RoamingGecko

So I finally got around to trying the demo for the game based on the hilarious web comic featuring Tycho and Gabe. I have enjoyed their comic for years for the simple reason that I felt that we, the comic artists and I, shared the same opinion of games and the game industry as well as other gear head topics. Part of the reasons I found their digs on Call of Duty 4 or Battle Field 2 so funny was I remember thinking the same thing before they spelled it out their comic strip. Maybe you had to be there. Regardless, I have always felt their brand on humor was spot on with my own and have shared many a chuckle with others on the web over the years. So when I heard they were planning a game of their own I thought it would be cool as well as ballsy for a couple of guys that lam bast game developers with a lot of their strips.

You may have seen one of their banner ads on a web site in the last week. You would remember this one as it pretty much quotes one seriously misguide forum troll who blasts Penny Arcade. The fact that they decided to quote him in one of the games ads is priceless. Talk about getting the last laugh. That move alone made me want to plop down my twenty bucks! Here’s a link so you can read about it yourself.

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So, after playing a little of the game demo I decided to go ahead and buy it. The humor was there, the same artistic flair of the comic and it looks gorgeous on my Mac. At $20 it’s not a bad deal and as I heard one other net gamer say, “$20 bucks for six hours or entertainment is cheap now days when you consider most people pay $10 dollars for less then 2 hours at a movie theater.” Good point, I say.

If you are interested in trying it out, I encourage you to download the demo from their web site.