Penny Arcade

Ol' Greasy Gribbs and I really enjoyed the first season of The Dream, a podcast which was (at that time) concerned with Multi-Level Management schemes, the shoddy products they sell, and the legal framework they've accreted over time to provide nearly impenetrable cover for something like parasitic fraud. The second season isn't as good, but I do like the topic, which is "wellness." It's a natural evolution of the MLM thrust because much of what an MLM sells is…

I've got a bit of bad news to deliver unfortunately. Here's a message from PA about our pin selection at PAX East this year.    Walkers of the path Unfortunately, we can’t always come to you with good news. In an ideal world, we’d be bringing you news of the PAX East Pin Quest at this time, but instead, we have to let you know that we’re likely to have delays with pins at PAX East. Issues stemming from the Coronavirus are affecting supply lines globally,…

Gabe and I don't agree on much other than the fact that we should attempt to disagree without rancor. It's not always possible but we manage it a statistically significant amount of the time. I am of the opinion, as enunciated in the strip, that making things is fundamentally valuable. It's valuable to me and it's valuable to other people. This value is broadly defined; one way it's valuable is that in my experience creative work is very rarely wasted. It always comes…

I love falling back into The Division. The cover-based shooting gallery just works for me; it's only gotten better (for the way I play the game, at least) after they really goosed the damage skills put out. I have a sniper turret I can deploy that fires Eiffel Towers, judging from the damage; it has its own cooldown between shots, so between that and the precision rifles I'm already using me and this weird little robot essentially form a sniper team just between the two of us. So,…