Weekly Webcomic Wrapup asks, 'What would you ask Tycho and Gabe?'

by Ross Miller on Aug 23rd 2008 6:00PM

Next week at the Penny Arcade Expo, we've been given a chance to sit down for an interview with PA creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik (i.e. Tycho and Gabe). While we'd love to brainstorm hard-hitting questions for the two, we suddenly realize we're very lazy people. So please tell us what you would ask the Dynamic Duo and we'll pick out the best quesitons and use them in our interview.

Here are our (admittedly too numerous) picks for the week's best game-related webcomic. Polling after the break; be sure to vote for your favorite!

Level Up! (2P Start)
The Latest Score (Castle Vidcons)
two great tastes (Robot Martini)
A Life of Service (Penny Arcade)
For Aiur (MNC)
That Famous Equation (Digital Unrest)
The Force Unleashed (Extra Life)
Karting Sickness (Horribleville)
Cool Webcomics for Attractive People (Dueling Analogs)
Force Powers (CAD)
Do-Over (Burn the Internet)
Scared Straight (Hijinks Ensue)

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: August 23, 2008
Level Up! (2P Start)	365 (25.9%)
The Latest Score (Castle Vidcons)	64 (4.5%)
two great tastes (Robot Martini)	16 (1.1%)
A Life of Service (Penny Arcade)	499 (35.4%)
For Aiur (MNC)	38 (2.7%)
That Famous Equation (Digital Unrest)	41 (2.9%)
The Force Unleashed (Extra Life)	53 (3.8%)
Karting Sickness (Horribleville)	49 (3.5%)
Cool Webcomics for Attractive People (Dueling Analogs)	69 (4.9%)
Force Powers (CAD)	66 (4.7%)
Do-Over (Burn the Internet)	43 (3.0%)
Scared Straight (Hijinks Ensue)	108 (7.7%)

(What? You say we didn't pick your favorite gaming comic this week? Make sure we and everyone else gets to see it in the comments below. If it's good enough, we might add it to next week's wrapup.)

Tags: pax-2008, penny-arcade, penny-arcade-expo, webcomic

Reader Comments (89)

If they are now famous enough to open up their own video-game themed restaurant

Nice one.

Yeah, I'll have a Mushroom Burger combo with some Xtreme Fire Flower Poppers, and could you 1-Up that?

It begs the question: Would Mario Burger's main competition be Sonic?

I'm surprised nobody asked "Why are you so bald and why he has a pig nose?"

Sorry I have spended too much time in Ed.

I guess a real the question would be When is the next episode coming?

Will you guys be my friends?

A more serious question: how many hours on average do you spend gaming per day?

2p Start for cleverness and no need for endless text!

2P Start was clever, and not trying to draw people helped the comic too!

I would ask them if becoming parents has changed their outlook on gaming and how they look at games. I would follow up by asking them if they have had any issues playing some of the more adult games while their children are around. (Example, I had to stop playing GTA:IV when my 4 year old is around because he started talking like Nico and Roman, swear words and all.)

I have several quesitons, but my most primary is this:
How long does it take to make one comic from start to finish?

I forgot one. I would ask them what city they are going to use for PAX: East Coast. If they have not chosen one, I would ask them if they have thought about Columbus, OH since it is withing 5 hours of many major east coast cities.

I get to meet with them during the Omegathon rounds. I'll probably end up asking them why the hell I have to play Jenga...again!

because jenga's awesome

At least it's not in the first round this year. :p

Tycho, Gabe, wheres the funny?

Ask them what they think about that Pandora open game handheld thingy.

My questions are probably unfair given the venue, but oh well: What financial incentive will you be offering on the next episode of Penny Arcade Adventures, if any? Do you plan on pricing all episodes equally with the first? How will the next episode handle those players starting fresh (an unleveled character) versus those bringing over characters from the first episode?

Good luck Roscoe!

For Aiur!

whoa my avatar is le gone! what happened?

"My life for Aiur...uh, I mean Ner'Zhul." -Undead Acolyte from Warcraft III

Don't you mean what WOULD, not what WOUD?

Digital Unrest, for the taser.

Damnit, how do you spell taser? spellcheck's telling me both s and z are wrong.

But again, it was a strong weak (homophone abuse is fun)

When in doubt, consult ze Gooooooglez.

It's Taser.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser

All credibility is lost when you quote wikipedia as a source. It's better to just say a man on the street told you so.

Says a man on the street.

Except for the fact that wikipedia has less errors per page than the Encyclopedia Britannica.

This week sucks. Hard. Harder than ever, I say!
I didn't vote.

guess the vote hasn't been rocked enough for you Neebs!

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=La6xBh7Oga0

It's been at least six years since your comic had a funny punchline, and even longer since it's been understandable without reading a 50Kb text dump. What's the secret not to become has-beens so long after you stoppped producing quality? Is it the expos and charity? Is it the forum community? Or is it just the overabundance of easily amused people who ever found stuff like Fruit F----r or the Cardboard Samurai funny?

Did you know that humor is subjective, that not everyone finds the same things funny and unfunny as you do?

The Sahara would like its sand back from your vagina, please.

Do you love me? Could you ever love me?

"Who are you?"

What is that?

Two questions:

1. What classic game would you like to see a remake of?

2. Is gaming cool? (Not, can you be cool and be a gamer, but in your opinion does playing video games* make you cool)

* yes, it's still two words. fuck what those two guys think.

"Video game" is an odd word to describe a hobby which has evolved so utterly. The term itself describes a novelty, a game played via video, whereas gaming has become so much more

When i actually *hear* the words "Video game," NES era and Arcade golden-age games come to mind, not something like Galaxy, Elder Scrolls, or Call of Duty

so utterly what? the games are "utterly " visual. the video may be digital but they still come on disc. a digital video disc if you will. there is nothing wrong with the term video game, and i don't care if you make it 1 word or two, i still get the point.

Several years ago now, Jack Thompson stated publically he would donate on the order of $10k to charity. A while later, it was revealed Jack hadn't done so - yet anyway.

I'm wondering, did he EVER hold up to his own promise? I never heard that he actually donated as much as a nickel.

Well, PA Guys donated the 10K with a memo "For Jack Thompson, because Jack Thompson won't...".After that he tried to sue them for "harassment".But right now, we're talking about the conclusion. To know the entire story and how it all started, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Video_Game_Proposal

The Wookie did it gets my vote

Mine too. CAD sucks as usual.

I know what I'd ask them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA9ojcW4ekg

Why is he so bald in real life?

Why are you so pig-like in appearance?

Definitely PA. The rest of them wasn't funny at all...

Okay, after re-reading it I admit that 2P Start was pretty funny too.

Castle Vidcons made me laugh both when I first saw it earlier this week and again when I saw it just now, so it gets my vote.

Castle Vidcons is always awesome.
I, too, voted for it.

Naked peaches as far as the eyes can see.

it..was..beautiful..

Good golly, 4 naked Peaches in a row. Pinch me, I'm dreaming.

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