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When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
Sometimes designers add old-school things on purpose to enhance game design. These games tend to be heavily inspired by hardware limitations of older systems. NES, Atari 2600, and early computer platforms (DOS, Commodore 64, MSX, etc...) are common sources of inspiration.
See? The exploiting, soulless people who run the video game industry DO care about their fans!
Poking fun at a specific existing work, whether a game, a movie, or something else, by imitating and exaggerating its characteristics. Some games use parody here and there, while others are entirely parodic.
A joke phrase that was originally coined by Will Wright for a loading screen in SimCity 2000.
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
Matt fought these wafer-thin soldiers in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard.
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