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->'''Song "Songbird" So Mi''': Congrats, V. You just killed Rosalind Myers and fucked the NUSA. Pray we don't meet again, and I mean ever.
->'''Johnny Silverhand''': Still with us? Aught, what the... what happened? Your presidental rescue op - miserable failure. Honestly, though? Good fuckin' riddance.
--> ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 Phantom Liberty'' DLC, if you fail its second main mission "Hole in the Sky".

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-->-- '''''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}''''', if you are unlucky or [[TooDumbToLive incompetent]] enough to die on the first turn.

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-->-- '''''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}''''', ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'', if you are unlucky or [[TooDumbToLive incompetent]] enough to die on the first turn.



-->-- '''''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants'''''

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-->-- '''''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants'''''
''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants''

->''Looks like your story ended before it ever even properly began...''
-->-- ''VideoGame/FearAndHungerTermina'', if you die during O'saa's character history.



-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus peripheral, if you try to catch a Pokémon and fail.

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-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus ''VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus'' peripheral, if you try to catch a Pokémon and fail.



-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''

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-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' -->--'''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''' on ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''
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->"''Nice! Fuckin' beautiful!'' The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of ''in the very beginning of the game''. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game ''falling down the pit?''"

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->"''Nice! ->"''Nice!'' Fuckin' beautiful!'' ''beautiful!'' The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of ''in the very beginning of the game''. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game ''falling down the pit?''"
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->"Nice! Fuckin' beautiful! ''The first ladder you see'' drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of ''in the very beginning of the game''. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game ''falling down the pit?''"

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->"Nice! ->"''Nice! Fuckin' beautiful! ''The beautiful!'' The first ladder you see'' see drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of ''in the very beginning of the game''. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game ''falling down the pit?''"pit?''"
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-->-- '''''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}''''', if you are unlucky or incompetent enough to die on the first turn.

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-->-- '''''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}''''', if you are unlucky or incompetent [[TooDumbToLive incompetent]] enough to die on the first turn.
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-> ''"The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fled!"''
-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus peripheral, if you try to catch a Pokémon and fail.
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->"''Nice. Fuckin' beautiful''. ''The first ladder you see'' drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of ''in the very beginning of the game''. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game ''falling down the pit?''"

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->"''Nice. ->"Nice! Fuckin' beautiful''. beautiful! ''The first ladder you see'' drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of ''in the very beginning of the game''. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game ''falling down the pit?''"
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->"Nice. Fuckin' beautiful. ''The first ladder you see'' drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of in the very beginning of the game. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game ''falling down the pit?''"

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->"Nice. ->"''Nice. Fuckin' beautiful.beautiful''. ''The first ladder you see'' drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of in ''in the very beginning of the game.game''. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game ''falling down the pit?''"
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->"Nice. Fuckin' beautiful. The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of in the very beginning of the game. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been ''{{lava|Pit}}'' on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be ''more'' spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game falling down the pit?"

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->"Nice. Fuckin' beautiful. The ''The first ladder you see see'' drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bird, or a bat]], whatever it is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of in the very beginning of the game. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been ''{{lava|Pit}}'' {{lava|Pit}} on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be ''more'' more spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game falling ''falling down the pit?"pit?''"
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->"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--designed by '''Hitler!'''"

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->"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld ''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--designed hack]]''--designed by '''Hitler!'''"''Hitler!''"
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->"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from'' '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--''designed by'' '''Hitler!'''"

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->"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from'' from '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--''designed by'' hack]]'''--designed by '''Hitler!'''"
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->"Game over? I think there has to be a ''game'' first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about [[AccidentalAesop the game of life.]]"

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->"Game over? Over? I think there has to be a ''game'' first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about [[AccidentalAesop the game of life.]]"

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-> ''"Do not pass Go, do not collect 200 zorkmids"''
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'', if you are luckless or incompetent enough to die on the first turn.

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not pass Go, do not collect 200 zorkmids"''
[[HoldYourHippogriffs zorkmids]]''
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'', '''''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}''''', if you are luckless unlucky or incompetent enough to die on the first turn.
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->''The game hasn't started yet, but you just couldn't help yourself. You just shit your pants. Game over.''
-->-- '''''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants'''''

!!Web Animation
->"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from'' '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--''designed by'' '''Hitler!'''"
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''

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->''You just don't expect to fight a vicious {{boss|Battle}} like this in the middle of a town without any warning. You're walking to the castle with your new friend to have a chat with his father, and then suddenly BOOM DEATH FROM ABOVE GAME OVER. Hopefully you've been making a point to [[TalkToEveryone solicit information]] from the townspeople; otherwise, you probably missed a clue to Garuda's weakness.''
-->-- '''[[https://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=ff03 Pat R.]]''' on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''

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->''Ordinarily, you'd expect to deal with a boss like this after fighting your way through a dungeon first. In this case, you're just walking into a castle to have a friendly little chat with your new pal's father -- and then BOOM! ''THUNDERING DEATH FROM ABOVE!''
-->-- ''Website/HardcoreGaming101'' on Garuda from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''

->''"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from'' '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--''designed by'' '''Hitler!'''"
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''

->''"'''Nice!''' Fucking beautiful! The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed by a bat or a bird -- whatever it is."''
-->-- The '''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd''' in his review of ''VideoGame/SuperPitfall''

->''"The game hasn't started yet, but you just couldn't help yourself. [[PottyFailure You just shit your pants.]] Game over."''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants''

->''Wow! 0.4 seconds! Of the five goes I had at [[VideoGame/{{Action52}} Hambo's Adventures]], two of them ended in less than a second. [[FakeDifficulty Pure]] [[ObviousBeta class]].''

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->''Ordinarily, you'd expect to deal with a boss like this after fighting your way through a dungeon first. In this case, you're just walking into a castle to have a friendly little chat with your new pal's father -- and then BOOM! ''THUNDERING DEATH FROM ABOVE!''
-->-- ''Website/HardcoreGaming101'' on Garuda from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''

->''"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from'' '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--''designed by'' '''Hitler!'''"
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''

->''"'''Nice!''' Fucking beautiful!
->"Nice. Fuckin' beautiful. The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed [[GoddamnedBats by a bat bird, or a bird -- bat]], whatever it is."''
-->-- The '''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd'''
is. And even if it wasn't there, I'd fall in his review the {{spikes|OfDoom}}. So it's basically death insurance: Let's put every kind of obstacle we can possibly think of in the very beginning of the game. You know, I'm disappointed. Couldn't there have been ''{{lava|Pit}}'' on top of the spikes, with [[SharkPool fire-sharks swimming in it?]] Couldn't there be ''more'' spikes coming from the sides, ready to close in and squash me while stabbing at the same time? How 'bout some laser cannons and upside-down volcanoes? You wanna be even more efficient? Why even have the ladder? Why not just start the game falling down the pit?"
-->--'''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' on
''VideoGame/SuperPitfall''

->''"The game hasn't started yet, but you just couldn't help yourself. [[PottyFailure You just shit your pants.]] Game over."''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants''

->''Wow!
->"Wow! 0.4 seconds! Of the five goes gos I had at [[VideoGame/{{Action52}} ''[[VideoGame/{{Action52}} Hambo's Adventures]], Adventures]]'', two of them ended in less than a second. [[FakeDifficulty Pure]] [[ObviousBeta class]].''Pure class."



-> ''"The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fled!"''
-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus peripheral, if you try to catch a Pokémon and fail.

-> ''You Haven't Lived Until You've Died...During character creation.''

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-> ''"The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fled!"''
-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus peripheral, if you try to catch a Pokémon and fail.

-> ''You
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->''"Game over? I think there has to be a ''game'' first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about [[MistakenForProfound the game of life.]]"''

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->''"Game ->"Game over? I think there has to be a ''game'' first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about [[MistakenForProfound [[AccidentalAesop the game of life.]]"'']]"


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->''Ordinarily, you'd expect to deal with a boss like this after fighting your way through a dungeon first. In this case, you're just walking into a castle to have a friendly little chat with your new pal's father -- and then BOOM! ''THUNDERING DEATH FROM ABOVE!''
-->-- ''Website/HardcoreGaming101'' on Garuda from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''
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-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus peripheral, if you try catch a Pokémon and fail.

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-> ''You Haven't Lived Until You've Died...During character creation.''
-->--'''[[https://www.armorclass10.com/products/lived-died?variant=10005505349 This shirt]]''', referencing ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}''
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-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus peripheral, if you try catch a Pokémon and fails.

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-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus peripheral, if you try catch a Pokémon and fails.fail.
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-> ''"The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fled!"''
-->-- VideoGame/PokemonGo Plus peripheral, if you try catch a Pokémon and fails.
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->''"'''Nice!''' Fucking beautiful! The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed by a bat or a bird whatever it is."''
-->-- The '''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd''' in his review of VideoGame/SuperPitfall''

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->''"'''Nice!''' Fucking beautiful! The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed by a bat or a bird -- whatever it is."''
-->-- The '''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd''' in his review of VideoGame/SuperPitfall''
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-->-- The '''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd''' in his review of Super ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}''

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-->-- The '''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd''' in his review of Super ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}''
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->''Wow! 0.4 seconds! Of the five goes I had at [[VideoGame/{{Action52}} Hambo's Adventures]], two of them ended in less than a second. [[FakeDifficulty Pure]] [[ObviousBeta class]].''
-->--'''Creator/StuartAshen''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA3WogFaeFQ Quickest Game Overs ever? Part 2]]''
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->''"Game over? I think there has to be a ''game'' first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about [[MistakenForProfound the game of life.]]]"''

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->''"Game over? I think there has to be a ''game'' first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about [[MistakenForProfound the game of life.]]]"'']]"''
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->''"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--designed by '''Hitler!'''"''

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->''"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from from'' '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--designed by '''Hitler!'''"''hack]]'''--''designed by'' '''Hitler!'''"

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->''"Game over? I think there has to be a game first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about the game of life."''

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->''"Game over? I think there has to be a game ''game'' first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about [[MistakenForProfound the game of life."'']]]"''


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->''"There's more than one stage that kills you if you don't press anything in a first second or two. This is gameplay I would expect from '''[[VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld a fucking ROM hack]]'''--designed by '''Hitler!'''"''
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''
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->''"The game hasn't started yet, but you just couldn't help yourself. [[PottyFailure You just shit your pants.]] Game over."''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants''
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->''"Nice! Fucking beautiful! The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed by a bat or a bird whatever it is."''

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->''"Nice! ->''"'''Nice!''' Fucking beautiful! The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed by a bat or a bird whatever it is."''
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->''"Nice! Fucking beautiful! The first ladder you see drops you into a pit where you get killed by a bat or a bird whatever it is."''
-->-- The '''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd''' in his review of Super ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}''

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-->-- VideoGame/{{Nethack}}, if you are luckless or incompetent enough to die on the first turn.

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-->-- VideoGame/{{Nethack}}, ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'', if you are luckless or incompetent enough to die on the first turn.turn.

->''"Game over? I think there has to be a game first for it to be over. Maybe they're talking about the game of life."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/JonTron''' on ''VideoGame/TakeshisChallenge''
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-> ''"Do not pass Go, do not collect 200 zorkminds"''

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-> ''"Do not pass Go, do not collect 200 zorkminds"''zorkmids"''
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-> ''"Do not pass Go, do not collect 200 zorkminds"''
-->-- VideoGame/{{Nethack}}, if you are luckless or incompetent enough to die on the first turn.

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