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What we can say for certain is that the eighties were a very interesting time for cross-cultural product. Gabe's verdict on Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance is that it kicks ass, and he says the demo is super hefty.  Usually if he likes a demo, he'll just stop playing it - doesn't want to spoil the experience.  This time, he couldn't put it down.

The official show store for PAX West 2025 is live, and there are some hardcore bangers in there this time around. Dabe was able to get access to take pictures in real metro spots, and even just the store page for PAX has a ton of amazing photography:

I just got the pages, and the Design Team has of course killed it.  Keep an eye out for the Blue Circles - those are the ones that will be available at our relaunched store.penny-arcade.com very soon!  The incredible Metro Jackets are an online exclusive this year because of a shipping issue, but we'll have them to try on at the show and they will ship free!

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My criminality is well known, in lexical circles - my base contempt for the tyranny of accepted nomenclature always on display. I'm the joker/smoker/midnight toker of not spelling things correctly. But I have a very complex and yet absolutely wrong reason for why "phase" means "faze," just completely made up, and yet internally consistent enough to stay lodged there with primacy over the true word. Gabriel decided that I needed to be punished, which is true, but not for this! I need to be punished about another, different thing and I'm hoping this will apply.

A lot has to go right to get a new TCG going in your friend group. It's like founding a new religion, or maybe a terror cell - you need to make firm believers of them, and fast. They need to see the face of God instantly and hurl all doubts into a cleansing flame. You can always fall back on Magic the way you would D&D or, I don't know, Catholicism? These are proven brands that have stood the test of time and everybody has a few cards or dice or… beads, I guess. Wine might be better. Trying to get people to worship some off-brand deity like Baal takes a bit more doing. You gotta loosen that jar.