# Can someone explain this comic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721 "2012-02-23T10:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/1 "2012-02-23T10:45:55Z")
I’m sure I’ll look stupid for asking but I don’t get it. [It’s here.](http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfkkoEm3w1qb5gkjo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1330079958&Signature=0OHoVmGVpFX%2F1yTQpJDk8h%2BCR5Y%3D) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/2 "2012-02-23T10:50:52Z")
It’s a Skyrim based joke, about how you can shoot an NPC and hide and they’ll decide “it must have been the wind” if they can’t find you. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/3 "2012-02-23T12:02:13Z")
Even in the knee? ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/4 "2012-02-23T12:12:46Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It’s a Skyrim based joke, about how you can shoot an NPC and hide and they’ll decide “it must have been the wind” if they can’t find you. Other renditions include the line “It must have been my imagination” with an arrow sticking out of their head. NPCs is dumb as shit. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/5 "2012-02-23T15:58:09Z")
Just in case you dont play computer games a NPC is a computer controlled character(Non-Playable Character ) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/6 "2012-02-23T16:07:29Z")
The eye in the middle of each panel is an icon in Skyrim that indicates how exposed you are. When it is wide open, they are actively looking for you, when it is completely closed, you are hidden. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/7 "2012-02-24T14:56:57Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > Just in case you dont play computer games > > a NPC is a computer controlled character(Non-Playable Character ) \*Non-player character. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/8 "2012-02-24T15:12:18Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > Just in case you dont play computer games > > a NPC is a computer controlled character(Non-Playable Character ) Ah, OK. I don’t. Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/9 "2012-02-24T15:48:10Z")
Link is broken. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/10 "2012-02-24T18:15:25Z")
Yeah, the link expired. Got a fresh one? Maybe one kept in a zip-lock? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/11 "2012-02-24T20:09:49Z")
The link must have took an arrow in the knee… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/12 "2012-02-24T20:31:34Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > The link must have took an arrow in the knee… It was just the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/13 "2012-02-26T05:18:36Z")
Still wouldn’t mind a working link. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-comic/613721/14 "2012-02-26T05:32:52Z")
[Here.](http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/291291_S/skyrim-logic.jpg) I don’t claim this is the same comic the OP posted but it’s close enough for jazz.