# New Giant XKCD strip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544 "2015-11-25T14:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/1 "2015-11-25T14:14:35Z")
“Hoverboard”: [xkcd: Hoverboard](http://xkcd.com/1608/) To fly, repeatedly hit your up key. This thing is huge: I believe it includes a scaled-to-the-characters Imperial Death Star. P.S. there are hidden “holes” in many of the black areas. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/2 "2015-11-25T14:23:49Z")
Goddammit. I have work to do. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/3 "2015-11-25T14:40:33Z")
It took me awhile to know you could go straight up. I’ve seen a map of the thing, and it seems everything in the air is mostly on the right side. I liked the X-Wing filling up with gas. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/4 "2015-11-25T14:48:48Z")
Hey, a Star Destroyer! ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/5 "2015-11-25T14:49:41Z")
Found a pic of what’s believed to be a full map of the play area: [https://i.imgur.com/uYryxss.png](https://i.imgur.com/uYryxss.png) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/6 "2015-11-25T15:14:33Z")
How do I enter the holes? I keep bumping off them. Eating all the dots didn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/7 "2015-11-25T15:17:01Z")
where the hell does he find the time to do stuff like this? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/8 "2015-11-25T17:39:42Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > How do I enter the holes? I keep bumping off them. Eating all the dots didn’t help. I’m not certain but I think at least some black areas are one-way holes. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/9 "2015-11-25T17:41:38Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I believe it includes a scaled-to-the-characters Imperial Death Star. > [@Alessan](#): > > Hey, a Star Destroyer! URGH! :smack: I meant Star Destroyer. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/10 "2015-11-25T17:43:23Z")
I keep getting stuck inside the Washington Monument. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/11 "2015-11-25T17:51:34Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I’m not certain but I think at least some black areas are one-way holes. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I keep getting stuck inside the Washington Monument. I don’t think they are supposed to be one way. I’ve found to get out keep pushing up and left and/or right a few times. There’s supposed to be a secret lair under the volcano, you can see it in the map, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. There’s supposed to be a total of 169 coins, I got 159 of them the last time. I’m guessing most of the last 10 are in the lair. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/12 "2015-11-25T18:17:26Z")
I suck at this kind of thing. I didn’t realize you had to keep hitting the up key, so I never got out of the start area. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/13 "2015-11-25T18:19:28Z")
Well, that explains why my xkcd iPad app kept crashing this morning when I tried to see the new cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/14 "2015-11-25T18:31:29Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > There’s supposed to be a secret lair under the volcano, you can see it in the map, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. There’s supposed to be a total of 169 coins, I got 159 of them the last time. I’m guessing most of the last 10 are in the lair. [ExplainXKCD](http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1608) tells you how to find it by going through the lava. I found it much easier if I used “Goggles Mode” as documented on that page. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/15 "2015-11-25T18:58:38Z")
The sky doesn’t seem to have an upper boundary; you can climb without any limit I’ve found and the drop back takes correspondingly long. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/16 "2015-11-25T18:59:20Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I keep getting stuck inside the Washington Monument. I got stuck beneath the surface… all black and I don’t know how to get out. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/17 "2015-11-25T19:53:21Z")
I found the ball pit in the star destroyer. It’s up at the top near the front. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/18 "2015-11-25T20:02:47Z")
I cheated and used the map. 😛 Oddly, the Star Destroyer is laid out logically enough that it could be divided into four main sectors, connected by a few critical fore-and-aft passageways. With direction signs at junctions you could find your way around fairly easily. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/19 "2015-11-25T22:23:08Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > The sky doesn’t seem to have an upper boundary; you can climb without any limit I’ve found and the drop back takes correspondingly long. Yip, which is why I found absolutely nothing. The OP says to keep pressing the up key, so I did for about five minutes, wondering when I’d see something. I just think these things aren’t for me. I almost never find secrets in video games, either. Exploration in this context always seems boring to me. It’s why I hated the first Zelda game, too. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/20 "2015-11-26T00:44:17Z")
I found Artax, the horse from The Neverending Story slowly sinking into lava… snif :’( [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544.md?page=2)