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  I used to enjoy Penny Arcade when I was younger and much more into the game space. I still have a couple of Penny Arcade t-shirts in the rotation which have got to be over twenty years old by now! Back then there was lots going on - starting the Child’s Play charity, starting PAX, the whole Jack Thompson saga. Also I got the gaming references in a way that I no longer do… I dip into the strip now and then, but don’t follow it like I used to. The art has gotten really good now, but I do mi...

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  Even funnier, the bars and restaurants are *heavily* subsidised. MPs pay well below the going rate for food and alcohol. The cost to the public is a staggering [£5.8 million a year](https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/uncategorized/the-mps-subsidised-trough).