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''VG Cats'' (short for ''Video Game Cats''〔("All About the Site" ), ''VG Cats''〕〔"Internet provides new way to get daily dose of funnies" ''The Rocket'' (page 2 )〕) is a webcomic written and drawn by Canadian cartoonist Scott Ramsoomair. Published on its own website, it features the adventures of a pair of anthropomorphic cats, who often play the roles of characters in popular video games that are parodied in the strip. Strips are usually presented in a large format and in full color. The author generally set Mondays as days for updating the comic; however, the update schedule has a reputation of being incredibly sporadic; he frequently mocks his tardiness in updating in various strips due to personal reasons and frequent convention appearances. As of November 2012, the site had approximately 298 comics listed in its main archives. Based on this archive alone, ''VG Cats'' averaged 25 comics a year while it was at its peak.〔("''#234: Humiliation Tube''" ), ''VG Cats''〕〔("''#246: Left behind''" ), ''VG Cats''〕 The ''VG Cats'' website also hosts ''Adventure Log'', a ''Final Fantasy XI'' webcomic written and drawn by Ramsoomair, and ''Super Effective'',〔("''Super Effective''" ), ''VG Cats''〕 a webcomic parody of the Pokémon game series. ''Adventure Log'' has not been updated since 2008. The comic series often includes video game-based humor and satire targeting the video game industry.〔("Geeks' favourite Web comics" ). ''New Straits Times''.〕〔("Interview: DC's Web Comics Imprint" ), ''IGN''.〕 ==History== Ramsoomair said that he began the strip due to boredom at work; he created comics during his lunch breaks.〔("NYCC 2008 VG Cats Interview" ), ''Tokyopop''.〕 The first ''VG Cats'' strip was released on September 1, 2001. (His answer on the FAQ page said it was bad timing, probably in reference to the September 11 attacks that happened that same month)〔(FAQ ). ''VG Cats〕 Prior to taking the VGCats.com domain, the comic was hosted at www.vgcats.cjb.net.〔("''#01 Bad Bushrooms''" ), ''VG Cats''〕 For a period, ''VG Cats'' was affiliated with BuzzComix.〔("Archive of the home page of" ) ''BuzzComix''〕 During April 1 (April Fools' Day), Ramsoomair replaces the regular home page with fake pages, like a "Krug" page in 2003〔("welcome to kgug!" ), ''VG Cats''〕〔("Main.htm" ), ''VG Cats''〕 or a Myspace profile for Solid Snake in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Joystiq )〕 In 2006, Ramsoomair made a strip depicting creatures from Maxis' videogame Spore, and Maxis created a version of the strip replacing all the drawn characters with in-game versions, and sent him custom figurines of the creatures.〔Sources: *(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Joystiq ) *(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Kotaku ) *("''#201: Wright to life''" ), ''VG Cats'' (original strip) *(revised strip )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VG Cats」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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