So I have a confession to make: I've never read Ctrl+Alt+Del. It probably makes me a bad webcomic fan, but there are a good chunk of venerable old webcomics I've never dived into, and I don't read a lot of gamer comics. I'm aware that the comic doesn't have a great reputation and that it's particularly loathed for its miscarriage plotline, but I never know if that's genuine criticism or just compulsory Internet hate.

Fortunately, El Santo at The Webcomic Overlook isn't one for bashing on comics without cause. This week, he decided to take on Ctrl+Alt+Del and find out if it's as bad as so many people claim. He liveblogged his impressions of his CAD archive binge with pretty hilarious results -- although he's fair enough to examine why the comic remains so popular. Part one reviews CAD before its Big Dramatic Moment, and part two reviews the strips that come later.