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Stratholme is the site of one of Warcraft's darkest moments, where Arthas Menethil purged the city's population. Some of the ghostly former citizens who still wander the ruins will respond if you use the /dance or /rude emotes on them.
Mark Hamill has said that once he saw the character model for this version of the Joker, he made a conscious choice to push the performance in a darker, more unhinged direction than his animated series take, while still keeping that playful, clownish streak underneath. It's a big part of why this Joker still gets brought up as one of the character's best portrayals.
Nobody in Runeterra actually knows where the Black Cleaver came from, but the item's icon is a dead giveaway. It's modelled on Aatrox's own blade, which links it back to the Darkin, the ancient race of fallen ascended warriors who were sealed inside their own weapons after their war nearly destroyed the world.
During the campaign, players can enter a garage containing a list of cars that's only visible under ultraviolet light, a clear homage to the target vehicle list from the heist film Gone in 60 Seconds.
Before Naughty Dog ever touched it, the Part I remake was quietly being built by Sony's Visual Arts Service Group, a support studio better known for helping finish other people's games. Sony eventually pulled the project and handed it to Naughty Dog outright, which led to a fair bit of frustration - and several departures - from the original team.
Look closely at the stickers plastered on Marshall Lee's guitar case in Fionna and Cake and you'll spot a bunch of cheeky riffs on real punk band names, like X-Ray Pex standing in for X-Ray Spex and Daikini Kill standing in for Bikini Kill. It's a fun little detail for anyone who grew up on that scene.
The opening interrogation scene where Natasha's chatting away in Russian before flipping the situation on her captors was a bit of a passion project moment for Whedon. He studied Russian language and literature back in college, and this was the first time in his career he actually got to put that degree to use on screen.
A couple of Witcher 3's silver swords are quiet nods to other classic RPGs. Azure Wrath echoes Azurewrath, the angelic blade wielded by the fallen angel Izual in the Diablo games, while a sword called Daystar borrows its name from the weapon guarded by a lich in Baldur's Gate's city of Amn.
After Uncharted 2 wrapped up in 2009, Naughty Dog didn't just move on to another sequel - they split into two teams. One half stayed on Uncharted duty for Drake's Deception, while the other half went off to build something completely new, which eventually became The Last of Us.
