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Throughout the campaign, Cortana and the Gravemind periodically break into the Chief's mind through what Bungie internally called 'character interludes.' During these moments the screen washes with color, background music cuts out, and player movement slows drastically, a deliberate way of weaving story beats directly into gameplay rather than pulling players out to a cutscene.
When Riot Games announced the Arcane voice cast in September 2021, it happened to land on the exact same day as the trailer for Marvel's Hawkeye, which stars Hailee Steinfeld, the same actor voicing Vi. Total coincidence, but it made for a pretty big week for her.
There's an unlockable item in this one that pulses whenever a nearby treasure is worth investigating, a handy little nudge for anyone who wants to comb through every corner of the Western Ghats without missing loot.
In the alternate Farmworld reality shown in "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog," Finn wishes the Lich never existed, and it rewrites history so that Simon Petrikov froze the mushroom bomb solid in midair before it could detonate, sacrificing his own life in the process. It's a rare glimpse at what Ooo could've looked like if the apocalypse had been stopped.
Winning multiplayer races earns you trophies called 'Join the Midnight Club' and 'Top the Midnight Club' - a shout-out to Rockstar's own Midnight Club street racing series rather than anything to do with GTA's own lore.
Before becoming the undead lich-like bosses players fight in ancient tombs, the Dragon Priests were living members of the Dragon Cult who ruled over Nord society on behalf of the dragons during the Merethic Era, wielding power and knowledge granted directly by their draconic masters.
Way back in an early season, a throwaway line identifies Gunter as the most evil thing certain characters had ever encountered, and at the time it plays as a silly joke. Turns out it was quietly setting up one of the show's biggest cosmic reveals, since Gunter is secretly the ancient being Orgalorg.
Strip the 'Earl of' off Jakben, Earl of Imbel's name and you get JakbenImbel, which reads a lot like 'Jack be nimble' if you squint. Fittingly, he's connected to Springheel Jak - a play on the English folklore figure Spring-Heeled Jack - whose boots give you a hefty Acrobatics boost, perfect for jumping over candlesticks.
In September 2005, a debuff meant to stay contained to a single raid boss, Hakkar the Soulflayer, escaped into the wider world through infected pets. The resulting outbreak spread through capital cities so effectively that epidemiologists later studied it as a real model for how populations react to disease.
Taking over Bruce Banner from Edward Norton wasn't easy for Ruffalo, and he apparently spent the first few weeks of filming feeling seriously insecure about it. Both Whedon and Downey Jr had to keep reassuring him he was the right fit, with Ruffalo later saying Norton had essentially 'bequeathed' the part to him.
