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Penny-Arcade Videogame Announced
MaryAlan writes "Penny-Arcade has announced that they're going to be making a game, partnering with Hothead games to create titles featuring the characters of the comic. The games will be released in episodes several times a year, digitally downloaded, and will play on Windows, OS X, and Linux, with an eye on consoles somewhere down the road. The first game is to be called Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. There's also talk of the possibility they'll be released on Steam." From the Kotaku article: "'We're really excited to be working with Hothead Games on our first electronic adventure,' said writer Jerry 'Tycho' Holkins. 'From the moment we laid eyes on them, it was clear they had the technical and creative chops to execute our grim vision. Now that we have pooled our strengths, our dark work may truly begin.'" Yay! Dark works!
I want a level where you have to punch a baby.
Grumble, Grumble
> I wont hold my breath. I'm still waiting for the next installment of their regularly scheduled podcast......
You conveniently fail to recognize that their comics have been consistently on time, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, for over 7 years.
...as a video game. Considering the comic is famous (or infamous, if you're Jack Thompson) for its focus on video games, how well would that work when made into a video game itself? It'll be interesting to see what sort of game it is.
There's also the issue of living up to expectations. Penny Arcade has a huge following, so if their video game is a flop, it's not going to look good and they'll catch some flak as a result. In addition, I expect this game to be very hyped simply because PA is so widely read, and that could contribute to any unreasonable expectations being formed about how good this game will be.
In short, there are pitfalls here that they will have to overcome. The question is whether or not they'll succeed.
-Parallax
First it was in the form of a seemingly harmless online comic...
Then i found out they invaded the marketplace of my 360...
Then they came to invade my gaming table in the form of a Penny-Arcade card game...
Now they'll take over my mouse and keyboard!!!
Oh the humanity! is there no end? Will somebody please think of the children?
I don't think they'd hold back at all if their own game sucked. They'd be the first to admit it.
The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination
- Douglas Adams
Yes, because historically critics turn out far better craft than those that they criticize.
See Roger Ebert.
"Anybody who tells me I can't use a program because it's not open source, go suck on rms. I'm not interested." (LT 2004)
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. Their Dead Rising was interesting at first but has gotten lame. what could have been a decent week cartoon turned into almost three times as long and the humor was only in the first comic.
Two or three years down the line after a failed tv pilot, I've the feeling it's all going to collapse in on them. They'll still be popular but they'll be focusing on the comic and not all these other diversions.
"Run on Windows, OS X, and Linux" is pretty much the opposite of "they'll be released on Steam".
You can't have a Penny Arcade game without wang.
The Rapture is NOT an exit strategy.
Also that they said they probably weren't going to be doing any more podcasts (at least, not regular ones) because they didn't like how they were turning out. So he's holding his breath because he wasn't paying attention. :)