Welcome to New Arcadia.
Please don’t feed the robots.
Set in an alternative universe resembling 1920s America, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is nothing if not an authentic-feeling Penny Arcade game complete with pulp horror and adult language.

Once you create your own customized character, you’ll find yourself a citizen of New Arcadia... just raking leaves in your front yard and minding your own business. The next thing you know, a giant "fruit-loving" robot steps on your house, crushing it. Now homeless, you join the crime-solving team of Gabe and Tycho from the Startling Developments Detective Agency to get revenge on the robot and find a new place to call home. Fight off packs of feral hobos, animated trash and other bizarre enemies with your last possession (a trusty rake), meet strange new characters and solve mysterious puzzles to get to the heart of the sinister secrets of New Arcadia.

See the story begin in the opening level of the RPG-Adventure game series based on the popular web comic.

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One will be available for worldwide download on May 21.

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Penny Arcade Adventures Game Details

On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is an episodic RPG-adventure game series set in a deranged comic-book meets-pulp-horror 1920s universe. Armed with unconventional weaponry and witty repartee, you join forces with the Gabe and Tycho, the crime-solving team of the Startling Developments Detective Agency to make war on bizarre enemies and solve the mysteries hidden deep in the sinister heart of New Arcadia.
From the hilarious and twisted minds of Penny Arcade creators Mike "Gabe" Krahulik and Jerry "Tycho" Holkins, legendary game designer Ron Gilbert and veteran producers at Hothead Games comes a 100% authentic and hilarious Penny Arcade experience.

33 Comments

  • petzero

    Posted Jun 3, 2009 6:06 am PT

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  • petzero

    Posted Jun 3, 2009 6:06 am PT

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  • gparker123

    Posted Jun 9, 2008 12:54 pm PT

    it looks cool imdown loading it now ill tell u guys win i finsh the demo

  • tFighterPilot

    Posted May 26, 2008 10:32 am PT

    Or, if you live in the proximity of the middle east, download it from here http://www.gamer.co.il/gamer2/php/doc.php?id=113608

  • graavigala

    Posted May 25, 2008 9:44 am PT

    dont waste your time downloading the demo from here. go to the games homepage and and download it there. PC and Mac versions are both there

  • trusake3

    Posted May 24, 2008 11:46 pm PT

    true, why pay for gamespot fast download when you can get the same thing for free at the owners website? gamespot must really reel in some suckers

  • swimmi_34

    Posted May 23, 2008 5:48 pm PT

    Looks sweet, might try it out.

  • phase4illini

    Posted May 23, 2008 9:02 am PT

    Or you could go to the playgreenhouse website and download it for free in about 5 minutes, vice the two fricken hours it takes with the free link here.

  • SpaceMarine1

    Posted May 22, 2008 7:00 pm PT

    im dling it the old way, cant wait to see some old school arcade action =o

  • SpaceMarine1

    Posted May 22, 2008 6:54 pm PT

    it wont let me dl this...it keeps giving me an error

  • snowyjoe

    Posted May 22, 2008 6:32 pm PT

    Awwww Arcadia isn't The Longest Journey "Arcadia" ;

  • _em_

    Posted May 22, 2008 12:01 pm PT

    Nice! Can't wait to play (if my computer can run it, that is *crosses fingers*)!

  • iconic-i

    Posted May 22, 2008 11:38 am PT

    sweeet

  • The_Weekend

    Posted May 22, 2008 7:30 am PT

    gotta play it!!!! DEEPCROW DEEPCROW!!!!

  • BontraXenderKyl

    Posted May 22, 2008 6:55 am PT

    I can't wait for this
    I think I'll add it to my collection

  • hahamanin

    Posted May 22, 2008 3:12 am PT

    awesome game

  • coryhero

    Posted May 22, 2008 1:09 am PT

    Wow, that was one of the best demos i have ever played, i think i might actually buy it (i haven't bought a new game in who knows how long.)

  • Bloody_Killer02

    Posted May 22, 2008 12:32 am PT

    wow,nice game and very cool ...

    i think i will pay the whole game...

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GameSpot Demo :: Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Penny Arcade Adventures
Publisher: Hothead Games
Developer: Hothead Games
Release Date: May 21, 2008
Also On: PS3 | X360 | MAC | UNIX
We Say
7.5
You Say
8.4
(420 votes)
They Say
7.9
(18 reviews)
Rank: 4,722 of 59,060   up 97
Rank on all: 1,685 of 11,438
Player Reviews: 19
Wish Lists: 306
Collections: 318
Now Playing: 69
Tracking: 572
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    PC Rank:
    1,685 of 11,438
    Highest Rank:
    13 in 2008
    Tracking:
    572 Track It»
    Wishlists:
    306 Wish It»
  • Player Reviews:
    19
    Users Now Playing:
    69
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