Comments on: XKCD's 14-foot-wide CLICK AND DRAG map

By: L.Sizzle

L.Sizzle — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:17:00 +0000

lol I, by total chance, found the squid watching tv thing, just decided to so a random dive down below that platform. Soon after I found the tunnel I went to the zoomable version, would have given up otherwise. But I think you could miss some stuff on the zoomable one, like the two raptors almost hidden in the grass way off to the left

By: Gavin Hamill

Gavin Hamill — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:26:00 +0000

Anyone reminded of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet? http://www.gagneint.com/itsp/itsp_main_art_02.html

By: Martijn

Martijn — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:23:00 +0000

I thought that screen was a portal through which the jellyfish entered this subterranean dimension.

By: skyhawk1

skyhawk1 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:42:00 +0000

A nice way to spend time during a rainy afternoon.

By: Ted Bautista

Ted Bautista — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:04:00 +0000

instant RSI … but … still … can’t … stop.

By: David Carroll

David Carroll — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:44:00 +0000

Scrolling across the landscape reminds me of Limbo (which is a good thing, in a creepy way).

By: glittalogik

glittalogik — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:26:00 +0000

There’ve been two recent-ish space whale appearances in Wondermark, might be related to that?
http://wondermark.com/tag/dusty-space-whale/

By: HorseIsAHorse

HorseIsAHorse — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:21:00 +0000

There’s some speculation in the XKCD forum that this could be the last, or maybe penultimate, XKCD. I hope they’re wrong, and I’m just being Chicken Little mentioning it here. But if they’re right, this is an amazing way to go out.

http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=91362

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:28:00 +0000

I really want a version I could download and save my current position.

By: ScottCh

ScottCh — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:37:00 +0000

I was certain that there would be a shark suspended from a large baloon drifting somewhere, and… I haven’t seen it.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:14:00 +0000

Took me 10 minutes to find the creeper, but I KNEW there would be a creeper. Somewhere.

By: Dr. Chronobiologist

Dr. Chronobiologist — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:51:00 +0000

Facts and research in a comment thread?!?

By: George Miller

George Miller — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:47:00 +0000

But unusable on an iPod touch.

By: Hillary Taylor

Hillary Taylor — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:41:00 +0000

I assumed the squid was on a laptop, presumably stealing internet from the “bitcoin-only island nation” above.

By: Mister User

Mister User — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:17:00 +0000

This made me go and play TERRARIA again -
http://www.terraria.org/

By: Linsey Young

Linsey Young — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:12:00 +0000

2 miles = 3.22km (approximately)

By: Ipo

Ipo — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Did you find the third whale? A breaching humpback.

By: Dovanna

Dovanna — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Randall did do a House of Leave spoof a few years ago:
http://xkcd.com/472/

By: Ross Evertson

Ross Evertson — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:44:00 +0000

14 meters wide, not feet (re:title)

By: WhyBother

WhyBother — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:23:00 +0000

You notice a bit up and to the right of that jellyfish, there’s a larger school of jellyfish socializing.

The one you found is alone, “in his room,” playing video games.

By: nathanroberts

nathanroberts — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:57:00 +0000

I searched and searched through the world looking for the Minecraft gag that I knew had to be there. And sure enough, it was. Exactly how I imagined it, even.

I must say that the zoomable version is far superior, even if you don’t use the zoom, if for no other reason than being able to navigate with the keyboard.

By: Dr. Chronobiologist

Dr. Chronobiologist — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:46:00 +0000

If the poster was printed out at current scale it would be 14 feet wide. If scaled to ~life-size it would be 2 miles/3.22 km wide.

Thanks Linsey Young

By: Dr. Chronobiologist

Dr. Chronobiologist — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:42:00 +0000

When I directed the comic at Cory (which he retweeted), I mentioned “House of Leaves”:

@doctorow Randall did some “House of Leaves”/TARDIS shit with his latest http://xkcd.com/1110/ #TheInsideIsBiggerThanTheOutside

https://twitter.com/amanicdroid/status/248321293282328576

I don’t know that there’s any intentional tribute-making by Randall.

By: lorq

lorq — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:38:00 +0000

I’m really impressed by how Munroe keeps topping himself. Some serious commitment to quality control there.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:38:00 +0000

I wonder how many people think about this, tl;dc&d

By: jerwin

jerwin — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:21:00 +0000

I found out that it’s a bit more bearable on an ipad,

By: Luis Montes

Luis Montes — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:15:00 +0000

Did a stitching of the screen and some more explanation here: https://plus.google.com/103067286453763274834/posts/8jBSM31xBCX

You can get low res 10 megapixel version :)

By: SamSam

SamSam — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:56:00 +0000

For the best experience, you should certainly spend at least ten minutes or so at the original, clicking through. Yes it can be a slog, but it’s a slog travelling around the world as well!

After you have had the joy of stumbling upon enough fun experiences, only then jump to the zoomable map….

By: sorrykb

sorrykb — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:56:00 +0000

Whales are “Fantasia 2000″ reference??

By: Lotney

Lotney — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:54:00 +0000

This one really got to me. I got lost in the caves and every little person I found there made me feel a little less alone. It reminded me constantly of Blind Descent, a book I read some time ago about supercave exploration that I actually discovered through Boing Boing.