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Fun Stuff => CLIKC => Topic started by: Staplegun on 26 Jan 2005, 09:51

Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: Staplegun on 26 Jan 2005, 09:51
Penny Arcade is now the only offical, liscensed web-comic allowed to poke-fun at video games.

www.penny-arcade.com

Ctrl-Alt-Del, PVP, VGCats......all screwed.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: jeph on 26 Jan 2005, 10:53
IT IS SATIRE
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: torg on 26 Jan 2005, 11:30
I laughed about it very hard this morning. Although it's funny there's so much truth in it. Sad, sad...
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 26 Jan 2005, 11:45
Damn it isn't waffles?

The thing to remember about this strip is the fact it caused what I imagine is masses of nerds to salivate and feel they "need" that shirt.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: Jiperly on 26 Jan 2005, 11:53
Its about EA having exclusive rights to the NFL, and everyone else can blow them.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 26 Jan 2005, 11:58
I knew that.  I had the urge of saying waffles.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: lb969 on 26 Jan 2005, 12:18
Satire... kinda like this article

Quote
Arabian Sea — Canadian television reported Friday that a Canadian warship in the Arabian Sea had seized a tanker suspected of smuggling oil from Iraq, leading many to suspect that the report was a hoax.

"You're kidding, right? Canada has a warship?" asked U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "Like for war?

"Does Canada know?" he added.

"Nobody was more stunned than we were," said Kali Omari, first mate of the seized vessel. "We saw this frigate steaming toward us, and we were worried, but then we saw the maple leaf on the flag, and we thought, 'Oh, Canadians. What the hell do they want?'"

When an officer of the HMCS Vancouver announced that the tanker was about to be boarded, the crew of the detained ship was confused, said Omari, but their confusion quickly turned to anger when they saw what the Canadians sailors were carrying.

"They were armed. With guns," said Omari. "Canadians. With guns. And a warship. What is this world coming to?"

"They were pretty rude, too," Omari added. "They started asking us all sorts of questions, like 'Where did that oil come from?' But first we wanted to know who gave them the damn warship."

According to Canadian defense officials, the Vancouver is one of four frigates deployed in the region to assist in the U.S.-led Afghanistan conflict. The tanker was stopped, officials said, because its cargo of crude oil violated United Nations sanctions, which prohibit Iraq from selling oil unless in exchange for food and medicine.

The U.N. said the incident is already under investigation, and promised swift action against those found responsible for giving the Canadians guns. Initial findings indicate that the Vancouver crew may have been watching too many American television shows.


See? Satire....

Oh no offence to canadians, it just was the first satire article that I could think of off hand...

Jeeze I'd hate to see these guys read "A Modest Proposal"...
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: Jiperly on 26 Jan 2005, 12:59
Heehee.....I love jokes About us Canucks, so long as its in good taste....

But some artists took Penny Arcades claim more serious than others.....

Quote from: Absath of Ctrl-alt-del.com (http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com)
Well, my lawyers have just received a notice from the legal representation for Penny Arcade. Turns out they've filed for the "rights in perpetuity to any and all humorous comic interpretations and/or situations arising or inferred from the electronic entertainment industry and/or the products thereof."

Basically translated from "lawyerese", this means that from here on out, Penny Arcade will be the only licensed purveyor of video game humor.

Obviously this comes as quite a blow to Ctrl+Alt+Del, as we here have made our living based off of poking fun at electronic media in all of its forms. Unfortunately the law is the law, and even us independant webcomic artists have to follow it.

Rather than go quietly into the night, I'd like to announce a change of direction for Ctrl+Alt+Del, whereby I plan to take webcomics where they have never gone before. From now on, CAD will focus around two roommates and their love of curtain rods, and the many wacky adventures that ensue. I think you will all enjoy this new turn of events, and I hope you will all stick around to watch it unfold.

(http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/images/newCAD.jpg)
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 26 Jan 2005, 13:22
I think he is just going along with joke, maybe?
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Post by: Stifled Dreams on 26 Jan 2005, 14:00
When I was reading CAD, I skipped the part in one of his posts about the curtain rods, so for a while I thought he was absolutely serious. Then I was just like... "Wait a second, curtain rods?!" and everything kinda worked itself out from there.
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Post by: Digs on 26 Jan 2005, 14:05
This whole thing is hilarious, and I love Tycho for it.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 26 Jan 2005, 14:14
I'd be incredibly amused if other comics mentioned in newspost mirrored PA on Friday.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: Symp on 26 Jan 2005, 19:19
I hereby claim all rights to sillyness in forum posts, of any kind, so there.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: Digs on 26 Jan 2005, 19:58
Cactuar looks vaguely like a swastika.
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Post by: Karl on 27 Jan 2005, 04:33
PA got hatemail as some people took this seriously..........I think this how it goes:
"We need to invent new swear words, because the old ones aren't cutting it anymore"
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 27 Jan 2005, 11:42
Quote from: Digs
Cactuar looks vaguely like a swastika.


Wow.  That is something I had not enter my brain before.  And all those little cactaur pictographs in X...Heh.

I envy Gabe and Tycho.  They've had some "Fuck You's" to some big heavies.  I wonder if they have a squad of Ninja Laweyrs.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: Symp on 27 Jan 2005, 18:25
Wow, it does look like a swastika
I didnt even noice, whoops
Am I going to change it?   No
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: Tearon on 27 Jan 2005, 20:27
PA is lucky. They are one of the more popular webcomics out there and could get away with saying anything at this point. Hell, they already have!


Kara: It's like you guys can't have a single conversation without the word "wang"!

Gabe: Sure we wang!

Gabe: Can.

Tycho: Can wang.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: torg on 28 Jan 2005, 06:09
WANG!!!
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: dingosatemybaby on 28 Jan 2005, 08:07
"Wang" is a wholly owned trademark of me, Wangy McWangenstein.  You all owe me a nickel!
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: torg on 28 Jan 2005, 13:02
whats a nickel, wang?
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: Staplegun on 28 Jan 2005, 14:05
Christ, don't I feel like an ass.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 28 Jan 2005, 15:55
Nah, more like a person.

Heh, the American McGee's Strawberry Shortcake parody thing is awesome.
Title: Penny Arcade takes another step towards world domination....
Post by: tayker on 28 Jan 2005, 18:11
I like Little Gamers better.