It's a rare-yet-joyous day when the gaming comic we really want to see win actually does earn the popular vote. Joystiq readers, thank you for picking 2P Start's Echochrome Auditions. No, really, we think you made the right choice. You should consider doing that more often.
Second and third place both went to Penny Arcade (Magnum Opus and The Great Divide, respectively, although the commenters are right that all three of their comics last week were gold). Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week! (Protip: It's best to use the comments field for that kind of stuff, or if you go via our tip line be sure to include "webcomic" in the subject or it will likely get ignored.)
... We might have an improper homonym there. We're all a bit worn out (har) from the multitude of conferences this weekend and had to kick (har) this to the until tonight. Here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomics, be sure to vote for your favorite!
For quite a while, it was a virtual tie between it and xkcd's Flash Games, but in the end Penny Arcade's homage to Mega Man 9A Trick of Retrospective took top honors in this week's webcomic wrapup. As one commenter quipped, the fourth panel -- the one with all the screaming and angry swearing at the TV -- is conspicuously absent.
Second place went to xkcd, while third went to the other homage to Mega Man 9, Digital Unrest's Return to Form. Thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week.
My friends, I appreciate your support, but it is now, after much deliberation and discussion, that this Weekly Webcomic Wrapup pick its running mate. With the Japanese Hardware Sales, I have with me a popular public figure with experience and foreign policy credentials. Should it accept the nomination, together, we will win this election ... for Supreme King and Queen of the Internets.
I've already picked my cabinet. Since I like playing favorites, please vote for the best after the break.
It was a landslide victory for wecomic wrapup newcomer Cross Platform, whose comic A New Creative Outlet took almost 40% of the vote. (Be sure to also check out the previous comic, Not-So-Secret Identities.) The site is still being prettified, so here's hoping we'll get permalink pages for each comic (hint, hint).
Second and third place go to usual suspects Penny Arcade (The Origin of the CD Keys, Part One) and Digital Unrest (No Avoiding It). Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
We're still enjoying our beta status at the moment, and so is LittleBigPlanet. Some intrepid gamers have already recreated Tetris in-game, as seen above (via PS3 Fanboy). We showed you Super Mario World earlier this week and we're sure there are dozens more mind-boggling creations propagated around the internet. The best we've tried our hands mittens at making is a pendulum. Anyway, here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomic. Polling after the break; be sure to vote for your favorite!
It was a photo finish for the top three webcomics this week, with only 16 votes separating first from third. 2P Start'sGreat Debate earns the much-coveted (hey, let us dream) crown of best game-related webcomic.
Second and third place, and only by a teensy bit, go to Penny Arcade's Thinking Small and Super Effective'sSQUIR-. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
We should've been doing this all along. Now realizing the error in our ways, the Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is reverting itself to a perpetual state of beta. All of our faults can now be explainedly, simply, as "we are still in beta and will work out the kinks for final launch at a later date." Brilliant! Here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomic. Polling after the break; be sure to vote for your favorite!
In you don't understand the painfulness of the situation detailed in Penny Arcade's"The Diplomatic Route," our friends at WoW Insider recently wrote about a guild who gave an ultra-rare bow -- a 6% of dropping from the hardest boss in the game that binds to a player once picked up and cannot be given to another -- to a character that doesn't use bows. Enough of you must have understand, or enjoy any instance of the onomatopoeia "pew pew," since the comic won best of the week.
Second and third place goes to Digital Unrest's Same Scenario, Different Year and 2P Start's Just Say No, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week.
Last week we asked you, dear reader, to tell us what precisely you liked did not like about Will Wright's "SimEverything" Spore (now also known as a beacon of DRM debate). The results are in, and overwhelmingly Space and Creature phases were voted as favorites, while conversely, the Tribal phase was voted least favorite.
We also took the average score, from 1 to 5, as voted on each individual phase and the editors, and the editors were by and large ranked highest (4.37 out of 5), with Creature phase and Cell phase following behind it (3.72 and 3.51, respectively). The Civilization phase had 3.08, while the Tribal phase earned low marks at 2.26 out of 5.
As for the editors themselves, the Creature / Outfitter mode ranked much higher than the others, with 68.6% of respondents reporting it as their favorite. Conversely, the building editor was voted "least favorite" by almost identical margins (67.75%). Read on for the full semi-statistical breakdown.
We'd type more, but it turns out we took some bad advice and are now a bit nonplussed. (Via Digg) Here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomic. Polling after the break; be sure to vote for your favorite!
It's been almost one week since Sporecame out. For those that have contributed to the exponential rise in Sporepedia entries (over 14 million at the time of this writing), we want to know your thoughts on the game. If you would be so kind, please answer a few questions regarding the game, the phases and the editors.
This week's winner in the webcomic wrapup doesn't even have a true name: we just made one up. (In retrospect, we wonder if our original name "Popsicle Sunshine" would have fared as well.) Dork Tower's entry is actually a bit unfair, as it dates back to 2001. It's just sad that (a) we didn't originally notice and (b) after 7 years, it is still very relevant.
Second place (technically first since it's more recent) goes to Dueling Analogs, followed by Digital Unrest and Monday Night Crew. Thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know of any (more recent) game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Of the 100 or so cosplayers we saw (and snapped pictures of) at PAX 2008, we've whittled down the gallery to our favorite 15 costumes. Now we want to know who you thought was the best cosplayer:
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This week's winner in the webcomic wrapup doesn't even have a true name: we just made one up. (In retrospect, we wonder if our original name "Popsicle Sunshine" would have fared as well.) Dork Tower's entry is actually a bit unfair, as it dates back to 2001. It's just sad that (a) we didn't originally notice and (b) after 7 years, it is still very relevant.
