Legitimizing Preservation

Audio cassette tapes, VHS tapes and floppy disks were destined to become obsolete, and when they do, the risk of whatever content they contain are in danger of being lost forever. That's why preservation of old media should be legitimized, because anyone who does not learn from the dark parts of history are doomed to repeat it.

Removing Dishonesty

Deceptive ads for mobile games are just one of the many reasons dishonesty levels are rising, and mobile gamers are fed up with such false advertising. It's time we got rid of all the lies and deceit these fake mobile game ads have been promoting.

Clip Art Nostalgia

Do you remember the times when we had to use clip art to create presentations for school or office projects? What about that time when we had to create flyers using Microsoft Office Publisher? If you can remember those times, then you have nostalgia for clip art.

The truth about clip art is that, contrary to its discontinuation by Microsoft Office in 2014, clip art never lost popularity because the stock image hosting websites did not kill clip art, but rather, they displaced Microsoft Office as the most popular source for clip art images. Not to mention that royalty-free stock images have far more appeal than the clip art images provided by Microsoft...

Liking Kyubey When He's Dead

Hoshimachi Suisei from Hololive only likes Kyubey when that alien cat goes through all sorts of suffering, many of which would have ended in Kyubey dying. That's because she knows that Kyubey has deceived many teenage girls with his cute face by giving them contracts to turn them into magical girls. Unfortunately, these magical girls ended up meeting with a terrible fate. That's why Suisei prefers Kyubey getting stabbed with a dagger on top of his head.

Why Magical Girls Do Not Engage In Melee Combat

I do not understand why magical girls rarely use their magic wands as melee weapons. If Halo's Master Chief could use his guns as melee weapons in close quarters combat, then I do not see why magical girls do not use their magic wands for melee combat. Although it's possible that Sakura Kinomoto did use her magic wand to engage in close quarters combat at some point in time, her case may be the only known exception. And yes, Ash Ketchum's original nemesis Gary Oak is the stabbing victim in this comic.

Then again, magical girls were not meant to engage in heavy duty combat. Even worse still, there is a big chance that magical girls could lose their innocence if they have to brutally kill anyone, even if that enemy is a monstrous monster or villainous villain. Unfortunately, we have already seen cases of magical girls losing their innocence, and this is all the fault of Gen Urobuchi when he conceived Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Another Clippy Comic

Have you been carrying out a boycott of Microsoft lately? What about those who had been boycotting Microsoft since the Windows 8 fiasco? Perhaps it's because your desire is for the arrest of Bill Gates for all the wrongs he did to millions of Microsoft customers. Even Clippy would like to help Microsoft customers with arresting Bill Gates. However, Clippy may not be trustworthy as far as getting help to arrest Bill Gates is concerned...

A Clippy Comic

Do you remember Clippy? I do. He was not a nuisance, despite what other people say about him being irritating.

If you ever wanted to ditch Microsoft, maybe Clippy can help you. But you're better off without Clippy's help if you are ditching Microsoft for a better alternative because he's a very irritating Microsoft character.

Six Fan Arts Entry

Author's Note: My apologies for being late to the #SixFanArts bandwagon. As an old saying goes, better late than never.

Characters in this #SixFanArts Challenge Entry: Fall Guy (Fall Guys), Hebereke (Hebereke), Ice Bear (We Bare Bears), Alice (FunOrb's Wizard Run), Lemming (Lemmings), Rit (Rod Land, Soldam).

The Fall Guys are titular bean-shaped player characters that take part in a Wipeout-style battle royale. They get involved in all sorts of wacky situations in various minigames.

When Hebereke was first released in 1991, the titular penguin became the face of Sunsoft. Recently, he had some new releases, namely Ufouria: The Saga 2 and Hebereke: Enjoy Edition.

Ice Bear from We Bare Bears is the third member of the bear trio. He is the least talkative of the three bears.

If you remember FunOrb, you might have played Wizard Run at one point in time when the website was still up and running. You play as an apprentice wizard named Alice, and your main objective is to take down the Harpy King and rescue your master.

For your information, the Lemming from the Lemmings game is drawn using the art style of the TerminalMontage YouTube channel videos for this #SixFanArts comic.

Rit from Rod Land and Soldam is definitely one of the best magical girls in the history of magical girls. In this #SixFanArts comic, she is portrayed in her appearance from Soldam: Drop, Connect, Erase.

P.S. There is an error in the positioning of Ice Bear's ears. While this seems unintentional, this could be a reference to all the production errors found in animated TV shows.

You Don't Mess With The Ariete

While the C1 Ariete isn't as good as the M1 Abrams, the Challenger 2, the Leopard 2, the Leclerc, the Merkava or even the Challenger 1, God forbid you ever call the C1 Ariete the worst NATO MBT because if you do that in a war, you obviously have a death wish.

Stabbed by the Haters

If there is one thing the far-right and the far-left can agree on, it would be agreeing to kill Ash Ketchum's original nemesis Gary Oak.

Gary "Shigeru" Oak is often seen wearing a yellow/green Taegeuk amulet, and the Taegeuk is the emblem of the Republic of South Korea. Unfortunately, this means Gary Oak is on the hit list of both the Fascists and the Communists.

Even if the Taegeuk is not a hate symbol unlike the Swastika or the Rising Sun or even the Hammer and Sickle, it is not safe from the fury of those who hate it regardless of color. For all we know, Ash was either the reincarnation of an Imperial Japanese Army soldier who was killed by the Allies during World War 2 or a Communist Soldier who was killed by the Allies during the Korean War. Perhaps Ash is suffering from depression as a result of becoming mentally ill due to him being a Zainichi Korean who can never return because he was a Communist sympathizer.

Maybe one day Game Freak will reveal everything about the Pokemon TV series, just like how they debunked the coma theory.

Memory Preservation

Remember GeoCities? That website was a place where you can create your own digital home in the days before Facebook, Twitter and even MySpace. While GeoCities no longer exist, a Tumblr account dedicated to the memory of GeoCities was established to ensure that even if GeoCities is gone, it will not be forgotten. You can even find Sailor Moon images and cat pictures that were uploaded to GeoCities on that Tumblr account. You just need to dig deep and search thoroughly.

All in all, I wish more effort was put into preserving the past. Therefore, archiving should not be outlawed for the sake of protecting intellectual properties or combating digital piracy.

Temple Treasure Whereabouts

If the Italian government had their way, they would have returned the Temple Treasures to Israel. Unfortunately, the Italian government does not know the real whereabouts of the Jerusalem Temple Treasures, and even if they know, they are strictly forbidden from returning them back to the Israeli government.

Mediocre At Best

Cutie Honey was a huge disappointment. The storytelling in every official continuity was terrible, and to make matters worse, the villainous Panther Claw was never truly defeated in every single one of them. At best, the entire franchise was a mediocre mediocrity. In other words, reviewers who gave negative reviews to the Cutie Honey series were right all along...

Worthy of a Second Look

Author's Note: All copyrights for the images in this comic go to their respective owners.

Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the launch of the Sony PlayStation in Japan. While it was the video game console that revolutionized the video game industry and gave us Twisted Metal, Final Fantasy VII, PaRappa the Rapper, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, Klonoa and too many other franchises to name, we must also remember the forgotten gems of the original PlayStation because they also made this console the icon of video game history. Here are just five PS1 games that deserve a second look.

1. The Sunsoft Memorial Series: Remember the Famicom/NES games that were conceived by Sunsoft? In 2001 and 2002, Sunsoft ported twelve Famicom/NES games to the PS1 in a six-volume compilation known as the Sunsoft Memorial Series. The twelve Famicom/NES games in this compilation are Ikki, Super Arabian, Route-16 Turbo, Mystery of Atlantis, 53 Stations of the Tokaido, The Wing of Madoola, Blaster Master, Ripple Island, Journey to Silius/Raf World, Hebereke, Super Spy Hunter/Battle Formula and Mr Gimmick. Give these NES games a try if you miss the glory days of Sunsoft.

2. Jaleco Collection Volume 1: Jaleco was also involved in bringing Famicom/NES games to the PS1 as well. However, they stopped making these compilations after Volume 1. The games featured in this compilation are Argus, City Connection, Exerion, Field Combat, Formation Z, Ninja Jajamaru-Kun and Rod Land. If you miss the glory days of Jaleco, this compilation is a must-try.

3. The Arika Cardcaptor Sakura Trilogy: Did you know that Cardcaptor Sakura video games exist? In fact, Arika made three Cardcaptor Sakura games for the PS1, and one of them happens to be a Tetris game, so give it a try if you like Tetris as well.

4: Puyo Puyo BOX: This was the very last Puyo Puyo game to be developed by Compile before they handed over the Puyo Puyo rights to Sega. It was also the first PS1 game to be published by Sega, and it was released on the PS1 months before Sega discontinued the Dreamcast. Awkward, isn't it?

5. Metal Slug (PS1 Port): While Metal Slug is best remembered for being the Run-and-Gun title that gave the Neo Geo a second wind, we should also remember that the PS1 version of Metal Slug has another game mode called "Another Story". It can only be unlocked by winning the arcade game once. Free space on the PS1 Memory Card is also required for this mode. This mode has four minigames. If you complete it, it will unlock "Another Story II" after pressing R1+L2+O while the title screen cursor is on "Another Story".

With all that said, Happy 30th Anniversary, Sony PlayStation! Here's to the next 30 years!

The Real Reason Ash gets no Justice

It's a huge pity that we rarely get to hear any stories of justice in Japanese animation and comics. Why is there no justice in Japanese comics and animation? Because of the lack of sympathy or harmony between the nobility and the commoners, the upper class and the lower class. Unfortunately, the lack of success in the popular revolutions throughout Japanese history may have destroyed all hopes of transforming Japanese society into a fair and just society.

The Pokemon TV series is definitely a textbook example of that lack of justice. The people who worked on the Pokemon TV series did not want to give Gary and Ritchie any real comeuppance for all the wrongs they did to Ash. The reason for that? Not only was Ash's namesake Satoshi Tajiri an outsider, but giving Gary and Ritchie any severe comeuppances whatsoever would have been grave insults to Shigeru Miyamoto and the late Hiroshi Yamauchi respectively as well. This unacceptable injustice will not be tolerated. Even if Satoshi Tajiri was secretly a communist sympathizer, Nintendo looking down on him is unforgivable.

At the end of the day, the people who are calling for a boycott of Nintendo may have been right all along...

Turkey Bacon

Do you wish for an alternative to pork bacon that's healthier? Need an additional side dish to your Thanksgiving Roast Turkey? Say no more, because turkey bacon is here if you need it.

Combat Pickup Truck

Author's Note: This combat pickup truck was inspired by the technicals that fought against the Libyan Army that invaded Chad. Its design draws inspiration from the 4X4 Pickup used by the Survivors faction in Krush Kill 'n' Destroy, the GLA Technical from Command and Conquer Generals and the Dervish from the original Death Rally from 1996.

Let's face it. Desperation in times of war was what gave us the technical, a nimble combat vehicle that became a popular choice for guerrillas across the globe. If the next World War were to occur, warring factions will definitely convert pickup trucks into combat vehicles.

Games that could have saved the Sega Saturn

The Sega Saturn is best known for being a commercial failure. However, its sales figures in Japan tells a far different story from the Western markets.

But what if there were games that could have saved the Sega Saturn? If such games existed, what could those games be, and what would they look like?

Knuckles Chaotix: The only Sonic game the 32X would ever have throughout its entire lifespan. It could have done better if it was on the Sega Saturn. It was also the Sonic game that saw the return of Mighty the Armadillo, who last appeared in SegaSonic the Hedgehog, a Japan-only arcade title. This game would have ended up a Sega Saturn title if the dismal 32X did not exist...

A Segata Sanshiro martial arts game: Segata Sanshiro. The patron saint of the Sega Saturn, and someone who would have probably been considered a worthy opponent to F-Zero's Captain Falcon. He was conceived as the advertising mascot for the Sega Saturn, and this helped the Sega Saturn overtake the Nintendo 64 in the Japanese market. The Sega Saturn would probably have done far better if Segata Sanshiro had his very own martial arts game similar to Chuck Norris Superkicks.

Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000: This 32X-exclusive title received mixed reviews, mostly negative after its initial release. It has never seen a re-release to this very day. Maybe Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 would have done far better if the 32X did not exist and the game was released on the Sega Saturn instead...

With all that said, if the Sega Saturn had these three games, the Sega Saturn's story would probably have taken a far different course. On a side note, Happy 30th Anniversary, Sega Saturn!

Sega games and characters © Sega.

No Respect for Neutrality

If there was anything that would definitely perish in World War 3, it's neutrality. Not only would Russia have zero respect for the neutrality of "neutral" countries, even God does not want his holy people to be neutral in a conflict between God and the Devil.

Ditching Windows For Linux

Windows 10 support ends on 14 October 2025. However, Microsoft would like to make people pay another $30 to extend support until October 2026. Unfortunately, this is only a temporary solution. Therefore, the real solution would have to be ditching Windows completely in favour of Linux. After all, Windows viruses do not work on Linux systems, so why don't you give Linux a try?

Hype Train Disappointment

Author's Note: The template from We Never Learn has been reused yet again. This time, to emphasize about the disappointing reality of the Wii U.

In defense of Nintendo, the Wii U was launched to great fanfare. It's just that the Wii U did worse than the GameCube in sales figures terms. To make matters worse, the Wii U, like the 3DS, was Region-Locked. This gives people who have a disdain for Nintendo yet another legitimate reason to continue with their dislike of Nintendo.

We Never Learn © Shueisha.

Dubious Autopsy Methods

If someone were to perish from a heart attack, and his/her corpse were to be sent for an autopsy, you wouldn't want to imagine what Kano would do to the corpse if he was the one doing the autopsy.

For those who grew up with the Mortal Kombat franchise, you would remember that one of Kano's Fatality moves involve ripping off his defeated opponent's heart. Maybe that's part of the reason why some countries banned some of the more recent games in the Mortal Kombat series.

A Note from a Time Traveler

Have you ever had a strange dream where you found one of those notes left behind by time travelers? This note is just one good example. In this case, the time traveler comes from the time after Christ's Second Coming. He had managed to create a time machine to deliver a note to someone from before the Great Tribulation. The note was sent back to the past to deliver a message of hope amid the coming doom and gloom, and it had this to say about a bright future:

1. People will stop arguing about who the true successor to the Roman Empire is because the Roman Empire no longer exists.

2. Tyrannical dictatorships will cease to exist.

3. There will be no more gridlocked democracies.

4. Humanity will observe the Anno Mundi Calendar.

5. There will be no more terrorist attacks against trains.

6. Weapons of war will be converted to farming equipment.

7. Harvests will be so bountiful that the combine harvesters can barely keep up with them.

8. Food quality and flavor will be drastically improved.

9. The very first YouTube video will finally get the grand remake it had been waiting for.

10. Cat videos still rule the Internet.

11. Tetris still remains very popular.

12. All of this and many other good things that are not on the list have been made possible because the Demon King who deceived Adam and Eve at the Garden of Eden had been thrown into the Bottomless Pit.

With all that said, a bright future awaits those who survived the Demon King's tyranny during the Great Tribulation, especially those who used to be the subjects of the dictators and tyrants who opposed Christ when he returned to Earth to prevent it from becoming tohu and bohu.

The Lack of Justice in Japan

In Japan, stories about struggles for justice are hard to find, if there are any at all. However, such stories about struggles for justice in Japanese history do exist. It's just that they are being relegated to the sidelines. Some of the best examples about the struggle for justice include the Country Samurai that defied Oda Nobunaga, the ninja outlaw Ishikawa Goemon, who could possibly have been the namesake of Goemon from Konami's Mystic Ninja series, the Shimabara Rebellion that terrified the Tokugawa Shogunate and inspired Sunsoft to conceive Ikki, and more recently, Hangorin No Kai's #NOlympicsAnywhere campaign that aims to deliver justice for homeless people in Tokyo. Such stories have often been considered equals with England's Robin Hood, China's Outlaws of the Marsh, and (South) Korea's Hong Gil-Dong.

However, Japan's stories about struggles for justice have often been sidelined because such opposition against tyranny have often been considered treason by whatever ruling regime Japan had in its long history. That's why such stories are being largely ignored by the majority. This could explain why all who have wronged Ash Ketchum did not get any comeuppances by the time Ash's Journey ended. Not to mention that the late Takeshi Shudo's proposed series finale wanted the Pokemon TV series to be the dying dream of a mentally ill Ash...

600 and going for 700

To all my readers, thank you for all your motivation. I could not have reached the milestone of 600 comics without your encouragement. Here's to going for 700 comics!

Imminent Doom

Whoever wins the United States Presidential Election this year, the world loses because it will enter the worst part of the end times. Even Wile E Coyote from Looney Tunes knows that The End is near...

Looney Tunes © Warner Bros.

Extremely Fatal Mistake 2

Let's face it. Masahiro Sakurai's no non-video game characters allowed policy did more good for the Smash community because Puella Magi Madoka Magica is too cruel. How cruel, you say? Magical girls becoming the witches that Kyubey instructed them to destroy because their Soul Gems got corrupted?!? If that isn't cruel, then what is? That's why Madoka Kaname had to erase the witches in order to make Kyubey upset, but she ended up erasing her very existence as well...

Extremely Fatal Mistake

If Nintendo had any reason not to kill off Gary Oak for the sake of giving Ash Ketchum any justice whatsoever, it's because Ash is not only even more of an outsider than Waluigi, but also a mentally ill leftist who hates the truth, even if it's not truth at all. However, the real reason Gary Oak does not get killed off in order to give Ash any justice at all is because Gary's death would result in the deaths of everyone in the Miyamotoverse that Shigeru Miyamoto conceived back in 1981 with the launch of the arcade version of Donkey Kong. This would include Waluigi, an ijiwaru who has always been considered an outsider by both the Mario series and the Wario series.

Bomber-Trapped

Author's Note: This comic is a four-panel remake of "Bombed Out" by Dueling Analogs, who had their final curtain call on 31 July 2018.

Remember the times when we trapped our opponents in Bomberman by surrounding them with bombs? While baddies were among the victims of such cruel tactics, VS Mode took that cruelty up to Eleven by turning such nasty tactics into a destroyer of friendships during multiplayer Bomberman sessions by surrounding our fellow players with bombs.

Magical Girl Smash Argument

Some people think a crybaby like Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon should be in Super Smash Bros because she can punish villains such as Bowser, Ganondorf and Ridley in the name of the Moon. Others think Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica would be the best magical girl for Smash because she could right the wrongs caused by Kyubey. But she erased her own existence in the process. Deep inside, however, the best magical girl for Smash has to be Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura. She could use her magic staff as a melee weapon, meaning she can go toe to toe against Mario, Donkey Kong, Kirby and Pikachu to name a few.

End-Time Tribal Argument

Author's Note: This comic uses a variation of the Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme.

According to the Old Testament prophecies concerning the time of the end, the modern-day descendants of the Israelite tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh and Judah will be locked in a bitter argument between each other. This argument will leave them so bitterly divided that they are left vulnerable to a massive offensive by the legions of the Beast regime. This in turn will lead to the modern descendants of the three most important tribes of the Israelite Empire being carried away into captivity by the final resurrection of the Roman Empire.

Spider-Man © Marvel.

Groin Kicked 2

People kicking the female fencer from the Astyanax, from left to right: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Yuko Asou (Valis), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe).

As if the female fencers from the Astyanax having their blouses fall off wasn't bad enough, getting their groins kicked by female characters is going to make life even worse for them. And it doesn't help when female Jaleco characters such as Rit and Suchie-Pai are among the people who are kicking the female fencers' groins...

Groin Kicked

Contrary to popular belief, Sega's rivalry with Nintendo did not cease after Sega exited hardware production as a result of the Dreamcast's discontinuation. Tyris Flare kicking Princess Peach's groin in this comic is proof that Sega's rivalry with Nintendo is still ongoing.

In this comic where Princess Peach gets her groin kicked by Tyris Flare four times, Peach is wearing four different attires. Panel 1 is her Super Mario Strikers attire, Panel 2 is her Mario Strikers Charged attire, Panel 3 is her Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games swimsuit, and Panel 4 is her Super Mario Odyssey bikini.

Kick The Jerk

People kicking Gary Oak, from left to right: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Tam (Rod Land, Soldam), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Cayna (In the Land of Leadale), Ryo Sakazaki (The King of Fighters).

Cayna from In the Land of Leadale finally gets to be in my comics? All I can say to her is "Welcome to Neo Retro Union, Cayna!"

First, we had a trilogy of comics where other people kicked Waluigi. Then, it was Bubsy's turn to get kicked by other people. And now, Ash Ketchum's original nemesis Gary Oak is now getting kicked by other people for all the wrongs he did to Ash?!? Looks like justice knows no boundaries...

Then again, Gary Oak deserves to get kicked for tormenting Ash Ketchum and millions of Pokemon players. Even if this arrogant jerk was named after Super Mario Bros creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Ash Ketchum's namesake Satoshi Tajiri was even more of an outsider than Waluigi, this is no excuse for Nintendo to not punish those who have mistreated Ash Ketchum. Justice is justice, and Nintendo has no right to obstruct it. Period.

The Matriarchal Destroyer of Worlds

Whether it's the official sources provided by Square Enix, or fan-made content such as webcomics like Wooden Plank Studios, Jenova is the true mastermind behind Sephiroth's villainy. This includes Sephiroth bringing Smash despair, meaning Kirby throwing a Friend Heart to weaken and humiliate Sephiroth is basically throwing a wrench in Jenova's dark plans to destroy the Smash House, essentially foiling the evil matriarch that tried to destroy Gaia a long time ago, especially when Jenova had already destroyed an unknown number of planets before becoming the Calamity that fell from the sky, resulting in the downfall of the Cetra civilization.

Final Fantasy VII © Square Enix.

Armor Piercing Stab

Weapons stabbing a female noob wearing bronze armor from left to right starting with the top row:

 

Row 1: Maple Glory Sword (MapleStory), Steel Longsword (RuneScape), Keenblade (RuneScape), Maple Soul Singer (MapleStory), Gradriel's Sword (Princess Crown).

 

Row 2: Master Sword (The Legend of Zelda), Steely Throwing Knife (MapleStory), Adamant Throwing Knife (Old School RuneScape), Sparta (MapleStory), Broadsword (MapleStory).

 

Bronze equipment was always considered to be the stuff of noobs in RuneScape before the Evolution of Combat Update. After that update went live, iron equipment, which used to require level 1 in certain combat skills had their skill requirements increased, making them out of reach for some people who did not have the requirements when that update went live. This was perhaps the real reason Jagex decided to come up with Old School RuneScape, so that players who could not cope with the new combat update can enjoy what RuneScape used to be like before the Evolution of Combat.

 

To show how weak bronze equipment is in Old School RuneScape, various weapons are shown stabbing a female noob in this comic. Even low-level weapons such as Keenblade and steel longswords could pierce through bronze armor, so don't get started on high-level weapons. The results would be far too horrific beyond imagination...

The Consequences of refusing to shut down Volkswagen

Volkswagen was established by the Nazis in 1937, making it a symbol of Nazi tyranny. Its unscrupulous business ethics made it the target of law firms who simply dislike any company that had Nazi connections.

One of the consequences of Volkswagen's unscrupulous business ethics was the Dieselgate emissions scandal. It involved Volkswagen deceiving its customers with the promises of "clean diesel" when the diesel vehicles in reality had been rigged with cheating devices. Such unethical business practices resulted in Volkswagen getting targeted by lawsuits and boycotts.

If the Dieselgate emissions scandal didn't make the headlines, then the Volkswagen corporate scandal of 2005-2007 would have exposed Volkswagen for the unethical company they have always been. Notable people who have been arrested for the corporate scandal include Peter Hartz and Hans-Juergen Uhl. Such people received prison sentences and were forced to pay huge fines as well.

All of these scandals would not have happened had the Allies shut down Volkswagen as part of the de-Nazification of Germany. Unfortunately, the de-Nazification of Germany turned out to be a farce, and Volkswagen deceiving its customers is a testament to that farce.

Samurai Sons of Baekje

Fun Fact: Samurai clans whose ancestors came from Korea exist. They were descendants of exiled Baekje nobles who fled to Japan after Baekje was conquered by Silla during the twilight years of the Korean Three Kingdoms Period.

If I were Ubisoft, I would not have made Yasuke a samurai because I know Yasuke never became a samurai despite the fact that his existence in Japanese history is officially confirmed and on top of that, he actually did serve Oda Nobunaga. Instead, I would have made the samurai protagonist in Assassin's Creed Shadows a descendant of Baekje nobles who were exiled to Japan after the fall of Baekje. Even if a samurai with Korean ancestry sounds like an outrageous idea, it would make more sense than making Yasuke the only foreign samurai of African origin.

Unfortunately, the company that gave us Rayman, Rabbids, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Far Cry and Assassin's Creed is destroying itself with DEI to the chagrin of Ubisoft fans. The situation is so bad that some Ubisoft loyalists feel that boycotting the company until it goes under is the only right thing to do.

Slated For Bonus Stage Destruction

The car breaker bonus stage from Street Fighter 2 is one of the most iconic bonus levels in video game history. While it returned in Street Fighter 4, it's a pity it did not return in Street Fighter 5 or Street Fighter 6, and it definitely did not appear in Street Fighter X Tekken.

In this comic, we are going to talk about the vehicles that should be demolished in the car breaker bonus stage.

If Capcom took note of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal, they would have considered bringing back the car breaker bonus stage for future Street Fighter games and have a Volkswagen be the vehicle that's slated for destruction in the car breaker bonus stage. How's that for punishing an unscrupulous automaker that had its origins in the Nazi regime?

The Pontiac Aztek. The vehicle that killed Pontiac with its ugliness. It's a vehicle so ugly that Street Fighter characters would not give a second thought before destroying it in a car breaker bonus stage.

If there was one tank that deserves to be destroyed by Street Fighter characters, it's the Type 95 Ha-Go. With armor so thin that it can even be destroyed by an M1 Garand bolt action rifle, the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank would definitely be another vehicle that's slated for destruction via the car breaker bonus stage, although it would be a harder challenge than wrecking an average car.

The 2008 Fiat 500 had fantastic sales figures. However, if online reviews were anything, it was not a good car. It has terrible reliability issues and therefore, Street Fighter characters would have no problems about not giving a second thought before destroying it in a car breaker bonus stage.

The Chevrolet Citation is another unreliable vehicle that deserves to be destroyed in Street Fighter's car breaker bonus stage. Had it not been for the dodgy reliability issues, it would not have been a commercial failure, let alone appear in this comic...

Serious Repercussions

Author's Note: This comic was made using the Gru's Plan meme from Despicable Me.

In defense of John Bull, a Great False Church made England burn Joan of Arc to death in the first place.

If there was anything that will make John Bull and Marianne argue with each other, it would have been the inquiry on the death of Joan of Arc. The official inquiries are still divided over who's responsible for her death. France says that England should apologize for executing Joan of Arc, while England denies such accusations as libel and insists that a Great False Church made them execute her in the first place. At the end of the day, that Great False Church will get judged by Christ's Second Coming, essentially giving Joan of Arc justice and acquitting England of the war crime of burning her to death.

Despicable Me © Universal Pictures/Illumination Studios.

Video Games that belong in a recycle bin

Author's Note: All copyrights for the items featured in this comic go to their respective owners.

Not all video games of yesteryear are worth collecting. Some of them are so horrendous that they should be dumped into an E-Waste recycle bin. Here are just seven games that were better off in a recycle bin.

Bubsy 3D: This infamous game caused the death of a mediocre mascot's career. Not even The Woolies Strike Back or Atari's acquisition of Bubsy could revive the franchise.

Awesome Possum: Definitely the worst Sega Genesis game in existence, although Instruments of Chaos starring Young Indiana Jones would have been its biggest rival for that disgraceful title.

Superman 64: A horrible Nintendo 64 game that tarnished the reputation of superhero video games.

Street Fighter (Amiga version): A terrible port of a mediocre arcade game, and Ken wasn't even in this port of the original Street Fighter.

Mortal Kombat Advance: Probably the worst game in the history of the Mortal Kombat series, although it would have to contend with the Game.com port of Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the worst game in Mortal Kombat history.

Escape From Bug Island: A game so bad that some shovelware titles for the Wii are better than this abomination. Even more insulting is the fact that this game was a launch title for the Wii in Japan.

Babylon's Fall: A dumpster fire that would make you want to shut your wallets on Square Enix. It was so horrible that the servers had to close down after less than a year, and when that announcement was made, video game stores wanted people to take it off their hands for free, meaning any thief who steals a copy of Babylon's Fall without getting arrested for theft will be left in despair when the servers closed its doors for good because Babylon's fall is no longer playable after its servers closed down.

Prophetical Bad Dreams

In the wake of depressing news coming in faster than hypersonic missiles, we must cling on to the hope that Jesus Christ is coming back to end the present nightmare we are in right now. We must also remember that the days leading up to the Great Tribulation will be like the days of Noah, as well as the prophecies speaking about a rivalry between the Beast regime and a conglomerate of rogue states threatening to destroy the world until no flesh is saved alive unless they get crushed by the huge rock that demolished the statue of Daniel 2.

Too Late for the Cold War

Some Allied military hardware that were conceived during the Cold War entered service after the Cold War ended when Russia threw in the towel after the Soviet Union collapsed. Here are just seven military vehicles of the Allied Nations that entered military service after the Cold War ended in 1991.

If there was anything Britain's Challenger 2, France's Leclerc and Italy's C1 Ariete main battle tanks (MBTs) have in common, it's being conceived during the Cold War only to enter service with their respective countries after the Cold War ended.

The Seawolf-class submarines of the United States Navy (USN) were conceived with the possibility of a Russo-American War in mind. However, problems during construction meant the commissioning of the first ship of the class was delayed until 1997. By then, Russia had already admitted defeat.

The first keel for Canada's Halifax-class frigates was laid down in 1987, but HMCS Halifax, the first ship in the class, was not commissioned until 1992, meaning the Halifax-class frigates arrived too late for the Cold War, which ended at the end of 1991.

Australia's Collins-class submarines were the result of proposals to replace the Oberon-class submarines in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1978. Like the American Seawolf-class submarines, the Collins-class submarines encountered construction problems as well. By the time HMAS Collins was commissioned, the Cold War was long over.

Taiwan's F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter jets had China as an opponent in mind when it had its first flight in 1989. When it entered service in 1992, the Cold War was already over by then, and China acknowledged that the Soviet Union had already collapsed, so technically, the F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter jets entered service after Russia threw in the towel.

Now with Russia, China and all their other battle buddies itching to go to war (Russia has already invaded Ukraine), these vehicles that arrived too late for the Cold War may just see real combat action (Challenger 2 tanks have fought in Iraq and are battling enemies in the war in Ukraine, while Leclerc tanks in UAE service have intervened in Yemen). Not to mention that all of these vehicles appear in the Daisenryaku series of military strategy video games.

Player-Owned Ports Memories (Part 2)

What are your memories of RuneScape's Player-Owned Ports voyages? Mine would have been helping Ling the Assassin to get rid of Thalassia's cruel Khan Tombi, which is exactly what one of Captain Rodney's navy buddies said. Of course Captain Rodney had to mention the voyages revolving around the island of Hyu-Ji. After all, the Hyu-Ji storyline has the final story voyage revolve around defending the island from an enemy coalition.

Player-Owned Ports Memories (Part 1)

Do you remember the days when we gave all kinds of wacky different names to our ships in RuneScape's Player-Owned Ports? What about naming our Player-Owned Ports ships after actual ships of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy or the United States Navy? Those were the glory days...

For those wondering what ships Captain Rodney and his navy buddies are referring to, HMS Diamond, HMS Dragon, HMS Ocean and HMS Illustrious are Royal Navy ships that were in active service as at 6/6/2012, while USS Enterprise, USS Ranger, USS Fletcher, USS King, USS Narwhal, USS Shark, USS Jack and USS Swordfish are US Navy ships that were in active service as at 6/6/1988.

Existing in the Same Century

Fun Fact: The last Sega console and the last dynasty of the Chinese monarchy both existed in the same century. In fact, the Qing Dynasty collapsed in 1912, while the Sega Dreamcast was released in Japan at the end of November 1998.

It's crazy to think about historical events that happened within the same century. For example, the 20th Century witnessed the commissioning of the 1906 version of HMS Dreadnought and the commissioning of the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer within the same century. However, we must remember that within less than 100 years, we went from not being able to fly to the very last Sega console, the Dreamcast, launching in North America.

On a side note, Happy 25th Anniversary, Sega Dreamcast!

Sega's Colossal Mistake

Author's Note: This comic was made using the Gru's Plan meme from Despicable Me.

Sega had no idea that Sony and Squaresoft were planning to release Final Fantasy VIII on the 9/9/1999 as well when Sega proposed to launch the Dreamcast in the North American market on that very day itself. This fateful decision happened amid the discontinuation of the Sega Saturn in Western markets.

Despicable Me © Universal Pictures/Illumination Studios.

No More Concord

The servers for Concord are closing it doors today. The gamers are hoping it will be for good. Looks like the closure of Concord's servers will be a big L for the leftists.

The iron law of "Get Woke, Go Broke" wins again, and Sony had to learn this lesson the hard way after losing $200 million. While the losses are not as bad as Nintendo's Year of Luigi, this is a huge loss that will force Sony to renounce DEI altogether.

Update: The financial losses turned out to be $400 million. As a result, Sony had to shut down Concord developers Firewalk Studios, essentially destroying all hopes of Concord getting a revival.

Lack of Respect for Fair Use

Credits to Sketchbook Silliness for providing the template for this comic.

German and Japanese netizens have already suffered enough misery. Unfortunately, the German and Japanese governments have been making their life more miserable for them by showing their disdain towards Fair Use. In fact, these two countries are imposing stricter copyright regulations that are believed to be responsible for all the copyright takedowns that have been happening over the last several years. Remember the infamous Article 13? According to German YouTube user APC227, the Article 13 copyright directive that wants copyright infringement gone from the Internet originated from Germany. But Germany isn't the only country that calls itself a democracy on paper that's censoring the Web on copyright grounds. Copyright infringement has been classified as a severe offence under Japan's anti-terrorism law. While there have been terrorist acts that were funded by copyright infringement, the act of copyright infringement is not serious enough an offence to be classified as a terrorist act. Looks like the losers of World War 2 want Fair Use gone from the World Wide Web, much to the chagrin of German and Japanese netizens...

TL;DR, Donald Trump's younger self from 1990 turned out to be right when he said that Germany and Japan were America's biggest enemies. So much for these two countries making billions at the expense of small businesses in America.

X will be back

Sad as it is, the leftists that are currently ruling Brazil have given the orders to block X in Brazil. However, rivals to Elon Musk's X have agreed to take in Brazilian netizens, and not to mention that VPN usage in Brazil will rise...

Then again, Elon Musk vowed to have the leftists who gave the orders to have X blocked in Brazil locked up in prison. Until then, X will have to say "adeus por enquanto" to Brazil.

For your knowledge, "adeus por enquanto" means "goodbye for now" in Portuguese.

Update 1: Bad News. The leftists that are ruling Brazil have threatened Brazilians with fines if they use VPNs. Looks like the Great Tribulation is coming faster than we expected...

Update 2: X is back in Brazil after the social media platform paid over $5 million in fines. As for how long its presence in Brazil will last, we do no know...