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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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+ | {{w|Google Maps}} is a web mapping service application. Before smartphones with GPS mapping software were widespread and most people's printers hadn't yet run out of ink, it was common to print out directions to take with you on a trip. The web version of Google Maps has many features including a route planner. As sophisticated as early versions were, it occasionally gave suboptimal directions. For example, the directions may tell you to take an exit that, in reality, is unmarked. Directions also did not take time of day into account which would help in planning routes to avoid traffic or to make use of services such as a ferry. | ||
− | + | The title text tells us that Cueball and his brother attempted to drive around the lake since they could not take the ferry and had an unfortunate run-in with the Straw Man. | |
− | Though no specific game or movie is referenced, steps 75 to 81 of the directions read like the plot of a horror film | + | Though no specific game or movie is referenced, steps 75 to 81 of the directions read like the plot of a horror film or role playing game. A straw man is another term for scarecrow, a common antagonist in both. Step 80 reads exactly like an old {{w|Interactive fiction|text adventure}} game's description of an area. |
There are additional small jokes in the distance column of the directions: | There are additional small jokes in the distance column of the directions: | ||
*Step 75 tells you to travel 1172 feet up, a direction that Google Maps doesn't normally take into account. | *Step 75 tells you to travel 1172 feet up, a direction that Google Maps doesn't normally take into account. | ||
*No distance is traveled in step 77, so Google instead tells you to be careful when talking to Charlie. | *No distance is traveled in step 77, so Google instead tells you to be careful when talking to Charlie. | ||
− | *{{w|Pi}} is a ratio | + | *{{w|Pi}} is a ratio used in calculations involving circles, not measured distances. |
*Google doesn't know how far it is from the Spectral Wolf to your destination, so it gives you question marks as the distance. | *Google doesn't know how far it is from the Spectral Wolf to your destination, so it gives you question marks as the distance. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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::[An icon of a straw man] 78. Take '''Charlie's van''' down '''Old Mine Road'''. Do not wake the '''Straw Man'''. - go π mi | ::[An icon of a straw man] 78. Take '''Charlie's van''' down '''Old Mine Road'''. Do not wake the '''Straw Man'''. - go π mi | ||
::← 79. Turn left on '''Comstock'''. When you feel the '''blood''' chill in your '''veins''', stop the van and '''get out.''' - go 3.2 mi | ::← 79. Turn left on '''Comstock'''. When you feel the '''blood''' chill in your '''veins''', stop the van and '''get out.''' - go 3.2 mi | ||
− | ::↓ 80. Stand very still. Exits are '''north''', '''south''', and '''east''', but are | + | ::↓ 80. Stand very still. Exits are '''north''', '''south''', and '''east''', but are block by a '''Spectral Wolf'''. - go 0 ft |
− | ::[An icon of a menacing face] 81. The '''Spectral Wolf''' fears only ''' | + | ::[An icon of a menacing face] 81. The '''Spectral Wolf''' fears only '''FIRE'''. The '''Google Maps Team''' can no longer help you, but if you master the '''wolf''', he will guide you. '''Godspeed.''' - go ?? mi |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Google Maps]] | [[Category:Google Maps]] |