#285; In which Everyone is a Failure

Comic Transcripts

[[OCTAVIO and DENNIS are talking in the street.]]
OCTAVIO: Isn’t it great knowing that no matter what you do, there’s someone better at it than you? More dedicated? More committed?

OCTAVIO: Like playing video games? For every hour you play, some Korean kid plays five. Name any sport you like. Some dweeb-o’s been at it all day every day since he could walk. And forget about creative media. In this day and age, not even the most avid hobbyist can compete with “pirated software and zero social life.”
OCTAVIO: I mean anything. The dumbest thing you can concieve of, I guarantee some nerd is a certified expert at it.
DENNIS: Bouncing a wiffle ball on the shell of an irate turtle while chanting archaic epithets in every Indo-European language?
OCTAVIO: Saw a dude do it on YouTube for a week straight.

DENNIS: What if I’m okay with not being the world’s greatest at something? What if I’m content with being an easygoing, well-rounded individual whose pursuits are more about personal enjoyment than internet competitiveness?
OCTAVIO: This guy in Norway’s been doing that since Eisenhower. And he has a theme song.

{{header: second best at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: waitaminnit! it’s NOT great to know that, what are you TALKING about}}

#285; In which Everyone is a Failure transcribed by in

[[OCTAVIO and DENNIS are talking in the street.]]
OCTAVIO: Isn’t it great knowing that no matter what you do, there’s someone better at it than you? More dedicated? More committed?

{{header: second best at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: waitaminnit! it’s NOT great to know that, what are you TALKING about}}

#285; In which Everyone is a Failure transcribed by in

In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one, except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.