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Penny Arcade - Comic - Reverse Opthamology

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edited June 2015 in The Penny Arcade Hub

imagePenny Arcade - Comic - Reverse Opthamology

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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  • Robotic DraconianRobotic Draconian Registered User regular
    Pretty straight forward name.

  • GDT1985GDT1985 Registered User regular
    edited June 2015
    That's presumptuous, just because it's called that doesn't mean it steals and eats eyeballs.

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  • ZomagicZomagic Registered User regular
    Fourth panel. "It is me. I know the reason."

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    The Eyeball Stealer And Then Presumably Eater, I Don't Know, I Couldn't See

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    I thought the guy was missing his eye, but you can see two whites in the blurry second panel.

  • EmperorSethEmperorSeth Registered User regular
    GDT1985 wrote: »
    That's presumptuous, just because it's called that doesn't mean it steals and eats eyeballs.

    Its parents are David The Eyeball Stealer and Margaret And Then Eater. Being progressive monsters, they took both of their last names when they married.

    You know what? Nanowrimo's cancelled on account of the world is stupid.
  • DarkgolemDarkgolem Registered User new member
    What video game is this comic referring to?

  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    Darkgolem wrote: »
    What video game is this comic referring to?
    Looks like Gears of War? I think I heard mention of another one announced at E3.

  • ChiselphaneChiselphane Registered User regular
    This strip has a soundtrack.

    Harvester of Eyes

  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    Chiselphane wrote: »
    This strip has a soundtrack.

    Harvester of Eyes

    Dude, beat me to it. BÖC rules.

    If you're curious about my icon; it's an update of the early Lego Castle theme's "Black Falcons" faction.
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  • wormspeakerwormspeaker Objectively Terrible Registered User regular
    I dig the clean lines on panel 3.

  • serrin85serrin85 Registered User new member
    Ophthalmology is spelt with two h's.

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    You steal and eat one eye and society calls you a monster for the rest of your life.

  • Finnish_LineFinnish_Line Registered User regular
    Not their best work.

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Chiselphane wrote: »
    This strip has a soundtrack.

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    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • Robotic DraconianRobotic Draconian Registered User regular
    I just noticed: this comic and the last both have the question "Yeah?" answered with "Yeah."

  • GreathouseGreathouse That's my name AtlantaRegistered User regular
    The game doesn't matter (but I think it's either gears or evolution maybe?) for the joke. It's all about that, "if no one knows what they are then how do we know their names?" A lot of bad fantasy talks about "No one knows the blank or where the blank came from." I just wish the punch was stronger. I love how this thing only eats one eye, wonder if it's a lefty or a righty.

    Oh well, not all of them can be amazing. Also, I've been digging how Mike has been playing with the blur technique a lot but I think he went too far on this one. Love the lighting though. Mike is killing that!

  • mare_imbriummare_imbrium Registered User regular
    I do think this is referencing the Gears of War video they played at the Xbox press conference. It did feature a man and a woman going through the dark after something and talking. Their dialogue was a little...eh.

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  • WarforgedRusWarforgedRus Registered User regular
    I'm gonna vote for the other team for this Strip Search competition. This one just doesn't have the punch that we expect here at PA.

    BTW, when are they doing a "team strip search" show?

  • RedthirstRedthirst Registered User regular
    Sounds like a common name for a Unique monster in Diablo series.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited June 2015
    mare_imbrium wrote: »
    I do think this is referencing the Gears of War video they played at the Xbox press conference. It did feature a man and a woman going through the dark after something and talking. Their dialogue was a little...eh.

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    The fucked up speech bubbles on this get me every time. I always think that maybe I just read it wrong, and it does actually make sense, but no - it does not.

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  • dfkabnzdfkabnz Registered User new member
    Phenomenal art for this comic, guys. A brief return to a simpler time of emotional subtlety, where the last panel doesn't always have someone with demon-eye-glow filter.

  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited June 2015
    Delzhand wrote: »
    mare_imbrium wrote: »
    I do think this is referencing the Gears of War video they played at the Xbox press conference. It did feature a man and a woman going through the dark after something and talking. Their dialogue was a little...eh.

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    The fucked up speech bubbles on this get me every time. I always think that maybe I just read it wrong, and it does actually make sense, but no - it does not.

    I don't get what the problem is? The guy in the second panel is the person the guy in panels 1 & 3 is talking with (note the mask/no mask differentiation). The square red outlined bubbles are for radio transmissions, and the normal bubbles are the person in-panel. Panel 1: Mask talks and No Mask responds over radio. Panel 2: No Mask talks and Mask responds via radio. Panel 3: Mask talks and No Mask responds over radio.

    It seemed pretty clear to me back in the day, and when @mare_imbrium posted it here.

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    If you're curious about my icon; it's an update of the early Lego Castle theme's "Black Falcons" faction.
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  • OtieOtie Registered User regular
    My name is Trevor... Thanks, Jerry...

  • OtieOtie Registered User regular
    I feel a knot growing in my chest.

  • ruzkinruzkin Registered User regular
    Is there anywhere to discuss the Destiny comics recently linked in Jerry's newspost? Because the art is phenomenal... but how did no proofreader pick up on the difference between "Hear, hear" and "Here, here"? https://www.bungie.net/en/pub/TheTakenKing/Sunbreaker

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  • ziddersroofurryziddersroofurry Registered User regular
    Man I love BOC.

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    ruzkin wrote: »
    but how did no proofreader pick up on the difference between "Hear, hear" and "Here, here"?

    Forget proofreaders, this is one I would really expect Jerry to know.

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