your favorite pop culture reference in a game

[s0ap sudz]

I can't remember any specific ones, but I remember Timesplitters: Future Perfect referenced pop culture a lot.

I love that game, 'shoot anything with teeth bigger then its face

Yeah it was awesome. I traded it in but now I want to buy it back.

 

[GyroCaptain]

The ones in Warcraft III rank fairly highly with me, particularly the Star Wars ones.

 

[joystickjunki3]

I don't really have a specific favorite, but the first one that came to mind was the marine saying "This is Sparta!!" when you shoot the Spartan Laser.

EDIT: Not sure if this counts, but in L4D one of the Achievements is Zombie Genocidist. To get it you have to kill 53,595 zombies. Which, in case you didn't know, is +1 to Dead Rising's genocide Achievement.

 

[ShortCommings]

one that got me in the giggle zone wa in CoD4 when the SAS guy suggests doing somthing..i cant remember what and the other guy says 'surely you cant be seriouse' and he replys 'of course im seriouse, and dont call me shirly'

airplane quote

 

[Headwuend]

A recent one that comes to mind was Fallout 3 and its barkeeper in the ghoul settlement. He strangely reminded me of Half-Life's G-Man in the way he talked and his head was shaped. There was some kind of mercenary as well who worked for him and who was one of the more silent types.

 

[I3uster]

There are many in wc3 and starcraft, just look them up if you have time, theyre MAAAAAANY of em

 

[The Shade]

The marine voiced by Adam Baldwin in Halo 3 says, "Sure would be nice if we had some GRENADES!" during the siege in the hangar bay. (Serenity reference)

Halo 3 is FULL of pop ref. if you turn on the IWHBYD skull.

Gears 2 achievement, "Have fun storming the castle" (Princess Bride reference)

 

[Avalanche91]

at the final (sorta) boss at No more heroes there's a briliant reference to Duke Nukem. something like: 'Wauw, you must have a frustrating back story'
'yeah, but I am not gonna tell'
'Aaw, why not?'
'That story alone would make it a M-rated game, delaying it even further. You dont want this to become No more Heroes forever do you?'

 

[daegranos]

(not my favorite, but the only one i can think of right now)
the darth vader rip-off at the end of no more heroes.

 

[Axolotl]

I can't remember any specific ones, but I remember Timesplitters: Future Perfect referenced pop culture a lot.

I remember finding a list of all the references in Timesplitters FP, it was a big list. The best one had to be the Shaun of the Dead reference.

 

[jamesc]

Fallout 3, the ghoul mercenary you get from the bar, when you tell him to change him from a melee weapon to long range, he says "Good, I find happiness in a warm gun" Which was funny because I was listening to the beatles at that moment.

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

Splinter Cell:Chaos theory is a good one for references.
"Fisher you need to open the case and disarm the nukes."
"Shame i forgot my crowbar."
"Crowbar? Crowbars are for geeks with glasses." a half-life reference.

Also if you choose to sneak through a certain vent near the end of the game you can overhear 2 guards discussing the second PoP game.

 

[Bolverk]

Don't know if it counts, but in WoW in Un'Goro Crater, the gorillas drop empty barrels. Donkey Kong reference. There's also a quest there with a zelda reference.

I was just doing that quest and I commented to my guild friend who was helping me, and he didn't notice it. We both cracked up.

Random note, did anyone here ever have the little hand held DK games that look like really old chunky Nintendo DS? Dual screen, and they ran on watch batteries. I used to have 2 of them...was wondering how many other people had them at one point in their life...or still have them

 

[SAccharing10]

yeah WoW has hundreds of modern references, in Dragonblight there's a female human stood outside a castle in disguise called "Agent Sully" there's also an adventurer who wears a big hat called Henry jones.

 

[splitforces]

FF 1 there was a gravestone in a town that read "Here lies Link" and I lol'd.

 

[Draygen]

FF 1 there was a gravestone in a town that read "Here lies Link" and I lol'd.

And another one nearby that references the Dragonwarrior game as well.

 

[willard3]

Starcraft and Warcraft have tons, as noted above. There seem to be quite a few from "Aliens" in Starcraft, like the Marine who might say "how do i get out of this chicken-sh*t outfit?", a direct quote, as is "in the pipe, five by five". I just watched that movie recently and I was surprised at the sheer amount of influence it has had. There's also the classic "Game over, man! Game over!"