<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ok..<div>I have to share this but it comes with some caveats. </div><div><br></div><div>First - Penny Arcade is an online web comic at:</div><div><a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/">http://www.penny-arcade.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>They're a comic about (basically) gaming - they're very very funny and successful enough they've launched a convention (PAX) which is the largest gaming convention in the world. They've also started a great charity called Child's Play (<a href="http://www.childsplaycharity.org/">http://www.childsplaycharity.org/</a>) - that provides toys and games to kids in the hospital. This year alone they've raised over $1.7million from gamers.</div><div><br></div><div>So they're big names in the video game world. </div><div><br></div><div>Second - their comics and news post contain <b>explicit language</b> - Basically, it's "R" rated. So if that sort of thing bothers you, don't read any farther. Every M-W-F they post a new comic, and to go along with it "Tycho" (the writer) posts a news update talking about the comic, or about the comic's referenced topic (usually a video game or industry event) - so typically you view the comic and read the news post (or vice versa)</div><div><br></div><div>With all of that in mind, below is today's comic and news post - both of which I feel accurately sum up the hype around the tablet and how hard it is for Sony/Microsoft/Amazon/etc to handle the fact that Apple exists. As always, I find Tycho's assessment of the industry to be dead on.</div><div><br></div><div>Again, <b>EXPLICIT LANGUAGE</b> ahead!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------News Post for Friday, Jan 22, 2010 ---------</div><div><img id="2fb115e6-ea28-46fa-bc2f-0d29d9ca4e4d" height="491" width="755" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:FFCB954C-E337-4805-865A-6270F372C87E"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------Comic for Friday, Jan 22, 2010 ---------------</div><div><img id="d63d73b9-8a7e-4c81-ae56-1e07d285991c" height="384" width="766" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:D9B1829B-DA66-418D-92DC-A6BC02E4E1C0"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>