Penny Arcade on Manhunt 2

Penny Arcade on Manhunt 2

November 5, 2007
The Penny Arcade crew looks at Manhunt 2 in its most recent comic.

Funny stuff... 

Jump here for the rest of the comic.

GP: Thanks to correspondent Andrew Eisen for the heads-up on this one...
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Comments

Submitted by Chadius - November 5, 2007 at 12:03 pm -0500
So...someone else figured it out. Good.
Submitted by Laughing Man - November 5, 2007 at 5:26 am -0500
I am the purple wedge.
Submitted by chris - November 5, 2007 at 5:26 am -0500
I'd say the proportion of gamers is actually smaller.
Submitted by DarrelBT - November 5, 2007 at 5:33 am -0500
Oh. So very very true. Count me as the one in purple.

Hear that JT? Manhunt 2 won't corrupt us because most of us don't actually care about the game. You had nothing to worry about from the start.
Submitted by CyberSkull - November 5, 2007 at 6:35 am -0500
Just remember to update the link to http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/11/02 for the archives! :)
Submitted by Alex G. - November 5, 2007 at 6:41 am -0500
Ahahah, pretty much accurate. =D
Submitted by Phoenix, Filmmaker - November 5, 2007 at 7:46 am -0500
I remember I had quoted them a few days back.
Submitted by retrogamer88 - November 5, 2007 at 8:41 am -0500
I'm in the purple too.
Submitted by Nekowolf - November 5, 2007 at 8:45 am -0500
Well I can proudly as I am NOT in the purple XD
Submitted by Quad9damage - November 5, 2007 at 8:46 am -0500
Don't you guys see, though? Penny Arcade is in cahoots with the video game industry. They made this comic so that the watchdog groups will THINK gamers don't care about Manhunt 2, and while the adults look the other way, all the children will be free to play the game and train to be killers!

Hooah indeed!
Submitted by Waffles - November 5, 2007 at 8:59 am -0500
Leave it to Penny Arcade to really hit the nail on the head.
Submitted by Weatherlight - November 5, 2007 at 9:03 am -0500
LMAO, thats a good one.
Submitted by Black Manta - November 5, 2007 at 9:33 am -0500
As always, Gabe and Tycho are right on the money. The media may be focusing on Manhunt 2 but most of us right now are talking about games like Crysis, Hellgate: London, Guitar Hero III or Rock Band. Bravo, guys. :)
Submitted by Gameboy - November 5, 2007 at 9:42 am -0500
Gotta love the guys over at Penny Arcade. So true. So funny.

@ Black Manta

Don't forget Assassin’s Creed, Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Final Fantasy 13 (a friend tells me Versus may still be released this year), Halo 3, and a host of others.
Submitted by bob - November 5, 2007 at 10:25 am -0500
.......wow..... at least penny arcade hit it right on topic
Submitted by Pleinair - November 5, 2007 at 10:40 am -0500
No they didn't. That purple wedge is WAAAAAAAAAAAY too large.
Submitted by BlackIce, Comrade Commisar - November 5, 2007 at 10:43 am -0500
Can we see one for the number of people who are going to buy the game?
Submitted by kurisu7885 - November 5, 2007 at 11:25 am -0500
"Can we see one for the number of people who are going to buy the game?"

And not for "stings"
Submitted by valthun - November 5, 2007 at 11:34 am -0500
yeah I am not in either wedge, nor is my roomate or any of my co-workers, who are in the majority as gamers. We all went out and picked up GHIII or Ratchet, or are playing Tactics on our PSP's.

To Gameboy;

Don't get your hopes up buddy. I can guarantee you that game isn't coming out this year.
Submitted by BlackIce, Black Sea Fleet - November 5, 2007 at 11:40 am -0500
@valthun

I went and picked up Bladestorm. I'm loving it in 1 hour.
Submitted by Gameboy - November 5, 2007 at 12:53 pm -0500
@ valthun

Yeah, I know. It's all rumor and whatnot. I don't really expect they'll release it too far from the release date of FF13, but you never know. I honestly can't find any concrete info on that. Guess I'll just wait and see.
Submitted by BaronJuJu - November 5, 2007 at 1:13 pm -0500
@ chris

"I’d say the proportion of gamers is actually smaller. "

I agree
Submitted by Anonymous - November 5, 2007 at 1:21 pm -0500
I prefer my RTS's anyway.

The chart has an unaturaly large purple part. My reseach gives me a Graham number for the yellow/purple pixels ratio. Or a DNC error. More common.
Submitted by Thad Ex Machina - November 5, 2007 at 3:28 pm -0500
The link up there needs to be changed to: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/11/02

Otherwise it jumps to the most recent comic, which is no longer the Manhunt one.
Submitted by SolarisDeschain - November 5, 2007 at 3:59 pm -0500
I loved Manhunt 2. 9/10. Hooah!
Submitted by A-wel Cruiz - November 5, 2007 at 4:29 pm -0500
I bought it, so count me in the purple wedge. Better than I expected, but certainly not a GOTY contender or anything. I'd say a solid 7.9/10.
Submitted by Mysticgamer - November 5, 2007 at 7:40 pm -0500
What about a section for gamers who don't care about Manhunt 2?
Submitted by DeatheaterX - November 5, 2007 at 11:03 pm -0500
Who'd care about Manhunt 2? It's only media hype, as if they treated it like Bin Laden.
Submitted by Chalts - November 5, 2007 at 11:42 pm -0500
I'm not sure if I count as the purple wedge or not. I care about the fact that people are trying to censor it and demonize video games at large by association.

I don't care about it from the perspective that I want to play it, especially after the middling reviews it's been getting.
Submitted by JustChris - November 6, 2007 at 10:06 am -0500
If pirate TV and radio were legal this media hype could've been suppressed.
Submitted by Jab - November 6, 2007 at 8:45 pm -0500
@ GP

CyberSkull's right, the link you have up is now to the wrong comic, and it's still on the main page
Submitted by Christian Astrup - November 12, 2007 at 1:00 pm -0500
Manhunt would have passed away in silence if not for all the whining from the media. Now it has gotten massive free marketing.

Also; Penny Arcade is, as always, spot on.

GamePolitics ShoutBox

Posted 07/04/09 at 08:20pm
GoodRobotUs: Went out for my Mum's 65th Birthday, which is the only relevance 4/7 has in the UK for me ;)
Posted 07/04/09 at 08:18pm
Andrew Eisen: Beach + fireworks + root beer + strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, whipped topping, and pound cake = my Fourth of July!
Posted 07/04/09 at 07:58pm
GoodRobotUs: Which seems to be the only point Jack proved, that some people find some games offensive. i.e. Nothing.
Posted 07/04/09 at 07:57pm
GoodRobotUs: The discussion was supposed to be whether games were dangerous not 'Do you find some games offensive'...
Posted 07/04/09 at 07:55pm
GoodRobotUs: Some agreed, some didn't, but it was their choice to make, not the governments.
Posted 07/04/09 at 07:55pm
GoodRobotUs: By asking the audience their opinion, he more or less proved that it's a matter of personal choice
Posted 07/04/09 at 07:55pm
GoodRobotUs: Meh, he ended proving Mark's point for him
Posted 07/04/09 at 07:26pm
Erik: Jack if you are reading this you are a LIAR. There is no legal weight to the MPAA's ratings.
Posted 07/04/09 at 07:24pm
JDKJ: I still think my buddy the midget who rides a unicycle backwards while juggling four bowling pins would have been a much bigger hit with that crowd. And he can make up statistics and misinterpret studies, too.
Posted 07/04/09 at 06:33pm
Alyric: Of course, Mark falls into the common trap about Columbine, which had nothing to do with bullying, etc. See: http://slate.msn.com/id/2099203/?GT1=3256 for a more thorough explanation.
Posted 07/04/09 at 06:32pm
PHX Corp: Read this http://www.destructoid.com/sgc-09-liveblogging-the-jack-thompson-debate-138502.phtml#ext
Posted 07/04/09 at 05:54pm
PHX Corp: JT is afraid of such ban then advocates it That's what i call a total Hypocrite
Posted 07/04/09 at 05:50pm
PHX Corp: AE: JT is a -Bleeping- Jackass
Posted 07/04/09 at 05:07pm
Andrew Eisen: JT "knew it would be a good audience." Not what he said on Tuesday.
Posted 07/04/09 at 05:01pm
Andrew Eisen: VG cause violent behavior. VG companies influence behavior to get sales. Yeah, that makes sense. (To be fair, the Twitter feed makes deciphering JT's point pretty tough.)
Posted 07/04/09 at 04:52pm
Andrew Eisen: Yes, it's been proposed but as far as I know it has not been passed. Big difference.
Posted 07/04/09 at 04:50pm
Cheater87: http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news/formats/xbox360/all-violent-video-games-be-banned-in-germany-$1301757.htm
Posted 07/04/09 at 04:49pm
Andrew Eisen: Far as I know, Germany has not banned all violent video games.
Posted 07/04/09 at 04:44pm
Cheater87: Jack wants the US to follow Germany's total video game ban.
Posted 07/04/09 at 04:42pm
Andrew Eisen: Note to JT, it is not illegal to sell kids a ticket to R-rated movies.
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