! Save the poor Kangaroos and Koala’s and all other animals, whether cute or fluffy, scary or scaly.
Dude you realize arsonists have been setting coordinated batches of forest fires in, like, three continents this year, right? Read the news.
I got to wondering…why did the Thing, or whatever it is, take on the appearance of Phillips of St. Charlie in the first place?
Probably because he would be seen as non-threatening, but wouldn’t raise a red flag like a survivor of a past mission who inexplicably stayed in Carbondale instead of escaping back to HQ.