Penny Arcade Longforms

MFD · 06-15-2009, 08:49 PM

I'm hoping for Lookouts! Fantasy Boy Scouts for the win!

... I hope the highest rank they can achieve is Level 1 Ranger.

Fifthfiend · 06-16-2009, 02:09 PM

Goddamn the internet fails at voting.

"Hey we could have boring-ass done-to-death robots mixed with boring-ass done-to-death noir, or we could have boring-ass done-to-death Tolkien mixed with boy scouts adventure comics which actually aren't done to death or boring and are actually pretty uncommon and the sort of thing there should be more of so doing one mixed with Tolkien would be pretty unique and rad.

No, let's all vote for that one shitty fucking scene from every shitty fucking cop/mobster movie or TV show made in the last 40 years except this time it's different cause it's a robot."

Archbio · 06-16-2009, 02:51 PM

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No, let's all vote for that one shitty fucking scene from every shitty fucking cop/mobster movie or TV show made in the last 40 years except this time it's different cause it's a robot."

Is it really that different, even? Robot-cops-who-are-prejudiced-against seems like something I've seen used several times (just off the top of my head: Joe Pi from Top 10) before. So it's a worn out genre with a not quite innovative gimmick. The art seemed fantastic, though, so there was that. And also: robots.

As for Lookouts, it really seemed more like maybe a custom D&Dish fantasy job than straight up Tolkien to me? Not a dig at all, really, seems like there's more life in the former than the latter. The scouts thing does seems just downright unique.

No comment on the Dark Magic one.

Fifthfiend · 06-16-2009, 03:44 PM

I don't think anyone liked the Jim Darkmagic one.

And yeah I'd swear I've seen this "beat cops push around the robot" scene before practically verbatim, but damned if I could tell you where.

Mirai Gen · 06-16-2009, 03:48 PM

After offering up Lookouts it seems incredibly cruel to then offer everything else.

I mean child ranger-training in the form of boy scouts, led by a one-eyed grizzled veteran. That tickles me in all the ways I want a story to be.

Ryong · 06-16-2009, 04:13 PM

Lookouts? Great. Way great.
Automata? Concept isn't exactly new.
Jim Darkmagic? This could be fun, but Lookouts would still be better.

I noticed that the people who picked Lookouts were, apparently, much more vocal about it, at least seemed so, for the authors to comment on it. But it still got less votes. Dang.

The Wandering God · 06-16-2009, 04:15 PM

Well, to those of your who wanted Lookouts, remember

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Also, no matter what you picked, you can't actually lose: we'll try to come back to all of these eventually.

And considering that Lookouts garnered over a third of the votes, I think they probably will.

I could be mistaken, but I think the creature referenced in the Lookouts was actually a cockatrice and not a basilisk.

I picked Automata. Why? Persecuted robot detectives seems really cool.

The Wandering God

Aerozord · 06-16-2009, 04:16 PM

ok as much as I hate looking like the out of touch outsider to what is, perhaps sadly, considered my peer group. My curiosity overrides what little sense of pride I have. So I will ask

What exactly is this about because I typically keep up with penny arcade and am drawing a complete blank

russianreversal · 06-16-2009, 04:26 PM

I actually like the idea of Jim Darkmagic the most, but execution wise it's obvious they still have a few things to work out. As a result, I pretty much have to go with Automata, just because I love noir. (actually, it lost points for having a robot, but I hate boy scouts)

The Wandering God · 06-16-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Aerozord

What exactly is this about because I typically keep up with penny arcade and am drawing a complete blank

Penny Arcade presented 3 different comic concepts and asked their readers to vote on which one they'd like to see first/at all.

The Wandering God

06-15-2009, 08:49 PM	#1
MFD THWIP! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,626	Penny Arcade Longforms I'm hoping for Lookouts! Fantasy Boy Scouts for the win! ... I hope the highest rank they can achieve is Level 1 Ranger. __________________ And The Lord did curse Caine for his sin, for by The Lord blood may only be repaid in sparkly glitter. - DFM 11:30

06-16-2009, 02:09 PM	#2
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	Goddamn the internet fails at voting. "Hey we could have boring-ass done-to-death robots mixed with boring-ass done-to-death noir, or we could have boring-ass done-to-death Tolkien mixed with boy scouts adventure comics which actually aren't done to death or boring and are actually pretty uncommon and the sort of thing there should be more of so doing one mixed with Tolkien would be pretty unique and rad. No, let's all vote for that one shitty fucking scene from every shitty fucking cop/mobster movie or TV show made in the last 40 years except this time it's different cause it's a robot." __________________ check out my buttspresso

06-16-2009, 03:44 PM	#4
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	I don't think anyone liked the Jim Darkmagic one. And yeah I'd swear I've seen this "beat cops push around the robot" scene before practically verbatim, but damned if I could tell you where. __________________ check out my buttspresso

06-16-2009, 03:48 PM	#5
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	After offering up Lookouts it seems incredibly cruel to then offer everything else. I mean child ranger-training in the form of boy scouts, led by a one-eyed grizzled veteran. That tickles me in all the ways I want a story to be. __________________

06-16-2009, 04:16 PM	#8
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	ok as much as I hate looking like the out of touch outsider to what is, perhaps sadly, considered my peer group. My curiosity overrides what little sense of pride I have. So I will ask What exactly is this about because I typically keep up with penny arcade and am drawing a complete blank __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-16-2009, 04:13 PM	#6
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	Lookouts? Great. Way great. Automata? Concept isn't exactly new. Jim Darkmagic? This could be fun, but Lookouts would still be better. I noticed that the people who picked Lookouts were, apparently, much more vocal about it, at least seemed so, for the authors to comment on it. But it still got less votes. Dang.

06-16-2009, 04:26 PM	#9
russianreversal . Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,435	I actually like the idea of Jim Darkmagic the most, but execution wise it's obvious they still have a few things to work out. As a result, I pretty much have to go with Automata, just because I love noir. (actually, it lost points for having a robot, but I hate boy scouts)