# Speak to me only in Video Game Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 7, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763 "2012-08-07T18:04:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/1 "2012-08-07T18:04:09Z")
Well, I’ve had a lot of fun with the movie thread and I wanted to take it up a notch. So here it is: the video game parallel. Same rules: An actual story\discussion. Reply, add or question, take the discussion anywhere, but the post must be in movie quote form: Posts can be up to one paragraph. “Steinhart ? Fart into the radio.” ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/2 "2012-08-07T18:22:24Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > “Steinhart ? Fart into the radio.” Deelighted to Sir! (Starcraft) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/3 "2012-08-07T18:23:23Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > “Steinhart ? Fart into the radio.” > [@lost4life](#): > > Deelighted to Sir! (Starcraft) …That was a joke (Mass Effect 2, and 3) ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/4 "2012-08-07T19:29:57Z")
I hear it’s amazing when the purple stuffed worm of flap-jaw space with a tuning fork does a raw blink on Hari-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/5 "2012-08-08T09:18:42Z")
Hurry, Mr. Bubbles! I can see angels dancing in the sky ! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/6 "2012-08-08T09:37:23Z")
Different denotes neither bad nor good, but it certainly means ‘not the same’. (Alice: Madness Returns) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/7 "2012-08-08T17:01:28Z")
You spoony bard! (FFIV) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/8 "2012-08-08T17:33:32Z")
> [@agent foxtrot](#): > > i hear it’s amazing when the purple stuffed worm of flap-jaw space with a tuning fork does a raw blink on hari-kiri rock. I need scissors! 61! Fission mailed! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/9 "2012-08-08T18:01:04Z")
“Hey! Don’t shoot _ME_!” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/10 "2012-08-08T18:44:04Z")
With luck like yours I’m surprised them bullets didn’t turn right around and climb back into the gun. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/11 "2012-08-08T19:05:20Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Hey! Don’t shoot _ME_!” Slippy’s hurt! (non video-game thought: GOOD! Hated the little bastard) ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/12 "2012-08-08T19:09:52Z")
Go for the eyes Boo, GO FOR THE EYES!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/13 "2012-08-08T19:45:03Z")
Chicken. Fight like a robot. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/14 "2012-08-08T19:46:20Z")
Snake? SNAKE? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/15 "2012-08-13T11:46:36Z")
I’m right HERE, Rin! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/16 "2012-08-13T12:47:42Z")
Ormus sees a strange dichotomy in you… as he does in all would-be heroes. Speak to him and he may grant you wisdom in turn. Or turn from him and seek wisdom in thyself. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/17 "2012-08-14T01:25:12Z")
It’s the fluid catalytic cracking unit. It made shoes for orphans. Nice job breaking it, hero. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/18 "2012-08-14T12:48:29Z")
…another visitor. Stay a while. [Stay…FOREVER!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k35dUj5kG90) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/19 "2012-08-14T13:20:14Z")
I said come in, [don’t stand there](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rahAvCUk6xw) ! ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/20 "2012-08-14T15:08:09Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > It’s the fluid catalytic cracking unit. It made shoes for orphans. Nice job breaking it, hero. When I said ‘deadly’ neurotoxin, the ‘deadly’ was in massive sarcasm quotes. I could take a bath in this stuff. Put it on cereal. Rub it right into my eyes. Honestly, it’s not deadly at all. To me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763.md?page=2)