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ATDA ,

Was this a GameStop exclusive since presumably you could just buy a basketball in big box stores?

Yokozuna ,

Rest in peace Www.nbaballerbeats.com

son_named_bort ,

I ball the old fashioned way: at that basketball machine at the arcade.

Marighost ,
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This is the real deal…

Corngood ,

I worked on this game. You have to dribble a basketball in front of all your expensive electronics. Insane idea, but it was a fun project.

Also www.penny-arcade.com/comic/…/forgive-me-father

Chozo ,

I've not read PA in ages, and saw that and thought "Oh wow, the new art style looks pretty good!" Then I saw this was from 2012, and decided to see what the art actually looks like nowadays.

What the fuck happened? Tycho looks like Handsome Squidward with encephalitis, and Gabe looks like every Nickelodeon character in the last 20 years merged into one. I'm curious to know what PA fans think about the style these days, since I've not followed it for a long time, myself.

ramenshaman ,

Who is the Tycho you’re referring to? I’m not a basketball guy, or really any sports guy at all. In my book, Tycho is possibly my favorite musician and plays mellow electronic music.

nyahlathotep ,
@nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works avatar

PA refers to Penny Arcade, a gaming culture webcomic that’s run since '98 that’s linked by Corngood up there. Tycho Brahe (besides being a 16th centure Danish astronomer) is name of one of the main characters in the comic as well as the pseudonym of it’s main writer, Jerry Holkins.

MacedWindow OP ,
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Got to see him live opening for Interpol! Absolutely incredible.

ramenshaman ,

OMG ME TOO!!! At the Greek Theater? I’ve seen him 3 times so far. Most recently I saw him at the Lightning in a Bottle festival. It was a sunset on a beautiful day and it was my first real acid trip. It was phenomenal 🤌

MacedWindow OP ,
@MacedWindow@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, fantastic show! Someone in the crowd yelled something like “Anyone who isn’t excited for Tycho has no clue how good this is going to be” and he was totally right.

nyahlathotep ,
@nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works avatar

I also prefer the 2012 art to the modern style, but if Mike likes to draw the way he does now then good for him. He’s clearly demonstrated his artistic prowess over the years and I’d guess wanted to make his own exaggerated style. It’s definitely instantly recognizable as his

otp ,

I remember reading it years and years and years ago.

The newest one seems like lazy commentary on things in nerd/gaming news, but maybe it was always like that, lol

Scrolled back a bit from the newest one, and they all seemed to follow the pattern of “Worried Nickelodeon Guy says something that bothers him, Handsome Squidward makes cynical comment about it”.

skulblaka ,
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The newest one seems like lazy commentary on things in nerd/gaming news, but maybe it was always like that, lol

As far as I know, it was pretty much always like that. My tolerance for that used to be better. Reminds me of CAD in that fashion, a comic that for a bit I actually genuinely liked but as I got older and the author got… weirder… it’s one that I moved away from.

simple ,

That’s awesome. Did you ever get complaints that kids would break everything in the house because of this game?

Corngood ,

Not that I recall. It turns out that most people have their Xbox in a place that sucks for dribbling a basketball, so I think the correct way to play this game was to move the setup to your garage/patio. :)

silverchase ,
@silverchase@sh.itjust.works avatar

Do I get to throw a ball at the TV?

Cort ,

Chest pass drills are a separate dlc

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