If Penny Arcade can make it into Sudoku...anything is possible.

defdealer

@MrBionic: I meant *cement* but whatever. Dumb typos.

cybereality

Damn my typos.

Destrudo

This is a sllloooooooowwwwww day

mandarin

@Danin: @hikkifan1986:

Says the guys who appear appear in zero crosswords, both now and forever.

Destrudo

@Danin: Yeah, I'll care when it's the NY Times crossword - Sunday edition.

hikkifan1986

New York Times crossword or it doesn't count.

Danin

@Xeneizes: "No I'm sorry you were missing a whole word it was 'Fruit Fucker Prime'"

But yeah I can see them making it too game shows maybe jeopardy WoW and Leeroy Jenkins did so why not PA.

Tzero7

Quite badass. Go Penny Arcade!

Maybe they'll grace the game show circuit soon? I can see it now...

Contestent: "Pat, I'd like to solve the puzzle! Is it, 'Fruit fucker'?"

Xeneizes

@gitrooman: The rest of the paper notwithstanding, their crossword puzzles are actually pretty good. I've met the Sun's puzzle editor Peter Gordon, and he's a very nice, intelligent guy. He does his work remotely and has very little contact with the rest of the misguided Sun staff.

MeanMF

The new york sun? really? The free newspaper the literally litters subway carts and stations? The one bums use to wipe their asses with? The one that prints inaccurate and sensationalized stories ? ...Yeah congrats penny arcade, thats exactly where you belong.

gitrooman

Once they're mentioned on Jeopardy, then I'll be excited.

GangstaSmurf

@Machete_Bear: But he's still a clue. That's something, right?
Right!?

Peryite

Maybe one day kotaku will be in the sunday crossword.... one day. (Looks up too the sky and dreams)

Tzero7

@Stratovarius: I got it. It helps that I'm a huge fan of both TMBG and Conan.
@dacresni: You're right on being wrong. He was often just called "Div" too, so it doesn't even fit the letters.

Erwin

I'll bet that Tycho, the linguaphile that he is, is a bit miffed that he wasn't the answer to the crossword query.

Machete_Bear

@tehFluffz: I know I did.. but I only got as far as "Toga"

MrBionic

@Erwin: It was something like "Appearing numerous time on "Conan o'Brien," this band is known as "Brooklyn's Own."" Or something to that effect.

Stratovarius

@Zombie Attack!!: pff. didn't fit.

even though it's part of the Onion, i was highly amused to find 'two girls one cup' and 'pwnage' (defined as 'Condition of total domination, as in World of Warcraft') in this week's AV Club crossword.

geekgrrl

@Chief2BeaR:
Hehe, the same exact thing happened to me!

Coquiton

I bet like 80% of the people here started answering the other questions.

tehFluffz

oops, i suck

dacresni

Wow, that is fucking awesome.

dead_red_eyes

@katorok: the answer is divx

dacresni

I was wondering wtf Havana had to do with PA, was like "I don't remember that reference at all!"

Chief2BeaR

Next is going to be the 'Lost' computer numbers in Soduku.

thebishman

Not gonna get too excited. It's cool, but how big of a fan do you think the puzzle creator is?

I mean, Tycho loves words. Shouldn't he have been the answer?

:-P

Zombie Attack!!

@cybereality: Unless, of course, you *meant* that they feel bad about winning and tea-bagging is their personal way of showing guilt about their actions. ;)

MrBionic

so what goes in 12 down?

icepick314

@cybereality: Lament? I believe you mean celebrate.

MrBionic

There is a greater honor. Being an answer on Jeopardy!
Just imagine:
"In the popular video game series, Halo, players generally lament their victory by performing this action on the losing player."
"What is... Tea-Bagging?"

cybereality

@Stratovarius: I love to reminisce about classic crossword answers. Remember the good times?
By the way, do you remember the clue? I want to know if I would get it (even though I already know I would).

Erwin

Yay PA.

Spiffyness

Next up, puzzles.

Car2oon

Awesome.
Just awesome. G-A-B-E

Zeouterlimits

Congrats.

FrigidAir44

Just another sign that games are finally progressing as an acceptable entertainment medium. Still, it's amusing and great to see.

Stormrider

Is the answer Gabe?! =D!! Btw, this is a great honor indeed O.o, if a whole convention wasn't enough that is..

katorok

I love it when "my shit" is included in the Crossword. One time, "They Might Be Giants" were and answer in the NYT Crossword.

Stratovarius

I think it'd be a greater honor to be in the sunday crossword. Still, damn cool fame recognition.

Maldron

Congrats to Penny Arcade and I can't wait to see if they use the fact that they were a clue in a crossword puzzle in a future webcomic.

Lstormy10

"I can't think of any honor greater than being deemed crossword puzzle material."
Maybe word searches.

Erwin

I regard crosswords as a kind of torture, but if someone puts one in front of me I cannot keep from filling the bastard out.

Gouki4u

If I ever saw Penny Arcade in a crossword, I would never do that crossword, ever again.

As an avid crossword player, there is nothing more annoying than a clue that is specialized knowledge, as opposed to general trivia. If you've forgotten the name of that stupid volcano, "E..a" will put you in a good place to jog your memory. If you see "G..e" and that clue, you have no frame of reference. It's not common knowledge enough, and he's not nearly famous enough. Not really anything about PA, just a type of clue that's used as a crutch by bad crossword authors.

Fnor

Man folks who can do crosswords always impress me. Seriously. I always look at them and sit there thinking wtf the whole time, then move on to the funny pages instead.

Witzbold

This is great! @FNOR: Specialized knowledge has been used in crosswords since forever, and is a Good Thing.

If you don't know about what the clue is referring to, you may learn a new bit of knowledge from solving via word-crosses. Books, Movies, Art History, it's all "specialized." Games have been mentioned in crosswords before (I've seen Mario and Pac Man in the NYT crossword), but I can see that a little more esoteria is making its way in. Good stuff.

If you want even MORE game references in your crosswords, try out the ones that gamegrump.com has started publishing. Not quite NYT-quality cleverness, but a heck of a lot more advanced than any video-game crossword ever done:

[www.gamegrump.com]

dujrock

Today the crossword puzzles...then tomorrow the WORLD!!

Datalock