No Optimism for 2024...

Remember the days when the World Wide Web was the place where you can become an overnight sensation? Well, it still is that place. However, the European Union's Digital Services Act seeks to limit our freedoms, regardless of whether we live inside or outside the European Union. It gets even worse when California, the home of Silicon Valley, was forced to plagiarize EU internet regulations. Even worse still is that Germany is the lead country in the EU, and the only countries that know of Germany's plans to impose its will on the world are Russia and China. And to think rogue nations and militant organizations that threaten the Free World are the bad guys...

If you want to understand why Big Tech is turning on the customers that made them who they are today, keep in mind that the European Union and American leftists are working together to make life miserable for millions of netizens. This in turn will lead to the biggest betrayal, and then a time of tribulation that results in a massive nuclear war...

No wonder some people are sad or disgruntled. A system that is holding Earth captive is at its death throes, and it will take a destructive combination of nuclear war and divine judgement to overthrow it...

Konami characters © Konami. SpongeBob SquarePants © Nickelodeon.

Arcades of Yesteryear

Do you remember the glory days of the video game arcades? Well, I do. That's why this comic focuses on remembering the days of growing up with Street Fighter, The King of Fighters, Metal Slug, Raiden, Dance Dance Revolution, Pop'n Music, Bishi Bashi, and Puzzle Bobble. but these were the more well-known ones. There might be more arcade obscurities out there, waiting for recognition.

Back in the late 1990s, video game arcades were still alive and well. In fact, some of the best arcade titles such as Puzzle Bobble, Street Fighter, Raiden, and Metal Slug to name a few were brought over to the PlayStation, and these arcade conversions did well. But now, a large number of arcade titles have fallen by the wayside, and of those that have continued to hold out, very few of them aged well. Even the video game arcades have seen the number of good arcade video games dwindle, and they continue to dwindle to this day.

And yes, the "Oh, to be young again..." quote became a popular topic in poetry that it became an actual quote in Miitopia, where Miis afflicted with aging often complain about what they have to do to be young again. Man, I really miss the times when arcades were at their prime...

In memory of Kazuhisa Hashimoto

Author's Note: It is with deep sadness that Konami Code creator Kazuhisa Hashimoto's obituary was announced yesterday. This comic featuring sad Konami characters was created in memory of the former Konami programmer who created the most iconic cheat code while porting arcade game Gradius to the NES. The Konami Code then had its meteoric rise in the NES version of Contra, where entering the code grants players 30 additional lives. It even made appearances outside Konami's games. Kazuhisa Hashimoto's Konami Code already had a great reputation that when Hashimoto's obituary was first announced, Konami released a statement on their Twitter page.

Farewell, Kazuhisa Hashimoto. May your legacy live on in video game history books and in your creation.

Konami characters © Konami.