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10/21/09
But like others have said, is there no ketchup jellybean? Easy fix for the slow blob. #aboyandhisblob
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And if you ever mentioned that to the devs, they'd be rather irate with you. #aboyandhisblob
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10/21/09
it's perfectly ok to not be informed of every little thing. what's not ok is to come on here and complain about "$40 for ____!?" when you have no idea what you're talking about.
now can you see why I wasn't sold on your superior rank? #aboyandhisblob
10/21/09
So if I'm wrong, that must mean that you're right, thus making you more deserving of the star than myself. Point proved. Whatever helps you sleep at night, you tiny little person.
So sorry for not commenting to your liking and for not deserving my star, when you so obviously do deserve one for adding so much valuable content to the discussion. And thank you so much for dictating to me what is OK and what is not OK. Please don't beat me up and take my star.
Pro-tip: Whining about not having a star or harassing commenters for having starts when you don't think they should have one will not earn you a star any more quickly. #aboyandhisblob
10/24/09
I apologize if I hurt your feelings. I feel the entire "class system" for comments is what's at fault here. I mean, it completely defeats the purpose of the internet and "commenting."
instead, it's just Kotaku controlling their own spin.... and further distancing themselves from actual journalists. #aboyandhisblob
10/21/09
You and the boy are surprised together because you are him and he is you. Spot on.
Shame about the signs though. I would much prefer if the blob would make a little icon thinky balloon about an umbrella or bubble or whatever was needed to solve the puzzle if you got stuck for X length of time. "You know, Boy, I could really go for a LIQUORISH jellybean right about now..." #aboyandhisblob
10/20/09
Seriously, more games like this one, please!
EDIT: One more thing. This is the first game I've played in over a year where you're lost if you don't read the manual. The sign hints can be vague to the point where relying on them would be the stupidest thing you can do. I've seen at least one puzzle where if you use a ladder where the sign is, you will die. I had to figure out that you can actually AIM jellybeans to get through that puzzle. If you can tell me what that has to do with a ladder, you get a cookie.
10/20/09
Does anyone still have those sketchy animation pictures of the Boy and His Blob? Y'know the one where the two of them are peering at a snail on the ground?
It just....melts my cold bitch heart sometimes. #aboyandhisblob
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Or drown. Either way. #aboyandhisblob
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I think at some point we would reach an equilibrium, and meld into a singular organism. Sort of like how mitochondria are supposed to have come about in the structure of cells. #aboyandhisblob
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I cannot STAND it when a game tries to help me out in a game. I have stopped playing games for less. #aboyandhisblob
10/20/09
Bzzzt... Bzzzt...
SNAKE: Colonel, I'm at the warehouse you told me to go to.
COLONEL: Good, Snake. Now, despite being 2,000 miles from your location, I see two guards standing 20 feet from you. They're guarding a key hiding under a rock just behind--
Bzzzt... Bzzzt...
COLONEL: Snake, could you hold? I got another call coming through.
BOY: Colonel? Are you there? Blob and me got through the forest, but now I'm stuck!
COLONEL: Do you have any vanilla jelly beans handy?
BOY: I got a couple.
COLONEL: Good. Remember, vanilla will turn Blob into an umbrella. You can use the umbrella to slow your decent. Make your way to the edge of the screen, then use the umbrella to jump off the edge. You'll land safely in the next area.
BOY: Thanks, Colonel!
COLONEL: Snake, I'm back. Now, to get by the guards--
SNAKE: Colonel, how come you didn't give me any jellybeans?
COLONEL: We just couldn't fit them in your rectum before the drop.
SNAKE: Oh, okay.
COLONEL: Yeah, you probably wouldn't want to eat them anyway considering where we'd have to store them.
SNAKE: Hey, Colonel? How long can we talk like this before the guards notice our conversation?
COLONEL: As long as we'd like to, Snake.
SNAKE: <3
COLONEL: <3 #aboyandhisblob
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10/21/09
#speakup
Does that count as nominating this for comment of the week? #aboyandhisblob
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Alas I have no money for it since I was under the assumption that it was still a little way off.
I was sorely tempted to buy it anyway and try to live solely off the bag of Ikea meatballs in the back of my freezer this month.
My son and girlfriend were not quite as willing to take the risk. #aboyandhisblob
10/20/09
Boy do I feel old now :( #aboyandhisblob
10/20/09
I mock my friends because they didn't get into gaming as soon as I did. I would say things like, "Back in my day, we didn't have none of this auto-mapping nonsense. We would draw the map out on graph paper, uphill both ways, in the snow." #aboyandhisblob
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It looks like it's absolutely worth the money, and if I had any money for games right now this would've been a day one buy. #aboyandhisblob