When people were simply pecking at each other on Twitter about the pronunciation of gif, and marshalling their respective armies, and securing celebrity endorsement, I was content to let it squall. But when it started to shred the vital bonds of camaraderie in the office, a conceptual space needed staking out.

I have never laughed this hard at an elimination comic strip.

If you’re not playing Monaco you should be. You can grab it for the PC or XBL and it’s awesome no matter where you play it.

I understood why you couldn't turn an Xbox 360 off with voice - that made sense, particularly when the Goddamn thing decides it heard something nobody in the room actually said. I didn't really understand why you shouldn't be able to turn it on with voice, though, other than it not being possible with that hardware. The Xbox One can do it, which is nice I guess, though it does mean it has to be listening absolutely all the time, because... that's how. It's not clear whether or not it will judge you at launch, but if the previous system is any indicator, they're always prepared to add functionality.

Thursday means new Gabeart:

They're all done, and they look great. If you've enjoyed seeing my associate's take on the individual characters, high quality prints are available either as a set, or individually. Kiko's new "Scorestreak" shirt just came back from our shirt printer, and we have it for the ladies and also for manz.

So before the tournament we let everyone place side bets on who among the PA staff would have the best score. All the money went right to Child's Play and those who backed the right horse so to speak would get their names posted on the site. Well I am sad to say that Robert Khoo and his team took the honors with a score of -4. My team played hard but we only managed a -1. So here are the names of Robert's supporters:

I was at the Xbox One reveal yesterday morning and overall I found it pretty disappointing. I feel like I wasn’t the target demographic for the presentation. I like to watch TV but what I like more is playing video games. I don’t care about sports games and EA has taught me over the years not to believe any of their pre-release bullshot videos. I also hate the Kinect. Every time I try to use it for playing a game or navigating the Xbox, the result is unreliable and frustrating. I like Call of Duty but their high resolution, motion captured dog and hyper intelligent fish didn't get me too excited. The box itself looks cool in a retro sort of way and I dig the new controller but I need to see some games. I guess that will have to wait until E3.

With Gabriel's adoption of the Surface Pro (and thus, a gaming capable PC) as a lifestyle totem, we have penetrated so far into weirdo territory that I will hear beepboops of unknown provenance over there and wonder where they're from. We played Sanctum back in "the day," liked it, and then interred it for some reason I don't entirely recall. I knew the sequel was coming out, and I was gonna say we should play it, but he beat me to it. Get your head around that shit.

Time for another episode of the number one webcomic reality show on Penny Arcade, Strip Search!

What I actually said was "Yes Jamie, Thank You Jamie," but that comic sucks. This comic improves substantially on reality.

We had some technical difficulties this week and the result was that a couple of our shows ended up being late. I apologize for the mess up.

"Too Damn Late," like Strips Which Include Div, is a specifically Gabriel form. I relent when we are exposed to a glut of news which might individually make for thin gruel, but leveraged in this context are appropriate. The cadence is also fun to model. Anyway, the stars were right.

The Child’s Play invitational golf tournament is coming up next Monday and we have cooked up a sort of home game. You can hit up the Child’s Play site and place a little side bet on your favorite Penny Arcader. All the money we raise will go directly to Child’s Play. The winning team will get bragging rights and all of their supporters will be listed on the Penny Arcade site.

Longtime friends of the site have collaborated on goodies for backers. When we hit the next goal, MC Frontalot's twenty track "Favoritism" LP will be joined by Paul & Storm's "Do You Like Star Wars" and the "Learning Town Soundtrack" on the flashdrive you get at the $55 dollar pledge. That little flashdrive is starting to get pretty plump, kid.

Robert asked me to mention that Randy Pitchford was handling the Kickoff Session for PAX Dev. I have done so! Now, I don't know what I should do next. I don't really have a plan, and frankly, it scares me.