Penny Arcade juxtaposes World of Warcraft with Christian mythology

Posted by | August 30, 2010

Remove Sandals (0/2) 

The title of this comic is “Remove Sandals (0/2)”, which is a reference to the World of Warcraft quest goals mechanism. The expectation here is that the bearded character will have to remove both his sandals upon acceptance of the quest from the burning bush in the cartoon.

The cartoon itself is a reference to Christian mythology when a man named Moses meets a god who delivers a message through a burning bush—and, of course, back to the World of Warcraft mechanics, that’s what the yellow exclamation point is all about. The various gods and goddesses of World of Warcraft also deliver quests using this mechanic (the exclamation point, not the bush.)

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INCOMING! On the Rain Slick Precipice: Episode Two

Posted by | August 11, 2009

rain-slick-precipice-of-darkness “Episode two? More like…awesomeode 2!”

It’s been almost a year since this little iridescent title was announced, whereupon the release of the first episode titillated us all, and now Fall is nearly upon us and according to our calendars it should be around the corner.

To the time-machine! Chris Kohler over at Wired.com reports in September, 2008, “Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2 is no mere iteration on the original. There are some significant improvements. In fact, it seems as if most of the things that disappointed me about the first episode are being worked on. They’re making the battles more difficult, and even adding additional difficulty modes if you want a tougher

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On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1

Posted by | September 16, 2008

Action. Adventure. Witty dialogue. Low brow humor! Penny Arcade’s offering to the gaming world has it all…and then some. This game stole our breath when we first heard it was coming out and then stole our hearts (and sat on them) when we finally played it. Precipice of Darkness has been one of the most enjoyable episodic gaming experiences that we have had in a long, long time.

“Four Gods wait on the windowsill, where once eight Gods did war and will. And if the Gods themselves may die, what does that say for you and I?”

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