History Webcomic / NerfNow

** [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1616 Leshrac]] wanted to be the most powerful character in ''VideoGame/{{Dota2}}'' so that everyone would want to pick him, he got [[KickedUpstairs banned]] for being a TierInducedScrappy.

** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/220 This]] comic makes a [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} not-so-subtle]] jab at Literature/{{Twilight}}.

** [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Frontier_Justice Now an]] AscendedFanfic.
** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/205 Revisited]] in Revengineer 2.0. Brief but satisfying.

* CamWhore: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1201 Anne-Marie]] does this to get a game for free and embezzle the money that Jo gave her to buy it.

* IgnoreTheFanservice: When [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1308 Anne-Marie]] notices that her {{Fanservice}}-filled ''VideoGame/WildStar'' stream isn't getting many hits, she thinks it's because [[CamWhore some skanky bitch is showing her tits]] to steal viewers. But it turns out to be Morgan's totally non-fanservice series on [[AHomeownerIsYou player]] [[AnInteriorDesignerIsYou housing]].

** Also [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/482 this]] against [[{{EightPointEight}} game reviewers]] and ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.

* EightPointEight: InUniverse, [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/952 this comic]] suggests [[Magazine/ElectronicGamingMonthly EGM's]] score of 9 for ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'', while the Metacritic average is 4.6, is due to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney plain old bribery]].

** TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Jane got upset she didn't get a "Get a Game" strip, but Jo points out her strip would have been a predictable ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' joke, and instead gave her some CharacterDevelopment as Jane got to show her relationship with Morgan (she razzed Morgan for being a "lefty"). Since that explanation left Jo without time for a proper joke, Jane agreed to do some [[StreetFighter Cammy]] cosplay (which also showed she had a rivalry with Morgan in being MsFanservice).

'''Engie''': (while gambling on Jo's NiceHat) I lost last time, this means ''this'' time [[GamblersFallacy I'm totally going to win!]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Said by [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1571 Anne-Marie]] when she suggested a ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' themed WetTShirtContest. She didn't consider that the ink has the consistency of paint instead of water.

Recurring characters include the [=TF2=] cast, expanded to include gender-swaps and chibi versions of several characters, the female BLU Engineer Engie-tan who plays and comments on games when off-the-clock and the {{Author Avatar}}, which takes the form of a purple tentacle. Be aware that the comic provides generous servings of fanservice occasionally, making it somewhat NotSafeForWork.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Steam-tan and Anne-Marie are bosh shown to only care about profit. Anne-Marie will join any movement that gets her more views/donations and Steam is depicted as money-grubbing in almost all appearances.

* MoeAnthropomorphism: Drone-tan is [[GenkiGirl genki]] about harvesting minerals, Zerglings and Hydralisks are {{Cute Monster Girl}}s, and an Overlord is a {{Meganekko}} dangling from a balloon. [[VideoGame/StarCraft The Zerg]] have never been more precious.

* PantyShot: Oh so many. One of the engies wears coveralls that dip below her hips, basically leaving her underwear permanently on display. Which still left her less exposed than the Zerg Overlord-tan, who had nothing covering her undergarments.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Engie-tan.

* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1047 Could Be Worse]] has the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' Villager unhappy about the AxCrazy MemeticMutation the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' community has given him, but racoon points out it could be much worse. Cue a shot of a horrified Wii Fit Trainer in a CornerOfWoe, who became a MsFanservice in the game dues to her [[FlexibilityEqualsSexAbility flexibility]] and thus has a ''lot'' of {{Rule 34}} "fanart".

** In one mini-arc named Isekai'd, Truck-Kun is about to run over Anne-Marie when he himself gets run over by a bigger Truck-Kun and gets Isekai'd himself.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: One strip is titled "There Is Always Someone Bigger," and involves Valve putting the kibosh on the ESL in a fight over DMCA takedowns and video streaming rights. In keeping with the spirit of the trope, the author's commentary explains that it's largely because Valve wants to make sure that their own rights are protected; they don't necessarily care about the streamers that the ESL is attacking.

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!!Tropes include:

* SomethingWeForgot: So where are [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2811 Maggie and Victoire]]? [[spoiler: Jo literally [[StuffedIntoTheFridge stuffed them into the fridge]] like leftovers intent on bringing them back later, and forgot about them.]]

* OurOrcsAreDifferent: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2962 The Interspecies comic]] in a nutshell, with it portraying three different kinds of Orcs and noting that no design can be considered wrong because there is no set design.

%%* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Steam-tan and Anne-Marie.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2962 The Interspecies comic]] in a nutshell, with it portraying three different kinds of Orcs.

** Engie appears to try to make peace with Maggie by [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1511 folding her a paper hat.]] An appreciative Maggie is about to take it from her... when Engie [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1512 suddenly snatches it back and rips it in half]].

''[[http://nerfnow.com Nerf NOW!!]]'' is a gaming webcomic by Josué "Jo" Pereira. Originally centering on the RED and BLU Teams' endless battle in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', it later branched out to {{story arc}}s taking place in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', or one-shot comics based on other games. The latter is now the comic's primary focus, featuring metagaming issues from whatever game Jo thinks is most controversial at the time. What sets it apart from [[GamingWebcomics its rivals]] is its art, which is {{animesque}}, dangerously cute, and [[GrotesqueCute somewhat inappropriate for a scenario involving two factions trying to murder each other]]. Initially the comic attempted to tell the story without any dialogue but later expanded to using more {{speech bubbles}}.