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Excited student: I got a B+ on my Nietzsche paper!
Friend: The one based on a Dungeons & Dragons joke?
Auraria Campus
Denver, Colorado
(around a D&D table)
Boom: Boom the Barbarian is going to swing his sword.
Walk-in kid: Dude, your character sheet says he's a fighter.
Boom: Yeah. But his name is Boom the Barbarian.
Walk-in kid: That's gay.
Boom: It won't be gay when I boom all over your face.
Openly gay DM: Actually, it would.
Gaming Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan
60-year-old journalism professor: Oh, the choking game? Heh... I play that all the time.
Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Sarah
Tipsy girlfriend, playing "Never Have I Ever": Never have I ever done 69 with anyone.
Boyfriend: Ping.
Girlfriend: What?! Who did you 69?!
Boyfriend: You, fool!
Girlfriend: Oh.
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
Overheard by: outfirst
Girl: "Pokemon Stadium," is just stupid. If the other Pokemon does some confusion attack, you just end up slapping yourself or some shit. No one gets so confused they hurt themselves!
Boy: Tell that to Danny Bonaduce.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Katie
Nine-year-old girl, planning game: So he'll be the priest, and you can be the wet nurse.
Mount Vernon, New York
Gamer dude: ... and the game comes with like, real guns.
Wannabe goth chick: They're actual guns?
Gamer dude: Well like, real models. And it comes with this mirror that lets you see yourself and like, shows what you look like if you get shot in the face.
Wannabe goth chick: That's nice. That's not something you would normally get to see if you got shot in the face.
UAB
Birmingham, Alabama
Overheard by: Kitty-Jack
MIT frat boy #1: I'm just saying, everybody has a strip poker tournament during rush week. We need something different.
MIT frat boy #2: You mean, like, strip risk or battleship?
MIT frat boy #1: Um... Sure.
Chinese Restaurant
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Brian
Girl, looking at video games: If I had a sword that pimp, I would just kill people all day and run around.
Boy following her: Girl, if you had a sword that pimp I would stop being gay and make you stop to make love to me.
Girl, looking appalled: I'd be busy killing people, though.
Boy, matter-of-factly: Well... I'd make you stop every thirteen kills.
Random Walmart
Boise, Idaho
Overheard by: Bunnee
Student: Somebody drew a triforce in the bathroom.
Teacher: There's a penis in the hall and now a triforce in the bathroom?
English Class
Arcadia, California
Overheard by: Sam
10-year-old boy to Scrabble players: You guys are playing Scrabble? That's totally pimpin'!
Comic book store
Towson, Maryland
Super nerd #1: You look tired.
Super nerd #2: Yea...
Super nerd #1: I bet you were up till three AM playing World of Warcraft.
Super nerd #2: Yeah...
Super nerd #1: Yeah, I just got the new patch. It's downloading right now. Its an 80-gig patch... I mean, 80-meg patch.
Super nerd #2: Phew! [Panting] Don't do that to me!
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
Girl #1: We were having fun!
Girl #2: You're sodomizing that poor boy!
Girl #1: That's how we played! He loved that game!
Starbucks
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: hannah
Nerd: Just think of how much money I saved over winter break by playing World of Warcraft -- it was 10 dollars a month instead of paying for all the stuff I would have done had I gone out.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: doug
Mother: Derek, come back here!
Five-year-old: No! You can't tell me what to do! I'm going to go gamble some more! [Runs off.]
CAT ferry from Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine
Overheard by: Misaki
Man to friend: Let's play the handicapped game -- paralyzed, or just lazy?
Epcot Park, Disney World
Orlando, Florida
40-year-old virgin #1: Did I tell you I beat Mortal Kombat?
40-year-old virgin #2: Uh-uh.
40-year-old virgin #1: Well, I did, and now my life has no meaning.
Birmingham, Alabama
Dork #1: Yeah, but Super Mario had the princess...
Dork #2: I'd rather fuck the squirrel [in Sonic] than that square-ass bitch!
Shout-out: overheardinumcp.blogspot.com
Overheard by: thomas
High school boy #1: Know what I'm gonna do?
High school boy #2: You're gonna jizz in my mouth.
High school boy #1: I'm gonna go to a third world country, buy four people, put them in an arena, and make them play Super Smash Brothers in real life. For Pikachu I'm gonna put thousand-volt batteries in his cheeks.
Ride-On bus
Washington, DC
Overheard by: bus rider
Geek #1: I would totally do Chun-Li.
Geek #2: Dude, she's a fictional video game character...
Geek #1: I don't care, she's smoking hot.
Geek #2: Whatever, she's only 16-bit.
Shout-out: overheardina2.blogspot.com
Overheard by: eric
Beholder: You are not a beholder, buddy.
Non-beholder: Nah, dude. I'm pretty sure I behold.
Duffield
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: benji