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Double Date - 58 - HD
🕑 Added 2024-08-13 03:00:04 +0000 UTCConcerned Catalina
Concerned cat Catalina contemplates... Concerning... Cantaloupes? I probably could have kept that alliteration going, but a thesaurus would have to have gotten involved.
Commentary
Catalina only has good ideas, so there's no conceivable way anything can go wrong!
The first panel basically exists as a shorthand for "they have not actually started bowling yet", which I felt was a worthwhile thing to establish given the past few comics focusing on Camdin and Dave.
It's ALSO what remains of an idea I had for how to proceed with the return to Catalina and pals, which was for Catalina herself to request going last so she could observe proper bowling technique.
Instead, Catalina has something else on her mind, which, I'll repeat, can only go well.
New-Fangled Bowling Interfaces
Back in MY day, we had these big things with small screens for inputting player names and the like. I'm also trying to remember if I ever had to manually input scores, or simply write things down results when I played, but I'm not sure.
ANYWAY, while I definitely should have visited a bowling alley before starting this storyline, I didn't, and have just been looking at references online.
I was strangely surprised by the modern interfaces to the point that it took me a while to realize that's what I was even looking at. My memories are of big things with chairs you sat at, and not what amount to tablets on poles, or in small tables.
I say "strangely surprised", because what's in use now is the natural, predictable progression of things. For some reason, however, I found it surprising.
Preconceptions and past experiences can be surprisingly powerful foes against having logical expectations for the present.
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Comments
Stephen Gilberg
OT, while thinking of EGS arcs based on video games, I realized that since the central cast has historically consisted of eight people, they could easily be matched to Octopath Traveler I or II. My preference would be II so that Grace could play Ochette.
Brooks Moses
Indeed! That was even one of the things Diane and Lucy mentioned as a reason why it makes a good double date venue. But Catalina doesn't know this yet. :)
Changer
Actually, bowling is relatively pretty good for getting to know people. You spend a lot of the time sitting around waiting for your turns and able to talk to each other while one person at a time plays. Certainly way better than watching a movie, where nobody is allowed to speak.
BeastialMoon
Oh no -/whatever Catalina's thinking, this is gonna be such a bad idea. I can't wait.
