Dueling Analogs

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Dueling Analogs
The Dueling Analogs strip "So Dark the Contra of Man" is an amalgam of The Last Supper (Leonardo) and Konami Code.
Author(s)	Steve Napierski
Website	duelinganalogs.com RSS
Update schedule	Monday & Wednesday (and sometime Fridays)
Launch date	November 17, 2005
Genre	Video games, Parody, Gag-a-day

Dueling Analogs is a webcomic by Steve Napierski (also the creator of The Outer Circle). The website was launched on November 17, 2005 and new comics are posted every Monday and Wednesday. Dueling Analogs is a gaming comic and as such most of the comics take place in the universe of the games discussed. No ongoing stories as all comics are self-encapsulated. Though there are repeated themes like Rejected Mega Man Villains [1], Games that I am glad were never made [2] and What if...? [3].

1 Tagline
2 Characters
3 Parodies
4 Awards / Nominations
5 Trivia
6 External links

[edit] Tagline

Dueling Analogs is a color semi-weekly webcomic that lampoons the characters, culture and subtext of modern gaming culture.

[edit] Characters

Harvey

Harvey - Is the voice of Dueling Analogs. Whenever the comic needs to talk directly to the audience about a topic, Harvey is there. Harvey's design is modeled after the look of its creator from his high school years. This is in contrast to the character Steve from the outer circle which is modeled after the creators current look.

First Appearance: 2005-11-29, strip 4.

Mario

Mario - Though not created by Steve Napierski, Mario has appeared in so many Dueling Analogs strips that he is considered a regular member of the comics cast.

First Appearance: 2005-12-01, strip 5.

Jeremy the Sony PR Gnome

Jeremy the Sony PR Gnome - The voice of Sony. Jeremy acts as the counterpoint to the voice of Harvey’s pro-Nintendo views.

First Appearance: 2006-07-31, strip 75.

Xed Box

Xed Box - If Microsoft had a spokesperson in Dueling Analogs, Xed Box would be it. Unfortunately, Xed Box is nothing more than a box with a crudely drawn "X" on it.

First Appearance: 2006-08-16, strip 80.

[edit] Parodies

Dueling Analogs has featured such games as Final Fantasy VII [4], The Smurfs [5], Mega Man [6], Karnov [7], Super Smash Brothers [8] and Final Fantasy X-2 [9].

[edit] Awards / Nominations

Dueling Analogs has been nominated for a couple Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards

2006: Outstanding Gaming Comic, Outstanding Web Design

[edit] Trivia

Dueling Analogs is a founding member of Gamers Pair of Dice, a webcomic group of gaming comics. The group launched on July, 17, 2006.
Dueling Analogs is the fourth webcomic for Steve Napierski to work on. Priors include Life with Fishnets (now defunct, Steve handled the layout/coloring from December 2000 - February 2001), Bored and Evil (layout/art design from June 7, 2004 - September 2, 2005), the outer circle (entire webcomic) and Dueling Analogs (entire webcomic).
The title of Dueling Analogs is a pun on the Dual Analog Controller.
Dueling Analogs is one of the featured webcomics on Game Revolution.