Overdone Joke In Context … Arrow to the Knee

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If you or anyone you know is a gamer to any extent, by now you have almost certainly heard the phrase “I used to be … like you, then I took an arrow to the knee”. If not … well, consider yourself lucky – it has quickly become a massively overplayed meme!

The phrase comes from the recently released ‘Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’, a single player RPG from Bethesda (Elder Scrolls series including Morrowind and Oblivion, Fallout 3) that is extremely popular on the PC, XBOX360 and PS3. As you travel the MASSIVE world – trust me, any game you have ever played before is TINY compared to this – you will meet with loads of different people who will share quests and important information, or just trivial banter.

As you meet more and more people you will find that LOADS of their sayings are recycled – which makes sense from a cost savings perspective and also because you are less likely to bother chatting up people named ‘Guard’ or ‘Villager’ compared to ‘Eric’ or ‘Boromir’. But one saying is so striking and comes up so often when speaking to guards that it makes you think that the whole of Skyrim is populated by former adventures with knee injuries!

Here is a video with several of these moments:

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Michael Anderson
I have loved technology for as long as I can remember - and have been a computer gamer since the PDP-10! Mobile Technology has played a major role in my life - I have used an electronic companion since the HP95LX more than 20 years ago, and have been a 'Laptop First' person since my Compaq LTE Lite 3/20 and Powerbook 170 back in 1991! As an avid gamer and gadget-junkie I was constantly asked for my opinions on new technology, which led to writing small blurbs ... and eventually becoming a reviewer many years ago. My family is my biggest priority in life, and they alternate between loving and tolerating my gaming and gadget hobbies ... but ultimately benefits from the addition of technology to our lives!

1 Comment on "Overdone Joke In Context … Arrow to the Knee"

  1. I had no idea that this was gaming related! I saw it the first time in the comments on some Dubstep video (probably posted by you!) … and then I saw it about 4000 more times in the same context. =P

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