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p-a in the nyt

Gabe and Tycho get a write up in The New York Times: A Comic Strip Takes Video Games Seriously (Almost); which may explain why their site is sloggingly slow today. It is largely favorable, though in the category of “community building” the piece mentions their self-promotional PAX, but fails to mention their continuing Child’s Play Charity drive which provides toys to children’s hospitals across the USA.

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