I mean, he’s not wrong, either way he wins here. Either they say yes and it works and Ethan comes out the one showing initiative and helping others, Thad says no and a major competitor is gone.
Esc
7 hours ago
Megagame hits different in 2025. Like, it’s still a brick and mortar retail business. Is it a chain? Or is Thad a business owner in the community? I would kill for a store with all these games on the wall. What is so malicious about it? better than another empty storefront.
Presumably they’re the Barnes & Noble to our heroes’ Waldenbooks/B. Dalton (I’m probably only a coupke years older than the author…. while maybe half the readership might now be scratching their heads and asking, “Who?”)
Megagame hits the same in 2025 that it did ten years ago, IMHO. It was always strange to see multiple successful gaming stores in the same general area, especially one as big as Megagame. Gaming stores were always struggling since the mid 2000s.
It’s just one of the key differences of the world of A+D and ours, that gaming is just a much bigger part of their culture.
Steve
5 hours ago
I don’t recall Rob looking this annoyed with Ethan before. I thought he was usually just the big dumb galoot.
….Did he secretly snap? Recognizes Ethan as Analog but keeps it to himself for whatever reason?
I’d argue that Ethans current treatment of him is a reasonable cause for annoyance already.
And I doubt Analog is necessary to add fuel to the ever-smoldering coals of Ethans feud with Megagame
Jacob
4 hours ago
Rob didn’t shout about the sniper in counter strike, I’m disappointed.
Eldest Gruff
3 hours ago
You know, I never noticed it before….. but look at panel 4. Specifically, notice the hair. The ears. The chin. The build. There’s minor differences… but the similarities are so close, and the differences so consistent, that I can’t help but think that Thad was designed as a foil to Ethan – like, two sides of the same coin. I wonder if Thad sees Ethan as the same sort of villain that Ethan sees Thad. “Oh, look at me, mommy and daddy bought me my own game store, I just had everything I want handed to me, I didn’t have… Read more »
Daniel
3 hours ago
It would be hilarious if MegaGame staff would refuse, since they practically worship the local videogame-themed superheroes, and sure that they will show up soon to protect their own
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Master of diplomacy
He went in the Leeroy Jenkins way … all guns blazing 😉
W-Where did he learn to negotiate like that?
I mean, he’s not wrong, either way he wins here. Either they say yes and it works and Ethan comes out the one showing initiative and helping others, Thad says no and a major competitor is gone.
Megagame hits different in 2025. Like, it’s still a brick and mortar retail business. Is it a chain? Or is Thad a business owner in the community? I would kill for a store with all these games on the wall. What is so malicious about it? better than another empty storefront.
It is definitely a chain, though I’ll agree that most brick and mortar gaming chains closing down makes it not work quite as well as it did years ago.
Presumably they’re the Barnes & Noble to our heroes’ Waldenbooks/B. Dalton (I’m probably only a coupke years older than the author…. while maybe half the readership might now be scratching their heads and asking, “Who?”)
You got mail!
Yes, Megagame is definitely the “Fox Books” to Ethan’s “Shop Around The Corner”…
…from “You’ve Got Mail (1992)”…
…with less illogical romance.
Megagame hits the same in 2025 that it did ten years ago, IMHO. It was always strange to see multiple successful gaming stores in the same general area, especially one as big as Megagame. Gaming stores were always struggling since the mid 2000s.
It’s just one of the key differences of the world of A+D and ours, that gaming is just a much bigger part of their culture.
I don’t recall Rob looking this annoyed with Ethan before. I thought he was usually just the big dumb galoot.
….Did he secretly snap? Recognizes Ethan as Analog but keeps it to himself for whatever reason?
I’d argue that Ethans current treatment of him is a reasonable cause for annoyance already.
And I doubt Analog is necessary to add fuel to the ever-smoldering coals of Ethans feud with Megagame
Rob didn’t shout about the sniper in counter strike, I’m disappointed.
You know, I never noticed it before….. but look at panel 4. Specifically, notice the hair. The ears. The chin. The build. There’s minor differences… but the similarities are so close, and the differences so consistent, that I can’t help but think that Thad was designed as a foil to Ethan – like, two sides of the same coin. I wonder if Thad sees Ethan as the same sort of villain that Ethan sees Thad. “Oh, look at me, mommy and daddy bought me my own game store, I just had everything I want handed to me, I didn’t have… Read more »
It would be hilarious if MegaGame staff would refuse, since they practically worship the local videogame-themed superheroes, and sure that they will show up soon to protect their own