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| date      = January 17, 2006
 
| date      = January 17, 2006
 
| title    = Penny Arcade
 
| title    = Penny Arcade
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| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=1%3A53%20am-,Penny%20Arcade,-I%27m%20actually%20pretty LiveJournal title</span>]: '''Penny Arcade'''</big></big>
 
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| titletext = Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care.
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| titletext = Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care.<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=1%3A53%20am-,Penny%20Arcade,-I%27m%20actually%20pretty LiveJournal caption</span>]: I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes.
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==Explanation==
 
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[http://www.pennyarcade.com Penny Arcade] is a popular web comic that focuses on the video game culture.  The character above is Tycho, one of the two main characters of Penny Arcade.  Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are.  Hence, the attitude shown in this comic.
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This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[49: Want]], and the next one was [[54: Science]]. It was among the [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd.com|last eleven comics]] posted both on LiveJournal and on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.
  
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As the title text admits, they know of this reputation, don't care, and even refer to it in their own comic.
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[https://www.penny-arcade.com Penny Arcade] is a popular web comic that focuses on video game culture. The character in the comic is Tycho Brahe, one of the two main characters of the webcomic (the other being Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel). Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are, represented by the attitude shown in this comic. 'Seiken Densetsu', as mentioned in the strip, probably refers to ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', an {{w|Action role-playing game}} (Action-RPG) released for the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of ''{{w|Trials of Mana}}''. The game was neither released in the North American region nor officially translated to English until the release of ''{{w|Collection of Mana}}'' on June 11, 2019, more than thirteen years after this strip. However, many North American game players might also have recognized ''Seiken Densetsu 2'', the predecessor in the series, by its North American name of ''{{w|Secret of Mana}}''.
  
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'Seiken Densetsu' as mentioned in the strip probably refers to Seiken Densetsu 3, an Action-RPG released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan in 1995.  The game was never released in the North American region or officially translated to English.  However, many North American game players may recognize Seiken Densetsu 2, the predecessor in the series, by its North American name: Secret of Mana.
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The title text acknowledges they know they behave like this, but they are indifferent to it and even joke about it into their own comics.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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Tycho: You know what? If you've never played the 1995 SNES RPG 'Seiken Densetsu' don't even _bother_ reading today's strip. We don't _need_ your kind here.
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:[A color drawing of Tycho, a man with wild brown hair in blue and cyan colored shirt. He has a big open mouth and holds one arm up while the other may be in his (unseen) pocket. He has two speech bubbles,]
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:Tycho: You know what? If you've never played the 1995 SNES RPG "''Seiken Densetsu''", don't even <u>bother</u> reading today's strip.  
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:Tycho: We don't <u>need</u> your kind here.
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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* The original comment by [[Randall]] was "I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes."
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This comic was [[:Category:Tuesday comics|released on a Tuesday]]. It was released only an hour and 53 minutes after midnight at 1:53 AM.
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* This is the forty-seventh comic posted to livejournal.  The previous comic was [[49: Want]], the next is [[54: Science]].
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Latest revision as of 21:05, 19 December 2023

Penny Arcade
LiveJournal title: Penny Arcade
Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care.LiveJournal caption: I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes.
Title text: Of course, Penny Arcade has already mocked themselves for this. They don't care.

LiveJournal caption: I'm actually pretty fond of Penny Arcade, when I get the jokes.

Explanation[edit]

This was the forty-seventh comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 49: Want, and the next one was 54: Science. It was among the last eleven comics posted both on LiveJournal and on xkcd.com after the new site was launched. This comic was published on the same day across both sites, but not all of them shared the same posting day.

Penny Arcade is a popular web comic that focuses on video game culture. The character in the comic is Tycho Brahe, one of the two main characters of the webcomic (the other being Jonathan "Gabe" Gabriel). Penny Arcade has a reputation for making obscure references to video games without explaining, expecting the reader to be as well-versed in gaming culture as they are, represented by the attitude shown in this comic. 'Seiken Densetsu', as mentioned in the strip, probably refers to Seiken Densetsu 3, an Action role-playing game (Action-RPG) released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in Japan in 1995, later to be known by the English title of Trials of Mana. The game was neither released in the North American region nor officially translated to English until the release of Collection of Mana on June 11, 2019, more than thirteen years after this strip. However, many North American game players might also have recognized Seiken Densetsu 2, the predecessor in the series, by its North American name of Secret of Mana.

The title text acknowledges they know they behave like this, but they are indifferent to it and even joke about it into their own comics.

Transcript[edit]

[A color drawing of Tycho, a man with wild brown hair in blue and cyan colored shirt. He has a big open mouth and holds one arm up while the other may be in his (unseen) pocket. He has two speech bubbles,]
Tycho: You know what? If you've never played the 1995 SNES RPG "Seiken Densetsu", don't even bother reading today's strip.
Tycho: We don't need your kind here.

Trivia[edit]

This comic was released on a Tuesday. It was released only an hour and 53 minutes after midnight at 1:53 AM.


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Discussion

Should we perhaps mention that it's available in the US as of 2019-06-11? Release announced on Nintendo Direct E3. 172.68.34.4 00:32, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

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