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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 10:59AM logicbus said

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This is double-take material.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 10:59AM Dante G said

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Wow, I didn't know this... and I visit Ars pretty often. I Opposable Thumbs doesn't suffer because of this, since it's already lost its two main writers, Frank and Ben.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 11:07AM Durinthal said

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@Dante G

This broke within the last 90 minutes, so there's not much to miss so far.

Outside of the comic, PA already had a hold on a big chunk of the gaming community through PAX. I see this expanding that aspect of it into a more regular form.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 11:21AM lolkeits said

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@Durinthal

True.

Come to look at some news, why not check out our new comic and the advertising that goes with it?!
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 11:04AM lolkeits said

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So far, everything Penny Arcade has done (in my opinion) has been done excellently. Hopefully this endeavor will have the same quality I've come to expect of them.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 11:28AM Mujokan said

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Wow, I can't believe Ben is leaving Ars. He is one of the best game reviewers around if you ask me. Hope they get someone as smart and articulate to replace him.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 11:29AM PointlessPuppies said

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Ew, Ben? Really? I really hope they tell him to be a bit more professional, because in his stint at Ars he felt no remorse in making his biased opinion known, even if it meant sacrificing the quality of the writing itself.

I like the idea of PA going into "gaming news" but they could've done a LOT better than Ben.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 12:06PM skullivan said

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@PointlessPuppies This is Penny Arcade we're talking about, it's not the place people go for objectivity any more than they watch Colbert or Stewart for the same.

I've never heard of the guy before but PA is a smart group so I'm sure he'll fit in well. Besides, I'll take blatant bias over feigned objectivity any day. Personality is not objective.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 4:21PM A Sandwich said

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@PointlessPuppies

I agree that Ben sucks. He blocked me from following him on Twitter because once he said that iOS games were cheaper than 3DS games and I said that the cost of entry was more prohibitive with an iPad. He then said, "Enjoy your block!" and blocked me from following him. It was seriously just like that. It never got heated or less than cordial. It was f*cking weird.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 5:26PM TheDarkWayne said

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@PointlessPuppies I never read that many of his reviews, how is his opinion biased?
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 5:37PM sweenish said

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@A Sandwich
thirding the ben is a douche movement.

1. he is a hypocrite. an editorial entitled something along the lines of "everything is awesome and you need to shut up" is bookended by his stupid whining.

2. a prime example of stupid whining: his DNF review. he gave it a low score. that's not what's stupid. what's stupid is that he didn't base his score so much around the gameplay as he did duke being duke. the fact that duke was being crass and misogynistic (or, being duke) was what he spent at least half the review on. apparently nailing the character is a tick on the 'con' side these days.

i stopped reading anything he wrote at ars shortly after his tantrum editorial about gaming is pure awesome so you shut up right now or so help me i'll ban you. turns out ars is an okay site, after all.

so, it's either he does a complete 180 at PA, or i simply ignore PA's gaming news. the latter would make me sad, i like PA a lot, but i hate ben more.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 6:14PM Mujokan said

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@PointlessPuppies
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 7:02PM Mujokan said

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Oop, lol, was just going to say I liked both those pieces.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2012 12:00PM XLM said

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I need me those skivvies
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