Internet Culture Reference

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With the internet in full swing, some games reflect its leak into popular culture by making references to the World Wide Web.

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Examples

• Use of internet shorthand/lingo like "lol" and "n00b" in dialogue. Killer7 (Game)'s Susie Sumner (Character), the spirit of a psychopathic teenage girl, uses emoticons in her dialogue boxes to communicate her expression in her statements.
• Use of memes and in-jokes. In Scribblenauts (Game), players have the ability to type in a list of memes like "longcat" and "LOLWUT". Some other games reference jokes made by their fanbases in later releases and updates as an act of fan service.
• References to popular shows/videos. Ever since Halo 2 (Game), Bungie has made references and included cameos to/by the popular machinima group Rooster Teeth, after the popularity of their machinima series Red vs. Blue, "filmed" using Halo: Combat Evolved.

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• 404Sight (Game)
• 7nin no Online Gamers -Offline- (Game)
• AI: The Somnium Files (Game)
• AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (Game)
• AdVenture Capitalist (Game)
• Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations (Game)
• Agar.io (Game)
• AirMech (Game)
• Alien Hominid (Game)
• Antichamber (Game)
• Antonblast (Game)
• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Game)
• Astérix & Obélix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum (Game)
• Battle High 2 (Game)
• Battleborn (Game)
• Bejeweled Stars (Game)
• Bigley's Revenge (Game)
• Bit.Trip Beat (Game)
• Bit.Trip Complete (Game)
• Bit.Trip Saga (Game)
• Blade Kitten (Game)
• Blitz: The League (Game)
• Bloodbath Kavkaz (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 (Game)
• Borderlands 3 (Game)
• Castle Crashers (Game)
• Catloaf 2600 (Game)
• Chaos on Deponia (Game)
• Cook, Serve, Delicious! (Game)
• Counter-Strike: Source (Game)
• Creepy Castle (Game)
• DRL (Game)
• DeathSpank (Game)
• Depression Quest (Game)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Game)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut (Game)
• Deus Ex: The Fall (Game)
• Dicey Dungeons (Game)
• Dinner Date (Game)
• Divekick (Game)
• Doge Jump (Game)
• Doge Simulator (Game)
• Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story (Game)
• Dota 2 (Game)
• Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (Game)
• Dungeons & Lesbians (Game)
• Dungeons of Dredmor (Game)
• Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (Game)
• Fallout: New Vegas (Game)
• Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Game)
• Far Cry 4 (Game)
• Fashion Police Squad (Game)
• Fight of Animals: Arena (Game)
• Flappy Doge (Game)
• Forgive me Father (Game)
• Fortnite (Game)
• Fractal: Make Blooms Not War (Game)
• Frozen Synapse (Game)
• Gaia Online (Game)
• Girlfriend Rescue (Game)
• Going Under (Game)
• Grab Them by the Eyes (Game)
• Grumpy Cat: Unimpressed (Game)
• Guacamelee! (Game)
• Guacamelee! 2 (Game)
• Guacamelee! One-Two Punch Collection (Game)
• Guitar Hero II (Game)
• Gunther's Day (Game)
• Happy Tree Friends False Alarm (Game)
• Hitman: Blood Money (Game)
• Hitman: Contracts (Game)
• Hypnagogia Boundless Dreams (Game)
• I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES!!!1 (Game)
• I Wanna Be The Boshy (Game)
• I'm O.K: A Murder Simulator (Game)
• Ion Fury (Game)
• It Takes Two (Game)
• Jazzpunk (Game)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (Game)
• Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Game)
• Killer7 (Game)
• Kitten Burst (Game)
• KleptoCats (Game)
• Lair of the Clockwork God (Game)
• Lakeburg Legacies (Game)
• Left 4 Dead (Game)
• Lenna's Inception (Game)
• Lifeguard (Game)
• Little Alchemy 2 (Game)
• Little Kitty, Big City (Game)
• LocoCycle (Game)
• Longcat (Game)
• MadWorld (Game)
• Mafia II (Game)
• Magicka (Game)
• Magnetic: Cage Closed (Game)
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (Game)
• Mario Paint (Game)
• McPixel (Game)

Concept details

Name

Internet Culture Reference

Aliases

Meme

Games

• 404Sight (Game)
• 7nin no Online Gamers -Offline- (Game)
• AI: The Somnium Files (Game)
• AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (Game)
• AdVenture Capitalist (Game)
• Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations (Game)
• Agar.io (Game)
• AirMech (Game)
• Alien Hominid (Game)
• Antichamber (Game)
• Antonblast (Game)
• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Game)
• Astérix & Obélix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum (Game)
• Battle High 2 (Game)
• Battleborn (Game)
• Bejeweled Stars (Game)
• Bigley's Revenge (Game)
• Bit.Trip Beat (Game)
• Bit.Trip Complete (Game)
• Bit.Trip Saga (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: NBA (Franchise), NBA Jam (Franchise), Scribblenauts (Franchise), Tony Hawk (Franchise), Tony Hawk's Underground (Franchise), Grand Theft Auto (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Mario & Luigi (Franchise), Mario RPG (Franchise), Mega Man (Franchise), Castlevania (Franchise), Lords of Shadow (Franchise), Medal of Honor (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), Persona (Franchise), Halo (Franchise), The Simpsons (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), Activision Hero (Franchise), Guitar Hero (Franchise), Ratchet & Clank (Franchise), Ratchet & Clank Future (Franchise), Sly Cooper (Franchise), Unreal Tournament (Franchise), Duke Nukem (Franchise), Paper Mario (Franchise), Gears of War (Franchise), Deus Ex (Franchise), Hitman (Franchise), Warcraft (Franchise), Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise), Mega Man Battle Network (Franchise), Bookworm (Franchise), Team Fortress (Franchise), Homestar Runner (Franchise), Sam & Max (Franchise), Fallout (Franchise), Ace Attorney (Franchise), Penny Arcade (Franchise), Worms (Franchise), Asterix (Franchise), Doom (Franchise), Viva Piñata (Franchise), Darksiders (Franchise), Monday Night Combat (Franchise), Saints Row (Franchise), Blitz: The League (Franchise), Meat Boy (Franchise), DeathSpank (Franchise), Mafia (Franchise), Left 4 Dead (Franchise), Dead Space (Franchise), 'Splosion Man (Franchise), Bit.Trip (Franchise), Borderlands (Franchise), The Fancy Pants Adventures (Franchise), Tales from Space (Franchise), Counter-Strike (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: L33t Hamm3r Broz. (Character), Strong Bad (Character), Tycho Brahe (Character), Johnathan Gabriel (Character), Homestar Runner (Character), The Baz (Character), Big Chungus (Character), Matt Miller (Character), Kit Ballard (Character), Misha Mansoor (Character), Nyan Cat (Character), Derpy (Character), Troll Face (Character), Grumpy Cat (Character), Neon Katt (Character), Flynt Coal (Character), H168-Krave (Character), Doge (Character), Dat Boi (Character), Pepe the Frog (Character), Jake from State Farm (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: The United States of America (Location), Tw@ Internet Cafe (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Seal Mask (Object), Grilled Cheese (Object)

People

• Has people: Nicolas Cage (Person), Alanis Morissette (Person), Tay Zonday (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Ninja (Concept), Meme Origin (Concept), Pirate (Concept), Fan Service (Concept), Parody (Concept), Operating an Operating System (Concept), The 2000s (Concept), Pop Culture Reference (Concept), The 2010s (Concept), Fruit Fucker (Mark I) (Concept), Based on Urban Legends (Concept), Fruit Fucker (Mark II) (Concept), Fruit Fucker (Mark III) (Concept), Fruit Fucker (Mark IV) (Concept), Shiba Inu (Concept), Based on Internet Phenomena (Concept), Sprays (Concept)