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I'm one of two people on the internet ambivalent about the famous online comic strip Penny Arcade, so I haven't previously come across their game collaboration titled Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. According to this interview with the strip's creators, their game will play like a classic RPG:
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Let us know if this is something we should keep an eye on.Jonric: For any readers unfamiliar with Penny Arcade, what are the comics about, and what's the full extent of the property? And what core strengths will differentiate the upcoming game?
Jerry Holkins: Penny Arcade is an online comic that mostly discusses videogames and game culture. It was started by Jerry Holkins (that is to say, me) and Mike Krahulik in '98, and it has gained much wider acclaim than it probably deserves. Nine years on, we also do our best to operate a charity (childsplaycharity.org) and a convention (pennyarcadeexpo.com), and to help create the occasional videogame.
Well, I hope people will discern that it *has* core strengths to differentiate it! I would be overjoyed if that were the case. Mechanically, it plays very much like an RPG classic, propelled by an adventure game-style dialogue system.
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