((A woman is standing. A man sits at a computer.]]
Woman: Where've you been all week?
Man: Playing Half-Life 2!
Woman: ... that came out in 2004.
Man: I get games on a five-year lag. That way, I never have to buy a high-end system, but get the same steadily-advancing gaming experience as people who do -- and at a fraction of the price.
Man: There are no downsides!
Woman: I can think of
one
...
Early 2013.
Man: Guys!
Man: The cake is a lie!
[[Musical notes surround an italic line, suggesting the man is singing.]]
Man: This was a triumph.
Man: The cake is a lie!
Woman, Man #2: <<Sigh>>
{{Title text: I remember trying to log in to the original Command and Conquer servers a year or two back and feeling like I was knocking on the boarded-up gates of a ghost town. }}
Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).
We did not invent the algorithm. The algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The algorithm killed Jeeves. The algorithm is banned in China. The algorithm is from Jersey. The algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the algorithm. This is close.