In-Universe
Tell us, is it you who are here
For our good cheer?
Or are we here for the glory
For the story
For the gory satisfaction of telling you how absolutely awful you really are?
— Jethro Tull, A Passion Play
Helga: This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen.
Big Bob: I know. It's horrible!
Helga: Finally, we've got something we can hate...together!
Both: (laugh hysterically)
Audience members: Sssshhhh!
Both: Aww, pipe down, ya weasels! (continue laughing)
— Hey Arnold!, Quantity Time, regarding the Rats musical.
"If we were to quip about this book every time we find something objectionable, we would remain in this chamber until next week."
— Rogal Dorn, If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device "If the Emperor Had a Podcast"
Real Life
"Over the last few weeks most of the games I have been reviewing have been good or at least not bad enough to justify what we in the ghetto used to call, 'getting my knickers in a twist'. And since I've just received my modest tax refund, my tension has been slowly rising from not having enough to be angry or miserable about. So thank you, Clive Barker. Thank you for this opportunity to unwind by calling your game a spunk-flavored lollipop."
"I watched it in mounting gloom, realizing I was witnessing something historic, a film that for decades to come will be the punch line of jokes about bad movies."
— Roger Ebert, reviewing Battlefield Earth
"So why play Captain Novolin if it's so bad? Because it's fucking hilarious. This is basically the game equivalent of a movie like Judge Dredd or Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. It's so bad that it's really, really funny. Between the stupid sound effects and the quote, 'Tengo Diabetes', Captain Novolin is hard not to laugh at. That's the only justifiable reason to play it."
— Munchy, Hardcore Gaming 101
"Plenty of shows will have bad animation, writing, direction, or acting; only once in a while do you find such a perfect storm of disorder in which so many things have gone wrong in so many different ways. Writing about Hand Shakers is akin to training a different set of muscles every week at the gym. Every episode brings something new to the table, and the fun lies in figuring out just how to explain what went wrong."
— James Beckett, Hand Shakers Episode 7 recap
