On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness RPG

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On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness RPG
Peter Cohen, Macworld.com
[color=\"#808080\"]Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:50 AM PDT[/color]

Almost since its debut, the Web site comic Penny Arcade has been a mainstay of Internet gaming culture. Now the webcomic is putting its money where its mouth is with a RPG adventure game called On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. And I'm happy to report that the game is every bit as ribald, rude, and laugh out loud funny as the Penny Arcade comic.

Precipice of Darkness starts out by having you create your character in the game. You configure your name, gender and appearance. You can be tall or short, thin or stout, with or without eyeglasses, clean-shaven or with a beard. You can also choose from various hairstyles and clothes.

Tycho and Gabe--the alter egos of Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik--figure centrally to the game, which is in a fictional early 20th century-era city, where the local populace is being terrorized by a giant robot, mimes, masses of smaller robots, and other nefarious foes.

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