Recently stumbled upon this thanks to Comixtalk. The most recent review seems to be about VG Cats. The Webcomic Overlook does a pretty good job summarizing some of my own feelings about the comic, and at this point it should be obvious I am not a fan.

So why did I say the reviews seems to be about VGCats?

Well, I got the distinct impression that it’s a shot at many gamers as well. In fact, I felt a little offended by the generalization.

“Gamers like to fight each other over this admittedly trivial division because a) they’re too young to care about politics, or b) they’re old enough to understand politics, but giving a crap severely cuts into gaming time.”

As a gamer, I certainly do not fit this stereo-type as I just play games for fun. I also am quite involved with politics, I just have the good sense to keep my opinions concerning them to myself. While “El Santo” was using generalizations for humor, there should of been an effort to switch off from review mode to stories about gamers. Then again, when my only real point of contention with the review is with observations of a certain subset which in unfortunately belong to, I am willing to give the offer the benefit of the doubt. I’m sure they’re not totally convinced all gamers think the same.

The association with gaming and the lowest rungs of pop-culture seems very prevalent in the review. Mostly by Ransoomair’s comic catering to both these groups.

“For the life of me, I can never understand why kids go to watch Epic Movie or Meet the Spartans. Scott knows. He delivers the same sort of “risque,” pop-culture laden humor. I’m going to have to throw the towel. Hey, I’m a man, and real men admit their failings. I’m an old fogey long out of touch with the youth of America. I can never relate to VG Cats‘ primary audience: excitable pre-teens, easily amused teens, and creepy old men who hang around elementary schools.”

While it’s not really stated aloud that the reviewer thinks gamers enjoy poop-jokes, it’s the distinct impression I get, likely due to the loaded statement of us being, apparently, narrow minded and concerned with the utterly trivial. Maybe I am just in the minority in this regard.

So with a VG Cats review, a comic that isn’t even my own, or one I like, I came out of it a little insulted. Hopefully the author would understand my perspective and would assure me that they don’t believe ALL gamers are utter morons.

That being said, I’ll definitely be checking in on Webcomics overlook, if anything, for decent reviews and rage-inducing generalizations about groups I’m affiliated with.

I found this ZP rant profoundly amusing. Not because of it’s subject matter, or because it was funny (as it was pretty meh) but actually because the guy behind ZP did a webcomic.

Most of the rant is aimed squarely at Control Alt Delete, so, pretty par for the course as far as webcomic rants go. The problem is, this is all stuff we’ve heard before. For a guy who is popular for complaining in an entertaining way, he didn’t find anything funny to complain about when it comes to gaming comics.

The whole impression I got “hurr hurr gaming comics, game references, sprites, walls of text”. He really didn’t even bother criticizing Penny-Arcade, which disappointed me. Granted, Penny-Arcade is pretty well polished, but there are some flaws in there that should be addressed in all fairness. I liked the little dig about Comic Genesis, as that’s where his comic is archived (which interestingly features himself as a self-insert. For shame, Mr. Croshaw). He also has a few other gems, and I use the term ‘gems’ loosely. A sprite comic… really?

Oh, and as always, drama and ZP go hand in hand, check out the forums for your dose for the week.