{"id":12722,"date":"2010-04-27T12:09:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T17:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=12722"},"modified":"2010-04-07T14:35:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T19:35:23","slug":"roman-dave-editor-life-meter-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=12722","title":{"rendered":"Roman, Dave (editor) – Life Meter #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life Meter #1<\/strong> (by Various Artists including Dave Roman) Now Available!<\/a> $6<\/p>\n

I’m guessing that most people reading this are between 20 and 45, and if that’s the case most of you have played video games on a fairly regular basis at some point in your life.\u00c2\u00a0 If you’re male you almost certainly grew up with them.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, that may be a sweeping generalization, I’m just speaking of all the male friends I have.\u00c2\u00a0 This book is a collection of short pieces about video games, so that long winded intro was to tell those of you who have never played video games that you will be utterly lost reading this comic.\u00c2\u00a0 It even dealt with any concerns I’ve had about anthologies, as all the pages are numbered, there’s a table of contents and it even lists the video games on which these pieces are based.\u00c2\u00a0 Hey, I’m practically an expert on old video games and even I needed the occasional hint.\u00c2\u00a0 Stories in here include a day in the life of Frogger (by Dan Abdo), Debbie Huey’s take on the obsession of Toad from the Mario games, Faith Erin Hicks has a continuing series about a horny fangirl who is hiding out from zombies, Dave Roman shows us what’s inside the Moto Bug (in one of those pieces that flew right over my head), Jamie Dee Galey shows us the dangers of shaking trees, Phil McAndrew has a piece on Pac-Man commiseration, and Lea Hernandez tells us all about Mickey’s ghetto booty from Kingdom Hearts II.\u00c2\u00a0 There are also full page (or half page) comics about various assorted video games that’ll be better left as a surprise, but I have to mention the highlight of the comic: Jacob Chabot’s piece on Burger Time.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t think you even need to have played the game to love this strip, as we are treated to an origin story of the chef from Burger Time and shown that a man with a spatula and a salt shaker can, in fact, be a bad ass.\u00c2\u00a0 If you don’t have some love in your heart for video games this comic probably won’t do a thing for you, but if you do it’s hard not to love it.<\/p>\n

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