This more or less speaks for itself.

From today’s XKCD.

The art of creating gaming comics is a fine one.  Some people do it well.  Some people do it very well.  A lot of people don’t do it quite so well.

The problem of the gaming comic is the game/real life dichotomy.  There’s not just a fourth wall between the reader and the comic, there’s a fourth wall between the characters in the comic and the subject or universe of the comic.  The humor in the webcomic comes from the idea of breaking the inherent 4th wall in the comic (without necessarily ruining the 4th wall between the comic and the reader.)

Order of the Stick is really good at this sort of humor.  A lot of its humor comes from exploiting the idiocies and oddities of the rules of Dungeons & Dragons, or of the eccentricities of gamers in general.   Very rarely, although occasionally, does the strip break the 4th wall between reader and comic.

Thus bringing us to today’s Looking for Group.  First off, props to the writers.  Much of the humor in LFG comes not from breaking the fourth wall (in any respect), but rather flowing inherently within the comic.  And still, it’s a gaming comic.  The name “Looking for Group” implies connection to Massive Multiplayer Games.  The art and game world hints obliquely (or, oftentimes, fairly straightforwardly,) of World of Warcraft.  And yet, it is the characters within the game that have, so far, led most of the humor.  (And there are a few throws towards popular fantasy, in general.)

And, then, today’s comic.

I particularly love the tip in the bottom of the screen.

(Also, what the hell is this?  Websnark?  I’m going back to work.)

It’s been a while since PvP has made me actually laugh out loud.

But today’s actually went ahead and pulled it off. Good job.

See? It’s a decent game. Bunny likes.

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