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Penny Arcade: The Series, The 4th Panel (Don't Stake Me Bro)

scsscsscsscs Registered User regular
edited December 2010 in Social Entropy++
http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/pa-the-series/203/

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/10/20/

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Robert Khoo; TV Thief.

    EDIT: Also, fly ghosts.

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    yaaaay fourth panel

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    it's nice to know this comic is basically 100% probable to have happened

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    oh man that was great

    god I missed these

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Hmm, doesn't have a link to the comic on the PATV page itself.

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Hmm, doesn't have a link to the comic on the PATV page itself.

    You raise a very good point!

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  • FalxFalx Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Raneados wrote: »
    it's nice to know this comic is basically 100% probable to have happened

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    I read this with Mike & Jerry's voices and oh man it fits so much.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    That remix is hilarious.

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  • Bendery It Like BeckhamBendery It Like Beckham Hopeless Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Use a fucking tripod and stop zooming in and out, it's not edgy it's sickening uhg.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I seriously didn't even notice that, bendery

    maybe you're just being silly

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  • AvrahamAvraham Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Extreme close ups on Mike's face felt uncomfortable

    It's a casual chat, not a poker game

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I was hoping so bad that at the end when they got up

    they'd see that Jerry's fly was down.

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Bendery It Like Beckham wrote: »
    Use a fucking tripod and stop zooming in and out, it's not edgy it's sickening uhg.

    seriously. felt like I was watching a Michael Bay fight scene.

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  • FletcherFletcher Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    this episode was AWESOME, the hastily woven spectral zip-fiddler was genius

    and while it isn't my favourite comic, the enthusiasm they had for the punchline was pretty friggin infectious

    i hate to say it but i definitely found it kinda hard to watch with the camera bobbing around and zooming in/out, it got kind of annoying by the end

    the bobbing is really just my personal dislike of the handycam style "faux-amateur" style of shooting

    but I really don't see why there is any need to zoom in/out on mikes face three times during one long shot of him lying in one place on a couch

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  • ioloiolo iolo Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I wish we knew how the art went from Gabriel wrestling a werewolf to video game guy fighting the werewolf. Mike seemed so excited to draw Gabe in that situation.

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  • Rudolph LingensRudolph Lingens Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Too much motion. Makes the room look claustrophobic.

    Can they really write good comics under video surveillance? The last two 4th Panels have seemed rather uncomfortable, and produced inferior comics. I guess they know best.

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  • FletcherFletcher Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Iolo wrote: »
    I wish we knew how the art went from Gabriel wrestling a werewolf to video game guy fighting the werewolf. Mike seemed so excited to draw Gabe in that situation.

    the dude in the new castlevania is also called gabriel :P

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  • kickintheheadkickinthehead Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I still feel nauseous from the constant zooming and I'm not one who gets nauseous during shaky cam sequences in movies. I understand the zooming to either highlight a moment or give an alternate shot to cutaway to, but a zoom on nearly every shot is too much. I don't think 2PP was on tripods during their 4th panels, but they didn't zoom nearly as much.

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  • SupraluminalSupraluminal Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Agreed that the camerawork is trying a bit too hard.

    Aside from that, hilarious as usual. I thought the comic itself was pretty poor on its own, just a perfunctory reference to a stale meme, but the context of their writing process makes the whole thing much funnier.

    I guess that's the difficulty of this kind of work - you just don't know how your end product will be received by people who don't share the context in which you've created it.

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  • BoomShakeBoomShake The Engineer Columbia, MDRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    4th Panel, hilarious as always.

    I have to echo the thoughts on the camera work. Zooms are effective when they have purpose. Some shots included multiple zoom in + zoom outs. That's just ridiculous. There also feels to be a lot more shake than last season, but it could be just me.

    It's not an action movie. It's two guys talking about silly things. A bit of imperfection in the steadiness and a bit of choice zoom usage will enhance the conversational feel, bringing the viewer into the room. Going over the top just feels out of place and takes focus away from the content.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I laughed at the camera work when Mike lost his ball.

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  • PedantophilePedantophile Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I laughed at the camera work when Mike lost his ball.
    Also the pan & zoom to the empty spot where the TV used to be.

    Stylisitically, I honestly didn't mind the camera work too much.

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  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Has anyone mentioned missing the podcasts yet?

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  • SwissLionSwissLion We are beside ourselves! Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I will occasionally listen through the whole podcast archive on the bus to school over a period of a week or two.

    It is depressing when they run out again.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I laughed at the camera work when Mike lost his ball.

    his "oh no..." was amazing

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    DEAR JERRY.

    The zip tag on a pants fly has teeth. If you turn the zip downward so that it is vertical, after zipping it up, the teeth will grip the fabric and prevent it from moving downward of its own accord.

    Yours, THE OFFICE

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  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    That's one shaky cam.
    Got a little dizzy there at the start.

    Funny stuff, though.

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited December 2010
    Camera feedback has been noted.

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  • ioloiolo iolo Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Fletcher wrote: »
    Iolo wrote: »
    I wish we knew how the art went from Gabriel wrestling a werewolf to video game guy fighting the werewolf. Mike seemed so excited to draw Gabe in that situation.

    the dude in the new castlevania is also called gabriel :P

    A ha ha. Got it. Thanks.

    (I'm still left with lingering disappointment that the world doesn't have a PA Gabe wrestling/staking werewolf comic...)

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  • LagnarLagnar Halifax, Nova scotiaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Yeah, this comic was made a whole lot better by this episode. Good stuff!

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  • SupraluminalSupraluminal Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Robert Khoo wrote: »
    Camera feedback has been noted.

    Your reputation makes this sound very sinister to me. Like, "oh, sure, we'll mention it to them in the next production meeting." Except the next production meeting happens at the docks, at midnight, with a fully-loaded cement mixer standing by.

    Please Khoo, don't khill 'em!

    And yeah, I agree that there were some great moments like panning back and forth between Mike and the ball, and the extreme closeups on Tycho's groin. (I never thought I'd type that, but there it is.) I wouldn't want to discourage that kind of goofing around, just a little more restraint on the normal shots.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    dang the streaming for this is very very slow.

    anyone on Time Warner Cable? if you are, is your streaming way slow as well?

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  • SupraluminalSupraluminal Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    fightinfilipino wrote: »
    dang the streaming for this is very very slow.

    anyone on Time Warner Cable? if you are, is your streaming way slow as well?

    I'm on TWC in Ithaca, NY. When I leave HD on, it definitely isn't conducive to streaming. I have to let it pre-load to 50% or more. Without HD I haven't had any problems to speak of.

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  • SkulloSkullo Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I don't know about HD, but I use TWC in Syracuse and mine streamed just fine.

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  • DhalgrenDhalgren Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Does anyone know what shirt Mike was wearing? It looked like it said PRIME?

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Man I was totally fine with the camera. Being on a tripod makes it so much harder to capture kinetic, unplanned events like the ones that happen in the PA offices. I'd rather put up with a bit of wavering while the crew finds the right spot than missing out on moments that require more freedom to capture.

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  • DeShadowCDeShadowC Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Was anyone else thrown off by the Green Giant commercial? It just seemed slightly out of place.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I think I got a Ford electric car commercial. I don't mind getting some variety; I watch these a ton, and different (if non-game-related) ads are better than getting a facefull of Bayonetta's crotch every time.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Whatever man, I loved that Bayonetta commercial.

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Dhalgren wrote: »
    Does anyone know what shirt Mike was wearing? It looked like it said PRIME?

    it was the new shirt they sold at pax prime this year, it's pretty neat

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