Customer Reviews
ignore the philistine above, this book is brilliant - By: A. Amirsolimani, 20 Apr 2007 
Penny arcade is a brilliant comic, not only is it stuffed with brilliant gags that people of ALL levels can appreciate its also a great way to look back at gaming commentary from yesteryear,
it is a great comic - it's funny, intelligent & well drawn
what you have hear is a damned good comic
A fans only book - By: Mr. Graham J. Ribchester, 13 Mar 2007 
What we have here,in essence, are a pair of mid twenty year olds, who make the same crude jokes you would findin an internet chatroom. The only difference is one of them can use the mighty power of Photoshop to enhance his otherwise average drawings so that they stand out to the artistically ignorant & easily amused gamer.
Don't get me wrong, Penny Arcade have been known to make funnies, you buy enough tickets, eventually you win the raffle. But neither the writing by itself, or the artwork, would get noticed or indeed hired by a company.
The book is outdated & often requires forewards by the author to explain why the jokein the comic strip is humorous. It's as if they make out that you are not educated enough to understand it without their help, whenin fact the opposite is true. You're probably far too educated to enjoy the crude 'humour' & no degree of explaining will make it funny.
In summary, the writing is nothing your friend hasn't once said to youin a drunken musing & the artwork compliments the writing perfectlyin that respect. If you read the comic strip & like it, then you already know what you are getting & you should buy it to support Penny Arcade so that they may release more pearls of wisdom. However if you are a browser looking for some cutting edge humour mixedin with gifted artwork, keep searching.
