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SpoofyChop
10-10-2006, 12:57 PM
I refuse to even dignify this Monday's comic with a link.
Lo how the mighty have fallen! From the heights of fish/female hybrid concupiscence to the depths of maxillofacial assault in just one week.
Guido Jones
10-10-2006, 01:17 PM
English, Motherfucker, do you speak it?
scharmers
10-10-2006, 01:21 PM
pwnt.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/10/09
Unicorn McGriddle
10-10-2006, 01:29 PM
Somehow, webcomic threads always turn out stupid and lame. Like this one.
http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=29638
Don't they have a forum for this?
MikeSofaer
10-10-2006, 01:44 PM
I agree with Spoofy, that's a terrible comic. I'm pissed at him, though, because if he hadn't started this thread I wouldn't have seen it, and now I can't unsee it.
BobJustBob
10-10-2006, 01:48 PM
Better than the mermaid one. I chuckled.
Shadarr
10-10-2006, 01:50 PM
I didn't laugh out loud, but for Penny Arcade it wasn't bad. Not really worthy of comment either way.
Slainte Mhath
10-10-2006, 01:53 PM
Wow, one of the least impressive PA's ever, and I'm usually a fan.
What are those two complaining about anyway? I can't imagine with PAX and all their industry connections they still have to pay full retail for their consoles and games anymore. "We're sad because we need to drop $1500 on consoles and games before New Year's and then sit around on our fat asses playing all that stuff for months on end while trying to find the will to crank out our web comic." Boo-fucking-hoo.
Talisker
10-10-2006, 01:54 PM
And, it's not like their games aren't a deductible business expense for them, either.
Soapyfrog
10-10-2006, 01:57 PM
I don't understand ...
Jason Cross
10-10-2006, 01:57 PM
I didn't laugh out loud, but for Penny Arcade it wasn't bad. Not really worthy of comment either way.
Uh, too late.
I refuse to even dignify this Monday's comic with a link.
Lo how the mighty have fallen! From the heights of fish/female hybrid concupiscence to the depths of maxillofacial assault in just one week.
Hey, when is the Anti-Child's-Play campaign starting up this year? I want to make sure to have all my Spoofy-is-a-dingdong posts ready so I can just post them once and be done with it.
Shadarr
10-10-2006, 02:03 PM
Uh, too late.
Yeah yeah, irony. Or Alanisrony, I forget which.
Does anyone know how much Tycho and Gabe pull in a month? I always figured they were rolling in money and $1500 wouldn't be a big deal.
Zylon
10-10-2006, 02:15 PM
Whenever I think of PA, this is exactly the sort of strip that comes to mind.
I guess it's what comes of having 13-year-old boys as your target demographic.
SpoofyChop
10-10-2006, 02:27 PM
English, &@#$%@$%, do you speak it?
Whenever I opine about PA I always try to mimic their distinctive written style as it were.
SlyFrog
10-10-2006, 02:34 PM
Yeah yeah, irony. Or Alanisrony, I forget which.
Does anyone know how much Tycho and Gabe pull in a month? I always figured they were rolling in money and $1500 wouldn't be a big deal.
No, they're just like you and me. They have the same monetary concerns we do. Like the rest of the game related industry, they do not profit off of generating game hype and coolness. Go buy more games; the ones you bought two weeks ago and haven't played yet aren't cool anymore.
Matt Perkins
10-10-2006, 02:58 PM
No, they're just like you and me. They have the same monetary concerns we do. Like the rest of the game related industry, they do not profit off of generating game hype and coolness. Go buy more games; the ones you bought two weeks ago and haven't played yet aren't cool anymore.
I don't know about that... they do profit off their site, and PAX and their side projects. I'm not saying they have enough to retire, but I don't think 1.5k is hurting them.
SpoofyChop
10-10-2006, 02:59 PM
You know it's an interesting question: How much do you have to make before dropping $1500 in a month on a game console and related paraphenalia is not a "big" purchase. In order to have an additional $1,500 of spending money per month you would probably have to make between $20,000-$25,000 more per year (depending on taxes).
At that point I think I could probably consider blowing a full month's extra spending money on a game system although I would still feel guilty about it.
Coca Cola Zero
10-10-2006, 03:18 PM
In order to have an additional $1,500 of spending money per month you would probably have to make between $20,000-$25,000 more per year (depending on taxes).
Nobody is talking about spending $1,500 *per month*, just $1,500 in one month -- the big holiday buying month. There isn't 1,500 worth of shit worth buying, gaming-wise, on any other month of the year even if you had the money to blow.
Reldan
10-10-2006, 03:56 PM
You know it's an interesting question: How much do you have to make before dropping $1500 in a month on a game console and related paraphenalia is not a "big" purchase. In order to have an additional $1,500 of spending money per month you would probably have to make between $20,000-$25,000 more per year (depending on taxes).
At that point I think I could probably consider blowing a full month's extra spending money on a game system although I would still feel guilty about it.
Dude, if you ordered all that stuff on the same day, how much do would you need to make before dropping $1500 in a DAY is not a "big" purchase. Shit, you'd need to make an extra $800,000 to $900,000 a year (depending on taxes). Think on that for a while. Gaming is d0med if we all need to be millionaires just to eek by.
I shudder to imagine the per second implications when you actually click the "Checkout" button.
SlyFrog
10-10-2006, 04:08 PM
I don't know about that... they do profit off their site, and PAX and their side projects. I'm not saying they have enough to retire, but I don't think 1.5k is hurting them.
I was just being a bit of a prick (big surprise). I do take anything lightly when it regards cash, to the extent it is coming from someone inside the industry. Our motives do not align.
jeffd
10-10-2006, 04:41 PM
last I heard PA pulled in around 30k a month.
Kunikos
10-10-2006, 05:53 PM
Is that net profit or...? and is that per person? are you counting all the outwhoring for manuals and whatnot that Gabe does?
If that is true though, they must be doing the backstroke in money-pools wearing money-hats.
Backov
10-10-2006, 06:10 PM
Yeah yeah, irony. Or Alanisrony, I forget which.
Does anyone know how much Tycho and Gabe pull in a month? I always figured they were rolling in money and $1500 wouldn't be a big deal.
If you'd seen their advertising rates, you'd know they were making a SHITLOAD. That site is a goldmine. Around $150k+ a month.
That's based on their $5 CPM and the 26 MILLION impressions they sell per month, out of their 36 million. That was a year ago, they've certainly grown.
forgeforsaken
10-10-2006, 06:17 PM
Is that net profit or...? and is that per person? are you counting all the outwhoring for manuals and whatnot that Gabe does?
If that is true though, they must be doing the backstroke in money-pools wearing money-hats.
Which is in part why they haven't been funny in years.
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