Read Penny Arcade, video game referencing webcomics

Penny Arcade is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. The strip features Krahulik and Holkins' cartoon alter egos, John "Gabe" Gabriel and Tycho Brahe, respectively. Their characters spend much of the time playing and commenting on computer and video games, which forms much of the basis of the humor in the strip. As mostly a topical video gaming news comic series, there is little plot or general continuity in Penny Arcade strips, and strips are typically drawn from the perspective of fictional characters within a game or movie.

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Read Penny Arcade, video game referencing webcomics

1. AWESOME GAME ALERT!

   I checked out the demo for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance this morning and HOLY SHIT! Do yourself a favor and get this demo now. I played it on the PS5 and it was absolutely stunning. Also, you hit people SO FUCKING HARD in this game! Seriously just go get it right now if you like awesome video games! 
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2. Penny Arcade Presents: HealthWatch

   New gadgets provide Gabir with Vitamin G, a vital nutrient. His most recent supplement has been a new watch, a category I've been considering because it turns out that they're still a pretty good idea. But modern watches are wrist computers and I just don't need them to do as much shit as they are always doing. I don't wanna

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3. Penny Arcade Presents: HealthWatch

   New Comic: Penny Arcade Presents: HealthWatch

4. The Gen Confluence

   Because my first Gen Con was sure to be fraught with a passel of first times, mercantile temptations, eldritch beasts, and various crushings by crowds, I was understandably intimidated preemptively. Luckily, I have a powerful ally - maybe not as powerful as the Living Force, but certainly Gabe has been here one time more than I have. In this kindness, he has ...

5. The Gen Confluence

   New Comic: The Gen Confluence

6. The Gift Aperture

   My original route to Gen " " Con went from Seattle to Dallas to Indianapolis, because the razorwinds that defend my destination - birthéd by Zepherion when man still swung from branches - make direct flights impossible. But my father-in-law sustained an injury that turned his shoulder into beef jerky, which made replacing a water heater a Herculean task. So, I went over to help. This

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7. The Gift Aperture

   New Comic: The Gift Aperture

8. Itchy Tasty

   There's no way for me to write this post that doesn't make me incandescently angry.  I'll try again tomorrow.  Here's the strip.

9. Itchy Tasty

   New Comic: Itchy Tasty

10. Jerry Didn't Name This

    I never crossed paths with the Stop Killing Games petition until somebody tried to make the case that it was bad. That strike me as quite bold, but as this person is currently in the process of being dismantled by the Internet equivalent of wild dogs I won't pile on

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11. Choosing Sides

    New Comic: Choosing Sides

12. Deceptively Delicious

    Lego already had us dialed in, so launching an onslaught like a Soundwave - let alone a Soundwave with a talky bit is the kind of virulent

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13. Deceptively Delicious

    New Comic: Deceptively Delicious

14. Michael But Also Angelo

    I have seen a lot of stuff made with DK Artist, a potent sculpting tool from Nintendo that, surprisingly, comes with a full copy of Donkey Kong Bananza. It's a surprising state of affairs - but if you make yourself a vessel for possibility, if you exfoliate your heart, you'll find that wonders are

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15. Michael But Also Angelo

    New Comic: Michael But Also Angelo

16. Itch.io

    I remember when they were revealing all the Switch 2 stuff, and how it wasn't launching with a Mario game, and then they announced this Donkey Kong stuff and it was a whole thing. Then it came out that the Super Mario Odyssey team was making it. Okay, tell me more.

17. Itch.io

    New Comic: Itch.io

18. Discorbs

    Discord keeps adding delighters and sparklitos and all kinds of things they want me to do, use, or buy. I'm not certain we've achieved true enshittification but there is a lot of shit on there now and it's wigglin' 25/8.

19. This Once Famous Gen X Cartoonist is Revealing His Secrets

    I recorded another timelapse of the comic creation and this time I remembered to turn it on before I started! Here’s a look at today’s comic strip from start to finish. Again, if you set the play back speed to 0.25 you approach something like real time but it’s important to note that it only records when I make a stroke so you don’t have all my pauses. While I’m

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20. Discorbs

    New Comic: Discorbs