# Speak to me only in Video Game Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763>\
**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:** 2

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/21 "2012-08-14T15:09:15Z")

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Somebody set up us the bomb!

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/22 "2012-08-14T16:37:19Z")

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“In the beggining, the Earth was without form, and void…”

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/23 "2012-08-14T19:18:13Z")

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You look like you need a monkey!

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**Author:** ![Stowed\_Bob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stowed_bob/32/3312_2.png) [@Stowed\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stowed_Bob)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/24 "2012-08-14T23:34:29Z")

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Is it just me, or is the world filled with wackos? Okay, Mr. Psycho gnome, I hope you don’t take this the wrong way, but we’re really not interested in your rock garden

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**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/25 "2012-08-14T23:35:16Z")

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Then what about a snake-shaped gun? You could make it look like you’re grappling with a giant snake and then get a shot in on the enemy while they’re distracted.

ETA: ha ! Typed as a response to **control-z** , but it works even better after **Stowed Bob** ’s one 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/26 "2012-08-14T23:45:38Z")

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Oooo… big weapon, this. You over-compensating, maybe?

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/27 "2012-08-15T02:04:26Z")

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War. War never changes.

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**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 15, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/28 "2012-08-15T02:05:17Z")

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It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this!

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**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 15, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/29 "2012-08-15T09:09:27Z")

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_whoa_ Thats a BIG mushroom!

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**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 15, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/30 "2012-08-15T09:32:09Z")

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Emergency. Induction. Port.

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**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/31 "2012-08-15T11:17:56Z")

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Are you from the planet Gibber? You seem to be speaking gibberish.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/32 "2012-08-15T11:45:58Z")

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You have: no tea.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/33 "2012-08-15T11:46:49Z")

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You steal a man’s wife and hide inside a fortress?! Nothing hangs between your thighs! In fact, there is a hole there so deep it reaches into the maledetto inferno!

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**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 15, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/34 "2012-08-15T12:22:54Z")

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A little fire and lightning ought to liven things up!

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/35 "2012-08-15T12:37:50Z")

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I hunger!

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/36 "2012-08-15T12:46:16Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> You steal a man’s wife and hide inside a fortress?! Nothing hangs between your thighs! In fact, there is a hole there so deep it reaches into the maledetto inferno!

But enough talk! Have at you!

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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/37 "2012-08-15T12:52:20Z")

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“Get over here!”

_Finish him._

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/38 "2012-08-15T12:55:22Z")

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Join the army they said! See the world they said! I’d rather be sailing.

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**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 15, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/39 "2012-08-15T13:07:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Smapti]  
You steal a man’s wife and hide inside a fortress?! Nothing hangs between your thighs! In fact, there is a hole there so deep it reaches into the maledetto inferno!  
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Bring me a suit of that perverted armor!

(Bartolomeo always cracked me up.)

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**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-video-game-quotes/630763/40 "2012-08-15T13:51:35Z")

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Good news. I figured out what to do with all the money I save recycling your one roomful of air. When you die, I’m going to laminate your skeleton and pose you in the lobby. That way future generations can learn from you how not to have your unfortunate bone structure.

(And just in case there are too many GLaDOS quotes already…)

Yellow car!

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