dude, penny arcade rocks, its not only a comic website, its got a whole lot of other crap too.

"Sometimes profanity sets the scene and furthers the punchline"

Sometimes profanity is used as a cheap way to garner laughs when you can't be creative. A comedian who can make everyone laugh and have a PG rating is a very creative one. But you're right, all comedians have had a TV14 rating, at the very least.

It'll be interesting to see how they build a game around a web comic.

satjome:
Lonely up there on your pedestal?
I mean, I for one find PA a hell of a lot funnier than VGcats (although, I do find VG very funny.)
Sometimes profanity sets the scene and furthers the punchline... I mean, how many comedians would be successful with a PG rating?

lol! vg cats is funnier, (tho, u don't have to be 18 to get into PAX like you do for E3.....) but both comics rely on profanity too much instead of humor. unlike vg cats, PA relies on profanity to be funny...sad.

Penny Arcade = overrated comic.

They think it is cool because "f_ck" is their favorite word.

Well, if nobody will go after them for the jokes that the game will certainly include, then we are all in for a good experience ... quite possible to be the game of the century if they can make fun of all the games ever made and use humor to get away with it!

This sounds weird. Hopefully "Tycho" and "Gabe" will be pretty deeply involved. After listening to them complain about games for years, I can't imagine they'd let a piece of trash get produced.

But... what will you do in a PA video game?

I agree. A penny arcade game just doesn't make much sense. Somehow I am having visions of a 3d version of Beavis & Butthead for Genesis/SNES but with different characters. Granted, the Beavis & Butthead game was great (couch fishing anyone?) so it could be something refreshingly different at the same time.

Something like Willy Beamish would be cool to.

P:A game?! .....this could be bad......granted, it COULD be good, but I can't honestly imagine how....I just can't wait for the comics about the crappiness of the game. that at least should be rather entertaining.

"troakun
Screw Penny Arcade, give me a VG Cats game. "

I'd be happy with just a VG Cats _update_.

interesting

VG cats game would be awesome

I really hope Jack Thompson is a boss.....I really do.

What's with the Bacon?

Ain't this a bit too fast too soon? i wouldn't mind seeing a game of this, but I hope they thought this completely out.

so it's only a matter of time before we read a comic of those two rippin on how bad their game was...

Rather gutsy, i must say. They would need a game that really lives up to their own criticism. If that is not an impossible job, i do not know what is...

What genre will the game will be in anyway? A "comic adventure game" dosent really explain much. Many penny arcade fans have rather diverse tastes, from hardcore rpg'ers to hardcore fps'ers. I doubt if any game they make would be able to live up to the expectations of all of their fans.

I personally would not mind a game with a touch of their sarcastic humour and featuring their more memorable characters, but i truly wonder just how they are going to pull this one off.

Look people, Gabe and Tycho will pull through on the game. They wouldn't want to dissapoint the millions of fans, hell I don't blame them. They have done more for the gaming industry than any other webcomic out there, and viciously defend it from people such as Jack Thompson. This game will rock. Best of luck to the PA crew!

Though the quality of the comic has deminished in the past couple years, it should prove to be WAAAAAAY better than Ctrl+Alt+Del's "Premium Content." (Man, what a joke that is.)

As much as I love PA, i really don't think a game of a bunch of references to the comic could be great. Still, if CTS is in it, I'm buying : )

FRUIT FU**ER VS. JACK THOMSON!!!!

WOOT!!!

very interesting

i agree vg cats is way better. penny arcade isn't too bad though.

Just let me control the Cardboard Tube Samuari with a certain fruit juicer sidekick and fight against a horde of Jack Thomson's and I am in!

this is a surprise

OMFG this is seriously one o fthe coolest things ever! Way to go guys, way to go!

LOL. A weird idea, but I'll bite. Penny Arcade is one of the best web comics. Gabe and Tycho just "get it" when it comes to games.

Screw Penny Arcade, give me a VG Cats game.

Penny Arcade is a great webcomic. I love the fact that Gabe and Tycho don't really put up with nonsense from anyone, basically saying "This is our opinion, if you don't like it, you don't have to read it." I don't think PA's getting too big; considering that it's Mike and Jerry's business, they have a right to try to expand. As for a PA-themed game, well, it could go either way. Here's to hoping.


-Vroom

Penny Arcade? As a children's game? You, sir, have obviously not read much into PA.

I really don't find them funny at all, I think this is a bad idea that'll just end up as a kiddie game.

Cross-platform? Very very smart.

The article doesn't mention the few "fan-built" games and mods that have come before. Typically they have had promotion, if not outright endorsement, on the site's front page. I have been looking forward to a finished Cardboard Tube Samurai mod for years now, but all the love in the world can't magickally conjure volunteer hours.

I never even heard of Penny Arcade.

Dr_Corndog
A video game based on a web comic? So, how about a Homestar Runner video game?


They do! The thing is it's being developed for that Atari 2600 (good thing I have one =D)

They are leet they understand the uberness of teh linux!! But as leet ninjas they should realize not to put it on Apple! ACHTUNG! Real geeks use Windows and Linux (don't get mad at me my opnion is worth just as much as yours....nothing =/ )

Won't this cause an endless loop of gaming and gaming critique that could signal the end of the gaming world as we know it, leaving nothing but mindless fanboy zombies to roam the earth? Heck of a way to go! I'll enjoy the ride! And to the poster below... a sidescroller would be icing on the cake! Something like Viewtiful Joe... maybe that's too easy. Although I would accept a 3D game in the vein of Serious Sam.

They're taking a big risk, this could turn out good or bad. All we can do is wait....

This better be a Joke.... I really dont think that penny arcade Deserves a game... Heck i dont think any webcomic deserves one and even if some did the wouldnt be Penny arcade

P.S Ctrl-Alt-Del Much Better then penny arcade

Pretty risky considering how extremely critical they are of games that are actually considered good. This has a 99% chance of sucking horribly. If they try to make this a "real" game instead of some intentionally half assed freeware game thats hard to compare to bigger games then I think irony is going to them harder than a 100lb sack of crap.

A video game based on a web comic? So, how about a Homestar Runner video game?

"this game could dethrone MGS 4 AND HALO 3"

imo, halo 3 won't ever get to the throne, and neither have halo 1 or 2.... MGS4 might get there, and the penny arcade game might dethrone that (odn't know anything about penny arcade), but nothing could ever dethrone FFXIII!!! except maybe FF Versus XIII and/or FFXIV

great...

cool a penny arcade game

waht the hell is penny arcade
ill check it out

Finally, a game that seems like it would be a natural fit for episodic content, not like that crap being slapped together that goes by the name of Alone in the Dark. I'll still pass on this one though.

PAX, hothead games, Penny arcade

this game could dethrone MGS 4 AND HALO 3

I thought online videos or a TV show would be the next step for PA, but this could potentially work out.

Crap. To me this is sounding like Futurama or simpsons. Why do I hear "side scrolling" in the back of my mind.

Penny arcade has definatly grown too big, their comics are funny at times but they get into storylines and try to develop characters and that's not what drew the fans in, in the first place.

Given the popularity of those characters the game could be a success, but there's always the chance of the developers ruining the game because they "couldn't capture the essence of the characters".