Video games can teach deep truths about life, society and human nature.
Which ones stand out for you?
“I got TB.“
“In War, Victory. In Peace, Vigilance. In Death, Sacrifice.” - Grey Wardens motto (Dragon Age series)
“Tell me… Do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls? They say it’s the only time when our world intersects with theirs… The only time we can feel the lingering regrets of spirits who have left our world. That is why loneliness always pervades the hour of twilight…” -Rusl, the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
As a teen I loved the ambience of Twilight Princess and as an adult I understand the strangely cathartic melancholy a lot better. This quote was the perfect thesis statement for the game and it stuck with me.
War, war never changes. -Fallout
Made me think of this one :
War, it’s fan-ta-stic !
- Hot Shots
Rivaled only by “War has changed.” -Solid Snake in MGS4
“Just because you fear the dark does not make the light your friend.”
-Sunless Skies
@original_reader “Everything has its beginning. But it doesn’t start at “one.” It starts long before that, in chaos. The world is born… from zero. The moment zero becomes one is the moment the world springs to life. One becomes two, two becomes ten, ten becomes 100. Taking it all back to one solves nothing. So long as Zero remains, one… will eventually grow to 100 again. […] And for that reason, I’m taking it upon myself to send Zero… back to nothing.” - Big Boss, Metal Gear Solid 4
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” - Carl Sagan (in No Man’s Sky)
“Sometimes people make choices that leave them alone.” - Bastion
“The Old Ones perished because they didn’t embrace change.” - Aratak, Horizon Zero Dawn
"There will come a day when you feel crushed by the burden of modern life, and your bright spirit will fade before a growing emptiness.” from Stardew
‘All your base are belong to us’
They set us up the bomb!
What you say?
We get signal.
I know there have been a lot of great meaningful quotes in games I’ve played throughout the years…
But all I can remember is shit like “this guy are sick” and “Oh no! The truck have started to move!”
My all time favorite, though, is “The president has been kidnapped by ninjas! Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?”
“Enough talk, have at you”, which is what I feel like saying every single fucking time there’s a cut scene
“Number One: In 1945, corporations paid 50% of federal taxes; now they pay about 5%. Number Two: In 1900, 90% of Americans were self employed; now it’s about 2%… It’s called consolidation; strengthen governments and corporations, weaken individuals. With taxes, this can be done imperceptibly over time.” - Leo Gold in “Deus Ex”
“JOSH-YOU-A”
KotOR 2 Kreia:
To be united by hated is a fragile alliance at best.
Apathy is death. Worse than death. Because at least a rotting corpse feeds the beasts and insects
