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Comic: Interloper

tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) — 2013-05-22T07:01:47+00:00

New Comic: Interloper

PAR Article: Microsoft is changing the definition of “used” and “new” games, and you’re not going to like it

bkuchera@penny-arcade.com (Ben Kuchera) — 2013-05-21T20:00:08+00:00

Ben Kuchera: The Xbox One is a console that’s likely to kill our idea of what a physical game purchase means. According to a story published on Wired, each game will be installed to your hard drive, and you can then play without the disc in the drive. What happens if you pass the disc to a friend? Well, that’s where things get interesting. “In other words, what happens to our traditional concept of a “used game”? This is a question for which Microsoft did not yet have an answer, and is surely something that game buyers (as well as renters and lenders) will want to…

PAR Article: Call of Duty will play the same on next-generation consoles, but it will be much, much prettier

bkuchera@penny-arcade.com (Ben Kuchera) — 2013-05-21T18:00:06+00:00

Ben Kuchera: There is something deeply strange about seeing Call of Duty: Ghosts running on the next-generation engine that will fuel the future of the series. The first thing that jumps out at you is that it does not look that much better. There is no moment where you gasp in joy, or your jaw drops open. Instead, you’ll notice a moment here or there where things look almost uncanny, or you’ll get a sense of seeing more detail than you’re used to perceiving. Everything moves very smoothly. It begins to sink in slowly, and soon you begin to pick up little details and effects that may…

News Post: Srip Search!

gabe@penny-arcade.com (Gabe) — 2013-05-21T14:37:29+00:00

Gabe: Time for another episode of the number one webcomic reality show on Penny Arcade, Strip Search! I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but I will say that the elimination you will see this Friday was epic. -Gabe out

PAR Article: Shadow Warrior reboot keeps setting and katana, ditches sexism, racism, and MP

bkuchera@penny-arcade.com (Ben Kuchera) — 2013-05-20T15:00:42+00:00

Ben Kuchera: Everyone involved with the upcoming reboot of the PC classic Shadow Warriors wants to make one thing absolutely clear: This is a reimagined version of the game. None of the original assets were used, although the main character, setting, and some aspects of the story and combat were retained. The interesting bit, however, is what will be missing. Getting the team together “At Devolver we had this idea of completely rebooting Shadow Warrior. It’s not an HD remake,” Devolver’s Nigel Lowrie told me over the phone. “At the time we were doing Serious Sam 3, I…

News Post: The Shame Hole

tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) — 2013-05-20T07:01:53+00:00

Tycho: What I actually said was “Yes Jamie, Thank You Jamie,” but that comic sucks. This comic improves substantially on reality. I met one of the guys on my team at the first Golf Tourney we ever did, and we kept in touch - he’s pretty sturdy, as I recall. And the “format” is Team Scramble, one of several co-op variants, which has everyone hitting from the best position each time and ultimately sharing in the best score. I would never say that this meant you should bet on my team, or whatever, or follow my curse-laden journal of horrors on #CPGolf,…

Comic: The Shame Hole

tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) — 2013-05-20T07:01:18+00:00

New Comic: The Shame Hole

News Post: Video Content

gabe@penny-arcade.com (Gabe) — 2013-05-17T19:04:11+00:00

Gabe: We had some technical difficulties this week and the result was that a couple of our shows ended up being late. I apologize for the mess up. Here’s the new episode of Gabeart that should have gone up yesterday. And here’s the latest episode of Strip Search that should have gone up earlier this morning. Sorry about that. -Gabe out

News Post: Increasingly Damn Late

tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) — 2013-05-17T07:01:41+00:00

Tycho: “Too Damn Late,” like Strips Which Include Div, is a specifically Gabriel form. I relent when we are exposed to a glut of news which might individually make for thin gruel, but leveraged in this context are appropriate. The cadence is also fun to model. Anyway, the stars were right. Electronic Arts has dicussed the wealf they’d stacked as a result of Online Passes, part of Project Ten Dollar, which was itself a kind of retail counterinsurgency. With the advent of new consoles, cost conscious players will almost certainly stay or adopt the existing…

Comic: Increasingly Damn Late

tycho@penny-arcade.com (Tycho) — 2013-05-17T07:01:09+00:00

New Comic: Increasingly Damn Late