By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
Now that it seems like Gorobriel’s stuff is staying in, and he can laugh without terror, he’s back to his old haunts. He loves Symmetra’s playstyle, and he loves her comic, which I love also. The moral dimension of Overwatch is deliciously robust, even before you broach the subject of erotic Tumblr comminglings. Symmetra is not his attack choice. Although, I just had a conversation with somebody yesterday about the effectiveness of Attack Symmetra after the rebuild, so who knows. He has an Attack roster and a Defend roster, and he won’t mix…

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New Comic: The Spotlight

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
Octavio Abea, who does the Welcome to PAX series, just delivered unto us this morsel: It’s next week! And you can go! (CW)TB

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
I was trying to figure out why Gabriel would be playing Diablo III; I kept seeing his PSN account logged into it. If you’re down with the D or whatever it’s fine. Lots of people play Diorblo, specifically, lots of people not named Mike. Overwatch or Titanfall 2, certainly. I asked him about it, and he said that while his guts are still fucked up, playing “exciting” games hurts too much, and that playing Diablo - a game where you beat back unrelenting waves of hell monsters - is relaxing by comparison. Relaxing for the heroes, at…

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From Penny Arcade:
New Comic: Satyrical

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
So, did sitting up for the amount of time it took to draw the strip feel good, or bad? Some combination? Good enough for the Gabriel doesn’t like Let It Die, and I understand why that would be. You have to read a ton of words, which has historically been my domain. It has what I would describe as fully two introductions, and only after the second one are you playing “Let It Die.” There are aesthetics that don’t parse as “art” for him, and the realities of the algorithmic, “roguelike” environments mean that he sees…

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From Penny Arcade:
New Comic: Best Practices

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
Did you find yourself fascinated by the Switch presentation last night? It’s going to be at PAX South! There are still some tickets available for Saturday and Sunday. You know what else is at PAX South? The Southern Debut of Acquisitions Incorporated - featuring the return of the elven archer Morgaen. We have relied on her in the past, and she answered the call. But do you know what else we have at this show? Tons and tons of rad music. You know and love The Bit Brigade, and with good reason: it’s a crisp wedge of performance art that could…

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
I’ll be calling Mike Krahulik here in a sec to write new strips; my suspicion is that he will like having something else to do besides writhe on the couch. Or, at least something to do while he writhes, just to leaven the anguish. But here’s the truth: with Kris Straub at my side, I’ve been unleashed. Do you know how long I’ve been waiting to put the word verisimilitude in a Penny Arcade Strip? However long it’s been since November 18th, 1998. Actually, please don’t look for it, I probably managed to sneak that payload in at some…

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From Penny Arcade:
New Comic: Bulge-Play

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
I can sense it - the Qs burn within you. Let them be RELEASED! (CW)TB

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
As you might have read, our own Gabriel - whose handle I will not corrupt this time, out of deference for his ruined state - got all fucked up over the weekend. He called me Monday on my way home from work; he sounded like shit, and it was very difficult to hear. I mean, he was perfectly audible, I just didn’t like it. As soon as I found out he was ensconced firmly within the Bone Zone I called my friend and colleague Kris Straub, who had backed me up before when Gabriel’s frail humanoform gave way a couple years ago. I brought him “back in,” as…

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From Penny Arcade:
New Comic: Render

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By Gabe@penny-arcade.com (Gabe) from Penny Arcade:
I ended up in the hospital on Sunday getting an emergency surgery to repair a nasty hernia. I went in the morning because I was in pain but did not expect to need an operation. It was a scary night but the folks at Evergreen hospital over in Kirkland were fantastic. Everything went well and they ended up sending me home the next day. I’m in bed now recovering and I’d like to thank Kris Straub for working with Tycho to make a couple strips for you guys this week and give me a little break. Just in the last three weeks I have had the flu, horrible food poisoning and now this. I am pretty…

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
It turns out that very, very soon after Christmas all the stuff that was impossible to get just before that material and psychological wall is fucking omnipresent. I always do feel a certain resentment toward that which is engineered to be loved; even as a love it, I feel the teeth of the trap on my calf. The resentment is never more than the love, though. It’s a human flaw I would never remove. I have a ton of business stuff to get through! Please endure it. Hey! For the Acquisitions Incorporated enthusiast in your life, which could actually be you,…

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From Penny Arcade:
New Comic: Cozmi Fan Tutte

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
Once I’ve seen a piece of clickbait a hundred or so times I’m gonna click on it. I just am. I want to know why they won’t hire Alyson Hannigan anymore (“because she’s really a witch in real life”). I legit want to know what is so great about this Goddamn hoodie (“it’s a function Fremen stillsuit”). Honestly, anything a person writes on the Internet is probably written so that another person will read it; it’s not weird to be desirous of the Click. The information environment out there shapes all the…

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By Gabe@penny-arcade.com (Gabe) from Penny Arcade:
I know that technically the “holiday season” has come to an end and we exist in a post holiday world now, but I think we could all still use some holiday cheer. That’s why I’d like to direct your attention to the Acquisitions Inc. holiday special that is available today on Amazon! This is a brand new adventure run by the incredible Chris Perkins and featuring AI players Jerry Holkins, Scott Kurtz, Patrick Rothfuss and myself. If you’re a Prime member the show is free and if you’re not, it will only run you $4.99. That’s more than three hours of D&D shenanigans for only five…

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From Penny Arcade:
New Comic: The Ravages of Time

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By Tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) from Penny Arcade:
Gabriel took ill, and had a vision; I have entered it into the archives for posterity, in case future generations may gain wisdom thereby. I wanted to tell you something about him, actually. He was just doing something weird. It’s not weird for him to do something weird, but this was a particular thing. He was throwing away handfuls of art. He was taking handfuls of art and scrunching them together. “Why are you throwing away all that art?” I said. “What art?” he said. He rustled a handful of paper at the mouth of the garbage…

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