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->''Do you remember, in movies in the 90s...you'd play a game and it'd be like [mimics chiptune beeps and boops]. D'you remember that? It doesn't even matter how recent the game system was. They'd be playing a'' ''UsefulNotes/PlayStation'' ''and it'd still be like [mimics chiptune beeps and boops].''

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->''Do you remember, in movies in the 90s...you'd play a game and it'd be like [mimics chiptune beeps and boops]. D'you remember that? It doesn't even matter how recent the game system was. They'd be playing a'' ''UsefulNotes/PlayStation'' ''Platform/PlayStation'' ''and it'd still be like [mimics chiptune beeps and boops].''
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->''What do I know about Nintendo? Very little, but I know this -- I once got to the second level of '''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''. So when I see a movie like this and they're talking about getting to the '''third''' level, even a dummy like me knows that they're showing the first level on screen.''

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->''What do I know about Nintendo? Very little, but I know this -- I once got to the second level of '''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''.VideoGame/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1989}}. So when I see a movie like this and they're talking about getting to the '''third''' level, even a dummy like me knows that they're showing the first level on screen.''
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-->--'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} John Cheese]]''', mocking ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' for running into this trope in ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'

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-->--'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} John Cheese]]''', mocking ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' for running into this trope in ''[[http://www."[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'
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->''The high score. You know, because these newfangled "online role-playing games" the kids are talking about are basically Pac-Man, [[SarcasmMode right?]] And it wasn't enough to say she had the high score in one MMORPG, oh no. She holds the high score in virtually all of them. In a world where becoming even an average player in one game takes the same amount of time as a full-time job.''

->''The thing is, I can almost understand the'' ''[[HollywoodHacking ridiculous portrayal of hacking earlier]]'' ''-- most people haven't hacked a computer. But there aren't many places you can go in America where ''someone in the room'' hasn't played an MMORPG. If you're confused, fucking ask somebody, Mr. TV Writer. Because unless you're performing your cop show live in the cafeteria of a nursing home, ''lots of your viewers are going to know you pulled a whole scene straight out of your ass.''''

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->''The high score. [[SarcasmMode You know, know]], because these newfangled "online role-playing games" the kids are talking about are basically Pac-Man, [[SarcasmMode right?]] basically'' Pac-Man'', right? And it wasn't enough to say she had the high score in in'' one MMORPG, ''MMORPG, oh no. She holds the high score in virtually all of them. In a world where becoming even an average player in one game takes the same amount of time as a full-time job.''

->''The thing is, I can almost understand the'' ''[[HollywoodHacking ridiculous portrayal of hacking earlier]]'' ''-- most people haven't hacked a computer. But there aren't many places you can go in America where ''someone in the room'' hasn't played an MMORPG. If you're confused, fucking ask somebody, Mr. TV Writer. Because unless you're performing your cop show live in the cafeteria of a nursing home, ''lots of your viewers are going to know you pulled a whole scene straight out of your ass.''''
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->''The high score. You know, because these newfangled "online role-playing games" the kids are talking about are basically Pac-Man, right? And it wasn't enough to say she had the high score in one MMORPG, oh no. She holds the high score in virtually all of them. In a world where becoming even an average player in one game takes the same amount of time as a full-time job.''

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->''The high score. You know, because these newfangled "online role-playing games" the kids are talking about are basically Pac-Man, right? [[SarcasmMode right?]] And it wasn't enough to say she had the high score in one MMORPG, oh no. She holds the high score in virtually all of them. In a world where becoming even an average player in one game takes the same amount of time as a full-time job.''

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->''The thing is, I can almost understand the ridiculous portrayal of hacking earlier -- most people haven't hacked a computer. But there aren't many places you can go in America where ''someone in the room'' hasn't played an MMORPG. If you're confused, fucking ask somebody, Mr. TV Writer. Because unless you're performing your cop show live in the cafeteria of a nursing home, ''lots of your viewers are going to know you pulled a whole scene straight out of your ass.''''
-->--'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} John Cheese]]''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'

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->''But the real "go fuck yourself" message to every gamer watching is when they start talking about her holding "the high score in virtually every massively multiplayer online role-playing game."''

->''The high score. You know, because these newfangled "online role-playing games" the kids are talking about are basically Pac-Man, right? And it wasn't enough to say she had the high score in one MMORPG, oh no. She holds the high score in virtually all of them. In a world where becoming even an average player in one game takes the same amount of time as a full-time job.''

->''The thing is, I can almost understand the the'' ''[[HollywoodHacking ridiculous portrayal of hacking earlier -- earlier]]'' ''-- most people haven't hacked a computer. But there aren't many places you can go in America where ''someone in the room'' hasn't played an MMORPG. If you're confused, fucking ask somebody, Mr. TV Writer. Because unless you're performing your cop show live in the cafeteria of a nursing home, ''lots of your viewers are going to know you pulled a whole scene straight out of your ass.''''
-->--'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} John Cheese]]''', mocking ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' for running into this trope in ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'
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-->'''Creator/RogerEbert''' on ''Film/TheWizard''

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-->'''Creator/RogerEbert''' -->--'''Creator/RogerEbert''' on ''Film/TheWizard''



-->'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} John Cheese]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'''

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-->'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} -->--'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} John Cheese]], [[http://www.Cheese]]''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'''
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-->[[{{Creator/Egoraptor}} Arin Hanson]], ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', "VideoGame/DonkeyKong"

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-->[[{{Creator/Egoraptor}} -->--'''[[{{Creator/Egoraptor}} Arin Hanson]], Hanson]]''', ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', "VideoGame/DonkeyKong"
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->''Do you remember, in movies in the 90s...you'd play a game and it'd be like [mimics chiptune beeps and boops]. D'you remember that? It doesn't even matter how recent the game system was. They'd be playing a'' ''UsefulNotes/PlayStation'' ''and it'd still be like [mimics chiptune beeps and boops].''
-->[[{{Creator/Egoraptor}} Arin Hanson]], ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', "VideoGame/DonkeyKong"
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-->'''RogerEbert''' on ''TheWizard''

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-->'''RogerEbert''' -->'''Creator/RogerEbert''' on ''TheWizard''
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-->'''RogerEbert''' on ''TheWizard'' [[hottip:*:To be fair, though, the line he's referring to was actually "I ''almost'' beat [=MecaTurtle=] on level 3"; Sam probably lost all his Turtles at that point and had to start over.]]

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-->'''RogerEbert''' on ''TheWizard'' [[hottip:*:To be fair, though, the line he's referring to was actually "I ''almost'' beat [=MecaTurtle=] on level 3"; Sam probably lost all his Turtles at that point and had to start over.]]
''TheWizard''
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-->'''[[{{Cracked}} John Cheese]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'''

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-->'''[[{{Cracked}} -->'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} John Cheese]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'''
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->''What do I know about Nintendo? Very little, but I know this -- I once got to the second level of '''Game/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''. So when I see a movie like this and they're talking about getting to the '''third''' level, even a dummy like me knows that they're showing the first level on screen.''

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->''What do I know about Nintendo? Very little, but I know this -- I once got to the second level of '''Game/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''.'''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''. So when I see a movie like this and they're talking about getting to the '''third''' level, even a dummy like me knows that they're showing the first level on screen.''
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->''The thing is, I can almost understand the ridiculous portrayal of hacking earlier -- most people haven't hacked a computer. But there aren't many places you can go in America where ''someone in the room'' hasn't played an MMORPG. If you're confused, fucking ask somebody, Mr. TV Writer. Because unless you're performing your cop show live in the cafeteria of a nursing home, ''lots of your viewers are going to know you pulled a whole scene straight out of your ass.''''
-->'''[[{{Cracked}} John Cheese]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology]]'''
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-->'''RogerEbert''' on ''TheWizard'' [[hottip:*:To be fair, though, the line he's referring to was actually "I ''almost'' beat [=MecaTurtle=] on level 3]]"; Sam probably lost all his Turtles at that point and had to start over.]]

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-->'''RogerEbert''' on ''TheWizard'' [[hottip:*:To be fair, though, the line he's referring to was actually "I ''almost'' beat [=MecaTurtle=] on level 3]]"; 3"; Sam probably lost all his Turtles at that point and had to start over.]]
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->''What do I know about Nintendo? Very little, but I know this -- I once got to the second level of '''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'''. So when I see a movie like this and they're talking about getting to the '''third''' level, even a dummy like me knows that they're showing the first level on screen.''
-->'''RogerEbert''' on ''TheWizard''

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->''What do I know about Nintendo? Very little, but I know this -- I once got to the second level of '''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'''.'''Game/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''. So when I see a movie like this and they're talking about getting to the '''third''' level, even a dummy like me knows that they're showing the first level on screen.''
-->'''RogerEbert''' on ''TheWizard'' [[hottip:*:To be fair, though, the line he's referring to was actually "I ''almost'' beat [=MecaTurtle=] on level 3]]"; Sam probably lost all his Turtles at that point and had to start over.]]
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->''What do I know about Nintendo? Very little, but I know this -- I once got to the second level of '''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'''. So when I see a movie like this and they're talking about getting to the '''third''' level, even dummy like me knows that they're showing the first level on screen.''

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->''What do I know about Nintendo? Very little, but I know this -- I once got to the second level of '''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'''. So when I see a movie like this and they're talking about getting to the '''third''' level, even a dummy like me knows that they're showing the first level on screen.''

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