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[PA Comic] Monday, October 28, 2013 - Parabolic

GethGeth LegionPerseus VeilRegistered User, Moderator, Penny Arcade Staff, Vanilla Staff vanilla
edited October 2013 in The Penny Arcade Hub
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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    ack

    my fourth wall!

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    In 15 years, this is only the second time Mike and Jerry have actually appeared in the comic.

    At least to my recollection.

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  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    Only other one that comes to mind is this one:

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    I can't help but notice that Mike has given himself a full, lustrous beard this time. Is this the result of months of hard beard growing or is he drawing himself as he wishes he could be?

  • ioloiolo iolo Registered User regular
    A masterpiece today. Bring on the newspost.

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  • toadeezatoadeeza Registered User new member
    Top 3 in my book together with Men Are From Krypton and PA In Da House

  • kismesisterkismesister Mu Bellevue, WARegistered User regular
    Eagerly awaiting the newspost, crossing my fingers as hard as I can for a Podcast to go with it. A girl can dream.

  • msuroomsuroo Registered User regular
    Please please please let this be a podcast/4th panel episode.

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    The Stanley Parable is delightful and has been wonderfully expanded from the original mod.
    The Confusion Ending is wonderful.

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Casual wrote: »
    I can't help but notice that Mike has given himself a full, lustrous beard this time. Is this the result of months of hard beard growing or is he drawing himself as he wishes he could be?
    Brown paint

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    I just laughed out loud in an empty office. Thanks Penny Arcade!

  • ArbitraryDescriptorArbitraryDescriptor Registered User regular
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Can't wait for the news post on this.

    Incidentally, the Stanley Parable is brilliant and everyone should play it.

    (And the demo)

  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Now I need to know what the Stanley Parable is so I can get my brain's dick sucked

  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    Now I need to know what the Stanley Parable is so I can get my brain's dick sucked

    I know for a fact you have Steam, sir. Go download and play the demo. We'll wait.

  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User, Transition Team regular
    srsly wondering what we'll hear on the podcast for this one :)

  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Houn wrote: »
    Now I need to know what the Stanley Parable is so I can get my brain's dick sucked

    I know for a fact you have Steam, sir. Go download and play the demo. We'll wait.

    Well... yeah. There are still people who don't have Steam? :)

    I meant more along the lines of what to expect. I'll have to look at some reviews today if I get a break at work.

  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    I didn't like the old Stanley Parable or the mod very much at all, I found them pretty boring, personally.

    But I have heard pretty good things about the Stanley Parable game, and some things that make it sound like it should be less boring than the previous offerings. I'll probably end up grabbing it if it ends up going on sale or when I manage to clear off my gaming plate (might be a bit though, between Pokemon and XCOM EW alone, on top of other smaller things).

    But yeah, it definitely seems like a really polarizing game in terms of how people feel about it.

  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    Houn wrote: »
    Now I need to know what the Stanley Parable is so I can get my brain's dick sucked

    I know for a fact you have Steam, sir. Go download and play the demo. We'll wait.

    Well... yeah. There are still people who don't have Steam? :)

    I meant more along the lines of what to expect. I'll have to look at some reviews today if I get a break at work.

    NO!

    Trust me on this. Go in as blind as possible. No reviews, no videos; just go play the Demo when you get home.

  • BolerBoler Registered User regular
    I liked the game but am having a hard time getting myself to play it for the other endings, knowing that I will have to trudge through content I've already seen just to get to the point where I make that other decision.

    That's really my only gripe about the game though, everything else is fantastic.

  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Inquisitor wrote: »
    But yeah, it definitely seems like a really polarizing game in terms of how people feel about it.

    So I guess when people get into debates about this game, they get

    8-)

    Hyperparabolic?

    Yeaaahhhhhhhhhhh

  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Shen wrote: »
    Only other one that comes to mind is this one:

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    This one also looks like them (kinda)
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  • Chris FOMChris FOM Registered User regular
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    In 15 years, this is only the second time Mike and Jerry have actually appeared in the comic.

    At least to my recollection.

    Although not explicitly labeled as such in the WoW CCG series the other two players looked quite a bit like Mike and Jerry.

  • ZyrxilZyrxil Registered User regular
    I get it, it's a meta comic about a meta game, so meta! Meta.

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    It's probably in part because I am currently playing Alan Wake (was looking for seasonally appropriate games in my library), but this comic reminded me of one of my old favorites:

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  • JackdawGinJackdawGin Engineer New YorkRegistered User regular
    Did anyone else hear the Inception noise when they read this?

  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    I love strip-verse Jerry. He looks so cute and great, it's hilarious.

    All four of them should play a game together.

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    The newspost is up; it's less enlightening than you'd hope.

    Also, trust Mike to take a good review and twist it into an oddly defensive elitist rant. 8->

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    I wouldn't classify it as a "rant" and I don't think he intended to sound elitist even if it comes off like that a little with his "creating versus consuming" thing...

    ...but the funny thing is that in praising it the way he did he has provided a perfect explanation of why the Surface will never be a very popular product.

    Gaslight on
  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    Gaslight wrote: »
    I wouldn't classify it as a "rant" and I don't think he intended to sound elitist even if it comes off like that a little with his "creating versus consuming" thing...

    ...but the funny thing is that in praising it the way he did he has provided a perfect explanation of why the Surface will never be a very popular product.

    I actually was considering picking up one for my kids to use for schoolwork and Minecraft, and his post pretty much sold me on it as a neat, portable computer. Then he had to go "it's for creators like me, it's not for you" in his probably-not-intentional-but-he-does-it-all-the-time way, and now I don't want the device to see a single dime of my cash. Which is my not-serious-in-the-long-term-but-for-now-fuck-that gut reaction.

    *shrug*

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    He would have been better off saying that it's edge over competing products is that it's better for productivity applications than ordinary tablets. I think that's the point he's trying to make. This is the kernel:
    The Surface Pro is a work machine.

    A person in a medical practice carrying a Surface around to run medical programs and take notes is not really a "creator" by any definition.

  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    Jerry must really like "Blood on the Leaves."

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    Gaslight wrote: »
    He would have been better off saying that it's edge over competing products is that it's better for productivity applications than ordinary tablets. I think that's the point he's trying to make. This is the kernel:
    The Surface Pro is a work machine.

    A person in a medical practice carrying a Surface around to run medical programs and take notes is not really a "creator" by any definition.

    Which was my point. It's a terrific and positive review of the device before he tangents at the end there, getting all defensive about imaginary arguments against his review.

  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Houn wrote: »
    The newspost is up; it's less enlightening than you'd hope.

    Also, trust Mike to take a good review and twist it into an oddly defensive elitist rant. 8->

    I'd say the unspoken part of Mike's review is that the iOS devices are commonly described as "consumption" devices. You don't sit down at the iPad to code up some sweet subroutines. You use it to read the news or watch a something. Mike appears to be saying "the Surface does what the iPad doesn't". From which you can take "if you don't want to create with it, buy an iPad you'll be happier".

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  • miaAusamiaAusa GOD Gamer Of Daters ValhallaRegistered User regular
    You really don't see them in the comics too much, that's awesome they make an appearance at the end, this looks like a fun game to try too.

  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Jerry looks pretty adorable.

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  • JormungandrJormungandr Registered User regular
    Houn wrote: »
    Gaslight wrote: »
    He would have been better off saying that it's edge over competing products is that it's better for productivity applications than ordinary tablets. I think that's the point he's trying to make. This is the kernel:
    The Surface Pro is a work machine.

    A person in a medical practice carrying a Surface around to run medical programs and take notes is not really a "creator" by any definition.

    Which was my point. It's a terrific and positive review of the device before he tangents at the end there, getting all defensive about imaginary arguments against his review.

    Weird. I read the same review and that last paragraph just read as context to me. He explained what he and Amber were looking for in a device, noted that that was not the standard usage for a tablet, and enthused that that's what the surface pro 2 delivered.

    I went back and read it again, and if I squint I can kind of see how it can be interpreted as elitist since he describes his and Amber's situations as special. And the line about angry birds I can see being read as dismissive.

    But I think he's just providing a disclaimer -- If you're just looking for a tablet to play games and browse the web, you're not going to be nearly as impressed with this thing as he is, so take his review with a grain of salt.

  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Can't wait for the news post on this.

    Incidentally, the Stanley Parable is brilliant and everyone should play it.

    (And the demo)
    Is the demo different from the main game in any way? Because if it's a unique demo then I'll play it, but if it's just a piece of the game, I'll just wait till I pick up the full game.

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  • ArbitraryDescriptorArbitraryDescriptor Registered User regular
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Can't wait for the news post on this.

    Incidentally, the Stanley Parable is brilliant and everyone should play it.

    (And the demo)
    Is the demo different from the main game in any way? Because if it's a unique demo then I'll play it, but if it's just a piece of the game, I'll just wait till I pick up the full game.
    The demo is a standalone 'episode'

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