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Gabe:
We have just finalized the concert line up for PAX East. Check this shit out!
Friday:
VGO
Protomen
Metroid Metal
Minibosses
Saturday:
Supercommuter
Paul & Storm
Jonathan Coulton
MC Frontalot
Also a reminder that PAX East 3 day badges are sold out. You can still get single day badges though.
-Gabe out
Gabe:
Once again I was able to beg an early copy of a game. This time I scored Kingdoms of Amalur. I’ve been playing it now for a few days and I am in love. I’m probably not supposed to talk about the game yet but I figured it would be much easier to ask for forgiveness rather than permission as the old saying goes.
I’m not incredibly far in the game and I don’t want to spoil anything but I do want to give my impressions. Yesterday on Twitter I said I thought it was better than Skyrim and I
I spent way too long trying to decide whether to include visible stars in that first panel. I eventually decided that the glare from Earth and the ship's engines would wash them out. The lens flare was added because lens flares are awesome and if you disagree you are dumb.
See you Monday!
Tycho:
There are many games where box breaking is core to the experience, a cultural practice, a folkway, and this happens in Kingdoms of Amalur as well. Games are developing more robust approaches to assessing your moral coordinate with precision, but they’re still several long miles from basic etiquette.
I’m sure they’ve already printed the cases for it, which is too bad, because it would be fun to have the cover say something like
AMALUR?
MORE LIKE AM-ALURRING hoooooo
- TYCHO BRAHE, PENNY ARCADE
You guys can have that, if you want. That’s a freebie. I think Gabriel wants to talk about
New Comic: Boxinalia
Marksman Kevin S. send in this very funny video: …Which reminds me of this: …And no beard-madness theme would be complete without the inclusion of this classic Kids in the Hall sketch.