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emilytheslayer pinged me to let me know that Penny Arcade Expo East tickets were available, I told her, "Alas, aside from my issues with whether I want to give money to them in light of their behavior, that's also likely to bump up against Elayna's birthday festivities, which would make it a non-starter even if it was organized by the Dalai Lama. Although the whole "don't give money to assholes" thing would probably win out on another weekend, anyway."
This was, of course, in reference to their handling of the infamous "dickwolves" strip and (more significantly) the reactions that followed (not linking, but if you can't use Google by now, I'm sure you have a helpful neighbor who can assist you).
That said, I figured there was at least a chance that they'd moved on, even if they clearly hadn't learned anything. No such luck.
(And yes, it's not like Gabe and Tycho hadn't established themselves as royal assholes before this, but there are types and degrees of assholes. Also, I've never been a PA regular, so have likely missed some incidents, thankfully.)
So, yeah. Even if Elayna's birthday festivities aren't a conflict, no way am I tossing money towards PAX. And yeah, I'm pretty much convinced at this point that, no matter how much I love video gaming -- something that's been a part of my life for over thirty years -- that video game culture is just made of suck (see Electronic Arts at Comicon '09 for another lovely example). I don't have the slightest doubt that they'll sell lots of Dickwolves shirts, possibly even to folks who aren't thirteen-year-old boys who get on XBox Live and call everyone they frag "gay." I'll get by just fine without them, thank you very much.
(And yes, I know this is old news for some folks; since I haven't followed PA in ages, I missed this when it happened.)
emilytheslayer pinged me to let me know that Penny Arcade Expo East tickets were available, I told her, "Alas, aside from my issues with whether I want to give money to them in light of their behavior, that's also likely to bump up against Elayna's birthday festivities, which would make it a non-starter even if it was organized by the Dalai Lama. Although the whole "don't give money to assholes" thing would probably win out on another weekend, anyway."This was, of course, in reference to their handling of the infamous "dickwolves" strip and (more significantly) the reactions that followed (not linking, but if you can't use Google by now, I'm sure you have a helpful neighbor who can assist you).
That said, I figured there was at least a chance that they'd moved on, even if they clearly hadn't learned anything. No such luck.
(And yes, it's not like Gabe and Tycho hadn't established themselves as royal assholes before this, but there are types and degrees of assholes. Also, I've never been a PA regular, so have likely missed some incidents, thankfully.)
So, yeah. Even if Elayna's birthday festivities aren't a conflict, no way am I tossing money towards PAX. And yeah, I'm pretty much convinced at this point that, no matter how much I love video gaming -- something that's been a part of my life for over thirty years -- that video game culture is just made of suck (see Electronic Arts at Comicon '09 for another lovely example). I don't have the slightest doubt that they'll sell lots of Dickwolves shirts, possibly even to folks who aren't thirteen-year-old boys who get on XBox Live and call everyone they frag "gay." I'll get by just fine without them, thank you very much.
(And yes, I know this is old news for some folks; since I haven't followed PA in ages, I missed this when it happened.)