Now normally there’s a discount for pre-ordering products from BigBoomBomb.com. This time things are going to be a little different. If there are at least 100 pre-orders of the poster by this Thursday, we will automatically increase the size of the poster from the standard 18″ x 24″ size to the whopping 24″ x 36″ size. The deal is that it costs almost twice as much to print the poster at that resolution, but if you guys are really serious about ordering this poster (like you’ve been emailing me for the past five years) then we’ll make it even cooler by upsizing the thing for no additional costs. But, we’re going to need at least 100 pre-orders by Thursday. Why? Because that’s the last day the initial order can be placed for them to be available in time for Otakon [3].

So if you want this, make sure to order yours today! Thanks!

Now don’t get me wrong, I love reading and talking to those you who do respond and I’m not complaining that not enough people are responding, either. In fact, I can actually manage to read and keep up with all of your guys’ comments so this definitely falls into a manageable area. I’m just saying I don’t know what the majority of you think of them.

Personally, I would like this think that they are helpful. Why? Well, most people don’t read the archives. You start reading Dueling Analogs, or any webcomic honestly, at the point where you started and continue from there. How do I know? I’ve got Google Analytics and I actually know how to use it. So when I run a comic, like today’s, that originally ran almost four and a half years ago I’d like to think that the majority of you who have never seen it for the first time would enjoy it being brought to your attention. And for those of you who had already seen it that it brings back fond memories.

Now from a personally point of view, I do not like running classic comics. Makes me feel bad. Even if my reasons are completely justified, like now as I have been nasty sick all weekend, I just feel like I’m not pulling my weight as a comic creator. Regardless of whether or not you paid for this content, when you visit Dueling Analogs I want you to get your money’s worth (see what I did there?).

So that’s my ranting. If you want to read more about this comic, make sure to check out it’s original posting. And just to let you know, you don’t even have to click that link you can just type in the Konami code on your keyboard and you will automatically be whisked away to that comic. I kid you not.

Oh, in case you are one of the many people who email me asking when the post version of this will finally be finished… it is in the works.

Update: New version of the Konami Code is located here.

Since The DaVinci Code comes out on Friday, I thought it only made sense to promote the most famous gaming code… the Konami Code.

For those of you that don’t know, the Konami Code is:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A

The Konami Code was first used in Gradius and when entered correctly would give the player full powerups, but the code is most well known for Contra where upon proper entry at the title screen would give the player 30 men… that’s why I included a shot of Contra on the screen in the comic. I had to use the sign language versions of A and B in the comic, I hope they translated well.

[Note: I updated the name of this comic based on the name of the posting from Joystiq.com by Ross Miller... thanks]