Posts Tagged ‘Penny Arcade’

Giant robots, hobos, and mimes, Oh my. Penny Arcade fans may recognize these three bad evilnesses from the well-known webcomic, but to any other crowd these words should never be brought together without some kind of jam-retardant… bee suit. Yeah.

I first heard about this game from the PA website, being a reader and all, and was moderately interested in how the two authors could move their medium into a game format. Being skeptical about these Developer Nubs though, I didn’t really give it a second thought. The game was eventually completed and made available on XBOX Live and as a downloadable in Steam.

On a whim I purchased the game, being burnt out on all the failures of (MMO)RPGs being offered recently. Players are able to create their own personalized avatar and fight alongside Tycho and Gabe through comic-style panels of Penny Arcade art. Speech bubbles are employed to deliver the dry humored Big Words that readers have become accustomed to from the strip. It was quite apparent that the game is a port from console but a simple user interface and controls makes it a non-issue. More »