11:59 AM on 05.21.2008
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Denis Duckfat hates Penny Arcade ... and they're loving it.
The ads (see gallery below) are the direct opposite of what you'd expect -- instead of using positive review quotes from gaming publications (11/10! -Cashwh0re), they went with the most ridiculous comments that one hater has been systematically posting on Wired. Little did he know his belligerent flamebaiting would one day become their national ad campaign for On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Penny Arcade's new game on Xbox Live! How's that for a last laugh?
After we saw the ads, Destructoid dug up some additional info on this notorious critic -- DDF has been busy trolling the internet since 2005 on various forums and web sites, many of which have banned him for hatemongering senselessly. According to his abandoned Blogspot, he's a tubby game industry guy that "works on boring games every 4 years." The only thing he claims to hate more than Penny Arcade is Penny Arcade fans (as well as all music games, GTA, Tomb Raider boobs, and Xdude), and also has a few more colorful things to say in another Wired blog comment:
Penny arcade sucks and is unfunny. please murder penny arcade and then yourself if you disagree with me.
Can you imagine this douchelord's facial expression when he finds out he's responsible for one of the better ad campaigns we've seen in gaming this year?
We hope DDF has a good sense of humor and urge him to apply as a speaker at PAX to share his heightened taste of games and love of William H. Macy with the rest of us.
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um... I bought this game twice... once for my Mac because I have nothing to play on it and then on the 360... because. I don't know... Fuck it I might as well support Penny Arcade and indy games.
We all know about it.
We're all going to buy it.
What's the point?
I'm still not sold on the game, penny arcade is usually funny but I just don't like the cut of their jib. Plus I don't like the fact that they are two of the most unfortunate looking men on the internet and yet they represent themselves as handsome cartoon characters.
I like the fact that they always portray themselves with heads full of thick, lush, wavy hair.
If you're ready for a real comic, check out http://www.castle-vidcons.com/
I guess it just proves that there's no such thing as bad publicity.
And a good reminder for me to pick this up on XBLA.
That said, I've never understood the fapping to Penny Arcade-- I've never found them funny or cool. I find it ironic they've been so trollish about video games (they were among the Internet kids freaking out about Metroid Prime), when their own video game has been very hit-or-miss in reception.