FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for January 08, 2013

Please tell me Foxtrot classics aren’t looping now. I’ve definitely had this strip before, and it wasn’t all that long ago, either.

The only new ones are the Sunday strips.

Yes, I’ve seen these just a year or two ago … my memory might fail me, it could be three, but I doubt it.

you are right they did this one maybe a year ago.

Thanks goodness for that whatchamacallit, forgetting thingy . . .

The good old Super Mario Bros. method of defeating a boss?

Yes Jason, sometimes the best way of not getting defeated by the Red Orb Guardian is to leave him alone. (It’s kind of like when you tell doctor it hurts when you do this and he or she says don’t do that).

There used to be a game called “Colossal Cave” that was done entirely in text, no graphics. At one point in the game there was a dragon blocking the way, and you would type “Kill dragon”. The game would answer “With what, your bare hands?” The correct response was “Yes” and you walked right on by.

I’ve just walked by the enemy in plenty of my games

It may be a re-run, but to me, it never gets old. When I first saw this, I started adopting the strategy in all my games. I only fight if I have to. Works for the US Military as well: “Do not fire until fired upon.”

It is a glitch in the game. He only attacks if attacked. Other wise you can walk by him. I seen a real game with that glitch.

The Red Orb Guardian was always a twit.

Just like the painting room puzzle in the first Resident Evil. There’s a bunch of crows in that room which will simply do nothing unless you fire at them first.

Jason is being thick right now.