Penny Arcade

There was an issue a couple nights ago that involved me alt-tabbing out of Gunfire Reborn to type a skeletal version of today's strip into the doc. It was a fire-related scenario - the details aren't important now. And, ultimately, I think I'll be exonerated. The deeper you look, I think you'll find that mythic substrates were in play, and it's like (gestures wildly) you know what I mean? You know that feeling of playing a new Freemium game - that first part, where the…

You might have seen this video pop up, a 1991 slab of what seems like B-roll from Toys "R" Us: Mr. Gribbz mostly has associations of horror with the place, though he did meet his wife Kara there, which must dilute that particular note somewhat. I have completely different associations with the place, the ones I think most people have who grew up with it. One of his tasks was the operate The Cage, which was where you would take the Ticket you got in the videogame aisle - shown in the video at…

A return to more commonplace horrors. Although, even this strip is essentially a documentary. We had a lot of rituals custom to the Olive Garden - styled "The OG" - and it was a place of comfort and solace but also of infinite soup and bread sceptres. Occasionally you will see a listicle situation online where it's suggested that Number 7 Will Shock You. The tale of the dark energies that coursed through him, desperate for release, a veritable Tour of Shitaly, shocked me like Number 7…

I'm very, very tired of people pretending the world didn't burn down. I'm sick to the back teeth of it. Screentime is the new Dungeons & Dragons, because every generation has to have one. It's even been screentime before, which allows the agents of our discourse some much needed leisure. There is an Expert in the New York Times who has had a change of heart about their recommendations early in the pandemic. They are pulling a manoeuvre known as the Reverse Drake, where…