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Penny Arcade - Comic - Gastroiconography

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edited April 2016 in The Penny Arcade Hub

imagePenny Arcade - Comic - Gastroiconography

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

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    CheeseGod99CheeseGod99 Registered User regular
    Alternate title: "Tub Troubs"

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    zaitcevzaitcev Registered User regular
    Remember how Kinect was supposed to usher a new era of fitness? How times change.

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    DissentDissent Mr. Fancy Pants Flavour CountryRegistered User regular
    I clicked on the hippopotamus link in the news post, and the song literally has a line that goes: "I go so hard, they call me go so hard."

    With lyrical brilliance like that, it's no wonder the guy is probably living in a mansion right now...

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    Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    This Song Is Just Six Words Long

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    DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Oculus believes, and they are correct, that most people don’t have the kind of room a Vive requires. But then you see it, and you’re like… how important is a couch.

    Loved this quote.

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    QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    They really need to just go get that tarp already.

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    AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    Play it in the tub eh?

    So that's what she was doing all those years ago. The prototyping on VR was quite substantial it would seem.

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    geniekidgeniekid Registered User regular
    the Vive basically just has its dick out, spinning like a rotor, generating thrust.

    Dear god...the imagery.

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    dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    zaitcev wrote: »
    Remember how Kinect was supposed to usher a new era of fitness? How times change.

    I know it was probably mostly a joke, but a friend said after his couple of hours in the Vive he feels like he's actually tired. I'm sure it would depend on the game, but there's potential there to actually for gaming to be the most active part of my day.

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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    That's kind of for a given value of active though. I don't see it becoming a replacement for real exercise.

    If people start integrating treadmills it could be a way to make that less tedious. Maybe go for a jog around Skyrim?

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    BobbleBobble Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    That's kind of for a given value of active though. I don't see it becoming a replacement for real exercise.

    If people start integrating treadmills it could be a way to make that less tedious. Maybe go for a jog around Skyrim?

    They don't make treadmills with inclines steep enough for the way I traverse Skyrim.

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    GDT1985GDT1985 Registered User regular
    Nor do I think they make them big enough for a horse.

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    Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Now I'm imagining a climbing wall treadmill setup for playing Assassins Creed in VR

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    It would be super impractical for home use, but a climbing simulator with actual wall in VR would be fucking incredible and potentially terrifying.

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    fortyforty Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Oculus believes, and they are correct, that most people don’t have the kind of room a Vive requires. But then you see it, and you’re like… how important is a couch.

    Loved this quote.
    I liked it too, but god damn, what is with Jerry's crusade against the question mark?

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    dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    That's kind of for a given value of active though. I don't see it becoming a replacement for real exercise.

    If people start integrating treadmills it could be a way to make that less tedious. Maybe go for a jog around Skyrim?

    I think if people converted a 1-6 hours of sitting on the couch each day into actively moving around, it would actually be "real exercise." A big part of the problem with most people's fitness level is they just don't move around much. Changing that would be much more significant than you might think.

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