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Readers pick best webcomic: Little Big Zone
The verdict is still out on the accuracy of the comic, but 2P Start's Little Big Zone won the popular vote for the week's best webcomic. Sega, the spiky blue ball is in your court to prove us wrong.Second and third place goes to Penny Arcade's The Deluge and Dueling Analog's Pixel Twist. 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.)
Readers pick best webcomic: "I bought a video game ..."
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!
Readers pick best webcomic: Impressions of Nintendo's E3 conference
Let's be honest: Shigeru Miyamoto would never post on Joystiq, and if he would, we'd like to think our response would be something wittier than ":(". So while we object to The Slackerz' totally false characterization of us, we are required by Blogger Law to award it webcomic of the week.A very close second (as of this writing) goes to Dueling Analogs, with Digital Unrest in third. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: Million Dollar Arcade
· Dueling Analogs artist Steve Napierski's tongue-in-cheek portrayal of the Penny Arcade duo took top honors in this week's webcomic wrapup. Don't worry, we're sure Tycho and Gabe are in on the joke. After all, PA Adventures is number 3 for all-time best Xbox Live Arcade launches ever.Second and third place go to VG Cats and, well, Penny Arcade, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: Disincentives
Personally, use of power items on the Olympics would make them exponentially more entertaining. Penny Arcade's "Disincentives," which gave us this mental image, took first place in this week's webcomic wrapup.Second and third place go to 2P Start--our personal favorite this week--and Dueling Analogs, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: Square peg, round hole
We love the weeks when the winning game-related webcomics seem to garner the most negative comments. However, the winner is decided by votes and not naysayers, so we're giving the (digital and valued at US $0) trophy to Dueling Analogs this week.Second and third place to go 2P Start and Funny Farm, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomic you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: Make it double
That initial glitch in the webcomic wrapup polling didn't affect the final vote. VG Cats' Poké-strip (as in comic strip and not ... eww) was given the rather dubious award for week's best game-related webcomic with quadruple (make it quadruple!) the vote of second place.Runners up include Dueling Analogs and Digital Unrest, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: Going Online
Perhaps its apt timing or name brand (both the comic and the topic), but VG Cats' Going Online webcomic took first place in this week's wrapup. Second place goes to newcomer Cectic and third place 2P Start, beating out by just a handful of votes Dueling Analogs' morbidly fun Professor Layton comic. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: Professor Layton and the Perpetual Torment
When we tried to write articles this morning, we were given a new prompt instead of the usual password field: "I haff tvelve metchsteek ..." Before we finished reading, we threw our laptops into the ocean and cursed the heavens above. Kudos to Penny Arcade, winner of this week's webcomic wrapup, for illustrating our anger.Second and third place to go Dueling Analogs and Digital Unrest, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week! (Preferably in the comments below, since our inbox will be flooded during the GDC shenanigans.)
Readers pick best webcomic: pod bay doors
A rule of thumb for Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: whenever XKCD is nominated, it wins. Generally; then again, with an overused punchline, we were hesitant the trend would continue.Second and third place go to Shortpacked! and Dueling Analogs, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: entranced and slightly rewired
Taking two pages from a long-running story arc on EverQuest, readers picked Tim Buckley's Ctrl+Alt+Del's "Entranced" and "Slightly Rewired" as the best game-related webcomic this week.Second and third place goes to Dueling Analogs and 2P Start, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any gaming comics you stumble upon this week! (And hey, if you got an idea for a WWW theme, send it our way, too.)
Readers pick best webcomic: The New Games Journalism
Even if we're a little late with giving you the results, this week's webcomic wrapup wasn't really a contest. Due to its timeliness and the controversy surrounding the situation, Penny Arcade's "The New Games Journalism" takes top honors this week. Timeliness is an understatement, here: we know a lot of people who first discovered Gerstmann-Gate from this comic.Second place goes to 2P Start while third is a virtual tie between Dueling Analogs and WoW Insider. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup celebrates Dueling Analogs' 2nd birthday
Congratulations to Steve Napierski's Dueling Analogs, who turns two years old tomorrow. Interesting note: according to Wikipedia, DA has won the webcomic wrapup seven times since May 2006. More interesting note: someone actually went through our archives and counted.Head over to Dueling Analogs and sift through their archives, then come back and tell us your favorites. (Our picks, for obvious reasons: So Dark the Contra of Man, PSP Philosophy.) And when you do return, would you kindly pick your favorite game-related webcomic in our poll below? Parental guidance is advised A very special Mass Effect Join the all-stars The deluge Embrace your destiny Star bit assistance Misrepresentation User generated content
Readers pick best webcomic: baked goods
People's love for Portal and Mario knows no boundaries, and VG Cats' amalgam of the ideas earned top honors as the week's best game webcomic. Second place went to our personal favorite of the week, Dueling Analogs, while third place was claimed by Ctrl+Alt+Del.Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week. Happy Halloween!
Readers pick best webcomic: And now you know ...
What's the masked mushroom looking at? You're going to have to peruse Dueling Analogs, this week's webcomic wrapup winner, to find out.Second and third place were quite close, with Digital Unrest (a guest strip from RPG-TV) barely toppling VG Cats. Thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: a forbidden love
He doesn't know why, but he chases it anyways. Any questions can be referred to Slackerz, winners (or is it winnerz?) of this week's webcomic wrapup.Second place goes to Penny Arcade (Awesome. Slide. Evar.) while third place is a near tie between Dueling Analogs and Hijinks Ensue. Thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomic you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: Splitsville
How dare you, Rooster Teeth, promote same-sex parental separation. Don't you see that this poor, costumed kid is hiding his anguish behind that orange visor?... oh, wait, this is an allegory for the Bungie / Microsoft split? Nevermind, false alarm. Kudos on winning this week's webcomic wrapup. Second place went to God Mode Online while Penny Arcade and Dueling Analogs duked it out for third. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week?
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: 'Penny Arcade did it!' edition
Did you know that every game-related webcomic is just a knock-off of Penny Arcade? Most of our commenters have, at some point, figured it out and/or cried "PA did it!" as loud as they can with Lucida Grande font. Steve Napierski of Dueling Analogs figured it out, and explains the gospel in his latest strip. Have you all seen the light now?Here are our picks for the best Penny Arcade-related webcomics this week. Be sure to vote for your favorite! (And let us know of any gaming comics we may have unfortunately missed.) A cold day in Aiur Undisputed champion (for context) Superb technique New gameplan The ongoing war (hey, it's game-related) Surf strike (part 1, part 2)
Readers pick best webcomic: nightmares
It looks like ze secret formula has once again worked, as Scott Johnson's Extra Life strip claimed the top spot for best webcomic of the week.Coming in second place was Dueling Analogs, while the frisky VG Cats take third. As always, thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!
Readers pick best webcomic: Pac-Man secrets
Sure, Extra Life's Scott Johnson often uses Pac-Man and Mario for a topic, but the sheer combination, cleverness, and timing with the new Championship Edition give him the edge for game-related webcomic of the week.Coming in second place is Dueling Analogs and third place goes to Penny Arcade. A special kudos to Digital Unrest because we love (a) science jokes and (b) the sheer probability of the situation.Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any gaming comics you stumble upon this week! (And for those who tipped us off in Saturday's post, no worries we've got you noted.)
