[NPMUG] Penny Arcade on the pending Tablet

[Charles Firth]

Ok..
I have to share this but it comes with some caveats.  

First - Penny Arcade is an online web comic at:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/

They're a comic about (basically) gaming - they're very very funny and successful enough they've launched a convention (PAX) which is the largest gaming convention in the world. They've also started a great charity called Child's Play (http://www.childsplaycharity.org/) - that provides toys and games to kids in the hospital. This year alone they've raised over $1.7million from gamers.

So they're big names in the video game world. 

Second - their comics and news post contain explicit language - Basically, it's "R" rated. So if that sort of thing bothers you, don't read any farther.  Every M-W-F they post a new comic, and to go along with it "Tycho" (the writer) posts a news update talking about the comic, or about the comic's referenced topic (usually a video game or industry event) - so typically you view the comic and read the news post (or vice versa)

With all of that in mind, below is today's comic and news post - both of which I feel accurately sum up the hype around the tablet and how hard it is for Sony/Microsoft/Amazon/etc to handle the fact that Apple exists. As always, I find Tycho's assessment of the industry to be dead on.

Again, EXPLICIT LANGUAGE ahead!!




-------News Post for Friday, Jan 22, 2010 ---------



-------Comic for Friday, Jan 22, 2010 ---------------








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