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.

[hambonewilkins]

Pretty much. I think you'll get modded down for it, but I agree. Penny Arcade is of the branch of humor that thinks adding swearing to anything will likely make it funnier. In reality, it only shows how lame your joke really is. That, and the jokes play to a very small audience on incredibly topical humor.

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.

[Zangief]

Mmm, while most of PA humor is gamecentric, I can still show examples of not swearing [penny-arcade.com] not gaming [penny-arcade.com] and totally random things [penny-arcade.com]

It's not their main branch, but they can do other things too

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 ha

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.

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Re:Meh.

[Kris_J]

I was going to list a batch of recent comics that didn't fit into your description, but I haven't found one yet...

Re:Meh.

[RedWizzard]

If you had started with todays comic you would have found one straight away.

Re:Meh.

[Kris_J]

Read it again.

Re:Meh.

[RedWizzard]

What exactly do you think they are saying sucks?

Re:Meh.

[Kris_J]

The Tycho You Didn't Know: Singles (Is it a Sims expansion?)
The Double-You Bee: Recent WB releases and/or the review system.

Re:Meh.

[RedWizzard]

The Tycho You Didn't Know: Singles (Is it a Sims expansion?)

Oh, come on. Here's a hint: the joke is not in the first panel. Singles is used to introduce the subject of the joke. Gabe is showing frustration, but it's a bit of a leap to go from that to "the joke is that Singles sucks". There is a difference between frustration and condemnation.

The Double-You Bee: Recent WB releases and/or the review system.

And/or? You can't even decide what the comic is deriding. Let me spell it out for you: the comi

Re:Meh.

[Kris_J]

I wonder if you actually understand the humor that you claim is simply "that sucks" jokes.

That wasn't me. However, you'll have to agree that they're not clear examples against the original poster's assertion.

Re:Meh.

[RedWizzard]

That wasn't me.

You did say "I was going to list a batch of recent comics that didn't fit into your description, but I haven't found one yet...". It is pretty clear you accept his point.

However, you'll have to agree that they're not clear examples against the original poster's assertion.

I think they are. Neither of them clearly voice the opinion that anything sucks, and certainly neither of them use that as the main joke. There are also plenty of other examples - the Cardboard Samurai and Fruit Fu

Re:Meh.

[Kris_J]

I was working backwards from the current one. I posted to /. as I reached the drunk bitch sketch. I know a few earlier than that was a very funny one titled "How to win friends and influence Bats" (or similar, that's from memory), which doesn't include anything sucking. I was, however, suprised at how may of the comics do have a high degree of "X sucks", whether it's the underlying theme or the punchline.

It's still my favourite comic on the planet though.

I'm sharing the demo via ares

[linzeal]

Ares [aresgalaxy.org]

1.5 mb/s upload dsl pipe. Name: ( ProducePanicDM-1.0.1.exe )

Re:I'm sharing the demo via ares

[Anonymous Coward]

No need to go with a more obscure p2p solution. eMule is much more widespread, and there's already a torrent available [filerush.com].

Cool!

[xCepheus]

So when is the Carboard Tube Samurai game coming out? mwhahaha

Re:Cool!

[lytlebill]

Well, the Cardboard Tube Samurai mod for Jedi Academy is in the works. http://www.obeythetube.com is the website. Looks good so far, we'll have to wait and see for the rest.

Not quite the Samurai...

[wheresdrew]

...but the tube makes an appearance in Legacy of Kain: Defiance for PS2. From psx2codes.com:

At any time while playing as Kain, pause the game and enter: UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, R2, L2, TRIANGLE, DOWN, and CIRCLE.

You will exit the pause menu and Kain will utter "Beware the tube!" For the rest of the game, Kain will fight with a cardboard tube instead of the Reaver blade. This code will only work for Kain, not Raziel.

Re:Not quite the Samurai...

[Cais]

I seem to remember it making an appearance in one of the Hitman games for PC.

Re:Not quite the Samurai...

[Jim Hall]

I seem to remember it making an appearance in one of the Hitman games for PC.

I don't play 'Hitman' but I saw the ad on TV ... I thought I saw the guy carrying a cardboard tube, but my wife said I was just seeing things.

It pre-dates it, but the stick that Ico carries through much of the came looks a bit like a cardboard tube. Last time I played 'Ico' I imagined it was just a cardboard tube. :-)

Next door neighbor

[BrookHarty]

Slightly off topic.

Gabe is my next door neighbor. Kinda funny, I get home, my wife says we have new neighbors and hes a cartoonist. She says, this is the name of his cartoon and hands me a piece of paper. I looked at the piece of paper and about fainted when it said "Penny Arcade". (Wife doesn't read comics, go figure..)

So I grabbed a wrapping paper tube and knocked on the door, he signed it (google Cardboard Tube Samurai) and started talking to him. I mentioned I read his cartoon's daily with a script called "DailyScripts". Lets just say he wasn't happy that I use a script that downloads his comic and he didn't get the click through revenue.

Or it could be he's a Console gamer and I'm a PC gamer. lol

Re:Next door neighbor

[Bazzargh]

Gabe's your neighbour? Just be glad it's not Tycho the Psycho [penny-arcade.com].

Re:Next door neighbor

[eudas]

i'd just figure that where there's one, the other's not too far away.

eudas

Re:Next door neighbor

[Suppafly]

Your name isn't Charles is it?

Mirror

[Kizzle]

Mirror over on hackermedia.net [hackermedia.net]
http://hackermedia.net/downloads/ProducePanicDM-1. 0.1.exe [hackermedia.net]

Tetris: The Movie

[SamSim]

Interesting that this game should come out around now, because Tetris: The Movie [penny-arcade.com] (starring Al Pacino as "L") was always supposed to come out in Summer 2004.

Shame I wasn't on Slashdot yesterday, when I could have legitimately said "The Day After Tomorrow comes out the day after tomorrow". Oh well... never get to use that line again...

Re:Tetris: The Movie

[SuperMo0]

Shame I wasn't on Slashdot yesterday, when I could have legitimately said "The Day After Tomorrow comes out the day after tomorrow". Oh well... never get to use that line again...

What about when it comes out on DVD?