50: Penny Arcade - Revision history

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

2025-04-25T14:44:53Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

2025-04-25T14:44:35Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

FaviFake at 16:11, 26 March 2025

2025-03-26T16:11:04Z

172.69.71.82: /* Explanation */ expand on time gap & Collection

2023-12-19T21:05:22Z

‎Explanation: expand on time gap & Collection

FaviFake at 12:59, 31 August 2023

2023-08-31T12:59:11Z

FaviFake at 09:00, 20 August 2023

2023-08-20T09:00:30Z

FaviFake: Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

2023-08-19T20:32:08Z

Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

FaviFake at 10:33, 4 August 2023

2023-08-04T10:33:27Z

FaviFake: New category name

2023-05-23T14:05:10Z

New category name

172.70.86.127: /* Explanation */ ...and typo. Hope that's it!

2023-02-21T15:30:45Z

‎Explanation: ...and typo. Hope that's it!

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-This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
+This was the forty-seventh comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
 ==Explanation==

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 | date      = January 17, 2006
 | title     = Penny Arcade
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=1%3A53%20am-,Penny%20Arcade,-I%27m%20actually%20pretty LiveJournal title</span>]: '''Penny Arcade'''</big></big>
+| ognumber  = 47
 | image     = penny_arcade.jpg
-| titletext = Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care.<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=1%3A53%20am-,Penny%20Arcade,-I%27m%20actually%20pretty LiveJournal caption</span>]: I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes.
+| titletext = Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care.<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=1%3A53%20am-,Penny%20Arcade,-I%27m%20actually%20pretty Caption on LiveJournal</span>]:'' I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes.
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 This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
 [https://www.penny-arcade.com Penny Arcade] is a popular web comic that focuses on video game culture. The character in the comic is Tycho Brahe, one of the two main characters of the webcomic (the other being Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel). Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are, represented by the attitude shown in this comic. 'Seiken Densetsu', as mentioned in the strip, probably refers to ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', an {{w|Action role-playing game}} (Action-RPG) released for the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of ''{{w|Trials of Mana}}''. The game was neither released in the North American region nor officially translated to English until the release of ''{{w|Collection of Mana}}'' on June 11, 2019, more than thirteen years after this strip. However, many North American game players might also have recognized ''Seiken Densetsu 2'', the predecessor in the series, by its North American name of ''{{w|Secret of Mana}}''.

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 This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
-[https://www.penny-arcade.com Penny Arcade] is a popular web comic that focuses on video game culture. The character in the comic is Tycho Brahe, one of the two main characters of the webcomic (the other being Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel). Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are, represented by the attitude shown in this comic. 'Seiken Densetsu', as mentioned in the strip, probably refers to ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', an {{w|Action role-playing game}} (Action-RPG) released for the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of ''{{w|Trials of Mana}}''. The game was neither released in the North American region nor officially translated to English for more than thirteen years after this strip. However, many North American game players might also have recognized ''Seiken Densetsu 2'', the predecessor in the series, by its North American name of ''{{w|Secret of Mana}}''.
+[https://www.penny-arcade.com Penny Arcade] is a popular web comic that focuses on video game culture. The character in the comic is Tycho Brahe, one of the two main characters of the webcomic (the other being Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel). Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are, represented by the attitude shown in this comic. 'Seiken Densetsu', as mentioned in the strip, probably refers to ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', an {{w|Action role-playing game}} (Action-RPG) released for the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of ''{{w|Trials of Mana}}''. The game was neither released in the North American region nor officially translated to English until the release of ''{{w|Collection of Mana}}'' on June 11, 2019, more than thirteen years after this strip. However, many North American game players might also have recognized ''Seiken Densetsu 2'', the predecessor in the series, by its North American name of ''{{w|Secret of Mana}}''.
 The title text acknowledges they know they behave like this, but they are indifferent to it and even joke about it into their own comics.

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 ==Explanation==
-This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
+This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
 [https://www.penny-arcade.com Penny Arcade] is a popular web comic that focuses on video game culture. The character in the comic is Tycho Brahe, one of the two main characters of the webcomic (the other being Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel). Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are, represented by the attitude shown in this comic. 'Seiken Densetsu', as mentioned in the strip, probably refers to ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', an {{w|Action role-playing game}} (Action-RPG) released for the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of ''{{w|Trials of Mana}}''. The game was neither released in the North American region nor officially translated to English for more than thirteen years after this strip. However, many North American game players might also have recognized ''Seiken Densetsu 2'', the predecessor in the series, by its North American name of ''{{w|Secret of Mana}}''.
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 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 47]]
-[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd]]
+[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com]]
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 | date      = January 17, 2006
 | title     = Penny Arcade
 | image     = penny_arcade.jpg
-| titletext = Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care.
+| titletext = Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care.<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=1%3A53%20am-,Penny%20Arcade,-I%27m%20actually%20pretty Original caption</span>]: I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes.
 }}
 ==Explanation==
-{{w|Penny Arcade}} is a popular web comic that focuses on video game culture. The character above is Tycho Brahe, one of the two main characters of Penny Arcade (the other being Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel). Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are, represented by the attitude shown in this comic.
+This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched on January 1, 2006. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
-'Seiken Densetsu,' as mentioned in the strip, probably refers to ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', an {{w|Action role-playing game}} (Action-RPG) released for the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of ''{{w|Trials of Mana}}''. The game was neither released in the North American region nor officially translated to English for more than thirteen years after this strip. However, many North American game players might also have recognized ''Seiken Densetsu 2'', the predecessor in the series, by its North American name of ''{{w|Secret of Mana}}''.
+[https://www.penny-arcade.com Penny Arcade] is a popular web comic that focuses on video game culture. The character in the comic is Tycho Brahe, one of the two main characters of the webcomic (the other being Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel). Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are, represented by the attitude shown in this comic. 'Seiken Densetsu', as mentioned in the strip, probably refers to ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', an {{w|Action role-playing game}} (Action-RPG) released for the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of ''{{w|Trials of Mana}}''. The game was neither released in the North American region nor officially translated to English for more than thirteen years after this strip. However, many North American game players might also have recognized ''Seiken Densetsu 2'', the predecessor in the series, by its North American name of ''{{w|Secret of Mana}}''.
-As the title text admits, they know they behave like this, and have this reputation, but they don't care, and even refer to it in their own comic.
+The title text acknowledges they know they behave like this, but they are indifferent to it and even joke about it into their own comics.
 ==Transcript==
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 ==Trivia==
-* This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]].
+This comic was [[:Category:Tuesday comics|released on a Tuesday]]. It was released only an hour and 53 minutes after midnight at 1:53 AM.
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 ==Trivia==
-*This was the 47th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
+* This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]].
-**The previous was [[49: Want]].
+* It is the first of the last six comics on LiveJournal that all had a title without the word "Drawing" in it.
-**The next was [[54: Science]].
+** Five of these had exactly the same title on both sites.
-*This comic kept its original title: "Penny Arcade"
+** Only 11 comics have the same title on both sites.
-**It was the first comic to do so since [[46: Secrets]] four comics back.
+** Apart from the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|first thirteen comics]] posted to LiveJournal, there were only three other comics without the word "Drawing" in the title before these last six.
-**And apart from that comic, it was the first title to do so as well as to not include the word "Drawing" since [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] ten comics further back.
+* Original [[Randall]] quote: "I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes."
-**Apart from the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|thirteen first comics]] posted to LiveJournal, there were only three other comics without the word "Drawing" in the title before these last six.
+* This comic was one of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal.
-*It is the first of the last six comics on LiveJournal that all had a title without the word "Drawing" in it.
+** These 11 comics were [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd]] after the [[xkcd]] site opened on the 1st of January 2006.
-**Five of these had exactly the same title on both sites.
+** This comic was posted on the same day on both sites.
-**Only 11 comics have the same title on both sites.
+** They were not all posted on the same day though.
-**Apart from the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|first thirteen comics]] posted to LiveJournal, there were only three other comics without the word "Drawing" in the title before these last six.
+* During the start-up of xkcd, several of the comics were released on days that deviated from the normal Monday, Wednesday, Friday scheme. This one was released on a Tuesday. It was the last of a series of three where the release day was shifted to one day later. This one was posted quite early, at 1:53 am, so it could almost have become a normal Monday comic.
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