Tycho's Penny Arcade

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:39 pm

http://img.penny-arcade.com/2005/20050418l.jpg
Is it just me or does anyone else think that despite the art this would be a good move for him?

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:51 pm

Bob the Angry Flower is the ACE at this sort of thing!

Out-Talled Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 4580

I dunno, I didn't find that particularly funny, even when you disregard the art. I think this whole thing is an elaborate joke.

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:50 am

It's more of an elaborate whine meant to put them there critics (critic) /Eisner Award judges, in their (his) place.

That people may have mistaken it for anything else makes me sad for the state of modern education.

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:56 am

What's a Penny Arcade? What's a Tycho?

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:34 am

John wrote:

I think this whole thing is an elaborate joke.

Yeah, it's not that funny either so I hope they finish it soon. Friday's comic was somewhat amusing, but monday's was pretty blah. I didn't like Monday's post much either.

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william G wrote:

It's more of an elaborate whine meant to put them there critics (critic) /Eisner Award judges, in their (his) place.

That people may have mistaken it for anything else makes me sad for the state of modern education.

Much like Maddox, the over-inflated egos of Gabe and Tycho are where a lot of their humour comes from.

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:30 pm

John wrote:

william G wrote:

It's more of an elaborate whine meant to put them there critics (critic) /Eisner Award judges, in their (his) place.

That people may have mistaken it for anything else makes me sad for the state of modern education.

Much like Maddox, the over-inflated egos of Gabe and Tycho are where a lot of their humour comes from.

I suppose there is that "car-accident" factor to it.

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:10 pm

Who cares. PA is the smarmiest noodle in the pasta bowl. I mean the art's not bad, but I never find it that funny. Fake internal drama between the creators...ooo...

Here's my PA guest comic:

Gabe: I've got a new videogame.
Tycho: I will ridicule an aspect of it.
Gabe: We're really cool.

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:25 pm

Who's Gabe? WHAT IS ALL OF THIS NONSENSE?

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:38 pm

NONSENSE. exactly.

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:38 pm

I can't tell them apart - which one does the writing and which one does the art?

That art guy is pretty darn good - he should dump the other guy and just do freelance work.

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:25 pm

justinpie wrote:

I can't tell them apart - which one does the writing and which one does the art?

That art guy is pretty darn good - he should dump the other guy and just do freelance work.

Gabe does the art, Tycho the writing.

Why would Gabe want to dump Tycho to pursue freelance work? Freelancing sucks and by all accounts they're doing pretty well right now over at PA.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:59 pm

william G wrote:

It's more of an elaborate whine meant to put them there critics (critic) /Eisner Award judges, in their (his) place.

That people may have mistaken it for anything else makes me sad for the state of modern education.

Out-Talled Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 4580

Gabe's PA > Tycho's PA.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:37 pm

The Famous Mr. Klaw wrote:

justinpie wrote:

I can't tell them apart - which one does the writing and which one does the art?

That art guy is pretty darn good - he should dump the other guy and just do freelance work.

Gabe does the art, Tycho the writing.

Why would Gabe want to dump Tycho to pursue freelance work? Freelancing sucks and by all accounts they're doing pretty well right now over at PA.

All's I am saying is there there is a quite a lot of talent at the table and if Tycho left the table there would still be a lot of talent at the table!

In a way it's like I'm complimenting them both!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:51 pm

Anonymous wrote:

william G wrote:

It's more of an elaborate whine meant to put them there critics (critic) /Eisner Award judges, in their (his) place.

That people may have mistaken it for anything else makes me sad for the state of modern education.

As a critic, I'll have to deduct points from you for being too gutless to post as yourself. And you especially lose points for using other people's images. You simply being incorrect is the lesser offence.

I grade you with a D. You'd get an F but you did put in all of that work with Google's image search, and I don't want to discourage you from growing a pair of balls of your own one day.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 5:53 pm

It wasn't me, but I'm willing to post as myself and say I agree with him!

Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 974

I don't know whether I agree or disagree, because I'm not sure what that animated gif is supposed to mean!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:00 pm

Klaw: an ambiguous pronoun!

Also everyone let's be friends!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:30 pm

Smoke um peace pipe.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:43 pm

Ryan wrote:

Klaw: an ambiguous pronoun!

Hah! Good point!

To clear up further ambiguity: William G does seem to have an axe to grind about Penny Arcade.

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Sorry William G, that was me. Are you going to beat me up now or something?

Lighten up, bro.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:27 pm

Dando Dangerslice wrote:

Smoke um peace pipe.

AND GET PEACE CANCER

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:57 am

The Famous Mr. Klaw wrote:

William G does seem to have an axe to grind about Penny Arcade.

My axe with Kurtz was what exactly? R.K. Milholland? I claimed their comics were average as well. And I buried No Frailty, so if anyone has the right to whine, it'd be Greg C.

No, the real problem are the fanboys, and the whining artists who they follow like sheep, who have been doing their best to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Quote:

Sorry William G, that was me. Are you going to beat me up now or something?

Nah, I already told you go hug yourself in an overly elaborate way. What more do you need?

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:35 am

william G wrote:

Quote:

Sorry William G, that was me. Are you going to beat me up now or something?

Nah, I already told you go hug yourself in an overly elaborate way. What more do you need?

Hey whoa...maybe you missed Ryan's memo!

Ryan wrote:

Also everyone let's be friends!

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:36 am

A penny arcade would be pretty welcome in my neighborhood. These days, arcade games are like a $1 a play for some stupid game where I'm like whoa what just happened?

I'm all, "Shuck that jive! Back in the day me and my whole crew could could play Gauntlet or Ninja Turtles together for a dollar and still have money left over for a solo round of Paperboy or toss around the old skeetball or invest it in a low yield CD for college yo!"

Maybe this is what you mean by Gabe and Tycho?

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:02 am

Steve did you play the paperboy machine with the handlebars on it. Also how awesome was it when the foot soldiers threw a manhole cover at you and then you hit it and it flew back at them and sometimes you could hit like three or four guys that way. Also remember that skateboarding level where you'd jump seven feet diagonally and your skateboard always knew just where you were going to land I mean what was up with that.

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:30 am

If I remember correctly, the skateboards had little motors and antennas so of course they'd know where you are going Justin! What'd you think the antennas are for?

That TMNT model of game was totally my favorite. Remember the X-Men and the Simpsons versions? They were pretty much the exact same game but who cares sometimes I wanna be Cyclops not Leonardo and maybe also sometimes Homer with a giant mallet!

Paperboy with the handlebars was the only way to play. The Nintendo version proves this because it S to the U to the C-K-E-D!

Hey, look at me and Justin, we're like Gabriel and Tycnotron, only sweeter times 100! Give us a billion-zillion dollars!

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:37 am

The Simpsons was pretty rockstar because you could team up your attacks! If Homer and Lisa were together for example, Lisa could ride on Homer's shoulders and boomerang out and whip people! I also liked the Captain America and the Avengers game, even though it was Data East and not Konami, but they copied the TMNT/Simpsons/Sunsetriders template!

The X-Men game was sweet but I didn't play it as much, because they had the SUPER POWER BUTTON that everyone had but I'd accidentally hit that button and blow my whole wad of superness taking out a single dippy sentinel.