Follow TV Tropes

Following

Context Quotes / UnwinnableByDesign

Go To

1->''"You're the one who's toast this time, Roger. Forgetting that little item of vital importance back on Genetix has come back to haunt you. We hate to say we told you so, but we did."''
2-->-- Narrator message given before ([[TheManyDeathsOfYou yet another]]) HaveANiceDeath, ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation''
3
4->''"Oops, I stepped on an ant. Better restart the game."''
5-->-- '''[[ComicStrip/FoxTrot Peter Fox]]''', playing MoralGuardian approved VideoGame ''Nice City''.
6
7->'''Humphrey Lyttelton''': Barry, what's the first letter of the word "aardvark": is it A, B, C or D?
8->'''Barry Cryer''': Can I go 50-50, Humph?
9->'''Humphrey''': Very well. Computer, take away one wrong answer and one right answer. Barry, you have two wrong answers left. Which do you go for?
10-->-- "The Quiz of Quizzes", ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue''
11
12->''"We are completely trapped! It was a good life. This is the end -- [[HeKnowsAboutTimedHits press reset]]!"''
13-->-- ''VideoGame/TombsAndTreasure''
14
15->'''{{WesternAnimation/Star|VsTheForcesOfEvil}}''': I've heard some interesting stuff about what people created in this place. Like levels that you aren't meant to win.\
16'''Marco''': That kinda seems like the obvious thing to do with this 'create-a-level' modes in games today.
17-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11556531/2/ Hey Star, Whatcha Playin?]]''[[note]]The two are talking about ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', by the way. It's possible to make unwinnable levels in that game, but in order to upload a level, you must first ''complete'' it, so you can't upload unwinnable levels.[[/note]]
18
19->''[[AC:A STRANGE GAME.]]''
20->''[[AC:THE ONLY WINNING MOVE IS NOT TO PLAY.]]''
21->''[[AC:HOW ABOUT A NICE GAME OF CHESS?]]''
22-->--'''Joshua''', ''Film/WarGames''
23
24->'''Kayla''': That's because arcades, like all other businesses, need to make money. The longer you play, the less amount of money you are giving them, thus, to gain said money, as you progress through the game, the difficulty increases until it reaches such a spike that even the most reactive and perfectly-timed maneuvers are going to eventually end in your loss, thus requiring you to provide the machine additional funds in order to resume your enjoyment of the game.
25-->--''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT''
26
27->''With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.''
28-->--''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', whenever the player kills a plot-critical NPC.
29
30->''"P.S.: This Game only has one Player. Best of luck."''
31-->--'''Mission Addendum''' for Week 3, Day 1, ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' [[labelnote:Context]]This is an in-narrative example, as Players of the Reaper's Game have to pair up in order to fight the Noise unleashed upon the UG.[[/labelnote]]
32
33->''At this point you're probably thinking "Wow, this seems impossible to solve!" And you would be right! It IS impossible. The first room is simple, just to build their egos up, but every clue in the central room is a RedHerring that leads to nothing, but looks as if it goes with everything. This room is certifiably unsolvable.''
34-->-- '''WebVideo/{{Alpharad}}''', "[[https://youtu.be/76PxCQoO_gc I created an UNSOLVABLE escape room]]"

Top