Remember when Penny Arcade was actually kind of good?
Remember when they thought Mega Man X was Mega Man 10?
>>321101451
Just one of them
i do anon, i do
no
>>321100925
Didn't he have two small swords?
Fuck Penny Arcade. You don't get to hate on Lorne Lanning for literally no reason
>>321102901
No one actually calls is durm, right?
I do
>>321103336
They try to always pronounce these things. I had a guy calling Dark Templars "d temps" IRL. I told him to stop it.
>>321103242
>Lorne Lanning
Made 3 games that were fun and well made
goes about in videos/interviews about how much of a visionary he is
hes almost as bad as Peter Money-loo
LOL pt 2 the return
>>321101557
>Shovel Millions of Dollars Into a Furnace
This normalfag shit hasn't been funny for years. But at least the art is ok.
>>321101557
I wish Acclaim would come back so we could make fun of them again
>>321103825
Didn't realize this was a LOL thread
>>321103875
It's never been normalfag. Only the queerest of the queer can tell you about Penny Arcade. I had to steal the link to the comic from my nerd friend who played Baulder's Gate in the early 2000s
Fun times.
This will always be my favorite
>>321104034
>>321100925
Yes.I still like it though.
>>321104325
It's not that good. A good tycho explaining things to gabe is this one.
>>321100925
Imagine what would happen if this was releaed today
>>321104502
>I still like it though.
No you don't
>>321104369
Had a giggle m8
Penny arcade was funnier and looked better back then, I don't know what the fuck happened. Was it the kids, having a company and just getting older?
>>321104645
I'm not a fan of the current art style, but it's not as bad as a lot of people on /v/ make it out to be.
>>321104758
I legitimately think 95% of it is being ghostwritten/drawn now.
>>321104758
>was it the slow passage of time over nearly 20 years of writing?
Shortened that for you and yes, it was.
>>321104758
Oh yes of course. Before it was two total guys who were dudes and males who played video games. That itself lends a lot of comedy potential, even if it's a small demographic. they so happened to be wordy and artisty motherfuckers.
But then their talent got them decent girlfriends, and they took their opportunity.
The guys now have to censor their humor. But then the wife finds something wrong with the guy. He has to also go on anti-depressants because his creativity was making him sad.
>>321100925
>>321105054
I mean they've been at it for over 15 years, I'm impressed they've managed to stay relevant for as long as they have. Even if the webcomic never really goes back to what we think is its height in quality, they've still got PAX and their involvement with Child's Play. They've done well for a couple of social outcasts who started a comic about vidya.
>>321105309
Christ, you could psychoanalyze Dobson without ever even meeting him, couldn't you?
>>321105309
>send request
>>321105309
>>321105441
>>321105567
Dobson's what I imagine Penny Arcade would've turned into without any self awareness.
>>321104758
PA got older, /v/ stayed the same age.
>>321105686
It's because there's two of them, so there was always a filter. Dobson has no filter.
>>321105567
Wow, the people in his life must really be into inflation.
in my mind penny arcade is responsible for casual and rampant use of the f word in nerd culture and i hate them for that
>>321103098
Yeah, he was one of the rare agility-focused JRPG leads.
Would have been more fun if his gameplay it boss battles wasn't just Steal Steal Steal Steal Steal Steal Steal Steal Steal Steal (whoops killed the boss before getting the last item) reload Steal Steal Steal Steal Steal
>>321104034
How do you manage to be this presumptious and unfunny at the same time as not being able to put interesting pictures together?
I mean, these are just the same close-ups over and over. Goddamn.
>>321105832
In that regard, I feel kinda bad for Dobson. How many spergs do you think there are on /v/ who are just like him? It's a shame that he hasn't grown as a person and takes all criticism as "trolling."
>>321106093
Interesting hypothesis.
>>321104064
I don't get it. Why is this funny/hilariously unfunny?
>>321106190
>hating on Tool
wow, fuck off
>>321106190
If Dobson acts like half the retards on /v/ (or 4chan in general) he deserves it.
>>321106332
Anon...
>>321106190
>he actually liked Tool
I miss when ew could use 'tool' as an insult
>>321106190
>I feel kinda bad for Dobson
No you dont, he's the niggers of webcomics
>tfw playing Dokapon Kingdom
>>321106093
What, single handedly? That's quite an honor you entrust them.
Anti-depressants ruined Penny Arcade.
>>321106068
>not being into mild inflation
>>321106597
We're all niggers here. But seriously, judging from his own comics he was an unpopular kid growing up so when his art got him a bit of popularity he started defending his ego like his life depended on it. I could see myself turning out the same way in his situation, which is where the empathy comes from.
>>321106332
But the strip is NOT hating on Tool.
It's just displaying Tycho as being easily trolled about feeling too sophisticated for listening to Tool anymore.
That's his main character gag, being a culture snob.
>>321100925
>Remember when Penny Arcade was actually kind of good?
No, I do not.
>>321105309
I don't think he'd even have the balls to do that online.
The man somehow has even less balls than Moviebob for christsakes.
>>321106884
And the whole dickwolves outrage.
Also I can vaguely remember that Gabe's kid is fucking crazy.
I legitimately think they couldn't release this one today.
>>321106619
A cousin bought it a few months back and we played with two of his friends for the first time.
Probably the most fun I've had this year, holy shit that game is genius.
>>321107102
He's a social reject desperate for approval. What do you expect?
>>321107071
>Time Bitch
>I smolder with generic rage
I forgot how much I used to like them. All the words words words are less important than the other beats though.
>>321104758
I just don't understand why the change was made to make it ugly.
For an example we can look at >>321104645
It takes extra time to add discoloration to the face or add unnecessary detail for buck teeth, or add eye bags. And there isn't a joke that suggests that they've been staying up all night and hygiene has been sacrificed; it's just ugly for the sake of being ugly.
The gradient on Gabe's sleeves in the first panel are also incongruous and make it look bad and that took extra effort as well.
I just don't understand. It's not "mature" to create or look at ugly things.
>>321107102
What an absolute tool.
>>321107296
I imagine people got so mad because the follow up strip blew them the fuck out.
>>321104034
How can we be on the wrong side of history if we're at the end of it?
>>321107102
Oh man, what's the story here
>>321103634
>hes almost as bad as Peter Money-loo
>Hating on Peter Molyneux
Why anon? He's fucking amazing, he gets to lie in the face of retards and then collects money from them? What's not to like?
Its not like taking money from retards its a bad thing
>>321107479
>>321107159
this is a good one. It shows Tycho's deliberate words.
>>321106597
Say what you will about Dobson, but his drawing skills really have improved.
Not sure his tastes, his ego, or his humor has.
>>321107479
The 90s was less racist than now and had better female characters.
>>321106597
Someone post the edit of this involving his eyebrows
>>321107609
I assume they mean when historians look back on this time, people who are anti-trans will be seen as the bad guys.Except that's not at all how history works, considering the entire point of history is understanding perspectives.
>>321107628
That's literally all of the story.
>>321105441
>trying to impress his cat
>>321107903
>drawing skills really have improved
Go back to bed Dobby
>>321107296
I thought it was Tycho's kid who had a psychotic breakdown.
>>321106320
Welcome to the wonderful world of Latza
>>321104034
I wonder if this inmense sense of disgust is the same grandparents and parents and felt about the civil rights movement and gay rights movement... And the worst part is that in the future when trans monsters are accepted into society another kind of horrific shit will take its place,I bet it would be furries getting surgical operations to get tails and paws
>>321107903
Well, yeah. Anybody gets better with practice.
But it took him years and years to get to a point that should have taken a much shorter amount of time, and the reason was that he never applied himself.
penny arcade is as good as its ever been
fuck the haters
>>321106951
That comic was my signature on an emulation forum long ago.
In hindsight I wasn't nearly as cool as I thought I was
>>321107319
Why? Because nobody remembers what's-his-name anymore and it wouldn't be funny?
>>321108308
That's his entire point.
He wants to get good when he wants to good. Just because he puts himself out there online DOES NOT equate admitting he's not good.
When you shit on him? You're not helping him. When you give him actual legitimate constructive criticism? You're not helping him.
He will do as he wants to do, your words do nothing to affect that. He only hates on haters while drawing. He can't admit somebody else could possibly be right.
>>321108457
I AM SILLY
he's right though
>>321108407
Because in the last three years, Sanderson has basically become the biggest thing in the fantasy community that isn't fat and 67 years old.
>>321108225
It probably is the same disgust. We're all gonna be the crotchety old coot with backwards opinions who you don't want your kids talking to for too long. But say what you want about black people or trannies or Jews or whatever, they aren't really objectively any better or worse than us, just different. The only thing that determines our opinion on the matter is society, so once "we" are out of power "they" will be considered normal. That's just the progression of society for you.
What would you call the double bladed swords zidane used towards the end of the game?
You're all nostalgian, PA old comics weren't that good, and they still produces decent comics when they aren't masturbating about side projects.
>>321108308
He also never got any actual education.
What I think ought to have improved much more rapidly is his sense of timing.
>>321108731
That's like, you're opinion, man.
>>321108679
I still don't know who it is or what he's written, though.
>>321104369
Funny how this also happened with the Wii.
>>321108595
>he's right though
Anon...
>>321108154
He actually does a little bit of shading now, anon. That's pretty huge for Dobson.
I think he's finally starting to mature a little bit and accept that his art isn't perfect
>>321105441
None of those things are cool though
>>321108908
Bald and piglike.
>>321109052
y-yeah?
Id fuck Dobsons fursona.
i don't know why this is animated
>>321108065
Yes, but that would imply society would continue and history would be recorded if people like that somehow became leaders and the majority.
>>321107296
>Also I can vaguely remember that Gabe's kid is fucking crazy.
It's Jerry (Tycho)'s kid, and it was kinda messed up. I feel bad for him.
>>321107102
kek out loud
>>321109453
Yeah, apparently a mailbox told him to kill himself.
Ironically, also the catalyst for the best writing Bald will most likely ever produce.
>>321108905
Oh shit
Took me longer than it should have
>>321109393
Are you trying to say that if ultra-progressives are given power that the world would fall into Armageddon and society would end forever?
Because as much as I hate whiny liberals, that's the stupidest thing I've heard today.
>>321106951
>I could see myself turning out the same way in his situation, which is where the empathy comes from.
The fact that you feel empathy means you are not like him, dont feel sorry, feel good that you know what your flaws are without blaming anyone else but you for them
>>321108908
I think this is actually around when pig and bald edits stopped
>>321109301
You're not alone.
>>321108065
Understanding doesn't have to imply condoning.
>>321107903
>Dobson likes Undertale
That explains alot.
>>321109386
Had to look at it in gimp and the u in "you" in the middle panel was apparently added afterwards? I'm confused
>>321109889
More
>>321109889
Why.
>>321109889
No anon. His midget male one.
>>321108176
So everything that comes out of this guy's mouth is stupid or weird?
>>321109738
>people had a harder time separating the real me from the cartoon representation of me.
What's the difference?
>>321108457
this is the closest thing to a smart decision dobson has ever made. shame it's from his pre-bear days, whatever iota of common sense that brought him to that conclusion has definitely died out by now.
is this a LOL thread in disguise? can i post some bum tickley without it being irrelevant?
>>321107903
>>321109061
>Say what you will about Dobson, but his drawing skills really have improved.
HAHAHAHA, he is still the same untalented child lesbian lover he always was
>>321104546
This will never not be funny
>>321109643
>I am at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and nobody wants to be here. Even as an internationally recognized temple of healing, every inch of it is terror. Every cubic inch of every room is that is not occupied by terrified children and terrified parents is filled to its capacity with a terror wholly unique to that family which no other person has any power to comprehend. There is art on the walls and rooms which is designed to evoke a jungle of some kind, and I resent it. Every giraffe is my sworn enemy.
>I am here because the hand sanitizer station at my son’s school began talking to him last week. I won’t tell you everything it said; he might want to be president someday.
>When your child - statistically speaking, your son - is unlike other children in some very specific ways, doctors will prescribe them some methamphetamines. And if they can’t keep them down, these methamphetamines, they give them another drug that will keep (in this case) him from vomiting. Except the anti-nausea drugs also made him vomit. And the methamphetamines caused the hand sanitizer and the recycling bin to suggest that he hurt himself in a manner of such terrifying specificity that it still echoes. It wasn’t a good week. I can’t really care about myself anymore, I don’t see the point. To have made a person who suffers like this, and who I cannot help, is a pain beyond words.
>>321104064
>>321108176
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>>321109943
Eh, it's a good game. But you can like the for the wrong reasons.
>>321110392
Granted, I guess.
>>321106093
>>321106093
>is responsible for casual and rampant use of the f word in nerd culture
I blame Jay and Silent Bob strike back for that
>>321110350
No, not that garbage. The stuff with his dad at the end.
>>321110114
>>321109889
I'm so glad to be alive so I could witness this
>>321110392
tfw you just enjoyed a cute witty RPG with some fun warioware boss battles and the entire internet decided they needed to marry every character in the game
>>321110350
woah I didn't ask for these feels
feels bad man. poor kid.
>>321107628
>dobson is too poor to go see star wars
>>321110323
That's a pretty good take on that whole debate. Letting it remain an in-character gag.
>>321110265
Skill isn't binary. You can improve as an artist while still not being great.
>>321110510
>>321110560
The actual post is too long to post in its entirety, but it's a really good read.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2014/08/01/further-intrusions-of-actual-life
>>321110617
Do you read this up or down? I really hate Twitter.
>>321100925
>kind of good
It's literally the Simpsons of webcomics. Started out wierd, then was amazing for the longest time, wheezed it's last breath years ago but still keeps going out of sheer inertia. I feel bad for anyone who wasn't around during the golden age.
>>321109736
Would you want to be led by someone without a strong grip on reality?
>>321102901
But I actually didn't buy D3 precisely because of always on DRM
I am a lukewarm blizz fan but I do try to have principles as a consumer.
>>321110875
because it's replies it goes down
>>321110875
down to up, bro
>>321110617
i was with him until the end. holy fuck is Wu retarded
>>321110875
i go by the timestamp if i can but fuck me it's an absolute shitshow to figure out when the timestamp is a datestamp
>>321110560
Jesus Christ what is it with people and inventing this whole "fanon" about Sans' luminous ghost dick.
>>321109736
>Are you trying to say that if ultra-progressives are given power that the world would fall into Armageddon and society would end forever?
I'm gonna be a smart ass and get called a /pol/tard here but
Europe
Unrestricted Refugee Access
Unintended consequences are a bitch.
That about covers it.
>>321107102
Oh yeah, I totally forgot he's in love with that Wu monster being
TRIGGER WARNING
Do not open the picture if you dislike disgusting things
That's dobson gf, no wonder why he likes Wu so much, it at least looks kind of human
>>321110617
>A big fan of Wu's work
My fucking sides, how can a person be this pathetic
>>321110967
Listen I know it's very cathartic to dismiss everyone who is politically opposed to you as some kind of impotent crackpot, but that's not the way the real world works.
>>321110617
god i need to see both sides of this argument
two grown ass men, one playing pretend as a female, the other playing pretend as a blue bear
arguing about online mediums and star wars spoilers
>>321106456
You can still use tool as an insult, ya tool.
>>321110617
anyone have the strip of him admitting he has like a 15 year old mac or some shit
>>321108595
>>321109052
he's right in a sense
at this point in time, people will criticise whatever he does because it's fun to hate him
the thing that he doesn't understand though, is that he's brought this situation on himself by being so stubborn throughout his career
basically there is no way he can recover any popularity
>>321111279
Jesus
>>321111408
All I can think of when I think of Dobson and computers is
>Imagine being so fat that you look at computers and see food
>>321111279
That's no girlfriend, that looks like a troubled mother
>>321111543
He could consistently produce quality work and stop interacting with his fans outside of polite business sense.
He won't but you know it's an option.
>>321101557
That game had such good music.
>>321111561
Dobson's no Spring chicken himself
>>321111376
no but Tool is good.
>>321111224
History is full of empires collapsing, anon. The ancient Romans could tell you their own story about a placated population that gets replaced after their elites import hordes of outsiders.
It's not a good future, but human civilization will still persist in some form.
>>321111329
Disagreeing on a topic doesn't make someone and impotent crackpot. Being an impotent crackpot makes you an impotent crackpot, and it's a good thing if they remain impotent.
>>321111349
i dont think wu directly responded to dobson, just tweeted indirectly about what he said
>>321104579
Nothing? Remember when they got shit over dickwolves and they essentially said 'they're not real, it's a comic strip'?
>>321110028
Thereunfortunatelyisn't any more.
>>321111349
read bottom to top. i think
>>321103861
There is a lizard in this picture that many people miss. I point it out every time I see it.
Perfection
>>321110036
At what year do you think PA's artstyle peaked? I honestly think it was around '08.
>>321112326
holy shit
(s)he is just so easy to hate
>>321112428
is this an actual strip?
>>321112326
Holy shit this is what she actually believes. I love how she uses opera, a medium almost exclusively in Italian or German, as evidence that you should spoil everything.
>>321106597
>someone is trying to give constructive criticism
>attacks him for trying to help
oh Dobson
>>321107102
If that second post came from pretty much anyone else, it would sound like a joke at Wu's expense.
>>321112641
Yup
>>321112428
Am I not supposed to be attracted to my own penis?
>>321112428
That better not be a real published strip because his penis is NOT good he just gets to pretend it is because he married a gold digger who thought she was getting into something good and tried to trap him with a kid.
>>321112641
yup.
>>321112518
I'd agree, but the decline in quality hasn't been so dramatic as to be a real turn off. I can appreciate how Gabe is always trying to change up his style.
>>321106619
Good memories from the couple of sessions I played with friends years back.
>>321112428
I like how you can tell that some of these lines are stuff they've laughed about, written down, and still laughed about a couple days later, deciding they deserve to feature in a strip.
>>321106332
i know this is an hour old but
>liking tool
>>321112352
AAAHHHHHH
>>321112817
No, he got married before he got big. Bald got the gold digger.
>>321112817
The joke has nothing to do with the actual quality of his dick, man.
>>321112817
do you have pics of his dick or did you just see it in person?
>>321112865
lol videogames amiright gents who's with me on this one
>>321105369
I ked'd fairly hard
>>321112928
I found a Penny Arcade book in a used bookstore for cheap, and in it they talk a lot about their strip design process. It was pretty cool, and they basically do just that: make comics based on stupid conversations or stuff they have about games and things.
>>321106884
shadow hearts is so fucking great
in one of them you have a dog that can become the greatest dog fighter in the world
>>321100925
Why this thread suddenly turned into a /pol/ shitfest?, COME ON!!!
I hate neurologists.
>>321112959
>tfw you like the musicians but the lyrics are 2edge4me
>>321113145
To me it seems he has it in his mouth thise very instant
>>321106884
Does this game real? It sounds good.
>>321113282
>expecting video game comics in a lol thread
Do you even know that it's CURRENT YEAR?
>>321113263
>>321113231
Might be why so many webcomics suck. They're written by people who don't have any friends, and don't dare show their ideas to anyone other than the internet.
>>321107653
he punished a poor lad for 'winning' curiosity
>>321107381
would play
>>321105309
>[send request]
>>321108457
What is finding middle ground.
>>321112981
It's OK anon, it's going to be OK. I've dealt with scores of people like yourself before.
Just embrace it, just accept you don't know memes and image macros that well.
>>321113282
Not our fault some people can't handle a story
>>321108679
>genre fiction
>>321105567
Tom realized people on the internet are rude.
He seems to not yet have realized that everyone else already knows this, so it continues being a key message of his.
>>321113263
It is. I never got the Black Panties for clearing the game with all monsters killed.
>>321113532
I think the most dangerous thing you can have a webcomic writer/artist is too big of an ego. It's why people like Dobson and all those strawman SJW comics are made fun of.
>>321102901
That's not irony, he's portraying the guy as being a giant faggot. He's not complaining about it himself, he just has someone in his own comic complaining about it and then points out how they're a fucking moron.
>>321113771
/lit/ plz
>>321110736
Holy fuck.
That bald motherfucker had a hard life.
>>321113458
It's a PS2 JRPG.
You should play it if you like both of those things (which you should)
>>321113501
goddamnit i wish i had a cd drive so i could burn these and play them again
never played koudelika or whatever the prequel on psx is called
>>321108631
what game's this? is that bubsy?
>>321113462
>the clitoris horn on the snout
Never fails to get a smirk out of me.
>>321113946
>>321113734
>sexylosers
like being punched in the dick by nostalgia, i wish it was still going
pretty sure hard coined the term fap
>>321112326
>Rey's story arc is a metaphor for their long neglected female fanbase
No, Rey is there because you expect the protagonist to be Finn, and they tried to throw you a curveball by making Rey the Jedi/main character and not him.
>Kylo Ren is a metaphor for the angry geek
The fuck? If anything, Kylo Ren is more like Wu than most Star Wars nerd. Power hungry and privileged and throwing tantrums all the time.
The difference is Ren is an interesting character while Rey is a plot device.I don't care that I'm spoiling this because I hate all of you. Especially you.
>>321104369
to be fair he doesn't really need clothes if he's going to be playing the game with hookers
>>321105441
God this faggot is making me cringe hard
>>321113734
holy shit SL
>>321104791
all it needs is kramer
>>321103242
>even if the Mars corporation were to somehow blend midichlorians into the liquid chocolate, candy isn't alive
Mike sometimes takes his SW love to autistic levels, but he's not wrong.
>>321114273
Most people just like to look at dobson comics because they are retarded, if they actually make you cringe you might be agoober
>>321114047
Space Funeral 4
And yes, it's Bubsy,sort of
>>321104645
Where's the joke? When did Gabe become a beaver?
>>321110528
>facsimile
How glib
>>321113836
Maybe it's egos combined with a complete absense of self irony.
The latter is certainly never good for humor.
>>321114501
Since halfway through 2015 I'd say. He's just trying to deflect from his pig like appearance.
You know, even if their content might not be all what it used to be, we can at least appreciate they're pretty amazing guys, right?
I mean, fuck between the three of them, they're probably the most lastingly successful internet culture thing to have happened.
>>321106597
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jbt9w0bJvA
Wait this nigga steals jokes from Ed Edd n Eddy?
How fucking low.
>>321113972
>PS2
no thanks grandpa. My first console will be ps6.
>>321114468
How can anyone be this incompetent
>>321114664
That's ultimately why I come to /v/ and 4chan in general. The lack of self awareness elsewhere is what makes those communities shit.
>>321114835
Yeah, that's why still follow their work. Jerry and Mike were teenage shits with no friends at one point, and now they're cultural icons. Niche cultural icons, but icons all the same.
>>321114919
4chan has no self--awareness, at least as I understand it. Every fucker just stands on top of his own personal pedestal and chucks his personal bucket of opinions into the void, confident that his are the ones that matter.
No. Penny Arcade was never good, it was always awful.
People give it a pass because it was one of the first webcomics about video games.
>>321115113
It's a shame that now they've done it no-one else can, because shit, that looks like the high life.
>>321115176
There's some that aren't totally self absorbed, which is more than you can say for most other places.
>>321114587
Is "glib facsimile" a meme now?
>>321104645
>tycho's eyes become ginormous in the last panel
I wouldn't waste the poop it would take to shit on this.
>>321115152
The difference is they're doing it ironically :^)
Joking aside, I wouldn't say it's true for everyone here, but on average users of this site are more self aware than users of others.
>>321115307
On /tv/ it is. Hopefully it will stay there, but it probably won't with all the crossposters.
>>321115243
See >>321110736
They still have their struggles. But yeah, for a couple of nerds, they've handled shit like the Jack Thompson and Dickwolves debacle well.
