Comic Transcripts

BOB: Sorry I’m late to game night!
RAY: Dangit Bob! I sprained my thumb twiddlin’ waitin’ fer you! I gotta turn tonight’s bout to my understudy!
[[RAY’S understudy is a duck. Wearing shoes, pants held up with suspenders and a top hat. Let’s call him DESMOND, for the alliteration.]]

DESMOND: WHAT SHALL WE PLAY?
BOB: Well typically we do a few ten-dollar rounds of Rock Paper Scissors.
Can you manage that? I mean with the feathers an’ all–

DESMOND: I DO NOT KNOW IT. IS IT SIMILAR TO DUCK DUCK GOOSE?
RAY: Go with him here Bob.
BOB: I guess it’s got some similarities in the random nature of it all.

DESMOND: DUCK DUCK GOOSE IS OFFENSIVE MINSTRELCY!
BOB (to himself): Dangit why do these things always turn POLITICAL?

{{Header: play around at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: There is no way you can play Rock-Paper-Scissors with thumbs sprained from twiddlin’.}}

#629; In which Game-Night gets awkward transcribed by in

BOB: Sorry I’m late to game night!
RAY: Dangit Bob! I sprained my thumb twiddlin’ waitin’ fer you! I gotta turn tonight’s bout to my understudy!
[[RAY’S understudy is a duck. Wearing shoes, pants held up with suspenders and a top hat. Let’s call him DESMOND, for the alliteration.]]

DESMOND: WHAT SHALL WE PLAY?
BOB: Well typically we do a few ten-dollar rounds of Rock Paper Scissors.
Can you manage that? I mean with the feathers an’ all–

DESMOND: I DO NOT KNOW IT. IS IT SIMILAR TO DUCK DUCK GOOSE?
RAY: Go with him here Bob.
BOB: I guess it’s got some similarities in the random nature of it all.

DESMOND: DUCK DUCK GOOSE IS OFFENSIVE MINSTRELCY!
BOB (to himself): Dangit why do these things always turn POLITICAL?

{{Header: play around at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: There is no way you can play Rock-Paper-Scissors with thumbs sprained from twiddlin’.}}

#629; In which Game-Night gets awkward transcribed by in

BOB: Sorry I'm late to game night!
RAY: Dangit Bob! I sprained my thumb twiddlin' waitin' fer you! I gotta turn tonight's bout to my understudy!
[[RAY'S understudy is a duck. Wearing shoes, pants held up with suspenders and a top hat. Let's call him DESMOND, for the alliteration.]]

DESMOND: WHAT SHALL WE PLAY?
BOB: Well typically we do a few ten-dollar rounds of Rock Paper Scissors.
Can you manage that? I mean with the feathers an' all--

DESMOND: I DO NOT KNOW IT. IS IT SIMILAR TO DUCK DUCK GOOSE?
RAY: Go with him here Bob.
BOB: I guess it's got some similarities in the random nature of it all.

DESMOND: DUCK DUCK GOOSE IS OFFENSIVE MINSTRELCY!
BOB (to himself): Dangit why do these things always turn POLITICAL?

{{Header: play around at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: There is no way you can play Rock-Paper-Scissors with thumbs sprained from twiddlin'.}}

There is no way you can play Rock-Paper-Scissors with thumbs sprained from twiddlin'.

#629; In which Game-Night gets awkward

  — June 8th, 2010

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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