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| date = January 17, 2006 | | date = January 17, 2006 | ||
| title = Penny Arcade | | 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 | + | | 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> |
| image = penny_arcade.jpg | | 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 | + | | 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. |
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==Explanation== | ==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 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. |
[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 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}}''. | ||
Revision as of 09:00, 20 August 2023
| Penny Arcade |
| LiveJournal title: Penny Arcade |
 Title text: Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care. LiveJournal caption: I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes. |
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 last eleven comics posted both on LiveJournal and on 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.
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 Action role-playing game (Action-RPG) released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of 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 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.
Transcript
- [A color drawing of Tycho, a man with wild brown hair in blue and cyan colored shirt. He has a big open mouth and holds one arm up while the other may be in his (unseen) pocket. He has two speech bubbles,]
- Tycho: You know what? If you've never played the 1995 SNES RPG "Seiken Densetsu", don't even bother reading today's strip.
- Tycho: We don't need your kind here.
Trivia
This comic was released on a Tuesday. It was released only an hour and 53 minutes after midnight at 1:53 AM.
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Should we perhaps mention that it's available in the US as of 2019-06-11? Release announced on Nintendo Direct E3. 172.68.34.4 00:32, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
