"To even the odds, the game is very loose with its interpretation of in-game collisions. For example, just because the Flash's fist is elbow deep into an eskimo's throat doesn't necessarily mean the eskimo or the game notice."
"thats the result of all the training of ryu, to make a invisible punch"
—Javier19890710, homo-genius: a history of gay inventors: volume 27
"I swear they make up hitboxes on that thing!"
— Roahm Mythril, on the Tengu Blade
"If my character model is making contact with your character model, how in the blue fucking dickens does my weapon not make contact with you? Makes no sense. If my arms and legs, which are holding my weapons can touch your fucking leg, why doesn't the weapon that I'm swinging at it hit it?"
— Tear of Grace trying to defeat Fume Knight Raime with a broken ladle in Dark Souls II: Crown of the Old Iron King.
"Everyone, look at my screen right now: I am not touching that spike. I am not touching that spike. I am not touching the spike!!!"
— TheVoiceOfDog, expressing his frustration during the race of a "mystery game"
"Look at this, right here: This laser's not a fuckin' foot. Near. My fuckin' ship. And it fuckin' blew it up."
— xoxak, "Aegis Wing PRO REVIEW", while he repeatedly plays the segment of said laser killing him
“Look, I think Monster Hunter is a very fair game... but I’m also very aware of the size of Kirin’s horn and its relation to me in current space.”
— Josh, on Arch-Tempered Kirin
For one thing, ammo's hard to get. Not that it's uncommon, it's lying around all over the fucking place, it's just "hard to get", because the collision physics are so wonky you have to do a little Mexican Hat Dance around it before the game wakes up and registers you're trying to pick it up.
— Zero Punctuation, on Devil's Third
He has no style, he has a quick pace
His Hitbox is a fucking disgrace
His Hitbox is a fucking disgrace
— Some Call Me Johnny describing Lanky Kong in his DK Rap
Vicarious Visions: What the fuck is a hitbox?
— Super Gaming Bros. most common complaint towards the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy