Interesting Times

It’s my life and times as a journal comic and embellished heavily.

Archive for the 'addiction' Category


there are certainly worse ways to waste an evening

Posted by monstergear on May 12, 2008

incidentally, those same firefly episodes are why this comic is being posted much later than usual

Posted in addiction, awesome, but I'm not bitter | 2 Comments »

smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette

Posted by monstergear on September 20, 2007

Pipe-smokers: you guys are still classy. Nothing to worry about for you.

Posted in addiction, interesting, lemons into lemonade | 4 Comments »

metroid prime 3 vs. studying! battle 1 - fight!!

Posted by monstergear on September 5, 2007

Yes, the Wii has been known to turn on the TV and put “play me” on in big, friendly, glowing letters

Posted in addiction, self-improvement, video games | 2 Comments »

I’ll get a double-cheese-McRegret, please

Posted by monstergear on August 23, 2007

how pumped will I be if this comic gets me a cease & desist from McDonald’s? The answer: very

Posted in addiction, cursed, food, great mysteries of the universe | 7 Comments »

not saying it’s a bad thing, but you should know the signs

Posted by monstergear on July 5, 2007

let’s not forget: super metroid preoccupation (ongoing); wolfenstein 3-D fascination (way back in the day); TIE Fighter consumption (’93-ish?)

Posted in addiction, matters of love, video games | 8 Comments »

“Salutations Nathan, welcome to Nethack! You are a lawful male human Knight.”

Posted by monstergear on April 16, 2007

there are also randomly generated levels, meaning you’ll never quite die the same way twice

 

SUPPLEMENTAL LINKS
“Roguelike” at the Wikipedia.
Fantastic MetaFilter post about same.
Two enduring favorites of my own: NetHack and more recently DoomRL.

Posted in addiction, video games, you're welcome | 2 Comments »

“OKAY nathan, you love videogames we GET IT ALREADY”

Posted by monstergear on December 5, 2006

“OKAY nathan, you love videogames we GET IT ALREADY”

Posted in addiction, epic fail, video games | 4 Comments »

we could all use a breather, really

Posted by monstergear on September 7, 2006

Posted in addiction, dilemma | 5 Comments »

for me it was always ‘fear factor’

Posted by monstergear on September 1, 2006

for me it was always ‘fear factor’

Posted in addiction, annoyance, so lame | No Comments »

’cause I eat too many, get it?

Posted by monstergear on August 11, 2006

’cause I eat too many, get it?

Posted in addiction, ah crap, delicious, food | 4 Comments »