This could actually work. Don’t mess with the Mario Kart mechanics, just make it look more like a classic kart race… Adding characters from The Little Rascals to the game would be an added bonus.

I was worried with Daneboe‘s Annoying Orange running on Cartoon Network that he wasn’t going to have time for his YouTube channel, but my fears were unwarranted.

I would have referred to them as Spiny Shell Condoms, but that would have given the comic a completely different feel. Literally.

I had this comic finished pretty close to midnight EST, but I wanted to create a mock wrapper for a Blue Shell Condom. Thought it adds a little something more to the experience. Or at the very least a picture of a fake condom wrapper.

Seriously though, the blue shells or spiny shells or whatever kind of shell you want to call them are a mixed bag of tricks. On one side, its a cheap way to win and an even cheaper way to lose. It can completely destroy the whole skill aspect of any given race. Then again, it does add a completely random level of uncertainty of how a race will play out even until the very last second. So I guess I have a love hate kind of relationship with the blue spiny shells. Though, it’s still an extremely crappy way to lose.

Have a differing opinion? Feel free to interject it in the comment section below. Otherwise, I will see you on Thursday.

Update: I also want to mention that Scarlet Pirate, a female gamer (it makes sense why I mention that if you read her comic and the responses), created this guest comic in response to the comments of the this posting. Very creative.

I was sick on Sunday and Monday (see my lack of Tweets from those days for additional proof), which delayed my ability to work on the comic until Tuesday evening. I had some other ideas in my head, but couldn’t get the Rainbow Road song out of my head. After that point, I was pretty much useless.

Nonetheless, see you again later on this week…

I was going to point out the inside jokes and where different things in this strip came from, but I decided to create a forum thread where you guys can discuss this among yourselves. If you guys get them all, I’ll be pleasantly pleased.