Webcomic Pokes Fun at Gamer Reactions to Violent Game Studies

Nope, I've never seen this comic before.  And like I said, my criticism isn't of the first panel, but of the second.  It's silly to the point of ruining the point the first panel was trying to make.  The second panel could have been something that actually has elicited the "Science!" reaction from gamers, like the visual responsiveness one you mentioned.  Instead, it's totally absurd crap like giving us flight and laser vision.  As far as I know, there haven't been any studies claiming such results, and if there were, I doubt many gamers would place much stock in it, except maybe in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way.  It's so off base, it makes one go "Pfft.  Just another clueless jab at gamers," rather than "Hmm.  That's a good point."

I know, it's a webcomic, needs a punchline, blah blah whatever.  All I'm saying is, the second panel kind of kills whatever point they were trying to make with the first.

Agreed. I think people may be missing the point that the comic is trying to make. It's not meant as a commentary on the studies themselves. (They're not trying to imply that these studies with "anti-gaming" results are all fair and reasonable. Most probably aren't). Rather, I think the point they're trying to make here is about gamer's reactions to such studies. Specifically, that at least some gamers have become just as obstinant as those who are critical of games. A valid point I think. Too often it seems like gamers will outright dismiss anything critical of games regardless of how reasonable or valid it may be while automatically accepting anything that tells them what they want to hear. That's what I would guess the comic is making light of.