Welcome to Coffee Talk! Let’s start off the day by discussing whatever is on your (nerd chic) mind. Every morning I’ll kick off a discussion and I’m counting on you to participate in it. If you’re not feelin’ my topic, feel free to start a chat with your fellow readers and see where it takes you. Whether you’re talking about videogames, Verizon possibly getting a CDMA iPhone, how Filipinos around the world are preparing for Saturday’s Manny Pacquiao fight, or the odd things happening at Oddworld (hint, hint), Coffee Talk is the place to do it.
Today’s Coffee Talk is probably going to be a little weird. I’m going to chalk it up to spending most of my nights playing Dragon Age: Origins until I’m passed out on my sofa. Maybe it’s because some of my game time has been logged while I’m loopy, but there are several things in DA that I find unintentionally hilarious.

Let’s start with Teryn Loghain. Whenever I hear his name, I think of how many Asian people reverse their L’s and R’s. Lots of Asian peeps — including a lot of my friends and family — would call him Teryn Rogaine. If that were really his name, Ferelden would be safe from male pattern baldness.
Then there are the dwarven cities that are call “ortans”, as in Ortan Thaig. As a WWE fan, I can’t help but think of Randy Orton whenever these towns pop up. So yeah, I was totally adventuring in Randy Ortan Thaig.
I actually had a third one to mention, but then I realized that none of these things are that funny. They might be hilarious at 4AM when you can barely keep your eyes open or hold your controller, but Dragon Age already has all the humor you need. After all, it has a bisexual elf assassin in it — pretty hard to top that.
Can you remember any instances when a game railed you with unintentional comedy? How about a time when you found something in a game hilarious, but realized it wasn’t the next day?
*puts matches back in his pocket*
@Sandrock – someone gave you matches?
Your beers suck. I'm going out to the grocery store to get a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Anybody want anything while I'm going out?
-M
@iceman
I need some Anchor Steam Liberty Ale…if they don't have it, bring me some SIerra Nevada Pale Ale. Thanks.
@Iceman – If the beer in the fridge sucks enough to go get PBR I'm afraid of what's in the frige. gotta be like Miller High Life or something to be cheaper than Pabst
I don't drink, so I'll be in the corner huffing the White Out.
I knew Ray had White Out, because it's all over his computer monitor.
Pick me up some Zima's (do they still make that crap)
@ANYONE
Question about MW2. I noticed that party chat is not an option this time around. So that means I have to listen to the kids or nothing at all right? Or can a friend and I both play MW2 and be in party chat together and exclude the kids?
If I seriously can't do deathmatches or hardcore with just one of my friends in chat with me, I'm going to consider this a huge f'up on IW.
@Smartguy
Not all playlist force in game chat. If you are ok with domination, then play Groundwar as it allows party chat. Other wise do like I do, mute anyone who annoys you. In game mutes carry over to the lobby and vise versa.
@sandrock
at that rate i'll have everyone muted. sometimes a friend and me jump into team deathmatch and converse with one another. i don't see why they put the restriction on. Griefers will always grief. IW really has ruined a big social aspect of the game for me.
Killing civilians in an airport was the funniest thing ever….wait…too soon?
How does bong water smell?
@Slicky
Those damn Zima commercials never graduated from the 80s.
@rrod
depends how often you change the water, but it can get pretty bad
@ Thundercracker and RROD
I always thought it smelled like peanuts that had been roasted way too long.