It basically boils down to his home life falling apart, him doing pornography (VGLewds) to make ends meet, the toxic stew of internet culture wearing away at his ego, and him giving up on any project almost entirely for the last four years.
Hardly the only webcomics artist to have a tragic spiral. The Sinfest guy also really went hard off the deep end and has taken to churning out some of the most nakedly fascist comics I've read to date.
It's funny, because I remember playing Persona 5 and seeing that statue in Shibuya Square every time I'm running to the train.
And then I visit Tokyo and there it is. Like getting to meet a celebrity IRL. Except it's a statue. And there's a someone next to it with an Imperial Japanese flag screaming fascist shit in Japanese. And at the crosswalk there was a guy with his dick out flashing people.
Imagine being an agricultural scientist, known as the pre-eminent agricultural engineer of the entire country, and being best remembered for how much your dog loved you! Be that good to your pets everybody, you are everything to them.
This dog is the reason Helen Keller brought the first Akita to the US, and now I'm not happy anymore. I don't know a single Akita owned by somebody that is responsible enough for the breed and the dogs are all shitheads because of it. It's what we pin on pitbulls and their owners, except in my (somewhat extensive, worked at a kennel 2 years, own a dog and interact with a handful of local akitas) experience, it's pretty much breed universal. These are the epitome of working dogs and do not seem to handle a chill lifestyle well at all.
The Wii Fit game (I forget the actual name) let you enter your pets and track their weight. Then they'd sometimes show up and run beside you while you were running or cycling around the island. It was a great touch.
I can't fire it up to look. Our tabby that passed away in 2020 is probably still on there, as is our gray and white cat, who is not doing well - we're at the "keeping him comfortable" stage. (He's okay for now, he's still a happy cat, but he probably only has a few months left.)
I had the game spoiled for me, so I just played the pacifist route. Every replay, pacifist. I thought about doing a neutral or a bad route, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
Last time I opened the game, it was maybe my fourth or fifth time getting the good ending. I just left it there. Let them keep the world they deserved to have.
Yes, I know it's a stupid and illogical sentiment. Bite me.
I did normal first, then pacifist. I did 10% of genocide but it physically hurt me to do that and I just couldn't; so I watched a YouTube playthrough instead.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
Flowey calls you out for being a coward even in the video for not being able to do it yourself 😂
:::
53 Comments
enchanted@lemmy.world · 185 pts · 8h
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 7h
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 5h
(Via)
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 5h
VGCats? Oh man, talk about a tragic tale.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3h
Aw, hell. Do I even want to know? Or is it no less deep than buddy scaling back to producing about one comic per year now?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2h
Here's the Reddit rumor mill, but it's consistently with what I've also heard.
It basically boils down to his home life falling apart, him doing pornography (VGLewds) to make ends meet, the toxic stew of internet culture wearing away at his ego, and him giving up on any project almost entirely for the last four years.
Hardly the only webcomics artist to have a tragic spiral. The Sinfest guy also really went hard off the deep end and has taken to churning out some of the most nakedly fascist comics I've read to date.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip · 58 pts · 7h
for those who don't know, this futurama was inspired by real life. it is really sad story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 7h
It's funny, because I remember playing Persona 5 and seeing that statue in Shibuya Square every time I'm running to the train.
And then I visit Tokyo and there it is. Like getting to meet a celebrity IRL. Except it's a statue. And there's a someone next to it with an Imperial Japanese flag screaming fascist shit in Japanese. And at the crosswalk there was a guy with his dick out flashing people.
Japan is a magical place.
Slovene85@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 5h
I never saw any of that on Japan Eat 🤔
9point6@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 5h
Interesting, I always assumed it was Greyfriars Bobby
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3h
Very similar tale. Dogs are amazing.
toynbee@piefed.social · 1 pts · 20m
Dogs can't be amazing; that's blatant propaganda. If they were amazing, I'd want another canine friend and I can't handle losing one right now.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2h
Imagine being an agricultural scientist, known as the pre-eminent agricultural engineer of the entire country, and being best remembered for how much your dog loved you! Be that good to your pets everybody, you are everything to them.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2h
This dog is the reason Helen Keller brought the first Akita to the US, and now I'm not happy anymore. I don't know a single Akita owned by somebody that is responsible enough for the breed and the dogs are all shitheads because of it. It's what we pin on pitbulls and their owners, except in my (somewhat extensive, worked at a kennel 2 years, own a dog and interact with a handful of local akitas) experience, it's pretty much breed universal. These are the epitome of working dogs and do not seem to handle a chill lifestyle well at all.
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 8h
I was hoping someone else would also immediately think of Fry's dog.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 5h
rainwall@piefed.social · 23 pts · 4h
A story so sad even the futurama writers couldn't take it.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 4h
kerryh8er04@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 26m
Saddest episode of tv I’ve ever witnessed.
ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 15m
One of the few things that always make me cry. I can't even think of the dogs love, the music, the entire thing without choking up or crying.
Ryudos@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 8h
Well now I'm sad thinking about every character and pet I've left behind.
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50m
Their story lives on within you
bluelander@lemmy.ml · 43 pts · 5h
Fun fact: if you actually do this then you'll turn the game on to discover your Nintendog ran away due to neglect.
Yes, I'm serious. Take care of your virtual pets, people!
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 5h
Couldn't you just set the system's clock to ensure that doesn't happen?
Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 5h
Then you're just a liar who can't face the demons that inhabit the walls of your soul.
limelight79@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 6h
The Wii Fit game (I forget the actual name) let you enter your pets and track their weight. Then they'd sometimes show up and run beside you while you were running or cycling around the island. It was a great touch.
I can't fire it up to look. Our tabby that passed away in 2020 is probably still on there, as is our gray and white cat, who is not doing well - we're at the "keeping him comfortable" stage. (He's okay for now, he's still a happy cat, but he probably only has a few months left.)
stopforgettingit@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 8h
Man, I need to go feed my Neopets
rbos@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 7h
They're feral at this point. Probably an established food web.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 8h
Remember to replace the batteries in your gameboy games.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 8h
yeah but first: do you remember where I could have put them?
what's the deadline again?
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 7h
The deadline was a couple years ago...
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 7h
My tomodogchis!
AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 6h
And also boot up any games on consoles with flash memory every now and then. 3DS games can brick themselves over time if not run for years.
negativenull@piefed.world · 20 pts · 5h
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 4h
That was my first experience of death as a child. 5 year old me cried like a little bitch.
negativenull@piefed.world · 8 pts · 4h
My son made me promise I'd watch his dinosaur Tamagotchi while he was at school. He was paranoid of it even getting hungry.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 4h
You better hope and pray it doesnt die on your watch. Thats some canon-event level stuff.
negativenull@piefed.world · 12 pts · 4h
It died when my son left it in his pocket and put it in the laundry to get washed.
That was a rough couple days.
naticus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2h
I've never played one of these but I've repaired so so many in ReStory lol.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 5h
I guess the modern equivalent is uninstalling the game.
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 7h
Right in the feels.
BlindPenguin@piefed.social · 12 pts · 4h
Damn, i completely forgot about Pikachu. Had to revive him.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3h
Welcome back, little guy.
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2h
Oh no, you nintendon't
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2h
I kinda did the opposite of this with Undertale.
I had the game spoiled for me, so I just played the pacifist route. Every replay, pacifist. I thought about doing a neutral or a bad route, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
Last time I opened the game, it was maybe my fourth or fifth time getting the good ending. I just left it there. Let them keep the world they deserved to have.
Yes, I know it's a stupid and illogical sentiment. Bite me.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2h
I didn't have the game spoiled but I didn't and haven't disturbed my Undertale save after the pacifist ending. I fully understand. Lol
naticus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2h
Biting you would require I disobey my pacifist stance.
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 46m
I did normal first, then pacifist. I did 10% of genocide but it physically hurt me to do that and I just couldn't; so I watched a YouTube playthrough instead.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Flowey calls you out for being a coward even in the video for not being able to do it yourself 😂 :::
tidderuuf@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 7h
Holy shit, your DS still works?
LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 4h
I remember putting the Mario/Luigi hats on my pups. The frisbee tournament thing.
Ah, good times. :'-]
redditStinksSuperBad@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2h
i once had a cat follow me into the depths of a mine craft cave. I left him down there years ago and still think about him.
lungcookie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 4h
https://youtu.be/iEOwQHr_JC8
kerryh8er04@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 26m
Black mirror vibes.