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* Anvilicious: The episode attempts to shine a light on the perceived misogynism in gaming culture and in particular seems to be referencing the UsefulNotes/Gamergate controversies. Unfortunately the issues are handled with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer and the situations are so overexaggerated that even the [[AudienceAlienatingPremise groups that the show was trying to champion disliked it.]]
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* Anvilicious: {{Anvilicious}}: The episode attempts to shine a light on the perceived misogynism in gaming culture and in particular seems to be referencing the UsefulNotes/Gamergate Gamergate controversies. Unfortunately the issues are handled with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer and the situations are so overexaggerated that even the [[AudienceAlienatingPremise groups that the show was trying to champion disliked it.]]
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* Anvilicious: The episode attempts to shine a light on the perceived misogynism in gaming culture and in particular seems to be referencing the UsefulNotes/Gamergate controversies. Unfortunately the issues are handled with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer and the situations are so overexaggerated that even the [[AudienceAlienatingPremise groups that the show was trying to champion disliked it.]]
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* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
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** On a less serious note, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Amazonian Warriors]]'' graphics are utterly horrible. The CGI is very basic, looks rushed, and not something you would expect from a highly anticipated game in-universe. It would have been better if the game was not shown, as the content of the episode can do without the viewer seeing it.
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** On a less serious note, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Amazonian Warriors]]'' graphics are utterly horrible. The CGI is very basic, looks rushed, and not something you would expect from a highly anticipated game in-universe. It would have been better if the game was not shown, as the content of the episode can do without the viewer seeing it.it.
* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
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* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
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* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
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** On a less serious note, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Amazonian Warriors]]'' graphics are utterly horrible. The CGI is very basic, looks rushed, and not something you would expect from a highly anticipated game in-universe. It would have been better if the game was not shown, as the content of the episode can do without the viewer seeing it.
* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
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** On a less serious note, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Amazonian Warriors]]'' graphics are utterly horrible. The CGI is very basic, looks rushed, and not something you would expect from a highly anticipated game in-universe. It would have been better if the game was not shown, as the content of the episode can do without the viewer seeing it. \n* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
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** Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.]]
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** Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit [[PacManFever video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.]]
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* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
* WereStillRelevantDammit: The entirety of the episode, to the point of being painfully obvious.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: The entirety of the episode, to the point of being painfully obvious.
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* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
* WereStillRelevantDammit: The entirety of the episode, to the point of being painfully obvious."]]
* WereStillRelevantDammit: The entirety of the episode, to the point of being painfully obvious.
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** The CaptainErsatz website [[Website/{{Reddit}} Red]][[Website/FourChan chan]][[{{GIFT}} it]] gained traction on Reddit and 8chan, with certain gaming-related subforums on both sites using the moniker as an AppropriatedAppellation. Redchan.it even linked to an 8chan board for a time.
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** The CaptainErsatz website [[Website/{{Reddit}} Red]][[Website/FourChan chan]][[{{GIFT}} chan]][[InternetJerk it]] gained traction on Reddit and 8chan, with certain gaming-related subforums on both sites using the moniker as an AppropriatedAppellation. Redchan.it even linked to an 8chan board for a time.
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** The CaptainErsatz website [[Website/{{Reddit}} Red]][[ImageBoards chan]][[{{GIFT}} it]] gained traction on Reddit and 8chan, with certain gaming-related subforums on both sites using the moniker as an AppropriatedAppellation. Redchan.it even linked to an 8chan board for a time.
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** The CaptainErsatz website [[Website/{{Reddit}} Red]][[ImageBoards Red]][[Website/FourChan chan]][[{{GIFT}} it]] gained traction on Reddit and 8chan, with certain gaming-related subforums on both sites using the moniker as an AppropriatedAppellation. Redchan.it even linked to an 8chan board for a time.
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** "Where? Where does he play them!?" Delivered with [[SeriousBusiness the same urgency]] as "[[Series/TwentyFour Tell me where the bomb is!]]"
*** Or "[[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Tell me about Bane! Why does he wear the mask?!]]"
*** Or "[[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Tell me about Bane! Why does he wear the mask?!]]"
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** "Where? Where does he play them!?" Delivered with [[SeriousBusiness the same urgency]] as "[[Series/TwentyFour Tell me where the bomb is!]]"
***is!]]" Or "[[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Tell me about Bane! Why does he wear the mask?!]]"
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** On a less serious note, ''[[ShowWithingAShow Amazonian Warriors]]'' graphics are utterly horrible. The CGI is very basic, looks rushed, and not something you would expect from a highly anticipated game in-universe. It would have been better if the game was not shown, as the content of the episode can do without the viewer seeing it.
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** On a less serious note, ''[[ShowWithingAShow ''[[ShowWithinAShow Amazonian Warriors]]'' graphics are utterly horrible. The CGI is very basic, looks rushed, and not something you would expect from a highly anticipated game in-universe. It would have been better if the game was not shown, as the content of the episode can do without the viewer seeing it.
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* {{Narm}}: Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.]]
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* {{Narm}}: {{Narm}}:
** Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.]]]]
** On a less serious note, ''[[ShowWithingAShow Amazonian Warriors]]'' graphics are utterly horrible. The CGI is very basic, looks rushed, and not something you would expect from a highly anticipated game in-universe. It would have been better if the game was not shown, as the content of the episode can do without the viewer seeing it.
** Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.
** On a less serious note, ''[[ShowWithingAShow Amazonian Warriors]]'' graphics are utterly horrible. The CGI is very basic, looks rushed, and not something you would expect from a highly anticipated game in-universe. It would have been better if the game was not shown, as the content of the episode can do without the viewer seeing it.
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* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
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* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]"]]
* WereStillRelevantDammit: The entirety of the episode, to the point of being painfully obvious.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: The entirety of the episode, to the point of being painfully obvious.
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* {{Narm}}: Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.]]
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* {{Narm}}: Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.]]]]
* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The infamous episode was created to stand in solidarity with women in the video game industry who have faced harassment from sexist fans, but ended up resoundingly panned by that exact demographic, due both to the things the game developer character in the episode goes through being so exaggerated from the real-life cases the story was based on [[CrossesTheLineTwice as to wrap back around to almost comical]] and the fact [[spoiler:although the episode ends with the villains captured, the victim still simply gives up, quitting her job and letting her abusers have the "win."]]
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** [[AC:Executive Producer: Dick Wolf]] is also mocked. After a whole episode about gaming culture, the phrase "Dick Wolf" ties into [[Webcomic/PennyArcade a certain meme from a popular video game webcomic]].
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** [[AC:Executive Producer: Dick Wolf]] is also mocked. After a whole episode about gaming culture, the phrase "Dick Wolf" ties into [[Webcomic/PennyArcade a certain meme from a popular video game webcomic]].webcomic]].
* {{Narm}}: Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.]]
* {{Narm}}: Like so many crime shows before it, it tries to tackle [[WereStillRelevantDammit video games and internet culture]] complete with video game-related one-liners ("They leveled up," the K.O.B.S. taunts in general ranging from "Prepare to be slaughtered" to "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" which are simply impossible to take seriously. And then there's the non-ironic use of "There is no reset button in real life"). The random first person camera perspective near the end meant to emulate a first person shooter just came across as jarring. Even better is that the episode's DownerEnding is followed by "Executive Producer: Dick Wolf", which is unintentionally hilarious [[Webcomic/PennyArcade in a video game]] [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/11 context.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: The episode had scenes where we're shown a point of view from one of the attackers done up in a style similar to First-Person Shooters. People who mocked this episode certainly found the irony when on August 26th, 2015, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Alison_Parker_and_Adam_Ward disgruntled ex-reporter Vester Flanagan murdered his two ex-co-workers Alison Parker and Adam Ward]] and posted a video he shot in a first person view online.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The episode had scenes where we're shown a point of view from one of the attackers done up in a style similar to First-Person Shooters. People who mocked this episode certainly found the irony when on August 26th, 2015, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Alison_Parker_and_Adam_Ward disgruntled ex-reporter Vester Flanagan murdered his two ex-co-workers Alison Parker and Adam Ward]] and posted a video he shot in a first person view online.online.
* MemeticMutation: Created the following:
** "GO HOME, GAMER GIRL."
** "They leveled up." The line is equal parts {{Narm}} and tastelessness to the point that it unintentionally CrossesTheLineTwice.
** "Prepare to be slaughtered" along with the K.O.B.S. mask in general.
** "There is no reset button in real life."
** The use of the phrase "darknet" (in lieu of the proper term deep web) is parodied often.
** The K.O.B.S. taunts "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" gained traction pretty quickly.
** The CaptainErsatz website [[Website/{{Reddit}} Red]][[ImageBoards chan]][[{{GIFT}} it]] gained traction on Reddit and 8chan, with certain gaming-related subforums on both sites using the moniker as an AppropriatedAppellation. Redchan.it even linked to an 8chan board for a time.
** "I read on Kotaku that it [[ShowWithinAShow the Amazonian Warriors game]] was better than ''[[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Civ 5]]'' with the ''Brave New World'' expansion pack!" The ProductPlacement-laden line inspired a bunch of {{snowclones}}.
** "Where? Where does he play them!?" Delivered with [[SeriousBusiness the same urgency]] as "[[Series/TwentyFour Tell me where the bomb is!]]"
*** Or "[[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Tell me about Bane! Why does he wear the mask?!]]"
** The POV gun-aiming scene at the end of the episode has been photoshopped to include the settings and [=HUDs=] of popular FPS games.
** [[AC:Executive Producer: Dick Wolf]] is also mocked. After a whole episode about gaming culture, the phrase "Dick Wolf" ties into [[Webcomic/PennyArcade a certain meme from a popular video game webcomic]].
* MemeticMutation: Created the following:
** "GO HOME, GAMER GIRL."
** "They leveled up." The line is equal parts {{Narm}} and tastelessness to the point that it unintentionally CrossesTheLineTwice.
** "Prepare to be slaughtered" along with the K.O.B.S. mask in general.
** "There is no reset button in real life."
** The use of the phrase "darknet" (in lieu of the proper term deep web) is parodied often.
** The K.O.B.S. taunts "LEVEL UP!" and "GAME ON NYPD!" gained traction pretty quickly.
** The CaptainErsatz website [[Website/{{Reddit}} Red]][[ImageBoards chan]][[{{GIFT}} it]] gained traction on Reddit and 8chan, with certain gaming-related subforums on both sites using the moniker as an AppropriatedAppellation. Redchan.it even linked to an 8chan board for a time.
** "I read on Kotaku that it [[ShowWithinAShow the Amazonian Warriors game]] was better than ''[[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Civ 5]]'' with the ''Brave New World'' expansion pack!" The ProductPlacement-laden line inspired a bunch of {{snowclones}}.
** "Where? Where does he play them!?" Delivered with [[SeriousBusiness the same urgency]] as "[[Series/TwentyFour Tell me where the bomb is!]]"
*** Or "[[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Tell me about Bane! Why does he wear the mask?!]]"
** The POV gun-aiming scene at the end of the episode has been photoshopped to include the settings and [=HUDs=] of popular FPS games.
** [[AC:Executive Producer: Dick Wolf]] is also mocked. After a whole episode about gaming culture, the phrase "Dick Wolf" ties into [[Webcomic/PennyArcade a certain meme from a popular video game webcomic]].
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* HarsherInHindsight: The episode had scenes where we're shown a point of view from one of the attackers done up in a style similar to First-Person Shooters. People who mocked this episode certainly found the irony when on August 26th, 2015, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Alison_Parker_and_Adam_Ward disgruntled ex-reporter Vester Flanagan murdered his two ex-co-workers Alison Parker and Adam Ward]] and posted a video he shot in a first person view online.
