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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Johnny M @ Jun 3rd 2006 2:38PM
the RPG TV is one is horrible..... My vote is going to the Half-life one
BPM? @ Jun 3rd 2006 3:23PM
Huh, if DDR Mario Mix had a Peach lapdance... there's no way it'd be rated E... and it'd be flying off the shelves.
I think.
Hmm... My vote goes to EXTRALIFE's Xbox Live comic...
Kasunaga @ Jun 3rd 2006 3:26PM
Peach lap dance.
Hawt.
Jakeybear @ Jun 3rd 2006 3:45PM
i almost pee'd my pants at the link/tingle one.
that makes it pretty worthy of my vote.
BklynKid @ Jun 3rd 2006 3:49PM
All of them are pretty bad. Stop the nonsense, leave comic strips to the professionals!
Tetranitrocubane @ Jun 3rd 2006 3:51PM
No Penny-Arcade this week? Understandable, considering that they're up there pretty often. But this friday's comic was fantastic, and topical!
Hype Buster @ Jun 3rd 2006 4:00PM
Is it just me or do they ALL suck. When I read those, I felt like I was struggling to find the "funny part". Just because something is called a "comic" and draws from pop culture, doesn't automatically qualify it as "funny". It seems like a lot of these non-funny web comics are popping up...
Uber|noob @ Jun 3rd 2006 4:06PM
Concerned is crap, PHWonline.com owns it.
BklynKid @ Jun 3rd 2006 4:13PM
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/06/01
mike @ Jun 3rd 2006 4:15PM
where's VGCats?
AnimalTaglits @ Jun 3rd 2006 4:16PM
None of these are even remotely funny...
scott @ Jun 3rd 2006 4:47PM
OMIGOSH!!!
thank you joystiq for using my comic! You guys are frikkin awesome. but i have to agree on what everone is saying about penny arcade. why the no show? are you guys going for the lesser known comics or what? the penny arcade on friday was fantastic, and its kind of shame you guys didnt post it. "naughty knobs", brilliant.
Tom @ Jun 3rd 2006 7:27PM
Yea why no penny arcade? Theirs was great. Then again so is the latest Vgcats. I would have replaced the extralife and rpgtv ones. The extralife one was seriously awful, that jokes been done thousands of times and much much better. I mean how does it have 19%? (at the mo) Prety much any video game webcomic has done a joke about how online communities are. Of the top of my head i remember the vgcats and fanboys online comics both doing it better. Im sure PA have done it to.
Of the ones included i would say dueling analogs is the best but closely followed by Fanboys.
Joe @ Jun 3rd 2006 7:32PM
VG Cats was a failure this week. The bastard can't make a good joke, not to mention the punchline made no sense.
I liked RPG TV.
SLy @ Jun 3rd 2006 7:36PM
58008
wstrinz @ Jun 3rd 2006 8:06PM
Wow, actually a close one. I also noticed the absence of CAD, PA, VG cats, or press start to play. Don't get me wrong, i like them giving other comics a chance, I'm just pointing it out.
Ross Miller @ Jun 3rd 2006 8:15PM
Hey guys -- guess I should explain myself as to why the heavy-hitters did not make the list.
Ctrl+Alt+Del -- not really about video games, save for that Ethan thought super-size 'shrooms in New SMB is cool. Would not have put it above the selections here, though.
VG Cats -- demonic and frickin' awesome, but not game-related.
Press Start to Play -- has not been updated since May 29th, and about movies more than games.
Penny Arcade -- I messed up here, and completely overlooked that one. For this, I am very sorry, but at least it is still being given its due exposure.
So yeah, sorry about missing out on Penny Arcade! *sheepish idiocity look*
Lutraphobic @ Jun 3rd 2006 8:31PM
I thought VG cats was about the operation game for DS, but I guess not.
Tom @ Jun 3rd 2006 8:33PM
Erm wasn't the vgcats one about Trauma center? I haven't played the game so don't know for sure. But im pretty certain thats what its about so surely that is game related? O.o
Ross Miller @ Jun 3rd 2006 8:37PM
Yeah, I guess I could have construed it as Trauma Center related (especially with the pentagon design -- easy to do on a stylus -- .... hey, don't judge me!). Still, I'm not too bummed about the choices (Penny Arcade aside) since quite a few of these comics deserve recognition ... next week, I'll be more careful.
BOB @ Jun 3rd 2006 10:14PM
Link IS the hottest game character, lol.
linkman2004 @ Jun 3rd 2006 10:25PM
What, then? Doesn't my Game Boyz comic deserve recognition? You people always depress me. :(
BOB @ Jun 3rd 2006 10:38PM
If you want recognition, post a link. I'll read it.
michael @ Jun 3rd 2006 10:52PM
http://www.phwonline.com/index.php?id=462
These episodes are awesome by the way.
linkman2004 @ Jun 4th 2006 12:01AM
Here's the link, BOB. Hope you like um'. Hopefully this will also get me a little more recognition.
http://revo-news.frih.net/?page_id=142
Spoon @ Jun 4th 2006 12:10AM
"You can play Halo on this!"
I lol'd
Chris @ Jun 4th 2006 8:22AM
So long as one person Lol'd my work is complete! glad you liked it Spoon!
Eric @ Jun 4th 2006 11:47AM
None of these made me "lol" like usual, but some were amusing. The "Halo Box" joke cracked me up pretty good.
If I had another choice I'd go with the Penny Arcade comic that BklynKid provided...THAT one was hilarious.
lionzub @ Jun 4th 2006 1:02PM
For this week there should be an option to vote that none of them are funny.
ethan @ Jun 4th 2006 3:53PM
I vote for penny arcade.
NaviePoo @ Jun 4th 2006 11:06PM
Where is "none of the the above"? They are all stinkers.
Rafi @ Jun 5th 2006 4:58AM
The VG Cats one was a pile of crap, unless you relate it to the 6/6/6 date tommorrow, which even then leaves it as a piece of crap.
Mike @ Jun 5th 2006 7:50AM
I love the PvP art in the background of the Fanboys comic.
Matt @ Jun 5th 2006 2:56PM
Joining in on the 'Just not funny' bandwagon....
Chuck @ Jun 7th 2006 9:35AM
Don't they usually post the final results for this by now?
Matt @ Jun 10th 2006 4:30PM
today's PA rocks the hell out of all the other comics... no vote for me