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The Gods Of Modernity

By Tycho – February 24, 2010

It was a lot of fun watching this story mutate as the day progressed, warping in its essential shape, culminating in something like justice. A brigand has tasted his own medicine, and it is bitter.

Book Tour Starts Tomorrow!

By Gabe – February 22, 2010

Our book tour kicks off tomorrow here in Seattle at the University Book Store. From there we make our way to California. You'll be able to purchase our new Anniversary book at any of our signings (And we hope that you will) or you can just come say hi. This is our first book with our new publisher Random House and they are the ones that set up this book tour. This is also the first time we've done something like this and we really don't want to look like jack asses. So if you could come out to these signings we'd really appreciate it. Here is the complete list again:

The Game

By Tycho – February 22, 2010

We have invented an incredible new game. It is called, simply, The Game.

In The Post Above

By Tycho – February 20, 2010

I called the expansion "Awakenings," as opposed to Awakening, which is the actual name.  It seems to me like they're missing an opportunity to give greater value to the customer, but if they're content (for whatever reason) to deliver a single awakening when they could have offered more that's between them and their conscience. 

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A Funny Dad Story

By Gabe – February 17, 2010

I don't mean to turn PA into an episode of Kids say the darnedest things but some of you might appreciate this. I was playing Star Wars with my son the other night when he said something funny. Little Gabe is obsessed with Star Wars and so much of our play time involves reenacting the movies. On this particular occasion he was playing the role of the emperor while I was Luke Skywalker. He had seated himself in my computer chair and when he spun around to face me I saw that he had placed a toy Lightsaber on the arm rest. He patted it gently and said "You want this don't you?" I could not help but laugh at how ridiculous the scene was. This bothered him and he told me not to laugh at him because he was the emperor and he was evil. "Yes I know." I told him and tried to get my act together but his little angry eyes underneath the hood of his Mickey Mouse sweatshirt made me laugh even more. "I'm bad." he said and as if to prove it told me "I litter!"

PATV

By Gabe – February 12, 2010

The thrilling conclusion to the Ping pong match against Bungie is now up on PATV.

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Literalus

By Tycho – February 12, 2010

Gabe and I are beginning our descent into Rapture more or less simultaneously, so there's plenty to discuss. I'm still feeling my way around, seeking out the game's throughline. Gabriel loves it whenever there isn't shooting, and there is really quite a lot of shooting, which complicates things. What we both agree on is that Bioshock - and Rapture itself - are much, much broader subjects than the "gonzo shooters" which have thus far defined its chronology.

Why Aren't We Coming To Your Town?

By Tycho – February 10, 2010

Ever since Gabriel posted the destinations for our book tour, there has been a steady stream of aggression amassing in his inbox regarding perceived slights towards specific cities or even broad regions.  We don't harbor animosity of any kind for particular geographies, we are not thus constructed; these decisions have everything to do with the limitations of your physical universe and your unrelenting temporal schema.  For me, every new place is a broad matrix of unmet people and unhad snacks, two quantities for which I have an endless enthusiasm. I won't presume to speak for Gabriel, who is more reticent than I when it comes these things, but for my part there is almost nowhere I don't want to go.

Penny Arcade Book Tour

By Gabe – February 8, 2010

Our new book, The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade: The 11½ Anniversary Edition AKA "Nearly Twelve Years of Bullshit" will be coming out on February 23rd. This is a huge hardcover book full of great stuff including a history of the comic, Stories about PAX and Child's Play, Interviews, photos, an Art Gallery, A selection of our favorite comics from the past 11 years, and some of our best story-lines. I'm really proud of this book and in order to celebrate its release, Tycho and I will be kicking off a cross country book tour. Here is the full list of where we'll be and when we'll be there.