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One journalist tallied up their own playthrough and came away having killed 527 enemies, more than three times the commonly cited body count for Indiana Jones across his entire film series, a fun bit of perspective on just how violent these adventure games really are.
Most people hit the victory screen and alt-tab out immediately, which means they miss this one. Stick around on the Howling Abyss for about thirty seconds after a win and Lissandra herself chimes in with a bit of frosty, aristocratic narration about the three sisters. It's a small touch, but it's the kind of thing that makes the map feel less like a leftover and more like its own little story.
The dune landscapes of Gran Canaria stood in for the sea of sand Geralt has to cross on his travels, while nearby jungle and coastline on the islands were used to bring the Dryads' Brokilon Forest to life. Same set of islands, two very different biomes.
Molly was only ever supposed to be a one-scene character stuck in the mortuary of A Study in Pink. Moffat and Gatiss had a personal rule that only characters lifted from the original Conan Doyle stories would get major roles, but Louise Brealey's performance was good enough that they threw that rule out and built her into a recurring part of the cast.
You don't actually see the 'Marvel's The Avengers' title screen until roughly twelve minutes into the film, well after Loki's already caused chaos at the SHIELD facility. Small detail, but it lands as a proper 'this is it' moment - four years of setup movies finally paying off in one title card.
Netflix confirmed a second season was already in production while the finale of season one was still airing, using the tagline 'Ready yourselves, friends' alongside a teaser image of a Hexgate. It's a rare move for a streaming service to commit that early, but the numbers going into that final week made the decision an easy one.
Starting with season four, Liam Hemsworth stepped into the role of Geralt of Rivia for the final two seasons of the show, alongside Laurence Fishburne joining as the centuries-old vampire barber-surgeon Regis.
Find Ra's al Ghul's body bag in the Arkham Mansion and it's there plain as day. Head back to the Morgue later on, though, and it's simply gone - no cutscene, no explanation, just a quiet little reminder that a man who's cheated death countless times in the comics probably isn't done yet.
Vince Gilligan personally insisted on using Badfinger's 'Baby Blue' over the closing shot, even though his own music team pushed back on it. Turned out to be the right call — the song reportedly sold over 5,000 copies on iTunes the night the finale aired.
Mojang leaned into the Herobrine hysteria so hard that they've written 'Removed Herobrine' into the changelog of pretty much every major update since 2012, despite the character never once existing in the game's code. It's become a running joke between the developers and the community, a wink to a myth that refuses to die.
