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kirkjerk
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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: Penny Arcade Star Control Reference |
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(Ok I know there's some ambivalence about Penny Arcade here but still)
The "news" for this day mentioned a Star Control reference and I'm embarrassed to admit how long it look me to find it:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/25/
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Harveyjames
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| I had to Google it. That's some subtle referencing alright. |
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kirkjerk
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| Harveyjames wrote: | | I had to Google it. That's some subtle referencing alright. |
My trouble was seeing it.
Guess I"m a nitwit. jerk. baby. worm.
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dessgeega
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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kirk, your sig.
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kirkjerk
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| dessgeega wrote: | | kirk, your sig. |
yeah. is it too much?
I started by bringing over a similar pacman one I use at Atari Age which is admittedly not as much of a muchness...
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The Great Unwashed
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I gotta say, unless it's "PKUNK", I got no idea.
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Harveyjames
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| I had to google PKUNK to work it out. It's like that bit in The Simpsons where Radioactive hits someone and the sound effect is SNUH! referencing a clumsy acronnym from an earlier episode, except without the funny D: |
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kirkjerk
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:38 am Post subject: |
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| The Great Unwashed wrote: | | I gotta say, unless it's "PKUNK", I got no idea. |
it is pkunk!
I didn't see it 'cause it was a word
but that's one of the (funnier) alien races in SC and SC2.
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Scratchmonkey
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| I loved playing as the Pkunk in battle mode. I think my record is resurrecting 12 times in a row. |
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kirkjerk
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Scratchmonkey wrote: | | I loved playing as the Pkunk in battle mode. I think my record is resurrecting 12 times in a row. |
Wow! That should only happen, like, 1 in 4,096 times.
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