Whether or not you like the comic this week, the real treat is that Ray finally decided to make a video showing off how he makes the comic! Trust me, that’s the real treat this week. Watch it in HD here. You probably noticed a few graphical changes around these parts and there are a few more to come later in the week, so I hope you enjoy! Now, it’s time for some breakfast, and I have a strange urge to eat scrambled eggs…
I hope that everyone enjoys the new changes that we are bringing to the site’s overall design, such as the new logo (did anyone notice it?). There are still a few more things in store that I have already got completed, but Tim just hasn’t had a chance to update yet. Surprise, surprise…
Keep in mind that when Ray says I haven’t updated them yet, he means he thinks he emailed me the images but never did. No one is more committed to 2P START! than me, your humble servant. When you all elected me President of the United Gamers in a landslide last November, it was because of the inaction on the part of the Raypublican party, the kind of inaction we are seeing this very day. But fear not my fellow Timocrats, further site updates will appear just as soon as the Raypublican minority stops filibustering.
Hahaha, that video is awesome!!! The whole thing was great!!!
The comic is pretty good too! Poor little Ghost Eggs, who knew Pacman was real villian this whole time.
Ah, it finally explains why the Ghosts are so pissed at Pacman.
Whoa. That is a treat!
Pretty funny comic but the video is quite nice.
Really cool guys.
And after watching the video, this is made all the sweeter. Consider yourselves redeemed. (at least in my eyes.)
To be honest. Not very good. I was almost first post but I couldn’t see the text box because of the background! But anyway, a bit short, and after all that talk about making the comics better, I really expected something really good, but this was a bit of a disappointment. I like the new format though, where you can choose the comic or podcast at the homepage, and since Ray did this alone, I thought it was pretty good since Tim didn’t help. I liked the video as well.
Great Comic Guys! Now I feel sorry for those poor Ghosts. And the video was a really cool touch! Keep up the awesome work guys!
Oh, and just a suggestion to Ray; perhaps the “Check for Humor” should have been used on the last couple comics.
Well….since Ray obviously copied off of VG cats this week, I’m going to have to make a real comic for you guys….
…MWHAHAHAHAHAAHAH…
Yes, I’m good with photoshop.
It’s like some kind of sick and twisted caviar
Awesome comic, and great video. I like how the site is changing, btw. I like the links to the comic and podcast. Really speeds up loading.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. But the sad faces inside the eggs makes the joke 10x more precious.
btw, the second panel sounds like it’s from a commercial (like “got milk?”)…is this true?
PacMan is a monster! At least he isn’t giving head to an old man.
Man! With this new layout, it takes so long to get to the comic! I mean, I have to click an extra link, and can’t just scroll down! Man… The layout used to be good… I was actually confused for a second until I noticed the headings on top of the boxes.
Pretty good comic! Not your best, but I liked it. I see you haven’t gotten around to 2P-Start!ing the logo from VGCats yet.
Oh, and maybe you should try starting from the corners in Minesweeper. That’s usually what I do.
And if the normal dots are their eggs (or something like that), then what are the power pellets?
Great comic/video guys. That first panel makes a lot more sense after you see the last panel 😀
How’d you make the video Ray? Screen Capture? iMovie?
Their almost born eggs, which is why they become sad after you eat them – if pacman hadn’t eaten them, they would be new children!
Meh. Not much else to say about this comic.
I thought the comic was really bland, but the video made up for it!
It’s good to know you guys are able to make fun of yourselves. (Though I guess we already knew that.)
The new layout is pretty good, by the way, but it doesn’t really match the rest of the site. The boxes are way too colorful for such a gray background.
Ah, good idea. I always thought the podcast should get a bigger spotlight on the website. It’s good to see it side-by-side with the comic now, they really complement each other.
Meh. Not much else to say about this comic. Typical Pac-Man joke (whether Ray really did rip off VGCats or not).
Without looking at the above posts…
Wow, this gives new meaning to the game of Pac-Man. Unlike the cartoony and lighthearted sequels, this completely turns the character-roles on it’s head. The ghosts don’t just want want to kill Pac-Man because they’re evil, it’s for the sake of self-preservation.
Man, this is deep. I think you’ve just ruined Pac-Man for me forever. Anytime I try to play it now, I’ll be faced with the existential quandary of the hunter-prey relationship. (Where do the Super Pellets fit in?)
Hey guys, I loved the video and the comic was pretty good. I couldn’t stop laughing at the sad pink ghost!!! I hope you do a video for every comic.
Sweet looking program, good situation for the song… as for the comic, don’t really get the link between cholesterol and ghost… or maybe it’s the soul of some dead high cholesterol victims, and the shiny pale yellow stuff around them making the pellets is a grease crust made of bad cholesterol, constant reminder of their death?
verdict.. ehhh not a classic for sure but, you were all by yourself after all, you get more points for that factor
I didn’t understand the comic on my first read.
Then I read it again…I was horrified!
All I could do was laugh nervously! You men are sick sick puppies!
But hey, what’s more funny then eating fertilised eggs, aye?
Good effort guys, seriously made me laugh and the video was hilarious.
Keep it up, and don’t let any amount of pregnent wives or unborn babies get in your way!!
Eggs are supposedly high in cholesterol.
The comic was actually pretty enjoyable.
But on to the actual reason I’m commenting. Never, ever, EVER again talk about the demise of the site. It’s actually one of the few I visit daily, even if the comic updates once a week. The podcast is also hilarious. Let’s be honest, the comic is awesome. Not many comics have endearing fans that will actually come out and say you’ve done a bad job and offer helpful critique with you accepting it (See CAD Miscarriage Syndrome). It’s something special and to let that die is a crime that not even Sonic Team would commit.
PS: Tim, you’re a jerk.
Wow, when I first saw the front page I thought I was looking at another bad comic, thinking “I don’t get it”. But then I realized they were both links. I must say, that the comic by itself would have been a pretty sweet treat but the video just put it over the top. This more then makes up for last week and shows how 2p start never lets its fans down… that is… until Tim gets his baby, then we’re all probably screwed.
So THAT’S why those ghosts are chasing him all the time! That explains a lot.
Does this mean that Pac-Man is murderous?
Also explains why when he gets the Super dot, he goes after the big Ghosts, cause he won’t settle for babies.
You should find more dark secrets about other games, too. First Pac-Man, then the world!
Or something.
PS
This one actually made me laugh for once. I wasn’t too happy with the last ones, but this one is a nice return to the type of punchline we’re used to. I love it, guys! Keep it up!
I don’t notice any new logo.
“…We now return to your program of awesome-ness, already in progress.”
The art work is great, the comic is funny, and with the addition of a little touch of “that’s just wrong” (which I love, personally), this may go down as one of the best to date.
But the video? Pure gold. But now I have a burning question that I must have the answer to.
What is Ray’s Secret Touch?
???????
Oh, and the video is AWESOME.
That’s certainly a bonus.
This is just like that one episode of Futurama:
Eating is Murder!
Popplers are Peoplers too!
Haven’t watched the video (yet).
I would like to see one of those ghost eggs hatch, I just love raising the dead…
After watching the video and leaving a comment, I gotta say that I call shenanigans on your video, the only thing that it brings is more viewers for my videos, that are in the ‘related videos’ section. Like it or not, I probably am the third guy of 2P START! (laughs)
Egg salad anyone? That has even more Cholesterol!
Hit up comic 1 to see the difference. Subtle but long-awaited changes.
Wow. NVG. (If you can’t figure that out, you’re not a real fan anyway.
Ok, I just got to watch the video, and it was good, but I am kind of disappointed that it wasn’t the actual making of the comic. Oh well.
Um, I guess something’s just wrong with me. Ever since the Sonic Facebook one, I’ve pretty much had the opposite of the majority opinion. I enjoyed the last two, but this one just didn’t do it for me. I also wasn’t a huge fan of the previous 3, but most people were all over them.
I enjoyed the video, though. And it’s probably too obvious to be one of those things nobody notices, but nobody has pointed it out yet so I’ll mention that I like how “Im Luhkee” is now following you on Twitter. But like somebody else said, lame background.
But I guess we know why you had the comic done by the podcast now.
And by that he means clear your cache and then try that.
Also, Tim, do you think the comment link showing the number of comments will be back soon? I liked that, because then I would know if there was a new comment without having to click through.
Ok, so if the regular dots are (ghost eggs?), then would the large dots be? I think that it’s a Pac-egg, and that he eats the insides which makes him stronger. Pac-Man is a cannibal, I just know it.
Oh yeah, and i forgot to say that I like how the new homepage has a link to either the comic or the podcast, so i dont have to load that comic image before i can navigate the site
Oh, I thought it looked a little different, but I thought that even if it was there would still be something else comic related, like the Tim and Ray logos inside a pac-dot or something.
Can’t wait till Black Doom archives. I promise i wont comment this many times at ones again.
There’s more symbolism in this comic then you guys give it credit for…
You see, Ray made the idea and comic all by himself this week because he is both sad and jealous.
You see, he’s jealous that Tim has a hot wife who’s about to have a baby, and he doesn’t even have a girlfriend currently.
And he’s sad because 2pstart is going to die because of baby’s existence…..
So this comic isn’t really about Pacman eating Ghost eggs, it’s really what Ray is going to do once the baby is born. (The blue ghost being Tim and the Pink being Sara.)
Nice comic. I’m not raving over it or anything though. And I have to say that I thought the video would just be a sped of version of you drawing the comic, I was VERY pleasantly surprised. Not sure if this is a compliment or an insult, but the video was funnier than the comic.
Wow, I’m WAY too bored today.
I just looked through the entire archives.
Heh, all the old comics still amuse me.
Hopefully one day we can do the same with the current comics, eh?
I struggled with picking a background for the longest time, but decided on that one specifically because it wasn’t really much of anything. I felt the emphasis needed to be on what I was doing, and having a possibly distracting image in the back was a bit troubling to me.
I know, I’m weird and picky.
I guess it’s a bit different on Macs, since I always have things maximized on my PC so I don’t usually see any of the background except when booting up. But maybe you should make it one of your own backgrounds, and then you can be motivated to work on the comic when you notice it. 😛
And now the true hellish nature of Pac-Man is known. The unholy beast stalking the stygian depths where the ghosts reside, he feasts unpon their unborn….
The top of the page looks broken.
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7459/messedup.png
Got enough tabs open there?
Am I the only one who looks more at the taskbar/bookmarks toolbar/etc. when people post screenshots then the actual subject of the picture?
Also, you have a Windows Update.
Oh, Ray, guess what I found…!
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3899/69166286.jpg
Oh my god. That’s the most epic thing ever. O_o How did you find it?
Awesome! I especially like the response right above Ray’s letter…”WHAT DO MEAN?”
Yeah, I love that too.
XD
Next week on 2P Start, we’ll be taking a look Mario’s history of animal cruelty, and how Q*bert secretly started World War II.
You know, why do I feel like this is an excuse for you guys to tank. Or are you just lying to use in your podcast? You have less time, and yet you can do youtube videos. Then again this time you guys did say you’ve started early, so I’m happy for both of you.
And I look forward to a BETTER comic next week. Oh yes, I most definitely look forward to a better comic Mwahahahaha!.
OH…MY….GOD. PETA’s gonna have a real problem with Pac Man now that you guys have pointed this out. also, i guess this means that ghosts are their own species and they aren’t dead people. SO WHAT ARE DEAD PEOPLE!? JUST CORPSES!? IMPOSSIBLE!
Soylent Pellets are GHOSTS!!!!
Very nice. Not much else to say about the comic.
But as for the site design, I love it!!! Nice to see the podcast get a bit more attention since thats just as much of the site as the comic is. Also, the tabs at the top went from bubbly to futuristic, which is always cool.
One quick thing. You can’t see how many comments the comic has. Dunno if that would screw up the design or anything, but I’d say that’s the only flaw of it. Still a big fan.
Also, with the site update, how about a merchandise update?? Eh??
Eh. Not your best but not your worst. I didn’t laugh, but I do like the phrase, “Sinfully delectable”. And to make this constructive, I think that you should make more comics with tiny jokes rather than one punch line. Also, the next comic should be about Lace. You recently said that you had a good idea for her, but you need more characterization first. Hurry up and characterize before 2P Start! dies! (that rhymes)
Wow nice change to the logo, though it would look nicer in my opinion if the buttons were the same size. Also I don’t really understand the comic what are those things that PM is eating?
Aw. I was going to say that the new tabs aren’t centered properly, but now they are since I logged in. Awesome new tab buttons, by the way. I wonder if they still look good on the iPhone browser… 🙂
(“25 queries. 0.373 seconds” – Not bad time, I suppose. 😀 )
Terrific comic and video. Great work. Keep it up. 🙂
Great comic and great video, too!
Use the word “delectable” more often.
As for the video, I laughed the entire time you were talking to Sonic, Ray. You’d think he’d have a more…uh, creative username, though.
Also, are those numbers in Pac-Man’s wake?
Oh look, a grave riser!
This comic is so funny and the video is great(“No more fooling around!”) NCG + NVG guys! Plus, the new site looks look awesome as well. 😀
Now that’s what I call INTERNET LOOOOOOT!!
Classic.
I knew Ray was a diluted Sonic fanboy (or a Narcisist…refer to the Ray and Dating Comic) but…….god…..must not curse……………darn….
He’s taken it too far. He reads Sonic Comic books. I haven’t even stooped that low with videogames yet. Quick! Someone throw a hot chick at Ray to cure this obsession and homose….can’t go there….
/joke.
great comic
and i love the youtube integration
i understand both of ur situations in life but please dont stop making comics. If you need time just go to every other week.
Again i love your guys comic, there is nothing else on the web like it.
Is it just me…or are there a bunch of shapes and letters in Pacman in the final panel?
Hey, you’re not supposed to point out the subliminal visual elements!
There goes anyone else’s chance at Comment of the Week 😛
Yeah…
I see 75+75+74=133
and a rectangle…
They’re also in the last panel. Not sure if there are the same ones, but I saw a rectangle, and I think some 8s or something.
Oops, I read the original post wrong… I thought it said first…
Ray, was the base background for this comic the matrix or something. Jeeze, whats with the numbers and letters? Wherever there’s a glow, you see it. I’m guessing that you just made it less opaque in those areas, which showed the matrix under it. Then again, considering the video, you ripped of VG Cats and used the 2P Converter (Where can I get one btw) VG Cats was the one with the Matrix Background! XD
That’s actually from Issue 56.
Longtime reader. Looks like the letter was sent in at around Issue 49 or so.
I would hardly say the changes are anything that was ever really needed, I wouldn’t even say it was changed just thouched up, or “STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION”ed.
Hey ray (if you ever see this) Maby if Tim has his hands too full with his daughter you could maby take scripts from fans perhaps? I mean, we’re talking a baby here, it is a big responsibility and not something Tim can just brush of, despite how big and loyal of a fan base 2p start has. I see many sleepless nights in the future where Tim won’t even want to think about brainstorming a comic.
Correct. I’m not looking to fix what isn’t broken. Just looking to polish it. These are changes I’ve been waiting to do, not necessarily anything you guys were begging us for…
I’m all ears. Just, please don’t be disappointed if I don’t use yours…. and especially don’t take it personally….
*Opens mouth*
Dr.RobotnikHasRayAndTimPinnedToAWallAndD3vinComes
InAndSavesTheDayAndBecomesARecurringCharacterToFillInForTimWhen
HeHasHisBabyAnd….
*takes breath*
That will be the best episode ever! (9u9)
Are you sure you should be opening this can of worms Ray? Especially since you seemed pretty nervous about Tim asking the viewers for baby names =P.
Hey guys! I posted once before back in March but it didn’t get into the podcast, so I’m re-rising from my grave again.
This comic was great! I never knew Pac-Man was such a vile villain, or why the Ghosts were so desperate to chase him. However, this leaves us with one unanswered question.
If the dots are Ghost eggs, what are the Power Pellets made from? Still borns? (Kind of a gross thought.)
The video was great, but don’t you have it in reverse? Also, I believe this program is how Ctrl+Alt+Delete steals it’s jokes from Penny Arcade.
Well looking at the 2P start logo, power pellets are actually Tim and Ray Eggs. Hence why you never see any mini tims and rays around.
Also I wanted to say I love the little tears in the eyes of the ghost in the egg.
Yeah, Its an open source program that you can tailor to your needs. I’m currently working on a mod that will make comics in my style. Too bad I’m having trouble with the logarithms dealing with the lines, Since I want the comic to appear hand-drawn instead of the digital means the program is made for. Maybe I should try its sister program, one that takes a comic and converts it into a sprite comic…
I can see it now…
Ray: “Welcome to episode 84 of “Infinity”-P Start Live!: Special Garbage Edition, he’s D3vin, and he’s roadjcat, and he’s ultimateDK, and he’s GXEchidna, and he’s Gewurztraminer, and he’s MetaRi….”
–1hr later–
All: “And he’s Ray!”
Now that I see those as eggs… it makes more sense…. and is quite strange, perticullary if you see the pink ghost as the really hurted mother while the blue one is the rageblind avanging father…
Well, Everyone wanted an hour long podcast…
Ray: “Cue the end music.”
Here’s a better way of seeing the numbers on the last panel:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t249/Ryman10_photo/2009-05-27.png
Yep….pretty weird stuff Ray.
Indeed.
You left me out! (pouts)
There has to be someone in that hour long section…
What about me. I’m even a top poster. 🙁
Left me out as well, and I’m in the top three. But I guess he was talking about the memorable posters on the comics.
I like how my name is first, but it could be in reverse order, so technically I’m last…
Well you are always here. And your a furry, which makes you memorable.
Even though I have been lurking in the shadows for several months, I figure this is a perfect time for me to rise from my grave. It’s things like the hidden math in panel three, the ridiculous fans (re: the sonic comic mail bag), and the refined humor that keep me coming back to 2p Start. Keep up the great work you guys.
At least I’m not one of those ‘flamingly furry’ Furries, I’m a furry when it is appropriate. You will not see me walking around town in a costume of my character. I am first and formost a human, I just pretend I’m an animal because it fun. It also helps that I hate the direction Humanity is going and I want to distance myself from it. I also like Otters to the point of obsession 😉
And now comes the obvious comment, when is it appropriate to be a furry?
i think they look like little ghost fetuses… that must be why the ghosts are angry.
…what?
Response to an earilier quote by D3vin. specifically,
HEy i want that script thingy too where can i get that
number 100
This comic is insanely funny. It’s also true, it has to be. You’ve finally dug beneathe the scenes and unearthed the real story of Pac Man.