If you are looking for a way to lighten up your day and you aren’t in a position to grab up a classic gaming system, go to your office computer and check out Virtual Shackles. The brainchild of a partnership between Jeremy Vinar and Mike Fahmie, this comic strip follows the lives of Orion and Jack and their go-nowhere careers in the world of video game development.

Virtual Shackles is issued as a series and is updated twice weekly on Wednesday and Friday. While much of the comic centers around the duo’s career, there are often referenced to classic games and gaming systems as the pair struggles with the mess that is modern gaming. There are often shorts that reflect on old school gaming characters, also. If you check out the site and start following the saga, you will see the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog, Zelda and characters from the Super Mario Bros. games. A little bit raunchy at times, Virtual Shackles is a bi-weekly dose of humor for the gamer.

Virtual Shackles, 5.0 out of 5 based on 3 ratings

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