Editing Penny Arcade (section)

===Dickwolves controversy===
In an August 11, 2010 comic entitled "The Sixth Slave", an [[Non-player character|NPC]] pleads with a player who then refuses to save him: "Every morning, we are roused by savage blows. Every night, we are raped to sleep by the dickwolves".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sixth Slave|url=https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11|work=Penny Arcade|access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> The strip drew criticism from many commentators, including from ''[[The American Prospect]]'' and ''[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]]''. Krahulik and Holkins dismissed these criticisms, later selling "Team Dickwolves" T-shirts based on the strip.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Kennedy | first = Channing | title = How Does It Feel to Be a Problem on the Internet? | newspaper = The American Prospect | date = February 4, 2011 | url = http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&year=2011&base_name=how_does_it_feel_to_be_a_probl | access-date = February 26, 2011 | archive-date = August 10, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810212849/http://prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&year=2011&base_name=how_does_it_feel_to_be_a_probl | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Myers | first = Maddy | title = Penny Arcade surprised to find that rape jokes offend people | newspaper = The Boston Phoenix | date = August 16, 2010 | url = https://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/laserorgy/archive/2010/08/16/penny-arcade-s-dubious-apology-for-dark-humor.aspx | access-date = February 26, 2011 | archive-date = August 11, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110811023546/https://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/laserorgy/archive/2010/08/16/penny-arcade-s-dubious-apology-for-dark-humor.aspx | url-status = bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Myers | first = Maddy | title = Gaming, rape culture, and how I stopped reading Penny Arcade: When Dickwolves attack | newspaper = The Boston Phoenix | date = February 3, 2011 | url = https://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/116456-gaming-rape-culture-and-how-i-stopped-reading-pe/?page=1 | access-date = March 3, 2011 | archive-date = March 17, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110317024144/https://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/116456-gaming-rape-culture-and-how-i-stopped-reading-pe/?page=1 | url-status = bot: unknown }}</ref> They later removed the "Team Dickwolves" shirt from their store due to complaints that it made potential PAX attendees uncomfortable. After the removal, Krahulik posted online that removing the shirts was only partly caving to pressure but mainly due to people who had personally emailed him and were reasonable with their concerns. Krahulik also stated that anyone still hesitant about going to PAX even after removal of the shirts should not come to PAX.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penny-arcade.com/2011/1/28/dickwolves|title=Penny Arcade - News - Dickwolves|website=Penny Arcade|access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202044427/https://www.penny-arcade.com/2011/1/28/dickwolves|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In September 2013, on the last day of PAX, Krahulik told a panel that he thought that "pulling the dickwolves merchandise was a mistake", to cheers from the crowd.<ref name=Statesman>{{cite magazine|last=Hern|first=Alex|title=Penny Arcade reopens the "dickwolves" controversy|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/alex-hern/2013/09/penny-arcade-reopens-dickwolves-controversy|magazine=[[New Statesman]]|access-date=5 September 2013}}</ref> However, Krahulik later apologized on the ''Penny Arcade'' website, stating that he regretted contributing to the furor that had followed the original comic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/09/05/some-clarification|title=Penny Arcade - News - Some Clarification|website=Penny Arcade|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref> Both critics of the comic strip and Krahulik and Holkins, made claims of receiving verbal abuse through social media and [[death threats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamepolitics.com/2013/09/06/penny-arcade-controversy-will-not-die/|title=The Penny Arcade Controversy That Will Not Die|last=Fudge|first=James|work=[[GamePolitics.com]]|date=6 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910151034/http://gamepolitics.com/2013/09/06/penny-arcade-controversy-will-not-die |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In a 2012 article in the ''[[Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media]]'', academics Salter & Blodgett used the Dickwolves incident as a case study into "hypermasculinity and sexism within the gaming community", and argued that "this case highlights how the hypermasculine discourse encourages the overt privileging of masculinity over femininity and discourages women from engaging in gendered discourse within the community."<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Salter|first1=Anastasia|last2=Blodgett|first2=Bridget|date=2012-07-01|title=Hypermasculinity & Dickwolves: The Contentious Role of Women in the New Gaming Public|journal=Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media|volume=56|issue=3|pages=401–416|doi=10.1080/08838151.2012.705199|issn=0883-8151|doi-access=free}}</ref>