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(and not flatteringly) in today's rant.
Kotaku article. Found it via Slashdot.
I've just read the latest Penny Arcade comic, another parody of Wikipedia. What's more, it actually concerns the Penny Arcade page! This link will lead you to the new parody. XD --Luigifan 18:43, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
With PAX coming up this weekend (!!!), we didn't really have time on Friday to invest in Virgil's Wikiscanner - that mystical oracle that takes a raw IP range and then excretes a list of that organization's Wikipedia edits. This is the pulsing, possibly Martian device that dished up last week's awesome Electronic Arts edits.
I wasn't sure if we should feel sorry for them or not - now that EA is situated in the number two slot, does that make them the scrappy underdog? - but I quickly realized it probably doesn't matter. They can come right out and say "Yes, we edit it all the time," mischaracterize the nature of the edits, and by the time it's on the second page the events in question never happened. People don't remember anything these days that isn't on the first page of their feed aggregators. In any case, the entire affair is talking place on Wikipedia. Kudzu will grow over the propaganda soon enough.
Though time was indeed in short supply, we did fritter some portion of it pawing through ancient email headers, scraping for filth on old enemies. Or enemies with whom we have resumed talks. Or enemies who are now friends! Even people I hope to make enemies in the future by my careless commentary must fall beneath the scanner's baleful eye.
Like a chugging trawler, we hauled up net after net of treasure onto the deck, sifting it on hands and knees. I'd never expose it, of course - sparking a desperate arms race to find self-serving commentary is a conflict I'm likely to lose. And with the deep catalogue of nemeses we've inspired worldwide (and even below the world, in the warrens of the pale Gambrya, where hate is eternal) it's not what I'd call a fabulous scenario. For us, at least; no doubt, our foes have already begun their malevolent harvest.
(CW)TB out.
So, apparently, EA's page got vandalized without anybody's knowledge... it appears that the admins ought to launch an investigation into this "Wikiscanner" device, before the whole site is undermined by technovandals!!! --Luigifan 18:51, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Check it out. rootology (T) 21:35, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm trying to find the penny arcade comic where Tycho and Gabe are playing 20 questions (or some similar game). Tycho asks "Is it batman?" and Gabe says "shi- No its not Batman" but then Tycho guesses Spiderman and Gabe is busted again :) Does anyone happen to have a link to this comic?? They have 10 years worth of archives and a broken keyword search!! Thanks for the help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.31.255.41 (talk) 13:23, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
It's this one http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/2/20/numquestions-20/ but this really isn't the right place for that. Crusader1089 (talk) 18:38, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
This entry seems to be fairly positively biased. I think it needs a criticism section. --70.167.58.6 (talk) 15:51, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
The other day I found an Amazon entry for an "11.5 Year Anniversary Edition" Penny Arcade book. Does anyone have further information on this, and would it do to add a mention in the "Collected Editions" section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.115.8.53 (talk) 01:01, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
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suggested) (help) — pd_THOR | =/\= | 18:42, 16 March 2009 (UTC)I'm just wondering if there's a reason why there isn't an article regarding Greenhouse, the content delivery system. There doesn't seem to be much info about the system either on the Penny Arcade page or on the Hothead Games page. This archived talk page mentions a merger between 3 articles, including one about Greenhouse Games (I think), but I can't seem to find any information about Greenhouse anywhere on Wikipedia. I'm just wondering if there's grounds for a new article or there's something obvious I'm missing? --Stozball (talk) 13:57, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
Article says "At Sakura-Con 2007, Krahulik announced that the charges had been dropped." but the qj.net ref used doesn't mention Sakura-Con, nor an announcement by Krahulik. While "charges had been dropped" sounds correct, the ref says Thompson's countersuit is still going, but shortened from 37pages to 14pages with the racketeering allegations removed. --EarthFurst (talk) 05:46, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Non-directly related to this page: Over the course of several wiki pages, I've noticed (and complained) about people listing Penny Arcade as a professional reputable source for the rating of several games. I know this web comic is "your favorite web comic ever", but can you please keep them out of anything beside their own little Wikipedia page? They have no professional experience (as far as the writers have ever mentioned) on any kind of rating despite their own "original experience". It's nice that they have played a lot of games, but until they actually have become recognized as a source to cite, please keep this trash off of other wiki pages. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.116.71.175 (talk) 00:20, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I think that the new PATV series is worth mentioning somewhere in this article, no? 24.218.118.135 (talk) 14:09, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Meta:Don't be a dick has a see also directing readers to the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory. Someone made Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory be a redirection to Penny Arcade (webcomic)#John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory.
This, apparently once "worked". And it stopped working when someone else put quotes around "Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory" in the subsection heading John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory.
I see this as yet another example as to why redirection to subsection heading is deeply broken, and should be deprecated in article space.
I also see it as an argument to spin off Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory to a standalone article.
Thought I'd solicit opinions on the use of PATV as a source. It's shown interviews with staff members and even covered the birth of Holkins' daughter. It's real info that might be hard to get in newspaper articles. And it could be used to add info on their business operations, personal lives (i.e. "Holkins has a daughter"), and more. Thoughts? --Qwerty0 (talk) 19:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
It seems negligent and not in the interest of Wikipedia's users to omit the strips about Dickwolves and their ensuing controversy. I'm not knowledgeable enough about the strip to create this section, but I find the dialogue between readers on both sides as well as the authors interesting and an important part of understanding this comic and its culture. 173.164.241.129 (talk) 00:02, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
I have taken a first stab at a section on the Dickwolves controversy. I threw in a few references, but it definitely needs more independent sources. One source I expect will be particularly useful:
http://debacle.tumblr.com/post/3041940865/the-pratfall-of-penny-arcade-a-timeline
--zandperl (talk) 02:24, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
There's lots of fan-made comics that makes it look that way, only post legit ones from the actual site.
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/08/29 http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/03/14
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.134.7 (talk) 23:43, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm not as well versed in Wikipedia's guidelines for notable reliable sources, that said why is a tumblr blog listed as one for the dickwolves controversey?--96.29.243.67 (talk) 23:56, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Move Penny Arcade → Penny Arcade (disambiguation) and Penny Arcade (webcomic) → Penny Arcade Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 13:18, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
It was proposed in this section that multiple pages be renamed and moved.
The discussion has been closed, and the result will be found in the closer's comment. Links: current log • target log |
– I'm surprised this hasn't come up before. It's worth a discussion. I contend that the webcomic is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. It's always a bit of a warning sign when a hatnote is shoehorned into a section heading. Penny arcade redirects to a section of Amusement arcade, while Penny Arcade is a dab. I think we can have our cake and eat it too by only changing one of those. If someone types in "Penny arcade," maybe they really are just using an archaic term. But it might make more sense to make this case insensitive. Penny Arcade is arguably the most influential webcomic, and should take precedence over the old-time term for a game arcade. Checking Google results ("penny arcade" -wikipedia) shows mostly coverage of the comic, plus the Roy Orbison song, which doesn't have an article. The page views are instructive. The webcomic had 17,783; the dab and redirect combined for 3488 (stats.grok.se is case-insensitive), and the performer had 1848. --BDD (talk) 01:09, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Although it's shut down now, the Penny Arcade report ran for a few years and as an operation run by PA it deserves mention somewhere on the wiki. Currently it is not mentioned in this article and lacks its own article. I propose someone add the PA Report to this article or its own page. Some guy (talk) 22:13, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hi chaps.
I work with Penny Arcade, so am unable to edit this page myself, but I did notice that there are few things that are a little out of date and some content missing.
For instance, there's nothing on the Eyrewood, Thornwatch, Automata, Nightlight or Sand. Those have been pretty big projects at PA and I imagine they're worthy of inclusion in the article. This link has an overview: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/hub/#paSideStories, and this might be helpful too https://theroamingbard.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/spotlight-penny-arcade-lookouts/
There's also some more recent stuff like the "For The Watch" contests between Mike and Jerry and some of the PA Presents that have happened since this was last updated.
Is there a way for me to help with this without breaking the impartiality rules?
Patrick from Penny Arcade (talk) 20:27, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
The art has changed in quality at least 3 times, but the article doesn't say anything at all about who generally drew what, when, how, or with what. Is real pen & ink involved? Is it all digital? I like the middle art style best, and the current art style least. I'd like to know more about it. Anyone know? Ace Frahm (talk) 07:07, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
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The Kickstarter section currently starts with the sentence "Although the comic has previously lampooned uses of the crowd funding website Kickstarter". I don't see how this is relevant to the section at least in its current form. The comic has parodied some uses of Kickstarter but not its use in general or the existence of the platform. As it stands, the statement seemingly tries to imply the existence of a double standard concerning Penny Arcade and Kickstarter, which is not only goes against NPOV but isn't supported by the references provided.
Unless a reason comes up for why it should be kept or moved elsewhere in the article, I'll be removing this part of the sentence. --Veikk0.ma 06:57, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
I think the article should better communicate that PA isn't just a webcomic but also a company that has branched out to and taken part in many other things, some under the Penny Arcade brand, some not. This will become evident to the reader at some point, but the lead and the first sections don't make it clear enough IMO. Relevant categories and templates may also be in order, as well as some restructuring.
I might get on it myself but I'll just leave this here just in case I don't. --Veikk0.ma 19:13, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
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