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A big “Thank you!” to all the people who voted for the Sandra and Woo adventure on Steam Greenlight! The campaign was successful and the developer team Feline Fuelled Games will now be able to sell the game on Steam at a budget price if everything goes according to plan! This is great news for all of us since Steam is by far the biggest distribution platform for indie games. Feline Fuelled Games, which is headed by mother, now has two greenlit games. Their other game, Roll-playing Game, is an arcade game inspired by Marble Madness.
The developer team is now working on the remaining main issues discussed in the campaign, in particular the quality of the animations and some character models.
- Sandra: They ruined my favorite cereal!
- Richard: Just because there are now a few raisins in it? Stop exaggerating!
- Sandra: Here, see for yourself.
- Richard: Well, all right.
- Richard: You ought to–
- Richard: This is the work of the devil!
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Face it! Breakfast is ruined!
I had no idea cereal could spoil so fast.
Now just put it in the microwave for 2 minutes and… TADA! Oatmeal with raisins! XD
100% MORE DISGUSTING THAN RAISIN BRAN!! TRY SOME CRUNCHIES (SQUISHIES) TODAY!!!!!!!
@ Bizkit:
Not sure I’d nuke it. The radiation might bring it to life!
You are now required to eat your government approved Soylent Green. Do not try to resist or you will be labeled an enemy of the people. Do not question, do not think. Eat as you are told.
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Harriet: …Landon, listen to me… you must warn your friends not to buy or eat of these “Churchies”: they are full of sugar, papism and idolatry!
>:=)>
Is it actually wet in the box? THROW IT INTO THE FIRE!
Reminds me of a brazilian musician:
“The doctors want to keep me alive, but I want to live.”
Too much food paranoia
I just cringed so hard. It should be illegal for cereal to be sold like that.
@ coyoteBR:
It is not paranoia if they really are out to get you. And since they are determined to replace sugar with artificial sweeteners that are not good for you, ask yourself if you really feel lucky.
Can I buy the rights to this from you and manufacture them threw uncle Toby’s ?
@ Greenwood Goat:
My two food rules.
Never eat anything, named after the sound you make when you spit it out. Poi comes to mind.
New rule:
Never eat anything, that makes a sound like Splorch, right out of the box, especially if it’s supposed to be crunchy.
Sandra: (¬_¬)
And yeah… A few raisins more wouldn’t be a problem. Heck, some will like it. Taking out the sugar… okay, defeats the purpose of breakfast and the taste sucks. But this? This is a wholly different level of suck they created!
@ Blkbear:
Naaah, some things making the splorch sound are fine (if they are upposesd to do the sound). Like ham in salty brine 😉
Well, it could be worse. At least it’s not attacking them…yet
I think raisins are the most delicious part! Also sugar free + raisins is rather impossible. Raisins contain tons of sugar. Artificial sweetener though, is the pits.
Sandra’s slightly different expressions in panels 3&4 should be swapped. Otherwise Sandra’s expression is just about perfect. “Told ya!”
In reality, all that would happen is that Sandra would choose a different cereal and that one would languish on the supermarket shelf until it died of neglect.
Mmmmm – starting out the day with a satisfying bowl of Splorchies…
But raisins are so good…
@ Van:
friend computer mandates all must consume their not-enhanced not completely-unnutritious completely-safe-to-eat caloric intake cereal “crunchies”. refusal to do so is treason and thus labels you a communist and freind computer requests you head to the nearest termination booth if you refuse. have a nice daycycle.
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for anyone not getting the reference it’s from “paranoia” which in turn makes fun of both the cold war (on both sides depending on if you go with the “friend” or “comrade” versions the later being in a module) and “1984” at the same time
The fact that Sandra still bought it intrigues me.
And the fact that even Richard couldn’t defend it intrigues me even more.
There is literally nothing wrong with raisins.
She still bought one!
@ Terion:
Raisins also contain iron and some fiber–everything that was in the grapes, except water. Dried fruits and berries are real food, and are healthful as long as you eat them in moderation.
Cane sugar is not poison, and is probably more healthful than high-fructose corn syrup, and certainly is more palatable that artificial sweeteners, but a lot of people tend to eat WAY too much of it.
@ arsb48:
The funny thing about your comment is that I find Raisin Brand to be better after it has sat in the milk and become incredibly soggy.
Some people like raisans, thats fine. But don’t change your cereal, which has always been about being sugary and crunchy, to a cereal with no sugar and raisans to appeal to a new audiance. Heck, just make a new cereal. You can make more profit if you have both of them rather than only one 😛
SPLORCH ??? Really?
What do you have to do to a Cereal to get it to SPLORCH ?
IT IS a thing of the Devil.
A Thought:
How do we Know those are Raisins and not Pellets from that Rabbit on the front of the box?
Van wrote:
Except that Soylent is now an actual Commercial Product.
You can Google it. They’ll sell you a Month’s supply.
I imagine him taking on a southern accent and sounding like Bobby Boucher’s mom from Waterboy.
I like that “splorch” in the German version is still “splorch.”
Robert wrote:
Yep.
Sometimes Onomatopoeia is so accurate it transcends the Language Barrier.
See Richard? Children don’t exaggerate ALL the time. God.
And here I believed the “Sueddeutsche” when they proclaimed that the Devil resigned when Josef Ratzinger was announced as pope.
Hey, at least they can’t change Toast!
If Captain Crunch turned into Raisin Bran, no one would buy it. The old Captain Crunch fans would find another alternative. The real Raisin Bran fans will keep buying the real thing, not Captain Crunch with Raisins and No Sugar and Bran, or whatever. The company would just lose money and market share, so the punishment for their stupidity is built in. So I’m not sure what the punchline or humor in this strip will be.
At least it’s not moving… right?
Penpencilandbrush wrote:
Think again.
I love her face in the last panel. That is the ultimate “I told you so” look. XD
That is not a sound worthy of the name “Crunchies”.
@ ZMAR:
Ham is not crunchy, at least not in the can. @ ZMAR:
Van wrote:
Can’t I just drink some Soylent Cola instead?
Brian wrote:
I think that was just a joke on the comedy channel, not a real thing.
Arklyte wrote:
You mean, you hope it isn’t.
splorch is never a good sound D:
also, Sandra And Woo game, how didn’t I know! iwould have voted for greenlight, though it’s obviously not needed.
Penpencilandbrush wrote:
Try searching for gluten-free vegan bread. Toast and smother in delicious non-dairy butter and a bowl of “Splorch” with hemp seed milk… all part of a complete breakfast!
RobertaM wrote:
There is no such thing as non-dairy butter. There is margarine and “spread”. Spread is a substance so vile it makes margarine look healthy.