History Quotes / VideoGameCrueltyPotential

-->--''WebComic/AwkwardZombie'', "[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=012317 Conserving Ammo]]"

-->UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch news ad for ''VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame''

->''"During winter, it pleads with you not to cut off its fur with big, watery eyes. You do it anyway... because that's how you roll. YouMonster."''
-->-- In-game description of Woolies in '''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'''

->''Get ready to hug, compliment, and pet your way through a harmonious a world full of peace and friendship...or just brutally slaughter everything in sight until the streets run red with monster blood! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!''

'''Ken:''' Because that's '''[[MoralMyopia my]]''' decision, not the game's.

->It’s not just that he appears to be the direct visual model for at least one prominent [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson right-wing blowhard]]...Rather, it’s that the vicious sadist who traps people in homicidal amusement games is literally named Arcade. The name, dating as it does to the late 70s, is not directly tied to video games, but rather the larger tradition of the penny arcade.\\\

-->--'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} Robert Brockway: Word Puncher]]''': ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/revisiting-old-school-text-adventures-as-a-jaded-modern-gamer/ Revisiting Old-School Text Adventures as a Jaded Modern Gamer]]'' [[note]]He just gets more psychotic from then on out. [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment The game eventually retaliates]] by [[spoiler:siccing [[HopelessBossFight a grotesque phallus-beast]] to rape him to death]].[[/note]]

->''"[=KaiserRollSöze92=] asks, 'Can you kill your mom?' You actually can Kaiser, but you'll lose, so you want to avoid that."''

->''VideoGame/{{Saints Row 2}}'' ... is fully aware that most gamers are dickheads, and if you give them any kind of freedom their first instinct will be to abuse it. If you give them guns, they will shoot old ladies. If you give them cars, they will run over old ladies. If you give them aircraft, they will ascend to the highest possible height and [[DeathFromAbove hurl themselves out onto an old lady]]. And if you give them customisable outfits their first instinct will be to take off all their clothes and run around the streets hip-thrusting in the faces of old ladies. If you try to stop them doing all this, they'll hate you for it. Not only does ''VideoGame/{{Saints Row 2}}'' not stop you, but it keeps score! Every single one of my examples has a little mini-game attached.

->''Don't you hate it when you go to Cool Beans, and they don't got your strawberry chino... So you gotta blow they fuckin' head off?''

->''You're a disgrace to your mother!''
-->-- '''Ninten''' if bullhorn is used on [[spoiler:Giegue]], ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings''

->''"Don't you hate it when you go to Cool Beans, and they don't have your strawberry chino... So you gotta blow they fuckin' head off?"''

->''VideoGame/{{Saints Row 2}}'' ... is fully aware that most gamers are dickheads, and if you give them any kind of freedom their first instinct will be to abuse it. If you give them guns, they will shoot old ladies. If you give them cars, they will run over old ladies. If you give them aircraft, they will ascend to the highest possible height and hurl themselves out onto an old lady. And if you give them customisable outfits their first instinct will be to take off all their clothes and run around the streets hip-thrusting in the faces of old ladies. If you try to stop them doing all this, they'll hate you for it. Not only does ''VideoGame/{{Saints Row 2}}'' not stop you, but it keeps score! Every single one of my examples has a little mini-game attached.

-->-- Bay12 forums poster '''Oliolli'''

-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/blog/youre-on-the-global-frequency-spider-man-and-the-x-men-in-arcades-revenge/ Dr. Phil Sandifer]]''' on ''VideoGame/SpiderManAndTheXMenInArcadesRevenge''

-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-red-dead-redemption-hates-women/ "6 Things Red Dead Redemption Taught Me About (Hating) Women"]]

-->--'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} Robert Brockway: Word Puncher]]''': ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/revisiting-old-school-text-adventures-as-a-jaded-modern-gamer/ Revisiting Old-School Text Adventures as a Jaded Modern Gamer]]''

->These types of items can be used to destroy objects or even other summoned items (e.g., a club can be used to hit an animal; steak can be attached to a baby to attract lions; rockets can be lobbed at a man).

->'''Jack''': Don't do it man! He's your buddy! He '''takes you places!''' He goes--he goes, ''"Hey, Friend! Why're standin' way over there, Friend? ''That'' seems really weird, hm. Imma just gonna eat some hay and think about my wife and ''*[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUytlAKC9Rg#t=1422 horse gets hit by falling box]]*'' -GOH!"''\\

->[[AnEconomyIsYou Being a merchant]] was surprisingly fun and exciting--especially when you found out that you could land on pirate starbases and become an illegal drug dealer. Hell, you could traffic in human slavery if you wanted. You could even [[SinkTheLifeboats tractor beam in ejected pilots]] that '''you''' shot down into your cargo hold and then later sell them as human slaves! JESUS! Talk about adding insult to injury. It's that kind of freedom, that little personal touch of pointless cruelty that makes you feel like a real, authentic space bastard.

-->-- '''Kooper''', ''PaperMario''

->The game loaded levels with civilian scientists, told us not to shoot them, then gave the scientists guns and grenades because it knew exactly how much was wrong with us. It was like telling someone not to think of a pink elephant after giving them a pink elephant gun. It was a psychology test [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves the entire generation failed.]]

-->--'''[[LetsPlay/VideoGameDunkey Dunkey]]''', "How to Play 'VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}''

-->--''WebVideo/PreviouslyRecorded'' on ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''

-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' on ''[[VideoGame/WingCommander Privateer 2: The Darkening]]''

-->--"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y05TDInaeU Indiscriminate Murder is Counter-Productive]]" by Music/MachinaeSupremacy.

'''Tim:''' It depends what mood you're in really.\\
'''Brian:''' What sort of mood are you in then?\\

-->-- LetsPlay ''{{Ultima VII Part II}}: [[http://lparchive.org/Ultima-VII-Part-2-Serpent-Isle/ Serpent Isle]]''