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May 21, 2009 by RawmeatCowboy Filed Under: Wii

I think the issue is… the thing about Ghostbusters is the source material is so funny. And doing humor in games is really hard, especially when you have something that people like me revere so much. Trying to make something that is going to hit those same levels in next to impossible, particularly in a video game. Particularly when it's like 25 years after the movie came out. - Ryan Davis, Giant Bomb

It's true, there are very few games that are legitimately funny. The titles that I think of that make me laugh are ones that use visual gags instead of written dialog. Can you name any funny games, where the humor comes from the writing?

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May 21, 2009 at 3:02 pm
right now I only remember the mario and luigi saga, but I know there are some others
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May 21, 2009 at 3:08 pm
i like the dialogue in animal crossing and zelda a lot but i'm sure they're helped out in a major way by avoiding use of voice acting.

the only game i can think of that goes for humor in cut scenes and dialogue and doesn't fall flat is metal gear.
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May 21, 2009 at 3:15 pm
i thought pretty much every monologue and phone call i heard in No More Heroes was comedy gold. and sum o the s*** in san andreas like pretty much any scene with ryder in it, dear god he looked like eazy-E, again precious.
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May 21, 2009 at 3:26 pm
The Paper Mario games, Animal Crossing has a lot of "WTF" dialog which can be funny, Madworld, and NMH have some pretty funny moments...
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May 21, 2009 at 3:32 pm
The Paper Mario and Mario and Luigi games are pretty funny. They generally rely on bit more on writing mixed with sokme visual gags.

Otherwise I would have to say that the Snake transmissions in SSBB were pretty funny. I remember Conker's bad furday was pretty good.
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May 21, 2009 at 4:51 pm
How can all of you forget HotD: Overkill? The over the top writing was hi-lar-ious in this game.

Regarding the Ghostbusters game. Each time I think that I can't hate this game more, another news/article comes up and grinds my gears even more.
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May 21, 2009 at 5:29 pm
MadWorld made me laugh on more than one occasion, and that's excluding the moments that were humourous due to their gory absurdity. Greg Proops is comic gold.

The Duck Has Spoken.
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May 21, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Portal? Almost all of the humor is provided by GLaDOS without visual aid.
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A-Zar
May 21, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Generic Dude: BARF!
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