Penny Arcade - Comic - Invader Nym

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Penny Arcade - Comic - Invader Nym

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

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Overkillengine

Has "NotTycho" been writing BookShots™? Parading his lexicon on the streetcorner for easy money? Dictation behind seedy dives for pay?

njloof

1. “peudonym” is misspelled
2. Craig Mazin also roomed with Ted Cruz his freshman year at Princeton and wrote hilarious tweets about what a schmuck that guy is

RatherDashing89

njloof wrote: »

1. “peudonym” is misspelled

Typical Tycho. He should learn from a real writer like Jerry Holkins.

Tofystedeth

There is a fantasy author Joe Abercrombie.
Is he trying to hide his connection? Or are the real writers fans using his name as the base? Or do they hate him and are trying to tar him by association?

dennis

Mazin denies it's him using a false nym.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/borderlands-craig-mazin-not-writer-pseudonym-1235668894/

Djiem

dennis wrote: »

Mazin denies it's him using a false nym.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/borderlands-craig-mazin-not-writer-pseudonym-1235668894/

Was the movie so bad that he used a pseudonym then rejected even the pseudonym?

dennis

At this point, it might be easier to figure it out by eliminating anyone who didn't write it. I'll go first and swear that I did not write it.

RatherDashing89

dennis wrote: »

At this point, it might be easier to figure it out by eliminating anyone who didn't write it. I'll go first and swear that I did not write it.

I don't feel comfortable with this line of inquiry and will recuse myself from answering.

dennis

This just weirder and weirder. Per Jerry's post, here's the twitter thread:

https://xcancel.com/TychoBrahe/status/1821602982716445144

As he noted, Randy Pitchford (president/CEO of Gearbox, game studio behind Borderlands) jumps in a couple of times and only adds to the oddity. I guess he's claiming it IS Joe Abercrombie.



Also,



So he's Joe Abercrombie, but he was too awesome to take credit so he used the pseudonym... "Joe Crombie"?

I just... What...

Do you ever get the feeling you're having conversation with someone who is actually having a different conversation?

LieutenantDan

I dunno, A Little Hatred was so bad I quit reading it halfway through

Druex

LieutenantDan wrote: »

I dunno, A Little Hatred was so bad I quit reading it halfway through

This is sad to hear, I've only just started the audiobook. The First Law Trilogy was fantastic.

dennis

Would have been much better if he had used the pseudonym Joe Kreider.

Tofystedeth

I've heard First Law is really good but I read Best Served Cold and despite finishing it, kind of hated it. It was just cynical and miserable and pointless.

Ringo

Tofystedeth wrote: »

I've heard First Law is really good but I read Best Served Cold and despite finishing it, kind of hated it. It was just cynical and miserable and pointless.

You won't like the First Law trilogy, it's the same thing spread over 3 books

Emperor Megaman

I didn't even knew their was a Borderland film.
And now that I'm typing it, I get the vague impression that I did read or hear about it somewhere one or two years ago.

dennis wrote: »

At this point, it might be easier to figure it out by eliminating anyone who didn't write it. I'll go first and swear that I did not write it.

I am 99% sure I didn't either, but I do not fully exclude the possibility of a future version of me using time travel and writing stuff in the past.