Penny Arcade is perhaps the longest-running video game webcomic, beginning in November 1998. The basic premise of the strip features two guys, Johnathan Gabriel and Tycho Brahe, discussing video games and gaming events for humor; it has since expanded to making fun of other pop culture as well as the family lives of creators Mike Krahulik (artist) and Jerry Holkins (writer), though it still edges heavily towards video game humor. The Penny Arcade name has since expanded to involve other forms of media, including a number of books and webseries, in addition to video games.
In 2008, an episodic video game based on the comic, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipices of Darkness (OTRSPOD), was released by Hothead Games, with the first two episodes released in the same year. However, Hothead put the series on indefinite hiatus, leading Penny Arcade writer Jerry Holkins to release Episode 3 in prose form. In 2012, however, development continued under developer Zeboyd Games, with Episodes 3 and 4 proper coming out between 2012 and 2013. Though the presentations are different between the two halves, the Penny Arcade style remains consistent throughout, aided by the creators themselves having a hand in development.
Below are links to every review of Penny Arcade Adventures on this blog, with games and DLC presented in chronological order and separated by developer. (Second Opinions are listed next to reviews in parentheses.)
Hothead Games
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One (Second Opinion)
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode Two (Second Opinion)
Zeboyd Games
The Beginning of the End (Second Opinion)
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 (Second Opinion)
Lair of the Seamstress (Second Opinion)
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 (Second Opinion)
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