Hey, guys, do you know this isn't even a joke? Perhaps the next ones will be but these vaults really do exist in game lore.

stetsonblade

Gotta love the PA. Grab volume 5 last week, loved it.

I think the problem some people have with PA is that they lack the context in which the comic was written. If you don't get the comic, you need to read the entries for that day to get the context. If you still don't get it then PA isn't your cup of tea and you probably think CAD is funny.

(CAD isn't!)

MantisDragon

Yaaaaay!! Two of my most favorite things. I feel so spoiled.

NeVeRMoRe666

@jello44: dude your not the only one. i read a box full of puppies also

NightMystic

@dv8godd: Yeah, a thousand virgins sound nice for a while.

But frankly, after some time, I'd be craving for a pro.

@jsf49: Soo... basically, you don't get the comics because they don't follow the basest of all joke formats (PA often does buildup/punchline/extension instead of buildup/buildup/punchline) and you get lost? Or because you don't find an introductory comic hilarious in it's own right, despite it being used to set the scene for the next comics? Or maybe it is that as a topical comic, it's based on referencing extra events instead of being self-contained?

Throw me a bone here, I'm not sure what's the problem.

Grive

@jsf49: "Those people"? Why in gods name are you even on Kotaku if you don't like geeks? I mean...if I didn't like knitting, I wouldn't read a knitting magazine. So if you don't like geeky stuff...why the hell are you here, bothering to post?

Clearly you're anti-PA already, judging from older posts. Also you've been bitching about Kotaku editors, and god knows what else. So the evidence suggests you're just some troll. You know the "justify your game segments"? Well, justify your existence on Kotaku.

justhesh

For the love of god, I want in Vault 69! So very ronery... :(

Pezdispenser

Awesome. I love Penny Arcade.

TF2Soldier914

@dv8godd:
You beat me to it.

Virgins are highly overrated as desired sex partners. Who wants to hear a woman/girl who has no experience utter the words..."You want to put what where??". Not me, not ever. I'd rather have the adventurous type that likes to move around instead of laying there on her back like a dead fish wincing in pain.

coalhalo

@dv8godd: Seconded.

Also the guy in the first panel looks both excited and very nervous. Seems to be caught in a "this wasn't in the brochure" moments...

Canuckssleepinthenude

was this meant to scare me? it succeeded. the thought of a crate of puppets frightens me terribly.

thaKingRocka

Well dammit. I certainly can't get away with "referernse" after spelling humor that way. Yep.

Tetelestia

@ggodo: "The cake is a lie" was never more than an "in" phrase unless people found humor finding out that someone else knew the referense.

Tetelestia

@dv8godd: Hilarious

MBC

@jello44:

"I thought it was a box of puppies. Which.. wouldn't make for a humor comic.."

nope, it would make it something else entirely...something that would involk a new level of horror...not yet known to man...

thankfully it wasnt though! and since it was puppets and not puppies, made me larf my arse off!

thank you very much PA, i needed this.

jrghoull

I have never played Fallout so I thought the first one was legit and the rest ridiculous parodies but then I looked into it and realized it was real.

1 man and a box of puppets. What the hell.

MBC

@jsf49: = troll.

topic of post: penny arcade, fallout.
things jsf came here to bash: penny arcade, fallout.

what a bore. imagine taking this guy to a comedy club. there he is at the back with a white wine spritzer.

"but thats not funny. that wasnt funny. im not laughing, it wasnt funny. at all. and this place smells, you smell that? it smells here, and this isnt funny."

aestheticity

Those Interplay comics are gold. It's strange they actually had to be explained to people - i.e. gamers - on Kotaku. Do you know your history?

PA loves kicking you while you're down. Now, where's more Broodax?

Anarchist_Gamer

@PsycheE: Pffft. Virgins.

The last thing any man needs is a thousand virgins to deal with. Christ, that's a nightmare. That'd be like gaming with nothing but newbies... fun to frag for about 10 minutes, but after the honeymoon, it's all "where did you get that?", "what's this thing for?", and "damnit, that hurt!"

Ugh.

What you really want is just one woman who knows what the hell she's doing, not a thousand fumbling newbs.

dv8godd

hmm.

I really really like PA, and I love Bethsoft.

But this one didn't even get a chuckle out of me :/

shatteredhalo

Vault 69 sounds like the reward of several religions.

JAcK0R

@jsf49: How's the view from up there?

seamroy

Penny Arcade can be a beautiful thing. Emphasis on the 'can.' Also, just the imagery of a "crate of puppets" is quite brilliant.

austintatious

I'd love to go inside vault 69

robotomasher

@jsf49: "The cake is a lie" is only funny to those who get the joke, and, at least to me, only funny because no one else gets it.

ggodo

@jsf49: Dude, the humor is that they're comparing Interplay to a rat-loving hobo, which is just about where the company was at the time of that writing. the second one is that interplay is so desperate they're selling the rights for a dollar, and that to them it's as valuable as the spit. The one they did for Fallout three is funny because the vaults ARE that crazy. A vault with one guy and a bunch of puppets in a post-apocalyptic world is the punchline. Go watch the twilight zone episode Time Enough at Last. It'll give you an idea of the parody

ggodo

God damn I am excited for this game.

Andrewteix

@Iocarios: Good setup. I look forward to the rest.
And I'm glad PA is supporting this game...

Iocarios

"Two words. More puppets!"

Emperor_Guam

@jsf49: Humor is subjective. Maybe not funny to you. their work is directed towards gamers - not the entire group of humanity. Much Like George Carlin is funny to some and not others.
There really isn't an objective ruler to measure humor. Shame you don't enjoy it.

Iocarios

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: Well, whatever. Their stuff is probably directed towards the same "the cake is a lie" crowd. This is why geeks have the reps that they do. That stuff is really not as funny as those people think.

jsf49

Not a big fan of PA, but that was definitely funny.

Phantom6612

This is much more humorous if you know how it's surprisingly, one of the saner vaults mentioned in the Fallout universe, in comparison.

Crimson (PS3 ID Black--Tiger)

@jello44: I tried to play Fallout 2. Sounds about right to me.

jsf49

@jsf49: Over-Analyzing tends to kill all remnants of humor.

Why So Serious?

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

I need to learn to read better.. I thought it was a box of puppies. Which.. wouldn't make for a humor comic..

@jsf49:

It's not the spit, it's the previous panel where the guy buys the rights to fallout for a dollar.

jello44

This game just gets better and better....

Elite Wombat

@jsf49: It's like your asking someone to explain humor. It can't be done really. You either get it or you don't.

Thorax

My favourite comic plus my most anticipated game. Excellent.

thefais

Being trapped in a vault with a crate full of puppets will now be a new nightmare for me.

Thorax

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: Thank you for explaining how these are supposed to be funny?

From what I've surmised, the top cartoon is supposed to be funny because the word "puppets" was used.

One of the linked cartoons is supposed to be funny because of references to masturbation.

And the other linked cartoon, I have no idea what's supposed to be funny about that guy's jar of spit.

jsf49

What?, I want to be locked in a vault with a thousand virgins; like the ultimate reward.

I wonder what the mentality of each individual of the females would be like. It is quite the interesting experiment; I hope it would be carried out and published in American Psychological Association in the near future.

One of the better PA strips of late.

PsycheE

Is it just me or does Vault 69 sound so much more interesting?

ACoBildo

@jsf49: Thank You for your Irreplaceable Contribution to Society!

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

Huh?

@keppj0nes: Huh?

jsf49

PA humor goes well with the Fallout world

taftsearlobe33

@keppj0nes: Nice, all it takes to make fallout is a bunch of rats and a dirty hobo =D
This must be what dreams are made of.

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

@LittleBigPlaneteer: I must disagree with you. Having just finished Fallout 2 yesterday, and having been a fan of Penny Arcade's work for a long time, I find this combination of the two much to my liking. I desire more of it.

tsathoggua

Hell ya this is awesome. I love when penny-arcade makes comics literally -for- a company.

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

This new strip wasn't too bad

old interplay strips:
[www.penny-arcade.com]
[www.penny-arcade.com]

keppj0nes

*looks up from FFIV DS* "Hmm, could be funny..." *looks down* "Heheh, Spoony Bard...now I understand!"

Ganji

haha nice one, wonder if it'll be included in the fallout 3 manual.

ittekimasu

There are just some things that shouldn't be made into a comic. Fallout is one of those things. At least for me.

LittleBigPlaneteer

HAHA hilarious :D puppets

AggroRhodes

Can't say I'm a huge fan of PA's work for companies, but with Fallout maybe they can work more humour into it.

Synthemesc

@aestheticity: Man, listen to you. I guarantee you I am not the only person who does not find Penny Arcade to be funny. Other people might not vocalize it or inquire about it. I did. I want to find out what the deal is. Is it unlawful to be inquisitive? Does it offend you, because you sure as hell are defensive about it?

jsf49

@justhesh: Uh, yeah, I already said before I don't find Penny Arcade to be funny. And yeah, I do have a problem with Luke Plunkett, whose a bigger troll than I can ever be. What's your point? That your opinions are better than mine?

jsf49

Great strip... I just love PA.

Starsky

Perfect topic for PA

Snake726

@keppj0nes: I wish I could sell a jar of my spit for a $1. I'll even take 50 cents on the dollar!

I enjoyed the strip(s).

From my experience I'd grow up in any vault. I'd even take a vault filled with jello. *Hint Hint*

theblackgate

@dv8godd:

The Sex problem would be minor compared to the emotional exhaustion. A thousand wimmen all wanting love and affection. Either that or they would band together and completely alienate men for everything else then reproduction.

Damn, the future is bleak

sammfreak

@coalhalo: Precisely.

@Grive: A "pro"? Hmmm... maybe in the apocalypse I'll have that kind of cash. But in the meantime, I'd have to settle for an "enthusiastic hobbyist". :D

@sammfreak: Yes, the attention issue would be a huge problem. And emotion virgins are much worse... of any gender, really.

"...they would band together and completely alienate men for everything else then reproduction."

Worse: they hook you up to a milking machine like Vic in A Boy and His Dog. :/

dv8godd

@keppj0nes: lol! Thanks for the links :)

Where did the "virgins" thing come from? I thought the vault 69 women were just regular women?

Not one person has linked this? For shame!

+ Watch video

princess_stomper

I'll be sure to get into vault 69 when this occurs :p

RPGr

For those interested, a few months back a couple guys finished up a comic called Vault 12. I dig it's monochrome style.
[xulm.nma-fallout.com]

GustoGaiden

@jsf49: Listen to him? Ever try listening to yourself?

cabbageninja

@GustoGaiden: Excellent. Thanks for the link!

dv8godd