“The thought that that is so many people’s work lives which will be the disproportionate percentage of how they live their lives breaks my heart. If I can get one person to be like, ‘Fuck, he’s right, like what the hell am I doing here?” Please do not waste the next five, ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty…”— Gary Vaynerchuk, facebook.com
“Listen—I lived twelve years of this and definitely at least nine. I just don’t understand why people relegate into losing mentality just thinking they can’t. You can’t because you want to be on the bowling team or softball and play video games. That’s why you can’t. There’s plenty of time to get shi…”— Gary Vaynerchuk, facebook.com
“Don’t think watching someone play PS4 sounds like fun? Markiplier’s 22.4 million YouTube subscribers, with their 10 billion video views of his work, beg to differ.”— Natalie Robehmed, forbes.com
“They invited Pac-Man? That cherry-chasing dot-muncher isn't even part of this game!”— Rich Moore, Wreck-It Ralph (voice), John C. Reilly, imdb.com
“When did video games become so violent and scary?”— Rich Moore, Wreck-It Ralph (voice), John C. Reilly, imdb.com
“Do you want to play Grand Theft Auto? It's pretty cool. You can like, steal cars and... not that that's cool. Or uncool. I don't know... um...”— Josh Schwartz, Seth Cohen, Adam Brody, imdb.com
“Willie: What are you playing? ALF: [at a video game] Space Invaders. Willie: What do they do? Live in your garage, eat all your food, dig up your back yard? ALF: You're in a mood... Willie: Yes, I am! Because I found my good hoe, in THIS condition! [holds up a pole with a bit of mangled scrap iron o…”— Donald Todd, ALF (voice), Paul Fusco, imdb.com
“Stewie Griffin: Super Mario? What are you doing here? Super Mario: I jump on the turtles, Stewie. It is not much of a life, but it is my life.”— Seth MacFarlane, Stewie Griffin, Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com
“One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.”— Jinx Milea, finedictionary.com
“Culture, like most human actions and interactions, exists as a constant, chaotic series of feedback loops.”— Eric Thurm, hazlitt.net
“Being human totally sucks most of the time. Video games are the only thing that make life bearable.”— Ernest Cline, amazon.com
“I had the video game company take your game away because I love you. It's like the time you took away the credit card from me when I was ordering all those porcelain babies.”— Scott Jacobson, Linda Belcher, John Roberts, imdb.com
“I coded everything. And what came out of that was my first tutorial site where I was teaching people – other girls, mostly – to code. I had a 'staff member' when I was 14, also writing tutorials. That's what I was doing in my spare time.”— Madison Kanna, rollingstone.com
“We all know that video games are a simplification of real life, but I think that's what's compelling about it. Because real life is complicated. Video games give us goals and you know when you failed and when you succeeded. In real life, that's pretty rare.”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“managing my bank account like it's neopets viewing work as a game on neopets and everyone is in neopets costumes that are invisible”— Mallory Whitten, amazon.com
“I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.”— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com
“There’s nothing like some old-school arcade games to get you into a fun and competitive mood, in addition to taking off romantic pressure for the big day known as February 14. Who doesn’t like a good game of Ms. Pac-Man or Donkey Kong? Plus, with all the arcade bars around these days, you can up you…”— Natalia Lusinski, bustle.com
“A great way to spoil your man is to grab that joystick and bring on a little friendly competition.”— Nada Allam, fustany.com