Thrown Weapons

Throwing weapons featured in this comic: Throwing axe (Castlevania), lance-shaped javelin (Ghosts'n Goblins), dagger (Castlevania, Ghosts'n Goblins), stick grenade (Metal Slug), large shuriken (Ninja Gaiden), pitfall seed (Animal Crossing).

Axes are a common sub-weapon in Castlevania, and this is showcased in Super Smash Bros Ultimate by Simon and Richter as their neutral special move.

A lance-shaped javelin would be a silly weapon, especially in Ghosts'n Goblins. Yet Sir Arthur hurls them at the bad guys without giving a thought about how silly the weapon looks. At least it's not as silly as the breakable armor Sir Arthur wears.

Daggers as a throwing weapon are very common, and are featured as weapons in Castlevania and Ghosts'n Goblins, though daggers are more popular in the latter.

Stick grenades are a powerful alternative weapon in Metal Slug available to the player from the start.

Ryu Hayabusa is known for throwing shurikens in the NES Ninja Gaiden, including large shurikens.

The pitfall seed from Animal Crossing can be thrown at opponents to ground them in the Super Smash Bros series.

In general, throwing weapons have been a staple feature throughout video game history.

100% Disapproval Rating

Author's Note: Bobby Kotick should have resigned long before the latest scandal concerning Activision Blizzard.

If you are aware of what is happening right now, Activision Blizzard has been hit by yet another scandal. This time, it's about Bobby Kotick issuing death threats to his assistant in 2006 being revealed to the whole world. This is in addition to the mistreatment of Activision Blizzard's female workers being exposed to the general public. Such unethical business practices made the video game industry demand that Bobby Kotick resign. Net users, however demand that Bobby Kotick should go to jail and Activision Blizzard cease operations for good.

Speaking of Activision Blizzard, I made a couple of comics that are aimed at bashing Activision Blizzard's franchises. You might want to read them here and here.

Sony's Most Malevolent Character

If you want to know why PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is not getting a sequel, this is because the various heroes, villains and other miscellaneous characters throughout the history of Sony's PlayStation successfully defeated the malevolent being that made them destroy each other so that he can get rid of them and become the sole mascot of PlayStation. We're talking about Polygon Man, the purple polygonal head that PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi rejected at E3 1995. In the 17 years between that fateful rejection and the E3 2012 Trailer for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Polygon Man became Sony's most malevolent character, driven by the bitterness that he had since being rejected by Ken Kutaragi. So malevolent that he even seeks to destroy the villains of PlayStation. But he just wishes to enslave everybody in order to destroy the PlayStation World and reforge it in his own image as payback for Ken Kutaragi's rejection.

Defining Cold War Alternate History

Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the PC game Command and Conquer Red Alert. This game in the Command and Conquer series catapulted the Cold War alternate history setting genre to massive popularity levels that no other game in this category could achieve prior to this game's launch. There have been several spiritual successors to the Red Alert games such as World in Conflict and the Wargame trilogy, but they just fall short of being true spiritual successors to the Red Alert trilogy. Perhaps it's because the Red Alert trilogy has military equipment that looks like they came straight out of Cold War-era science fiction and an epic soundtrack that World in Conflict and the Wargame trilogy does not have. Happy Anniversary, Command and Conquer Red Alert. Dasvidaniya.

15 Years of Waggle Power

Today marks the 15th Anniversary of Nintendo's Wii. The Wii introduced motion controls into video gaming and was the first Nintendo home console to achieve 100 million units sold, effectively bringing Nintendo back to prominence levels not seen since the N64 era. While the Wii's legacy of the Wii and its motion controls seem to be controversially divisive among the Nintendo fandom, we all have to agree to disagree over the Wii Waggle having easier controls than button-mashing due to the lower skill level required to master it.

Now you're playing with power. Waggle power. Happy 15th Anniversary, Wii.

Author's Note: Unfortunately, this comic may age poorly because the last possible date you can set on the Nintendo Wii's calendar is 31/12/2035. This means the Wii's clock will not work properly after 2035, meaning the Wii will not function properly by the time it turns 30.

XBox Reunion

Today marks the 20th Anniversary of the North American launch of the original XBox by Microsoft. What Microsoft didn't know was that they had created a video gaming brand similar to Sony's PlayStation. As a result, Microsoft brought America back in the Console Wars competition after Atari's exit in 1996.

To pay tribute to the original XBox and commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Microsoft's XBox brand, this comic is getting the band back together for a milestone Anniversary by bringing every XBox console model released over the past 20 years back for one epic reunion.

Happy 20th Anniversary, XBox.

End of Malpractice

Today marks the day Dr Mario World closes its doors for good. So press F to pay respects to a game that was perhaps too quacky for video game healthcare. Like Viridi from Kid Icarus: Uprising said, Dr Mario is a quack. So Nintendo finally pulled the plug on Dr Mario World, and perhaps, this will bring a Mario spin-off that was full of malpractice that had been going unchecked for 31 years since 1990 to an end. Perhaps, such malpractice will be permanently exiled for good...