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so instead of being raped by dickwolves he now wants to gently caress them?
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It was easier to excuse penny arcade when it was a boring lazy video game news of the week comic before they went all try hard and still sucked poo poo.
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Jan 5, 2016 06:40
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Good Citizen posted:It was easier to excuse penny arcade when it was a boring lazy video game news of the week comic before they went all try hard and still sucked poo poo. It's particularly funny because it becomes increasingly clear they don't really play video games much anymore and have aged out of enjoying them on the same level they used to and now they have no idea what to write about beyond occasional Destiny comics or comics complaining about kids these days liking games they don't. But they're not actually willing to stop writing their gaming webcomic which is somehow sadder than just realizing they've outgrown a hobby they used to enjoy.
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Jan 5, 2016 07:03
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ImpAtom posted:But they're not actually willing to stop writing their gaming webcomic which is somehow sadder than just realizing they've outgrown a hobby they used to enjoy. Well, it does make them a lot of money, doesn't it? Plenty of people do worse jobs for less pay.
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Jan 5, 2016 09:32
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ImpAtom posted:It's particularly funny because it becomes increasingly clear they don't really play video games much anymore and have aged out of enjoying them on the same level they used to and now they have no idea what to write about beyond occasional Destiny comics or comics complaining about kids these days liking games they don't. But they're not actually willing to stop writing their gaming webcomic which is somehow sadder than just realizing they've outgrown a hobby they used to enjoy. They don't even try to hide it, they openly talk about how they don't understand the games that kids are playing these days https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2015/12/30/early-onset-coot-disease
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Jan 5, 2016 09:48
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Firstborn posted:yes, but HOLY poo poo
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Jan 5, 2016 10:18
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ImpAtom posted:It's particularly funny because it becomes increasingly clear they don't really play video games much anymore and have aged out of enjoying them on the same level they used to and now they have no idea what to write about beyond occasional Destiny comics or comics complaining about kids these days liking games they don't. But they're not actually willing to stop writing their gaming webcomic which is somehow sadder than just realizing they've outgrown a hobby they used to enjoy. This is what happens you become a dad; don't become a dad if you want to keep being King VIdeogame.
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Jan 5, 2016 13:11
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Penny Arcade is not a good comic but at least the artist tries new things and the writer actually understands jokes and writing structure. What I'm saying is Penny Arcade is a good comic that is bad?
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Jan 5, 2016 16:23
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It is a bad comic that they try really hard to make, which is even funnier
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Jan 5, 2016 16:26
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Also they help raise millions of dollars to provide toys and games to childrens hospitals worldwide, thats gotta count for something
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Jan 5, 2016 16:27
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Nitrox posted:Same I'm the intern who drew "this gently caress" in the final panel.
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Jan 5, 2016 16:44
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BUBBA GAY DUDLEY posted:Penny Arcade is not a good comic but at least the artist tries new things and the writer actually understands jokes and writing structure. What I'm saying is Penny Arcade is a good comic that is bad? The artist is fairly good at faces.
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Jan 5, 2016 16:53
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Jan 5, 2016 16:57
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mind the walrus posted:I'm the intern who drew "this gently caress" in the final panel. No, you're not. You're a tired old meme. Feel free to stop anytime
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Jan 5, 2016 17:02
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Oo oo, do the one where they have giant Xbox controllers, I like that one.
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Jan 5, 2016 17:03
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Nitrox posted:No, you're not. You're a tired old meme. Feel free to stop anytime Im the grouchy poster itt who can't enjoy things.
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Jan 5, 2016 17:08
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Super Waffle posted:Also they help raise millions of dollars to provide toys and games to childrens hospitals worldwide, thats gotta count for something I think PAX has grown leaps and bounds beyond anything the comic does in terms of both influence and profit. I think sponsorship for those events is what eventually made them back down from the 'dickwolf' thing, as well, which goes to show you which part of the business is more important.
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Jan 5, 2016 17:10
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mind the walrus posted:I'm the intern who drew "this gently caress" in the final panel. I'm the red and puke green gradient in the background because I couldn't be arsed to draw one.
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Jan 5, 2016 17:33
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Super Waffle posted:Also they help raise millions of dollars to provide toys and games to childrens hospitals worldwide, thats gotta count for something Not directly. The money comes through events like the Charity dinner and fundraisers like Desert Bus for Hope. It's a great charity, but they have fulltime people handling it now.
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Jan 5, 2016 17:41
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Penny Arcade is the out of touch old men who dominate the newspaper comics lineup, but have exhausted every clever joke they had and no longer care about their subject. Except they're willing to say the word "gently caress". And they started in 2000 instead of 1920.
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Jan 5, 2016 17:46
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Jan 5, 2016 20:47
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hahah Penny Arcade now has Tumblr ears as well.
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Jan 5, 2016 21:40
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I hate all their non-PA comics, with the exception of the DnD thing with Jim Darkmagic which is actually funny and mayyyyyyybe Automata, if only it wasn't so loving pleased with how "creative" it is. But they're far and away the Garfield of webcomics - that honor belongs to PvP.
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Jan 5, 2016 22:25
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They're the Achewood of webcomics.
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BUBBA GAY DUDLEY posted:They're the Achewood of webcomics. Achewood is the Doonesbury of webcomics.
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Jan 5, 2016 22:39
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Webcomics are the poo poo just soft enough to retain the shape of the anus it passes through of webcomics.
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Jan 5, 2016 22:52
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Lasher posted:hahah Penny Arcade now has Tumblr ears as well. What does this mean?
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Full Battle Rattle posted:I think PAX has grown leaps and bounds beyond anything the comic does in terms of both influence and profit. I think sponsorship for those events is what eventually made them back down from the 'dickwolf' thing, as well, which goes to show you which part of the business is more important. yeah, penny arcade really sold out when they backed off the pinnacle of artistic integrity and endeavour that was dickwolves ikanreed posted:Webcomics are the poo poo just soft enough to retain the shape of the anus it passes through of webcomics. i'm the anus
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Jan 6, 2016 02:54
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Minarch posted:yeah, penny arcade really sold out when they backed off the pinnacle of artistic integrity and endeavour that was dickwolves He didn't say or imply any of those things, he was illustrating how little the comic really matters to the creators at this point. They clearly had very strong opinions on it (one more so than the other, I forget who but I think it's the bigger rear end in a top hat/Tycho) and weren't going to let go until they realized, oh hey, this will affect PAX and the business. Suddenly that hill wasn't important enough to die on.
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:He didn't say or imply any of those things, he was illustrating how little the comic really matters to the creators at this point. They clearly had very strong opinions on it (one more so than the other, I forget who but I think it's the bigger rear end in a top hat/Tycho) and weren't going to let go until they realized, oh hey, this will affect PAX and the business. Suddenly that hill wasn't important enough to die on. I think it was the artist, I remember reading one of the blog posts about his realization that this comic could do real harm to his other ventures. I believe it was child's play, specifically, where sponsors were starting to get antsy, as child's play (obviously) focuses on children.
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Jan 6, 2016 03:13
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I lol'd
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:He didn't say or imply any of those things, he was illustrating how little the comic really matters to the creators at this point. They clearly had very strong opinions on it (one more so than the other, I forget who but I think it's the bigger rear end in a top hat/Tycho) and weren't going to let go until they realized, oh hey, this will affect PAX and the business. Suddenly that hill wasn't important enough to die on. (a) the artist is ABSOLUTELY the bigger rear end in a top hat and (b) all their much-vaunted charity work has its origins in basically organizing a group of early-adopting, entertainment - starved Internet nerds to go all in on the idea of "Penny Arcade fan as a lifestyle choice" and throw thousands of dollars at what was less a civic-spirited initiative and more a dogwhistle gently caress-you at Jack Thompson Evidently that first stunt cemented them as some sort of nerd royalty with a "yeah but" card playable pretty much forever.
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Didn't both the charity and convention eventually both distance themselves from the penny arcade guys anyway, to avoid getting the stink of their rear end in a top hat on them in the wake of the dickwolf poo poo?
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What's this dickwolf stuff? The guy who created law and order?
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oldpainless posted:What's this dickwolf stuff? Long story short: They made a rape joke. Someone said they were offended by the rapejoke. Instead of ignoring it or giving a canned apology they got super-duper defensive and made really stupid responses and it ballooned on both sides because it went from 'it was a lovely joke' to them trying to rally people to the side of team rapejoke.
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ImpAtom posted:Instead of ignoring it or giving a canned apology they got super-duper defensive and made really stupid responses and it ballooned on both sides because it went from 'it was a lovely joke' to them trying to rally people to the side of team rapejoke. Didn't they even print up 'Team Dick Wolf' t-shirts at one point? Or where they planning to and backed down at the last minute? Edit: looks like they printed up shirts and pennants and sold them via the site for a while, then backed down and removed them, then later said they regretted backing down, then later apologised for that. http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Dickwolves Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 05:11 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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Jan 6, 2016 05:07
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Poor Elizabeth schmid.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Didn't they even print up 'Team Dick Wolf' t-shirts at one point? Or where they planning to and backed down at the last minute? When I found out about it, there were forum posts saying "I can't believe you caved to those social justice warriors, I've lost all respect in you" so I think they cancelled the t-shirts and tried to lay low without apologizing.
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oldpainless posted:What's this dickwolf stuff?  This extremely tasteless comic got them some heat for using rape as a joke, which (as the poster pointed out above) was mainly championed by the artist. Once the sponsors for their other projects started making noise they buckled. If I remember right, his post mentioned that he began to understand that he needed to not be a childish rear end in a top hat because it was going to hurt the child's play brand, which did start out as a gently caress you to Jack Thompson but has accidentally done some good and needs to keep going.
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