[NPMUG] Penny Arcade on the pending Tablet

[Charles]

That was a fantastic share and right on the money!   I'm wondering if  
apple could bring back the pet rock just by putting a logo on it :)

  iPhone

On Jan 22, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Charles Firth  
<charles at firthconsulting.com> wrote:

> 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!!
>
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> -------News Post for Friday, Jan 22, 2010 ---------
> <Screen shot 2010-01-22 at 9.33.39 AM.png>
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> -------Comic for Friday, Jan 22, 2010 ---------------
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