FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for January 08, 2013
Transcript:
Jason: Paige, I don't think you understand! I've spent hundreds of hours trying to defeat the red orb guardian in this video game! You have to tell me how you got past him! You have to! Did you use the flaming sword? The screaming sword? The sword of death? The sword of pain? The axe of vengeance? The maze of might? The razor arrows? The exploding arrows? What? What? What? Paige: If you must know, I simply walked right by him.
damage2007 almost 12 years ago
Please tell me Foxtrot classics aren’t looping now. I’ve definitely had this strip before, and it wasn’t all that long ago, either.
ewalnut almost 12 years ago
The only new ones are the Sunday strips.
skeeterhawk almost 12 years ago
Yes, I’ve seen these just a year or two ago … my memory might fail me, it could be three, but I doubt it.
pdeason2 almost 12 years ago
you are right they did this one maybe a year ago.
Dave459 almost 12 years ago
Thanks goodness for that whatchamacallit, forgetting thingy . . .
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
The good old Super Mario Bros. method of defeating a boss?
Thunderdog2 almost 12 years ago
Yes Jason, sometimes the best way of not getting defeated by the Red Orb Guardian is to leave him alone. (It’s kind of like when you tell doctor it hurts when you do this and he or she says don’t do that).
JanLC almost 12 years ago
There used to be a game called “Colossal Cave” that was done entirely in text, no graphics. At one point in the game there was a dragon blocking the way, and you would type “Kill dragon”. The game would answer “With what, your bare hands?” The correct response was “Yes” and you walked right on by.
ard1092 almost 12 years ago
I’ve just walked by the enemy in plenty of my games
falcon_370f almost 12 years ago
It may be a re-run, but to me, it never gets old. When I first saw this, I started adopting the strategy in all my games. I only fight if I have to. Works for the US Military as well: “Do not fire until fired upon.”
fixer1967 almost 12 years ago
It is a glitch in the game. He only attacks if attacked. Other wise you can walk by him. I seen a real game with that glitch.
Rickapolis almost 12 years ago
The Red Orb Guardian was always a twit.
CrypticWizard almost 12 years ago
Just like the painting room puzzle in the first Resident Evil. There’s a bunch of crows in that room which will simply do nothing unless you fire at them first.
Doctor11 almost 12 years ago
Jason is being thick right now.