Filed under: Comics

Massively webcomic: Grinders - Gender Equality

by Lemuel Pew Jul 3rd 2009 at 1:00PM

Filed under: Super-hero, Comics, Humor, Grinders

City of Heroes continues to fulfill items on the long list of player requests, next up being the option to change your height and gender, the only to pieces to the costume editor left static. While I think it's neat you'll finally be able to make that Mr. Hyde knockoff you've been waiting to build, Grinders today reflects other possible gameplay options.

On a side note, I wonder what this'll do to the character gender debate. Now in CoH, your character doesn't need to have a gender, just a costume slot does. You could make a character that is in fact five distinct characters. Food for thought.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will also probably involve boobies in some form or another. Or just put in the comic.

Gallery: Grinders Webcomic

Lemuel Pew is a webcomic artist and MMO player with the attention span of a guppy. Between sketching gamers in cartoon form and making glib social commentary, he draws an online comic called Blank It. Feel free to watch his Twitter at your own risk.

Massively webcomic: The Haves and the Have-Nots

by Lemuel Pew Jun 27th 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Free-to-play, Comics, Humor, Grinders

I suppose I should legally declare that Grinders is not paid by Sony to do comics about Free Realms, but on a completely unrelated note, I do so enjoy flossing my teeth with hundred dollar bills.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will be put under a microscope and checked for the latest strain of Murloc Flu. Or just put in the comic.

Gallery: Grinders Webcomic

Lemuel Pew is a webcomic artist and MMO player with the attention span of a guppy. Between sketching gamers in cartoon form and sporting a fancy tophat and monocle, he draws an online comic called Blank It. Feel free to watch his Twitter at your own risk.

Massively webcomic: Grinders - Urban Adventurers

by Lemuel Pew Jun 19th 2009 at 6:00PM

Filed under: Comics, Humor, Grinders

Welly welly well. It's about time the MMO scene started seeing some real deviation. Grinders is more than proud to get revved up for Cities XL, and try out some more playstyles than just leather armor and pest control. Though, it'll be really interesting to see what similarities do come out of the game. It'll also make us rethink what an MMO is, because if 'lots of players' and 'online' are the only two sticking points, I don't think that it'll stay a genre of its own for much longer.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will he harangued for showing up the rest of them and upsetting the curve, but will be probably worked into the comic somehow.

Gallery: Grinders Webcomic

Lemuel Pew is a webcomic artist and MMO player with the attention span of a guppy. Between sketching gamers in cartoon form and taking naps at his desk with his nose on the H key, he draws an online comic called Blank It. Feel free to watch his Twitter at your own risk.

Massively webcomic: Grinders - Hot or Not

by Lemuel Pew Jun 12th 2009 at 4:00PM

Filed under: Comics, Humor, Grinders

Sticking to the theme of horrible MMO ideas that shouldn't, but are, the Grinders thinktank has aimed its sights at the new Seventeen MMO. Though, I bet calling it an MMO is really starting to abuse the term, much like Virtual Laguna Beach and Habbo Hotel have caused us to do in the past. Still, I expect there will be a few fun-loving fuggos who will want to mix up the bubbly suburban content. You've been warned.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will he harangued for showing up the rest of them and upsetting the curve, but will be probably worked into the comic somehow.

Gallery: Grinders Webcomic

Massively webcomic: Grinders - MMOs for Anything These Days

by Lemuel Pew Jun 5th 2009 at 5:00PM

Filed under: Comics, Humor, Grinders

I like to think of Grinders as having the potential to be a window into the absurd, which is exactly what category a Tom and Jerry Massive Multiplayer game would fall under. As it is with these things, truth is stranger than fiction. Still, if I had my hands on the art direction I'd gritty it up a bit.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will probably not involve Tom or Jerry in any way, and will be worked into the comic somehow. Magic, I bet.

Gallery: Grinders Webcomic

Lemuel Pew is a webcomic artist and MMO player with the attention span of a guppy. Between sketching gamers in cartoon form and making too many alts in City of Heroes, he draws an online comic called Blank It. Feel free to watch his Twitter at your own risk.

Massively webcomic: Grinders - Didn't Make the Cut

by Lemuel Pew May 29th 2009 at 1:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Free-to-play, Comics, Humor, Grinders

Often times Grinders is a story of something that has actually happened, but today we dabble in the wonderland of the Free Realms that could have been. Honestly I think taxidermy would work great with the Pet Trainer job. Keep little Bella around forever. Yeah, I'm sure you named your pet cat Bella.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will be put under a microscope and checked for the latest strain of Murloc Flu. Or just put in the comic.

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Massively webcomic: Grinders - Spies in the Spyhouse

by Lemuel Pew May 22nd 2009 at 1:30PM

Filed under: Comics, Humor, Grinders

So, this week's Grinders is clearly not an MMO, which would be a gross infraction if it wasn't such a raw truth; whenever Team Fortress 2 undergoes a class update, the online gaming community all shifts to one side of the boat, dropping their MMOs to grind the new unlockable weapons. This of course means a certain shift in the team populations. Valve's trying something different this time with two class updates instead of just one, but see if that'll really help. Really.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will be tenderized into a square patty and grilled on the barbie for our next luau. Or just put in the comic.

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Massively webcomic: Grinders - The Best of the Best

by Lemuel Pew May 15th 2009 at 12:30PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Free-to-play, Comics, Humor, Grinders

As depicted in today's Grinders, there's a lot of variety to the jobs in Free Realms. However, not all of them are best suited for combat, as Morgan and Wendy experienced. Still, I think the idea of a kart racing class is pretty darned cool.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will be tenderized into a square patty and grilled on the barbie for our next luau. Or just put in the comic.

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Massively webcomic: Grinders - You Reap What You Sow

by Lemuel Pew May 8th 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Super-hero, Comics, Humor, Grinders

Today's Grinders takes a little deviation from the earlier formats into a more political satire direction. Still, farming is a hot topic in any reward-driven MMO, and the recent farm wars have made the agrarian playstyle all the more relevant. Still, whatever your stance on the debate, you're always welcome to join those of us chuckling from the sidelines.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel.pew@weblogsinc.com. The best will be tenderized into a square patty and grilled on the barbie for our next luau. Or just put in the comic.

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Massively webcomic: Grinders - Big Ships Eat Little Ships

by Lemuel Pew May 1st 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, Comics, Humor, Grinders

This is probably a common gag for EVE players familiar with the Titan capital ships, and Arkhamina from GoonFleet was kind enough to share it for Grinders, along with this adorable little narrative:

"Once upon a time, there was a sad Titan. All of his buddies had gone to Empire space to gank the freighters who were safely moving things around where Concord was there to protect them. Since Titans are not allowed there, he could not go play with his Goon friends, he wandered lonely alone, until he saw a Tempest, all alone. He opened his mouth wide and..... CHOMP."

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel@massively.com. The best will be tenderized into a square patty and grilled on the barbie for our next luau. Or just put in the comic.

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Massively webcomic: Grinders - Switching Roles

by Lemuel Pew Apr 24th 2009 at 12:30PM

Filed under: Super-hero, Comics, Humor, Grinders

Gender issues in MMOs are a low-hanging fruit for lampooning, but today's Grinders comes from Random Button, a girl gamer who sometimes prefers the big goofy characters to avoid attention. Backwards? Maybe. I can't vouch for the genders of the other featured characters, but I do want to thank them for rallying in Atlas Park to get in the feature. Thanks, heroes!

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel.pew@weblogsinc.com. The best will be tenderized into a square patty and grilled on the barbie for our next luau. Or just put in the comic.

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Massively webcomic: Grinders - Horses Make Bad Parachutes

by Lemuel Pew Apr 17th 2009 at 11:00AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Comics, Humor, Grinders

Today's Grinders anecdote was submitted by Berengar on the Meneldor server in Lord of the Rings Online, who learned this fact the hard way. Still I think the concept of the "Aerial Dismount" deserves some commendation.

Have a funny story of your own? Submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel.pew@weblogsinc.com. The best will be tenderized into a square patty and grilled on the barbie for our next luau. Or just put in the comic.

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The Daily Grind: Do you read MMO novels?

by Shawn Schuster Apr 14th 2009 at 8:00AM

Filed under: Culture, Lore, Opinion, Comics, The Daily Grind

Most of us play MMOs for the social interaction among real people from all over the world. Sitting alone reading a book or comic book is not exactly the most social activity, but most of our largest MMO IPs began as books in some form or another. Since then, it's the games themselves that have spawned books or graphic novels. World of Warcraft has a whole collection of literature to choose from. Warhammer Online recently released their second book in the Age of Reckoning series: Dark Storm Gathering. Even the Guild Wars universe is getting its own novel series to tie in the events of GW 1 and the upcoming GW 2.

So we want to know if you enjoy your favorite MMO enough to read the paperback novel version when you're not online. If so, which are your favorites? Are these books solid enough to stand on their own, or would the specific game's players be the only target audience? Let us know!

Massively webcomic: Grinders - Limitless Creativity

by Lemuel Pew Apr 10th 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Super-hero, Comics, Humor, Grinders

Grinders is a weekly cartoon here at Massively devoted to chronicling your adventures in your favorite MMOs! If you have a funny story or just a funny character, submit your tale complete with a screenshot to lemuel.pew@weblogsinc.com. The best will be etched in stone and displayed in the town square for all to see. Or just put in the comic.

Gallery: Grinders Webcomic

Massively webcomic: Grinders - The Nyangnyang Dilemma

by Lemuel Pew Apr 3rd 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Comics, Humor, Grinders

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