Nerd Boy, episodes 152-156

This first strip deviates from the story arc. The rest don't.
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          -That's- the game
         you're making? That?         Mhm.
                           ` ,,,      ,  _
                             '..     O  |_)
                             .||. |_(._[__]
                       ______ ||  | |b|   | ____


    But it's a 2D platform
     game. In ASCII, no less.         Mhm.
                           ` ,,,      ,  _
                             '..     O  |_)
                             .||. |_(._[__]
              _______________ ||  | |b|   | ________________


                       But..          OK! Uh.. Wait, what would you say
                          |          if I told you it was old-school?
                           ` ,,,      ,  _
                             '..     O  |_)
                             .||. |_(._[__]
        _____________________ ||  | |b|   | ______________________


            Cool! Old-school
           totally kicks ass!         Thought so.
                           ` ,,,      ,  _
                             '..     O  |_)
                             -||- |_(._[__]
                 jg    ______ ||  | |b|   | ____

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The amount of subjective appreciation of an item X should be a constant with
respect to classification, assuming proper usage of X. And you can quote me
on that.
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Saved anything from the           No, all my stuff is gone. A game
onslaught of that game?          can't do this kind of damage.
          `,,,                  ,  _
           '..                 O  |_)
           .||.             |_(._[__]
            |\ ____________ | |b|   |


                                     It's a -hardware- problem...
                           ,,,       ,
                           '..    /_O
                           .||. _[__]\      _
             ______________ ||  |   |d  __ |_) ________


                         \ .      |      . /
                    -._   \ `.   | |   .' /   _.-
                       `-  )  `-'   `-'  (  -'
                       _ -'      KER      `- _
                         -.    BLAMMO!    .-
                      _.-  )  .-.   .-.  (  -._
                    -'    / .'   | |   `. \    `-
                         / '      |        \

                           Nice work.
                             |      I do try.
                        .``\ ,          `
                        ` ##             ##
                          -\\-         -//-
   jg______________________ \\         dd _____________________

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This strip depicts how hardware has alienated me. Note the three different
"ground line" styles. Neat.
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Great. What started out as a      Yeah, seeing as your computer was
hard drive failure became a        ,  -fully blown- up. Heh heh.
  full blown catastrophe.       ,,,
                      `OO       ..'
                       ||      .||.
                 _____ bb _____ || _____


                                ,,,
                       OO       ..'
                       ||      .||.
       _______________ bb _____ || ______________________




                                ,,,
                             OO oo'
                            // .||.
                         _ bb _ || _




                                     I'll just go stand
                                    ,  over there, OK?
                                 ,,,
                             OO  oo'
                            //  .||-
             jg___________ bb __ /( ___________

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This started out as a whole other joke, but then I came up with a pun and
realised how stupid it was.
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 All that's left of              There's this metal
  my computer... A                ,  thingy too.
    pile of ashes.             ,,,
                 `OO           ..'
                  ||         '-||
          _______ bb .--. ____ /| ________


         Put it on                              Where's your
          the pile.                               computer?
                 `         ,,,                    ,
                  OO       ..'                 ..~
                  ||     '-||                  <<
            _____ bb .--.  || ________________ /| _____



       It exploded.                   Good luck surviving without it
                 `       ,,,           ,   and not freaking out
                  OO     '..         ..~     from withdrawal.
                  ||      ||        .<<.
              ___ bb .-`. || _______ || ____



      I'll be fine.                     BWAHAAHAHAAHAHA!
                 `       ,,,            ,  OW, my RIBS!
                  OO     '..         ''~
                  ||      ||        -<<-
             jg__ bb .-`. || _______ // __

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This also started out as one joke and became another due to lack of space. I
like NB's "Put it on the pile", it's so calm and solemn.
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                Bummer your computer
                 exploded, Nerd Boy.          Shut up.
                                  `,,,        ,
                                   '..      OO
                                   .||.     ||
                             ______ || ____ dd _______


Well well. I thought you wouldn't          Like I told you, I have it
  survive without a computer.            all figured out. I'll be fine.
              `                    ,,,       ,
               ~..                 ..'     OO
                >>                .||.     ||
                |\ _______________ || ____ dd


                                             Yeah, because Fan Boy here
               Sure.                         will hook me up! He's got
                ,                 ,,,        ,  a computer I can use.
             ..~                  '..      OO
             <<                   .||.    .||.
         ___ /| __________________ || ____ dd ______________


                    What? I told             YES SIREE! I'LL JUST GO
                   you I don't h..          BORROW YOUR COMPUTER NOW!
                                 `,,,        ,   I'LL BE FINE!
                                  '..      @@
                                  .||.    -||-
                   jg       ______ || ____ dd ___

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This is the joke that the two previous strips started out as. Turns out that
it's not as funny as the two jokes it spawned, IMO. Oh well. At least I seem
to be getting better at the systematic use of multiple jokes.

-jg