Penny Arcade's "The Sucking" from June 2001.

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I think it's amazing how something from 2001 is even more true 7 years later.

While I don't agree with the second comic, the third and fourth are spot on. It seems like the need to fill the internet with gorgous screenshots has trumped the fact that there needs to be good gameplay and fun in a video game. I avoid playing games online to avoid the "cockmongers". All the 12-year-olds shouting obsenities while playing Halo have completly turned me away from online gaming.

On a side note, Penny Arcade is great. I visit their site all the time.