Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Jun 25th, 2009 >

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@ How lovely out here! All this green scenery

d Yup, but something feels wrong

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21 Comments

#1	Quint	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:36:01
Please explain reference.
#2	acheron	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:07:08
Yeah, I don't get this one either.
#3	eskimo68	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:17:04
Just guessing that... Some of the multiplayer online games have zones depending on how you want to play. A metal nut might be a bullet? But yes, too obscure without a clearer reference.
#4	paxed	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:31:11
One word: Stalker
#5	Asmodean	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:39:56
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(film) probably more commonly known is the game loosely based on the film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. would be perfect with some subtle shifting of the background foilage Last edited: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:43:03
#6	neovigo	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:06:20
The footnote and the white "E" are more than necessary to get the joke :)
#7	slowpoke	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:31:53
This is an example of background info I had no idea about, but was glad to have learned - it feels like something I should have known already - so I give it a good rating despite the relative obscurity.
#8	slowpoke	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:33:05
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#9	progo	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:27:18
Stalker is a nice film, and I understand well that not everyone has seen it.
#10	Newtkiller	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:05:55
so good once you get the thingy
#11	Newtkiller	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:06:13
so good once you get the thingy
#12	TobyBartels	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:55:58
Asmodean, try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_%28film%29 Last edited: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:57:58
#13	xCheckPoint	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:38:47
Huh, no comic today? Is paxed still on holiday or is it just the lack of new strips?
#14	neovigo	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:26:52
I have two unscheduled strips, including one that I think is good enough to make it for the front page - and yet it has not been scheduled for a week... We really need some sort of feedback from paxed why a strip has been rejected, and a means of deleting rejected strips - so they don't become trash in our profile page. Last edited: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:27:07
#15	progo	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:43:00
Perhaps paxed is just busy. I suggest we should point some moderators who could be able to approve (and put into the schedule) comics in addition.
#16	Orl	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:57:28
and why not a system to schedule comics automatically? If they are that bad, the users and the admin should be able to vote to delete them...
#17	Slandor	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:45:16
I have a new strip over at the extremely select, refined site, if anyone needs their Dudley fix: http://sadowl.com/dudley/ (Hope it's OK to post a link to that site -- especially because it's continuing the "feud.")
#18	ctaboir	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:18:41
Rather a bad strip than none? IMHO... YES! Definitely! And there are plenty of these (I know for myself!)(I mean my really bad unpublished strips)
#19	paxed	Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:00:17
Slandor: if you see the "About" link, I already link to the sadowl-Dudley. xCheckPoint: I've been kinda busy lately... Orl: It's already possible to schedule comics. neovigo: I'll put in a place for strip feedback when I have some time.
#20	DarthCliche	Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:11:55
P because I don't get the reference.
#21	Muad	Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:32:30
Nobody's mentioned the book the film is based on (Roadside Picnic). It also has metal nuts.

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