History Quotes / VideoGameCrueltyPotential

'''Tim:''' ''VideoGame/TombRaider 3''.\\

-->-- '''The announcer''', ''NFL Blitz''

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Medic]]''', ''Videogame/SurgeonSimulator2013''[[note]]Also spoken in his home game, but in a different context.[[/note]]

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-->-- In-game description of Woolies in '''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'''

-->--''WebComic/AwkwardZombie'', "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/conserving-ammo Conserving Ammo]]"

-->-- '''WebVideo/SsethTzeentach''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdAjXDDQPJ0 on]] ''VideoGame/{{Rimworld}}'' after just describing how he created a colony staffed completely by psychopaths, and sets them to work turning raiders and even useless colonists into [[GeniuneHumanHide furniture]] after harvesting their organs.

'''Mayor of''' '''''[=VideoGame/SimCity=]''''': No, they're not. I know they're not. Why do I always try to use that as a selling point?

->'''Mayor of VideoGame/SimCity:''' ''We'' have tornadoes, and earthquakes, and giant radioactive lizard monsters that destroy our buildings!\\
'''Mayor of VideoGame/CitiesSkylines:''' None of those things are good.\\
'''Mayor of VideoGame/SimCity:''' No, they're not. I know they're not. Why do I always try to use that as a selling point?

-->--{{Website/YouTube}} comnent, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfXuhHq1_n4 "Playing Hitman 2 with Agent 47"]]

-->--{{Website/YouTube}} comnent, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfXuhHq1_n4 "Playing ''VideoGame/Hitnan2'' with Agent 47"]]

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Medic]]''', ''Videogame/SurgeonSimulator2013''

Or just beat the dogshit out of them"

-> ''Make poor Luigi lose a life...''

-> ''That was uncalled for! But a lot of fun to watch!''

->"It's more fun to break the windows, anyway, so [[{{Ragequit}} fuck it]]. 'EXTRA! EXTRA! [[GoingPostal Paperboy goes MAD!]] Here's some ASS-ifieds! Here you go, Daily Douchebag! 10% off your next purchase of FUCK YOU! Cloudy with a chance of ASS-KICKING! Dear Abby: Make 'em eat shit! Crosswords: can you spell C-U-N-T? Horoscopes: You will achieve greatness -- in '''HELL!!'''"

'''Creator/MacaulayCulkin''': I mean, maybe because they had me pelting innocent businessmen [[IKnowMaddenKombat with baseballs]]? "Here comes Kevin [=McAllister=]! He gives 'em a big ol' concussion with a fuckin' baseball!" Right to the dome, look at that! '''BAM!''' I'm shooting a poor balloon salesman and [[{{Balloonacy}} stealing his balloons to get past the TSA]]. They're making me a fuckin' asshole.

->"It's more fun to break the windows anyway, so fuck it. 'EXTRA! EXTRA! [[GoingPostal Paperboy goes MAD!]] Here's some ASS-ifieds! Here you go, Daily Douchebag! 10% off your next purchase of FUCK YOU! Cloudy with a chance of ASS-KICKING! Dear Abby: Make 'em eat shit! Crosswords: can you spell C-U-N-T? Horoscopes: You will achieve greatness -- in '''HELL!!'''"

->'''Nerd''': Why is [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everyone in the entire airport tryna kill you]]? What did Kevin do to instigate all this?\\
'''Creator/MacaulayCulkin''': I mean, maybe because they had me pelting innocent businessmen [[IKnowMaddenKombat with baseballs]]? "Here comes Kevin [=McAllister=]! He gives 'em a big ol' concussion with a fuckin' baseball!" Right to the dome, look at that! BAM! I'm shooting a poor balloon salesman and [[{{Balloonacy}} stealing his balloons to get past the TSA]]. They're making me a fuckin' asshole.

->"[[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 [[SpacePirate space bastard]]."
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' on ''VideoGame/Privateer2TheDarkening''

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

->''"You can show your neighbors you [[VideoGameCaringPotential love them]]\\
Or just beat the dogshit out of them"''

-> '''''Zat''' was doctor-assisted homicide!''

->''[[MommyIssues You're a disgrace to your mother!]]''
-->-- '''Ninten''' when using the Bullhorn on [[spoiler:Giegue]], ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings''

->''It's a lovely day in the village, and [[VillainProtagonist you are a horrible goose]]. Make your way around town, from peoples' back gardens to the village green, [[ItAmusedMe setting up pranks]], [[PokeThePoodle stealing hats]], [[HollerButton honking a lot]], and [[ForTheEvulz generally ruining everyone's day]].''

->''...I had two planets full of disgusting xeno scum and no real use for them, since I wasn't starved for minerals or energy at the time.\\
Immediately I start purging them off by default, but I soon had a better idea. I have enough Killbot armies on the planets to deal with any unrest from slavery, but again, I'm not REALLY in need of the economic stimulus they would provide since I'm pretty well off. But you know what everyone needs? Food.\\
Except for me. I had recently completed Synthetic Evolution and turned all my pops into perfect synthetic beings with no use for food. But you know who does need food? My old spiritualist friends to the north who's people I had recently taken.\\
So I switch my new toys from undesirables to slaves, and from chattel slavery to livestock. Then I strike up a very generous deal, giving my recently conquered neighbor 20 food per month for practically nothing. They accept, apparently not at all suspicious of why an entirely synthetic empire suddenly has a surplus of food production.\\
And that's how I sold an empire's own people back to them as food.''

->Switch up your protagonist as much as you like, they're still controlled by a player; an entity as ethically restrained as UsefulNotes/JosephStalin playing with his bath toys.

->''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' ... 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.
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''

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

->I don't know why you'd include a riot gun and a zebra in [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain the same game]] if you don't expect me to interact with both of them at the same time.

->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.\\\
And yet there is something damningly on point in the link between sadistic depravity and playing games...at the end of the day, when it comes to Arcade, you’ve got to admit: he’s [[YouBastard the very image of a gamer.]]

->God, look at me. This was supposed to be [[PacifistRun my quest for peace]], and I've becomes addicted to ''[[OmnicidalManiac destroying suns]]''.

->I got scared when I tied a pleading woman to the train tracks, watched her turn into a cloud of chilli and then realized that was a secret achievement. It felt like the game was saying, 'Ha! I knew [[InLoveWithYourCarnage there was as much wrong with you as there is with me!]]'

->You can even simulate 9/11 if you want, which a disturbingly large number of people have done. Everyone grieves in their own way.

->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 [[ThoughtAversionFailure 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.]]

->The most useful part of sneaking is undoubtedly the 'stealth throw'. While firing a missile weapon or attacking in melee will get you noticed immediately, throwing things at people will not. Stock up on dead enemies' weapons, clothing and severed body parts and you can pretend you're some gruesome comedy version of [[VideoGame/SplinterCell Sam Fisher.]] You know you want to.

->''VideoGame/DwarfFortress: where the [[UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar Geneva Convention]] screams out in pain.''

-> "The reason anyone goes for master rank Dark Magic in Might and Magic 6 or 7? One word: Armageddon. Hell, that's the only reason I use dark magic in those games anymore."

->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; [[WouldHurtAChild steak can be attached to a baby to attract lions]]; rockets can be lobbed at a man).

->Think about it! How many times have we enslaved and killed our own people just because we couldn't wait few more turns for something to finish building on it's own? How many times do we declare war, kill, conquer and vassalize(lol) in the name of some arbitrary victory ? How often do we run a communist economy !!!!!

->''I got a feeling civ games sometimes bring out the worst in us.''

->Play a ''Sim'' game for a couple of years and you'll really reconsider the concept of a kind and loving god.

->"It's more fun to break the windows anyway, so fuck it. 'EXTRA! EXTRA! [[GoingPostal Paperboy goes MAD!]] Here's some ASS-ifieds! Here you go, Daily Douchebag! 10% off your next purchase of FUCK YOU! Cloudy with a chance of ASS-KICKING! Dear Abby: Make 'em eat shit! Crosswords: can you spell C-U-N-T? Horoscopes: You will achieve greatness -- in '''HELL!!!'''"
-->--'''''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''''' plays ''VideoGame/{{Paperboy}}''

->Invade peoples' privacy 10 times and you '''[[Series/ThePriceIsRight get a new car!]]'''

->[[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.

->I know I'm supposed to be all '[[TheChosenOne the one]]', but [[AxCrazy I have too much fun killing everyone]].

->Did I do something ''nice''? That's not what you're supposed to do in video games! Quick, how do I bring the car in here to run you over?

->You're an [[UnfortunateNames Aspirant]], are you? That is oh so very close to a certain drug you would take for a pain of the head. Allow me to remedy that situation where you don't have one already. ''*[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LClq8qIIdZ4&t=3m48s Proceeds to bludgeon him with a chain-covered bat]]*''

->'''Dupre:''' Well, twenty seconds in this place and I already hate it.\\
'''Steve the Avatar:''' You guys just have to have the right perspective on this. We're in a new world! A new place! A world where nobody knows us. A world whose problems we aren't indirectly responsible for. A world not full of the vengeful ghosts of our dead relatives and lovers. A world we probably won't destroy. Do you understand what this '''means?'''\\

->They probably never intended for a cynical guy in his 20s to play [[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} this game]]. This game is clearly for kids. This is the game that parents can pick up for little Timmy and be like: "You can be creative! You can learn vocabulary as you go! It's educational!" And there's me: [[CrossesTheLineTwice Trying to shoot people to get business for my graveyard.]]
-->--WebVideo/RTGame [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwjecQI3y0s playing]] ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Unlimited''

-->--[=GrayStillPlays=], [[https://youtu.be/oTDAJQoAyuI "i made 100 kids spend 50 years underground"]]

-->-- '''[[LetsPlay/VideoGameDunkey Dunkey]]''', "How to Play 'VideoGame/Fallout4''

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-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}''[='s=] attempts to give a [[VideoGameCaringPotential tragic backstory]] to a controllable monster.

->''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.
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/{{Saints Row 2}}''

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->Play a ''Sim'' game for a couple of years and you'll really reconsider the concept of a kind and loving god.
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'''

-->--'''[[http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/why-your-children-s-video-game-sucks-minecraft-1688203198 Drew Magary]]''' on ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}''

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-->--'''''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''''' plays ''{{VideoGame/Paperboy}}''

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

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

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/HonestTrailers Honest Game Trailer]]''' for ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}''

And that's how I sold an empire's own people back to them as food.