# Everything I hate about chainmail bikini art summed up in one comic
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-i-hate-about-chainmail-bikini-art-summed-up-in-one-comic/278045
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 4, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-i-hate-about-chainmail-bikini-art-summed-up-in-one-comic/278045 "2004-12-04T08:28:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-i-hate-about-chainmail-bikini-art-summed-up-in-one-comic/278045/1 "2004-12-04T08:28:55Z")
Penny-Arcade can be hit or miss but they’re bang on here in their critisism of the new Prince of Persia game, and really any fantasy whatever where the female characters feel compelled to fight in nothing but leather underwear.
> **[Penny Arcade](https://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-12-03)**
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> Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-i-hate-about-chainmail-bikini-art-summed-up-in-one-comic/278045/2 "2004-12-04T08:42:27Z")
“Canaries will go in _first._ Accidents will happen, and men will _die_.”
That’s funny stuff. :d
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-i-hate-about-chainmail-bikini-art-summed-up-in-one-comic/278045/3 "2004-12-04T08:47:57Z")
Hysterical.
I’m looking through the archive now but am not seeing anything near as funny though.
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### Author:  [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-i-hate-about-chainmail-bikini-art-summed-up-in-one-comic/278045/4 "2004-12-04T08:55:46Z")
> [@Aesiron](#):
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> Hysterical.
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> I’m looking through the archive now but am not seeing anything near as funny though.
Most of their humor is time sensitive. It also requires a fairly comprehensive knowledge of the video game industry. In other words, if you’re not a hardcore gamer, there is little humor to derive. However, even as one who meets these prerequisites, their comics are still very hit or miss. Most of the time, I enjoy the artwork more than the punchline itself, but just when I’m losing interest in PA they’ll unleash some of the funniest strips I’ve ever seen.
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### Author:  [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-i-hate-about-chainmail-bikini-art-summed-up-in-one-comic/278045/5 "2004-12-04T10:13:10Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#):
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> Penny-Arcade can be hit or miss but they’re bang on here in their critisism of the new Prince of Persia game, and really any fantasy whatever where the female characters feel compelled to fight in nothing but leather underwear.
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> [Penny Arcade](http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-12-03)
It goes beyond fantasy. The female character in Resident Evil 3 dressed was dressed up like the whore of Babylon. She’s suppose to be a law enforcement officer but I don’t imagine she’d be working undercover during a zombie crisis.
Marc
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### Author:  [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-i-hate-about-chainmail-bikini-art-summed-up-in-one-comic/278045/6 "2004-12-04T10:19:47Z")
At least Blizzard had the sense to give their Sorceress some sleeves. No pants, though. Exhibitionist freaks.
Anyway, go easy on game companies. Most gamers see more skin in their playtime than they ever will in their whole life. Don’t deprive them of that. The sex offsets the violence, you see. Did you see any titties in _Doom_? Me neither. And it wasn’t _Duke Nukem_ that got blamed for Columbine. Think on that.