 Scott Pilgrim vs The World, the game, is back, and it's great, surprising no one. The game sold 25,000 copies on limited run in its first three hours on sale, and is likely sold many more on digital storefronts. Scott Pilgrim vs The World initially started as a tie-in for the movie of the same name, but is based more closely on the Scott Pilgrim comics by Canadian cartoonist Brian Leo Malley. The story of an unemployed, video game-obsessed bass guitarist who has to defeat his girlfriend's seven evil exes may sound ridiculous, but surprisingly enough it's actually based on a true story, sort of, bear with us. Not so long ago, in the mysterious land of Toronto, Canada, Brian Leo Malley was dating an American. Not just any American either. Hope Larson is herself an award-winning cartoonist, so she and Malley had a lot in common. Malley had a lot on his plate at this moment in time. He was wrapping up his first graphic novel, Lost at Sea, about a teenage girl who worries that her soul is inside a cat. He was also playing in his own band, Coupec, touring Toronto's many bars, such as The Rocket, which, fun fact, was a toilet. Basically, when I finished Lost at Sea, I showed it to my friends and it made them very uncomfortable because it's very emotional. So, yeah, I definitely wanted to make something that would make my friends happy, that would make them laugh. While talking casually with his girlfriend, Malley learned that, by complete coincidence, three of her ex-boyfriends were all named Matthew. He thought this was very funny. He started imagining a league of evil Matthews. What would that be like? What if he had to fight them? What if he had to defeat the League of Evil Matthews in order to date, Hope Larson? Suddenly, Malley had an idea for his next comic, one which, he hoped, would make his friends laugh more than the more serious Lost at Sea. From this, Malley simply started writing his own life. He was the protagonist. Larson was the girl of his dreams who was constantly roller-skating through his head. He said, The stand-in character that was based on himself, Scott Pilgrim, was named after a song by a band he had been obsessed with, Plum Tree. Scott even wears a Plum Tree t-shirt in the comic. Ramona's name was inspired by another song by a band called Black Francis, and her first haircut was based on a girl Malley had seen at a party one time. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life debuted in 2004, and, says O'Malley, the next week I had to get a job because I was broke. Scott Pilgrim wasn't going anywhere. I was doing indie comics on a microscopic scale. I quietly went to work and started making stuff up for Volume 2. Little did O'Malley know that one of the earliest copies of Scott Pilgrim ever sold wound up travelling across the Atlantic, where it was read by up-and-coming director Edgar Wright. This, of course, led to a cult classic movie adaptation and a game by Ubisoft. Says O'Malley, I took some of my friends to the Scott Pilgrim premiere in Toronto and it was so awkward they left without saying anything at the end, no comments. It's a weird life making stories, especially with Scott Pilgrim because it was so close to our lives at the time. We all had different versions of the things we were experiencing, and to see my version on big screen it was very uncomfortable for some people. So what's the moral of this story? Probably that you shouldn't date anyone named Matthew. They can't be trusted. Whoa, hey there, Breton Stripes. Um, my name is Matthew. Yes? And including me, haven't you also dated three people called Matthew as well? Um, maybe? Well, then, in that case, I feel the real moral of the story is stop naming your kids Matthew. There are enough of us already. And you're all evil.