The Penny Arcade Report

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http://penny-arcade.com/report/

It's here! There's an inbuilt comments system so we won't be making Hub threads about new PA Report content. This thread is for you to discuss the launch, talk about the report in general or whatever. Enjoy.

Lepwave

First interview is great. Shame that Kotaku cropped the picture mere hours after the launch though.

Xaviar

I understand not doing it with the comic, but will we be seeing the comment system moving to PATV as well?

Tofystedeth

I am pretty stoked this is here. I was just about to necropost the original announcement thread the other day asking for an update. I've only read a couple of the articles so far, but it looks like they're starting strong, with a Valve related double feature. Also kind of a bizarre contest. Who is doing the photos and graphics for the articles? I don't recognize the name, but I'm impressed so far.

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Xaviar wrote:

I understand not doing it with the comic, but will we be seeing the comment system moving to PATV as well?

Not imminently.

Igort

Really glad this exists. I was pretty tired with most other gaming news sites, and this one seems like it's aiming for something much better. It's interesting and exciting...

Also the Gabe Newell interview is fantastic. Some real interesting stuff here.

KalTorak

Mr. Newell looks good with the beard.

zerzhul

It would be interesting if the vanilla folks could cook up a way to have the comments on the articles show up in the forums as well, in their own subforum, without the ability to create new threads... just indexed by article title. So one wouldn't have to go back to the article page to continue in its discussion.

Anyhow, it looks good so far. I'm intrigued.

Delzhand

That Tevis Thompson article on Zelda is fucking fantastic. I know it's not necessarily PAR content, but I wouldn't have found it without The Cut.

Tomanta

This looks awesome. I have RSS feeds of other sites (game and otherwise) that just amount to hitting spacebar to skim headlines. The actual things that are interesting are few and usually amount to actual news (<x> game is coming out on <date>).

By comparison, at least based on one day of material, I could see myself visiting The PA Report* every day and actually reading the articles (both original and linked). And further, it can help me find other interesting writers I would like to read regularly. So everybody wins. And as a bonus, no one stops getting copies of the next AAA title because they gave the last one a 92 instead of a 95.

* Stupid question I already know the answer to: is the 't' silent as in 'Colbert Report' or pronounced as in 'Colbert Report Special Report'?

Goose!

I like that the built in comment system uses my forum account.

I love the layout of the new site.

Nightslyr

Great launch. I want to live in the Valve offices.

fightinfilipino

i'm getting alt text popping up when i hold my mouse cursor over each of the article titles. i'm using Chrome on a Win 7 machine. was this intentional? it seems to distract from the "regular" title text (which is done with classy CSS i might add).

BahamutZERO

ooh shiny!

Rorus Raz

The site design is beautiful.

Abracadaniel

Site looks amazing. Would love to see a more Flipboard-friendly RSS feed, but that's an incredibly minor detail.

Kuchera's review of Dear Esther was awesome, and the photos from Valve's offices were great (though higher-res ones would be even better.)

All in all, a great launch, looking forward to visiting on a regular basis.

belligerent

Great article/reviews so far.

Brym

Fantastic so far. One thing that would be nice to see (and this goes for the main PA site too) is a mobile-friendly version.

Athenor

Awesome site, great layout. Haven't read too much yet.

That being said, in IE I am seeing text cut off, and The Cut is overwriting Gabe's post. I tried reloading with ctrl+f5, but the same deal.

Also, with the top rotation, will the Above-PAR content (HAH!) overwhelm the other things, like PATV or Trenches?

Option

I can't tell you how excited I am for this endeavor. The thought that someone outside of my basement actually thinks there is a place for journalism in gaming journalism gives me hope to see one of the many facets of the gaming universe continue to evolve. We live in truly exciting times and this sort of professional look at what is truly the newest heavy weight in the entertainment industry is the sort of progress that is needed for the world to wake up and see that games are every bit important to our society as language.

Thank you.

Abracadaniel

Athenor wrote:

Awesome site, great layout. Haven't read too much yet.

That being said, in IE I am seeing text cut off, and The Cut is overwriting Gabe's post. I tried reloading with ctrl+f5, but the same deal.

Also, with the top rotation, will the Above-PAR content (HAH!) overwhelm the other things, like PATV or Trenches?

There's your problem right there.

MortalToaster

Props to Ben Kuchera and the team for this site, it's incredibly well done. Does anyone know of a greasemonkey or stylish script that inverts the colors? I have a hard time reading light text on a dark background

Fuga

I am so interested in this.


wow that came off really sarcastic

wonderpug

MortalToaster wrote:

Props to Ben Kuchera and the team for this site, it's incredibly well done. Does anyone know of a greasemonkey or stylish script that inverts the colors? I have a hard time reading light text on a dark background

You can just tell your browser to use the colors of your choosing on all websites. I don't know how you do it in Chrome, but in Firefox you go Tools > Options > Content > Colors and uncheck "Allow pages to choose their own colors"

UEAKCrash

Scrolling down and seeing my avatar next to the comment box took me aback at first. Then I was impressed.

Nice work, everyone involved.

KalTorak

Reading Mike's post really turned up my interest in PAR - The Cut sounds like a fantastic feature, so far with great execution.

TychoCelchuuu

The comments seem kind of cramped and it's slightly glitchy in Opera near the top (stuff popping up and down when I hover over the top navigation bar) but otherwise this is nice and slick. Not very pleased with the highlighting of that shitty Mass Effect article as something that has made "The Cut" but whatever.

TehSpectre

I found a bug on Firefox with jailed users posting comments to the articles.




Aside from that, I think this is awesome. Great articles so far!

Edit: I understand it's going to look weird (I use Ye Olde Style on Stylish) but I replicated the bug with Stylished turned off in case that's a concern.

Goose!

My one little hang up is about the boxes: If PAR is getting its own box under the news post, can the top box just be for everything else?

godmode

I dig the new site! Bookmarked.

TychoCelchuuu

TehSpectre wrote:

I found a bug on Firefox with jailed users posting comments to the articles.

Spoiler:

Aside from that, I think this is awesome. Great articles so far!

Edit: I understand it's going to look weird (I use Ye Olde Style on Stylish) but I replicated the bug with Stylished turned off in case that's a concern.

That's not a bug, it's a commentary on how massively I'm jailed.

Anosognos

I'm in love with the idea behind this project. There are few games journalism outlets I respect. Having read two of the articles from The Cut as well as the Gabe Newell interview, I'm thinking the PAR will definitely go on that short list.

And, as others have stated, the layout is fantastic.

jkey

I'm loving everything about it so far, suggestion: add a light skin as an option - I prefer reading black text on a light background. PA as a whole is really smashing it. It's amazing how far this company has grown whilst remaining humble, it inspires me

Jam Warrior

That Vita article. Yeesh. I know the PA guys say they aren't for sale (and I believe them) and that the Vita is a probably a very nice piece of tech, but that whole thing read like a paid advert or a press release.

Peewi

TehSpectre wrote:

I found a bug on Firefox with jailed users posting comments to the articles.




Aside from that, I think this is awesome. Great articles so far!

Edit: I understand it's going to look weird (I use Ye Olde Style on Stylish) but I replicated the bug with Stylished turned off in case that's a concern.

The same thing happens on the mobile site for the forums.

godmode

Just discovered the comment vote up/down feature. Great addition!

The Good Doctor Tran

This is really incredible site design. I'm very impressed.

Roger Wilco

Xaviar wrote:

I understand not doing it with the comic, but will we be seeing the comment system moving to PATV as well?

This is slightly off topic, but do you mind saying why you understand? I've always thought a comment system for the comics would be fantastic.

Also, loving PAReport, I personally have no interest in Valve, but it's high quality and I'm excited for new subjects.

ArcSyn

Peewi wrote:

TehSpectre wrote:

I found a bug on Firefox with jailed users posting comments to the articles.




Aside from that, I think this is awesome. Great articles so far!

Edit: I understand it's going to look weird (I use Ye Olde Style on Stylish) but I replicated the bug with Stylished turned off in case that's a concern.

The same thing happens on the mobile site for the forums.

I see the same thing on Chrome on the PAR comments. Not using any mods to change appearances.

Fandeathis

This turned out a lot cooler than I thought it would. Glad I'm not the only one that thinks the Vita is the best thing since sliced bread.

Ancillas

I rarely visit the forums, but I created an account just to share how great I think the PAR is. I listen to a lot of podcasts, and games journalism is a topic that is visited often. I'm excited to see such strong support for more in-depth coverage of the gaming industry. I hope that it works out as planned.