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Penny Arcade Speaks at MIT

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the little-dose-of-humor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade recently gave a talk at MIT. One attendee recorded the event and has made available a transcript of the talk, in which the guys talk about the comic and various related topics. The Penny Arcade crew always puts on a good show with their own brand of witty humor and disarming personalities and this is certainly no exception. If you have never seen them talk in person it may lose a little in the translation from speech to text, but still a funny read in any case."

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  1. In the absence of a hyperlink... by FalconZero · · Score: 5, Informative

    www.penny-arcade.com
    C'mon guys, its easy <a href="...">...</a>

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    1. Re:In the absence of a hyperlink... by digitaldc · · Score: 3, Funny

      C'mon guys, its easy ...

      It's really strange, but when I click on that link I always get an Ellipsis.

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  2. PA -spoke- at MIT... by itscolduphere · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...back in September. So in other words, just about forever ago.

    1. Re:PA -spoke- at MIT... by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...back in September. So in other words, just about forever ago.

      This is all part of Taco's new system, whereby dupes are avoided by delaying the breaking of stories by several months. That way, ScuttleMonkey's short term memory loss won't be an issue!

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    2. Re:PA -spoke- at MIT... by tolan-b · · Score: 3, Informative

      The talk was a long while ago, but the guy that did the transcript only just put it up. It was mentioned on PA late last week, so /. isn't that late.

    3. Re:PA -spoke- at MIT... by Tsaot · · Score: 2, Informative

      PA did speak back in september, but the transcript was just recently released. One of the students there at MIT recorded the event and spent hours of his time transcribing it on his own, in his own free time.

  3. Coming soon ... by SpooForBrains · · Score: 2, Funny

    Weebl and Peabo lecture at Cambridge University ...

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  4. Re:Penny for your thoughts? by arb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry, haven't gotten First Post in ages

    You'll be pleased to know that you haven't broken your streak yet. ;-)

  5. Book launch more the point by doctela · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think that the recent launch of the Penny Arcade book, Penny Arcade Volume 1: Attack of the Bacon Robots! is more the point of the article than the transcript of last September's MIT visit.

  6. I've wanted to do this for a loooong time... by XaXXon · · Score: 5, Funny

    COCKTHIRSTY!!!

    1. Re:I've wanted to do this for a loooong time... by m50d · · Score: 4, Funny

      Am I alone in being rather unwilling to click that link?

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  7. Related comic strip by roxtar · · Score: 2, Informative

    Associated comic. Happened a long time ago.

  8. Re:The funniest thing about penny-arcade EVER is.. by gihan_ripper · · Score: 4, Informative

    Links to pictures:

    "Tycho" (a.k.a. Jerry Holkins)

    "Gabe" (a.k.a. Mike Krahulik)

    Couldn't find pictures of better halves though.

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  9. Tycho really DOES talk like that... by Johnny+Sailor · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wow, so Tycho really speaks like that in real life. I figured he sat there writing his post with a thesaurus website opened up in the background!

  10. Re:The funniest thing about penny-arcade EVER is.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Brenna : http://www.penny-arcade.com/docs/tycam.jpg http://www.penny-arcade.com/wombean.jpg She's cute... most of us geeks should be so lucky.

  11. Re:The funniest thing about penny-arcade EVER is.. by Babbster · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's one thing to take potshots at satirists who have demonstrated they're always up for a fight and often do assholish (but IMO funny) bits in their comics. It's quite another to take shots at their wives. The fact that the above people who did so posted anonymously shows cowardice, though maybe it shows shame as well which would at least indicate the presence of some kind of conscience. In any case, it's completely uncool.

  12. Am I ... by sabit666 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    .. the only one, who doesn't find Penny Arcade funny?

    1. Re:Am I ... by slungsolow · · Score: 4, Funny

      no

    2. Re:Am I ... by Warped1 · · Score: 2

      Everyone has different tastes. That's expected. However, being "stuck up" refers to looking down upon others for not liking the same qualities as yourself - generally when that person thinks their own opinions are the pinacle of achievement.

  13. Re:Don't look!!! by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny
    It will forever ruin you penny-arcade experiance.

    I thought that came pre-ruined.