Stupid little Mirror's Edge comic

Just another lazy comic I made while the majority of my creative energies are directed elsewhere. When I haven't been working, I've been astonishingly lazy, and two rainy days were spent starting (and, eventually, completing) the 2008 game Mirror's Edge. The painful protest from my left hand has made me vow I will never do such a long marathon ever again. But it was an interesting experience.
Those of my three readers not familiar with ME's unique game mechanics can get a taste thusly:



Like a shooter, it's experienced from a first-person perspective, but all you do is jump rooftops, do crazy Crouching Tiger gymnastics, and run from the cops. If you really want to shoot guns, you can shoot guns, but Mirror's Edge is uniquely non-aggressive in that respect - the 360 even gives you brownie points if you complete the game without firing a single shot. I chose the mad pursuit of unlocking the "Pacifist" achievement, but in doing so, an already tricky game became a never-ending punishment.



When you play ME, be ready to fail. A lot. And because failure often involves a too-short leap to another skyscraper, be ready to see your hideous death replayed before you eyes over and over again.
The first time this happened, I thought of Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray, having resigned himself to reliving the same day over and over again, begins to kill himself in a variety of exciting ways, including plunging off a skyscraper, just to see what it's like.
Mirror's Edge has ensured that I will never have that fantasy again.
You will be forced to repeat a run over and over again, until you know that you have to do a wall-run there, and have enough momentum for an extra jump there. Doing a successful run resembles an Olympic gymnastics routine, except when you slip up, you get shot, tasered, or fall to an untimely death.
Also, you'd hope that even in a totalitarian city-state that crunches down on free speech, they would still have modest comforts. You know. Like save points.
All grumbling aside, I had a lot of fun. The color scheme is gorgeous, and the Scandinavian-style ambient music is chill-tastic. Faith is a cool heroine. And even thought you die hundreds of times before you get past a gauntlet of snipers and cops, finally reaching that red door gives you a huge feeling of accomplishment.

I have passed the test, just like all the rest

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Not dead! Just working.

Yep, working. And being lazy. And completing Half Life 2. And watching Veronica Mars.
You know, busy! UP was good, I'll write more about it soon.
More drawings, too.

Come on now, sugar! (Bring it on, bring it on, yeah!)

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