Produce Panic Takes Penny Arcade Characters Gaming

Thanks to EvilAvatar for pointing to the official Produce Panic webpage, which now has a free PC download (23mb, 5 maps) of "the first Penny Arcade [themed] game for the PC", based on the Garage Games Torque engine, in which the player can "run (or fly) around as your favorite juicer in an all out death match, or play cooperatively with friends and compete against other teams of Fruit F@*kers to capture their receipt so they can be taken back to the store." The guys at Penny Arcade seem to approve, noting "There is even a movie theater in hell which, in addition to Tomb Raider and the Tetris Movie, also shows the latest strip up on the screen", and mentioning: "It is free, as I mentioned, but the guys at Plan B Games are accepting donations for their work - if you enjoyed it, please let them know."

Re:Meh.

[karnal]

I don't think it'll get modded down, however you're speaking of what people anywhere think of anything: Some people love it, other people hate it.

Everyone else who doesn't have an opinion just don't care :)

Re:Meh.

[Anonymous Coward]

But swearing does make it funnier. They're charged words. It's the reason the best stand up comics are on late-night HBO and not prime-time Comedy Central (with some exceptions, of course; and Jon Stewart is frequently bleeped).

I used to think Bob Saget was the world's stupidest comic from watching him on Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos, until I saw him in Half Baked, and then saw his stand-up act. The man's actually funny if he can swear and be perverted.

So lighten up and realize that we have reserved words in English because they spice things up. Otherwise all we have left is bland Full House-esque humor.

Re:Meh.

[Cecil]

Penny Arcade is of the branch of humor that thinks adding swearing to anything will likely make it funnier.

No, not at all. Penny Arcade thinks adding swearing to a serious and relevant discussion will make it funnier. And it does. It works very well in fact. See: George Carlin Standup Comedy.

The jokes DO play to a very small audience. But I am a gamer, much like them, and I do find the jokes funny and the comments relevant. If you think it's lame, fine. But the intended audience doesn't. And thankfully, the small audience is who they care about, rather than trying to water things down and "diversify" their audience like the rest of the corporate world.