Penny Arcade Adventures Ep. 3 announcement not coming at PAX
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Sep 4th 2009 at 4:30PM } 
There's a reason for the game's non-appearance during PAX -- but Holkins and Krahulik were tight-lipped about what that reason is. Krahulik teased, "When you hear the announcement, you'll be like 'oooooh.' It'll make sense." Holkins articulately added, "You'll feel vigor in all of your limbs." We're fairly certain that's a good thing.
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Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington, Soon-To-Be-PSN: OrIsItAltonBrown] @ Sep 4th 2009 4:35PM
I've always thought that Jerry looked like Dr Bunsen Honeydew from the Muppet Show.
The Dark Wayne @ Sep 4th 2009 5:45PM
to me he looks like a cross between my friend greg who is also tall, bald and nerdy and a turtle
Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington, Soon-To-Be-PSN: OrIsItAltonBrown] @ Sep 4th 2009 6:01PM
Either way, he's awesome.
t_m @ Sep 4th 2009 11:22PM
It's a strange look to try to pull off.
Can't say it really works for him.... what did he look like with hair?
-Vexx- @ Sep 4th 2009 4:36PM
Just like Kojima wasn't going to make it to E3.
Radical Dylan @ Sep 4th 2009 4:47PM
probably has something to do with natal...
Quinton @ Sep 4th 2009 4:54PM
Doubt it since the game is multi-plat.
Radical Dylan @ Sep 4th 2009 5:01PM
the wii, and ps3 has motion sensor stuff too.
Warlock @ Sep 4th 2009 5:28PM
Except all three function differently. And PS3's motion controller and 360's Natal are both years away.
Not to mention, I doubt a small studio like Hothead has the time and resources to devote to learning two brand new technologies (assuming they already know Wii, maybe they don't) that are not cross-platform (in essense, developing three seperate games).
Shagittarius @ Sep 4th 2009 4:53PM
I would just like to say I don't understand that fascination with this lame comic/event.
Now you may commence downvoting.
ComicShaman @ Sep 4th 2009 5:00PM
I would just like to say I don't understand that fascination with commenting on something just to say you're not interested.
Leroy_Rocktopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Sep 4th 2009 5:04PM
I'm upvoting you just to piss you off and spread confusion throughout Joystiq.
Rob S. @ Sep 4th 2009 5:21PM
And I down voted! Mwahahahaha!
Arashikou @ Sep 4th 2009 5:27PM
I refute your basic premise that Penny Arcade is lame, but you know what? That's immaterial.
PAX isn't really about PA anyway; I'm sure they're regretting the name. It's a gamer convention. It's a nerd convention. It's a place where many gamers are congregating and where many game developers are exhibiting. It was the E3 while E3 wasn't being E3, and some developers see PAX as still being the preferred convention. In the past, some have even made announcements there. And that makes it worth covering, regardless of how you feel about PA itself.
And, drifting into the realm of speculation for a moment, I suspect there's also an element of challenge and excitement for the journalists themselves. Because PAX isn't run nearly as much in lock-step as many of the other expos throughout the year, covering it is more like the wild west. You have to be in the right place at the right time to hear a juicy gaming news tidbit drop, and those places and times are not known beforehand.
T @ Sep 4th 2009 5:51PM
"Now you may commence with downvoting"
Well, that would be the appropriate response to an obvious troll. Would it not?
BlaqueBeird @ Sep 4th 2009 5:58PM
@T
Actually, the appropriate response, and one that not enough of you think of, is just to ignore him. The whole point of trolling is the get a rise. If no rise happens, he'll go away. Or try again, in which case, you already know what to do.
(It's still ignore him)
Leroy_Rocktopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Sep 4th 2009 5:00PM
Well at least we know they're making it.
Cheezeman3000 @ Sep 4th 2009 5:09PM
It'll be the final challenge in the Omegathon. You heard it here first.
Phil @ Sep 4th 2009 7:53PM
They said not coming at PAX.
Why would they say this if they're having it as part of the Omegathon? Just to contradict themselves?
My prediction? It's further down the line.
smak @ Sep 4th 2009 6:41PM
Does anybody actually care about these games? I don't know a single person who has played them.
Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington, Soon-To-Be-PSN: OrIsItAltonBrown] @ Sep 4th 2009 6:45PM
I've played them, and they're very good. A tad overpriced, but still good.
Phil @ Sep 4th 2009 7:54PM
I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict that the game is going retail. They're holding off on the announcement because they're going to announce a retail disc with all three episodes and eisode three is going to be like, twice or three times as long as the previous ones.
Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington, Soon-To-Be-PSN: OrIsItAltonBrown] @ Sep 4th 2009 8:14PM
Wouldn't they wait for the last part to do that? I thought it was 4 games long?
Drakkenfyre @ Sep 4th 2009 11:48PM
Tycho's looking a little older,
mvp576 @ Sep 5th 2009 12:04AM
Did gabe newell cut his hair?
Jonman @ Sep 6th 2009 2:11AM
I call shenanigans! I saw Mike Krahuliak yesterday at PAX, and he had no beard! I also saw him last Saturday, and he had no beard. And yet, in the photo at the top of this posting, he has a beard!
Unless the usual rules of time and space don't apply on the internet. Who knew?