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[PA Comic] Monday, July 2, 2012 - Melange

GethGeth LegionPerseus VeilRegistered User, Moderator, Penny Arcade Staff, Vanilla Staff vanilla
edited July 2012 in The Penny Arcade Hub

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    Reminiscent poses.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    all the dream drop demo made me go is "man it's really unfortunate i'm not playing this with a real controller on a screen where i can see what the fuck is going on"

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    I find Gabe's arguments compelling.

  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    I don't.

    Kingdom Hearts is the video game equivalent of fanfic.

    There's no plan, there's no race to be run
    The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    MuddBudd wrote: »
    I don't.

    Kingdom Hearts is the video game equivalent of fanfic.

    Sometimes a crazy fic is what you're looking for.

  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    MuddBudd wrote: »
    I don't.

    Kingdom Hearts is the video game equivalent of fanfic.

    Having read some fanfic better than most "books" currently on bestseller lists, I do not find this to be as insulting as you probably meant it to be :P.

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  • KasynKasyn I'm not saying I don't like our chances. She called me the master.Registered User regular
    Dat panel three Gabe mouth.

  • Maz-Maz- 飛べ Registered User regular
    I really wanted to like Kingdom Hearts and by all accounts, I should have loved it. Final Fantasy? Huge fan. Disney? Loved it as a kid (who didn't ?). Action-RPGs? One of my favorite genres.
    But somehow, I lost all interest in the game after the second level.
    Maybe I should give it another chance one of these days.

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  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    MuddBudd wrote: »
    I don't.

    Kingdom Hearts is the video game equivalent of fanfic.

    Professional, beautifully produced fanfic.

    Like Wicked.

    "excuse my French
    But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    ahem the greatest self-insert fanfiction ever written is The Divine Comedy

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    ahem the greatest self-insert fanfiction ever written is The Divine Comedy

    "I met Virgil and hung out with him and I got to see guys seen as bad in Medieval Times being punished and it was awesome."

  • KoopahTroopahKoopahTroopah The koopas, the troopas. Philadelphia, PARegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Seriously though, "What the fuck else do you want?"

    The series is a masterpiece.

    KoopahTroopah on
  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    Seriously though, "What the fuck else do you want?"

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Yeah I never got the appeal of Kingdom Hearts. I even tried to remedy my dislike of the first game / disinterest in the series by playing one that came out on the PSP and I couldn't dig it.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Henroid wrote: »
    Yeah I never got the appeal of Kingdom Hearts. I even tried to remedy my dislike of the first game / disinterest in the series by playing one that came out on the PSP and I couldn't dig it.
    It's a hack and slash with dumb AI squaddies you can't control and a lot of press X to activate a cinema scene to make it seem like you're doing somethingn cool when you press X moments.

    But something compels you to just keep mashing X.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    I dunno I liked the first one never played any others

    If it was fanfic it would have more fuckin'

    My neck, my back, my FUPA and my crack.
  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    i played the first KH, it was pretty fun. I got to the end, fought a big dragon and an evil dude and then... i have no idea whats going on except apparently that wasn't the end, and i don't know what to do now.

  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    i played the first KH, it was pretty fun. I got to the end, fought a big dragon and an evil dude and then... i have no idea whats going on except apparently that wasn't the end, and i don't know what to do now.

    The barrier between worlds was restored leaving you stuck on the kingdom world and far from home but then sora had a plan and started running then it was all like when you walk away you don't hear me say pleeeease oh baby don't go

    Then there was some emo trailer with some dude and all my dicks but never did I play part two.

    My neck, my back, my FUPA and my crack.
  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Kagera wrote: »
    I dunno I liked the first one never played any others

    If it was fanfic it would have more fuckin'

    Well the second one ups the homoerotic content by like 90%. That should count.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    That's pretty homoerotic considering goofy and donald are p much lovers in the first one.

    My neck, my back, my FUPA and my crack.
  • DVGDVG No. 1 Honor Student Nether Institute, Evil AcademyRegistered User regular
    It's more the video game equivalent of a Marvel/DC Crossover series, since you know, the owners of all the content are involved.

    Diablo 3 - DVG#1857
  • The Good Doctor TranThe Good Doctor Tran Registered User regular
    There was also Chain of Memories, which was better than it had any right to be and as a consequence is completely overlooked.

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  • Shakes999Shakes999 Registered User regular
    Started out playing KHII and skipped the first one. Never before have I played a game so well made yet so unintelligible. Got about half way through and said fuck it. I go back to play the gummy stages when im really bored but the actual game and story just beat me down.

  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    DVG wrote: »
    It's more the video game equivalent of a Marvel/DC Crossover series, since you know, the owners of all the content are involved.

    Your comment reminded me that Disney, in fact, owns Marvel now, and that realization has informed me of what else the fuck I could want.

    EvilBadman on
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    I should note that Badman is fucking awesome
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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    I jumped ship after the second game, but recently I was curious enough about just who the fuck these Ansem/Xemnas/Xehanort guys are that I had to do a bit of research.
    * The final boss of the first Kingdom Hearts game is Ansem.
    * Except not really, because Kingdom Hearts II reveals that Ansem was the Heartless (bodiless heart, I guess) of the original Ansem. There's also a Nobody (or heartless body, I guess; these names are counterintuitive) called Xemnas.
    * Except not really, again, because the dude that both the Ansem of the first game and Xemnas came from was not the real Ansem (Ansem the Wise), but a student of the real Ansem called Xehanort that assumed his teacher's name after Ansem the Wise disappeared.
    * Oh, also, Xehanort was originally Master Xehanort, who fused with a guy named Terra to become Terra-Xehanort, but began to call himself just Xehanort after losing his memories.
    * So, to sum it up, Master Xehanort became Terra-Xehanort, who became Xehanort, who called himself Ansem, who split into a Heartless called Ansem and a Nobody called Xemnas.
    * As if all that wasn't enough, Master Xehanort apparently planned to create 12 clones of himself for some reason (there are people who are undergoing the process of turning into these clones), and the villain of the Dream Drop Distance is a Young Xehanort, a younger version of Master Xehanort from an alternate universe.

    That is far more complex than anything involving Mickey Mouse has any right to be. And keep in mind that there are other characters with alternate selves, as well.

    Hexmage-PA on
  • Shakes999Shakes999 Registered User regular
    Hexmage-PA wrote: »
    I jumped ship after the second game, but recently I was curious enough about just who the fuck these Ansem/Xemnas/Xehanort guys are that I had to do a bit of research.
    * The final boss of the first Kingdom Hearts game is Ansem.
    * Except not really, because Kingdom Hearts II reveals that Ansem was the Heartless (bodiless heart, I guess) of the original Ansem. There's also a Nobody (or heartless body, I guess; these names are counterintuitive) called Xemnas.
    * Except not really, again, because the dude that both the Ansem of the first game and Xemnas came from was not the real Ansem (Ansem the Wise), but a student of the real Ansem called Xehanort that assumed his teacher's name after Ansem the Wise disappeared.
    * Oh, also, Xehanort was originally Master Xehanort, who fused with a guy named Terra to become Terra-Xehanort, but began to call himself just Xehanort after losing his memories.
    * So, to sum it up, Master Xehanort became Terra-Xehanort, who became Xehanort, who called himself Ansem, who split into a Heartless called Ansem and a Nobody called Xemnas.
    * As if all that wasn't enough, Master Xehanort apparently planned to create 12 clones of himself for some reason (there are people who are undergoing the process of turning into these clones), and the villain of the Dream Drop Distance is a Young Xehanort, a younger version of Master Xehanort from an alternate universe.

    That is far more complex than anything involving Mickey Mouse has any right to be. And keep in mind that there are other characters with alternate selves, as well.

    aaaaaaaannnnndddddd my fears were well founded. Glad I jumped ship. When I have to look up a FAQ just to understand what the hell is going on, im out. Silent HIll 1-3 excluded but I found Silent Hill 100xs more interesting that KH, even if it is just as big a mess most of the time,

  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    EvilBadman wrote: »
    DVG wrote: »
    It's more the video game equivalent of a Marvel/DC Crossover series, since you know, the owners of all the content are involved.

    Your comment reminded me that Disney, in fact, owns Marvel now, and that realization has informed me of what else the fuck I could want.

    can you imagine if Marvel heroes showed up in Kingdom Hearts

    I can't decide if that would be wonderful or terrible

  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Hexmage-PA wrote: »
    I jumped ship after the second game, but recently I was curious enough about just who the fuck these Ansem/Xemnas/Xehanort guys are that I had to do a bit of research.
    * The final boss of the first Kingdom Hearts game is Ansem.
    * Except not really, because Kingdom Hearts II reveals that Ansem was the Heartless (bodiless heart, I guess) of the original Ansem. There's also a Nobody (or heartless body, I guess; these names are counterintuitive) called Xemnas.
    * Except not really, again, because the dude that both the Ansem of the first game and Xemnas came from was not the real Ansem (Ansem the Wise), but a student of the real Ansem called Xehanort that assumed his teacher's name after Ansem the Wise disappeared.
    * Oh, also, Xehanort was originally Master Xehanort, who fused with a guy named Terra to become Terra-Xehanort, but began to call himself just Xehanort after losing his memories.
    * So, to sum it up, Master Xehanort became Terra-Xehanort, who became Xehanort, who called himself Ansem, who split into a Heartless called Ansem and a Nobody called Xemnas.
    * As if all that wasn't enough, Master Xehanort apparently planned to create 12 clones of himself for some reason (there are people who are undergoing the process of turning into these clones), and the villain of the Dream Drop Distance is a Young Xehanort, a younger version of Master Xehanort from an alternate universe.

    That is far more complex than anything involving Mickey Mouse has any right to be. And keep in mind that there are other characters with alternate selves, as well.
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    Just replace "Metal Gear" with "Kingdom Hearts". It works just as well.

    Edit: Spoilered for size.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    tycho in this comic is me

    this tycho and me could not be more similar

    on the other hand I enjoyed advent children

    hold your head high soldier, it ain't over yet
    that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
  • dmautzdmautz Registered User regular
    First panel kirby mouth. He will suck in your soul.

    Or maybe it's mario egg shooting dinosaur.

  • VanguardianVanguardian Registered User new member
    http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/10/07

    I wonder what happened to this Gabe.

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    -Tal wrote: »
    ahem the greatest self-insert fanfiction ever written is The Divine Comedy
    "I met Virgil and hung out with him and I got to see guys seen as bad in Medieval Times being punished and it was awesome."
    You forgot to mention that he ascends to Heaven and gets up with his girlfriend again.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    ahem the greatest self-insert fanfiction ever written is The Divine Comedy
    "I met Virgil and hung out with him and I got to see guys seen as bad in Medieval Times being punished and it was awesome."
    You forgot to mention that he ascends to Heaven and gets up with his girlfriend again.

    his girlfriend being a lady he only met twice but obsessed over his whole life

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    Tried KH1, got to some fight with Riku (?) flying around the place that was utter bullshit and any guides I could find seemed to assume I had done much more (read any) grinding on the desperately dull Hercules arena fights. Realising that neither the plot nor the gameplay was actually grabbing me that much I dropped it and moved on. Sometimes life is too short.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    ahem the greatest self-insert fanfiction ever written is The Divine Comedy
    "I met Virgil and hung out with him and I got to see guys seen as bad in Medieval Times being punished and it was awesome."
    You forgot to mention that he ascends to Heaven and gets up with his girlfriend again.

    That would require admitting that I actually know the complete contents of the work in question and not just what has seeped into pop culture.

  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    KH1: the heart in the darkness will lead you to the light which will shine upon the heartless and like the dark that shrouds the light of the heart which is darkened by darkness, oh by the way you can't skip any of these cutscenes

    KH2-throughwhatever: how would I know, I'm not playing another.

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    -Tal wrote: »
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    ahem the greatest self-insert fanfiction ever written is The Divine Comedy
    "I met Virgil and hung out with him and I got to see guys seen as bad in Medieval Times being punished and it was awesome."
    You forgot to mention that he ascends to Heaven and gets up with his girlfriend again.
    his girlfriend being a lady he only met twice but obsessed over his whole life
    Ahahaha, I totally forgot about that.

    I haven't read the Divine Comedy in years, but I've been found of the creative use of mythology. Still, Dante would have had a YouTube series dedicated to narrating his work in a mocking tone had he wrote the thing today.

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  • jackaljackal Fuck Yes. That is an orderly anal warehouse. Registered User regular
    I remember liking the Gummi Ship from the first game, and that's about it.

  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    The Gummi Ship from the second game was awesome. Unlike the first game where I dreaded the Gummi Ship segments, in the second I explicitly went out of my way to play it.

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