Penny Arcade: Yay or Nay?

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Jeff7

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: SWScorch
nay. occassionally it's slightly humorous, but lately it's just not funny.

Comics that I do like:

Real Life
PvP
Sinfest
Ctrl Alt Del
Goats
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Yay for Penny Arcade.
Also, put Sexylosers on that list there. :D
 
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MercenaryForHire

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Jan 31, 2002
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I would vote yay, but your stupid ass didn't include a poll. :p

Edit - And CTS rocked. Go read some more teenage-girl drama on your favourite blog site. ;)

- M4H
 
MovingTarget

MovingTarget

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Jun 22, 2003
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Meh, I'm more of a Ctl Alt Del fan myself. Penny Arcade is alright, but not all that great...
 
PingSpike

PingSpike

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Feb 25, 2004
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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
I love PA. It is almost always hilarious, IMO. I usually only read about the first paragraph of the news because I don't have too much time. Sometimes the news post is as funny or funnier than the comic.
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I agree, that news post about the electric litterbox recently was damn hilarious. 'cat sh|t purgatory' LOL
 
Cerb

Cerb

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Aug 26, 2000
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Yay. Some of us can get it w/o reading the news.
OTOH, it helps to have read the comic for the last few years, so for instance, you know the back-story behind juice f----- 2000 (kind of an advertisement parody).

Nothing beats Grape and the cat not passing the TCP/IP test (Thresh-something, I think), though.
 
PingSpike

PingSpike

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Feb 25, 2004
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I think its a good comic, sometimes it even goes over my head though. The creators themselves are fond of saying that even they don't know why other people think its funny.
 
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PoPPeR

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i usually only read the ones that someone on AT posts and those are all funny
 
Mr.IncrediblyBored

Mr.IncrediblyBored

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Jun 18, 2000
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Originally posted by: skace
Yay. Anyone who plays video games can relate to like 95% of the stuff they do.
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Agreed.

I like the running gags they have in a lot of the comics. The cardboard tube samurai, the watch that Tycho and Gabe keep stealing from each other, Div and his alcoholism, etc.

edit: This one I find funny, for example.

edit2: This one will always be my favorite.
 
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blakeatwork

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Originally posted by: SWScorch
nay. occassionally it's slightly humorous, but lately it's just not funny.

Comics that I do like:

Real Life
PvP
Sinfest
Ctrl Alt Del
Goats
Click to expand...

"Lord! Why hast thou forsaken me?!"

Classic... :D

As to the original question... Sometimes I find PA funny, sometimes it's stupid (Cardboard tube samurai), other times it's just.. blah...

by and large, I read it (it's in my daily webcomic cycle), but I don't lose sleep if i dont...

RealLife has just gotten retarded, like ClanBOB...

Somethingpositive.net is good, just wish they would actually update on a regular basis..
 
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MrBond

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I, for one, am glad that the FruitFµcker has returned. It's the funniest thing they've done in a long time and remains my favorite character (although Div, the alcoholic, abusive, DIVX player is a close second).

Search their archives for "fruit" and read the comics from "Diabolicious" to the present to catch up on the back story. I think they sell FF shirts too in their store.

My favorite PA strip is linked in my sig here.
 
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