Editing Penny Arcade (section)

==Reception==
On December 13, 2006,  ''[[Next Generation Magazine]]'' rated Krahulik and Holkins among its "Top 25 People of the Year".<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.next-gen.biz/features/next-gens-top-25-people-year | title = Next-Gen's Top 25 People of the Year | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071228233434/http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4395&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=0 | archive-date = December 28, 2007 | date = December 13, 2006 | first = Colin | last = Campbell}}</ref> Also appearing on the list were [[Nintendo of America]] President [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]] and former [[Xbox]] corporate vice-president [[Peter Moore (business)|Peter Moore]]. Krahulik made a post about the honor, in which he explained that ''Penny Arcade'' was created only because [[Next Generation Magazine|Next Gen]] rejected the duo's entry to a comic contest many years before.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/12/18/id-like-to-thank-god| title = I'd like to thank God…| access-date =August 26, 2007| last1 = Holkins| first1 = Jerry| last2 = Krahulik| first2 = Mike| date = December 18, 2006| work = Penny Arcade}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' listed ''Penny Arcade'' on their "100 Sites to Bookmark Now," calling it "a hilarious and smart webcomic for gamers."<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine | last1 = Kohn | first1 = Eric | first2 = J.P. | last2 = Mangalindan | date = June 23, 2006 | title = 100 Sites to Bookmark Now | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | page = 38}}</ref> MTV Online named Holkins and Krahulik two of the world's most influential gamers, saying "they have become the closest the medium has to leaders of a gamers' movement."<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.mtv.com/games/video_games/news/story.jhtml?id=1534641 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070219235834/http://www.mtv.com/games/video_games/news/story.jhtml?id=1534641 | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 19, 2007 | title = Playa Rater: The 10 Most Influential Video Gamers Of All Time | work = MTV | date = June 21, 2006 | first = Stephen | last = Totilo}}</ref> [[Time (magazine)|Time.com]] named ''Penny Arcade'' as one of its "50 Best Websites" for 2008 "...for the way it pokes fun at the [[high-tech industry]] and the [[technophiles|people who love it]]."<ref name="time">{{Cite magazine|first=Anita|last=Hamilton|title=Penny Arcade|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809954_1811341,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619205825/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809954_1811341,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2008|access-date=June 26, 2008 | date=June 17, 2008}}</ref>
[[1UP.com]] described it as "the One True Gaming Webcomic."<ref name="1UP"/> ''Penny Arcade'' was used along with ''[[American Elf]]'', ''[[Fetus-X]]'', and ''[[Questionable Content]]'' as an example of comics using the web to create "an explosion of diverse genres and styles" in [[Scott McCloud]]'s 2006 book ''Making Comics''.<ref name="makingcomics">{{cite book | last = McCloud | first = Scott | author-link = Scott McCloud | year = 2006 | title = Making Comics | url = https://archive.org/details/makingcomicsstor0000mccl | url-access = registration | location = New York | publisher = Harper Collins Publishers | isbn = 0-06-078094-0 | page = [https://archive.org/details/makingcomicsstor0000mccl/page/227 227]}}</ref>