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* In the mobile tycoon game ''Burger Please!'', each of the fast food restaurants the player unlocks has a logo similar to that of a real-life restaurant chain, such as UsefulNotes/McDonalds or Wendy's.

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* In the mobile tycoon game ''Burger Please!'', each of the fast food restaurants the player unlocks has a logo similar and runs is an expy to that of a real-life restaurant chain, such as UsefulNotes/McDonalds or Wendy's.
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* In the mobile tycoon game ''Burger Please!'', each of the fast food restaurants the player unlocks has a logo similar to that of a real-life restaurant chain, such as UsefulNotes/McDonalds or UsefulNotes/Wendys.

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* In the mobile tycoon game ''Burger Please!'', each of the fast food restaurants the player unlocks has a logo similar to that of a real-life restaurant chain, such as UsefulNotes/McDonalds or UsefulNotes/Wendys.Wendy's.
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* In the mobile tycoon game ''Burger Please!'', the "W" logo of the fast food restaurant the player runs is similar to the UsefulNotes/McDonalds logo.

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* In the mobile tycoon game ''Burger Please!'', the "W" logo each of the fast food restaurants the player unlocks has a logo similar to that of a real-life restaurant the player runs is similar to the chain, such as UsefulNotes/McDonalds logo.or UsefulNotes/Wendys.
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* In the mobile tycoon game ''Burger Please!'', the "W" logo of the fast food restaurant the player runs is similar to the UsefulNotes/McDonalds logo.
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** The clothing stores Suburban and Ponsonbys are references to Urban Outfitters and Givenchy respectively. Fashion brands available to puchase include Perseus (based on Versace and Hermes), [[LOL69 Sessanta Nove]] (based on Dolce & Gaddana and Luis Vuitton), Blagueurs (based off various street wear brands including Vetements, Crooks and Castles and [[Music/TylerTheCreator Golf le Fleur]]) MANOR (based on skate brand PALACE) Güffy (based on Stüssy and Gucci) and Flying Bravo (based on Ralph Lauren).
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*** Lucas wears a yellow Guxxi hoodie while Riona works as a Grüver driver making intercity deliveries.

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*** Lucas wears a yellow Guxxi hoodie while Riona works as a Grüver driver making intercity deliveries. Strangely for the former, the real clothing brand is mentioned in the Evening Whispers poem "Sing Your Body Electric", implying that [[ExpyCoexistence they both exist in the setting.]]

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** In Episode 2, Lucas wears a yellow Guxxi hoodie while Riona works as a Grüver driver making intercity deliveries.

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Lucas wears a yellow Guxxi hoodie while Riona works as a Grüver driver making intercity deliveries.deliveries.
*** One of Lua's status updates has her finding Baileys on [[Website/{{Tumblr}} Rumblr.]]
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** In Episode 2, Lucas wears a yellow Guxxi hoodie.

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** In Episode 2, Lucas wears a yellow Guxxi hoodie.hoodie while Riona works as a Grüver driver making intercity deliveries.
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* ''VideoGame/ChineseParents'': ''Lightning Boy and the Magic Stone'' movie is a play on ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''
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* ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'':
** When Freya talks about the non-linearity of her novel and how she plans to make it mainstream, she compares it to a [[InteractiveFiction Choose Your Own Adventure]] show on Creator/{{Net|flix}}Stream that strategically used its marketing to reach the mainstream audience. Strangely, she namedrops the original streaming service in her article "Loving in Silence", implying that [[ExpyCoexistence they both exist in the setting.]]
** In the bonus comic "Wanna Be My Mate?", Neil learns the name of the dating app with a fire logo that Earthlings use: Kindlr.
** In Episode 2, Lucas wears a yellow Guxxi hoodie.
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* ''VideoGame/GalGun'' has Packy candy, Zepsi soda, Pony electronics and many others.
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* In ''Homescapes'' Austin's father has a collectable "Forche" in the garage.

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* In ''Homescapes'' Austin's father has a collectable "Forche" in the garage.garage, while Austin and his best friend Robbie relive their boyhood by having an all-night session with a "Gametendo".
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* ''VideoGame/WantedDead'': The names of the soft drinks in the universe are parodies of real-life ones, such as Depsi for Pepsi and Vitarade for Gatorade.
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* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'':
** MiG fighters are manufactured by Mikevich-Gurevoyan (instead of Mikoyan-Gurevich).
** One of the GarrisonableStructures is a burger restaurant with a big rotating gorilla up top, called Burger Kong.

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* ''VideoGame/SCPSecretLaboratory'' depicts SCP-207 as a bottle of "Conta-Cola", unlike the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' article which [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-207 depicts it as a regular Coca-Cola bottle]].



* ''VideoGame/SCPSecretLaboratory'' depicts SCP-207 as a bottle of "Conta-Cola", unlike the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' article which [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-207 depicts it as a regular Coca-Cola bottle]].
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* A number of organizations in ''VideoGame/TerraInvicta'' are obvious pastiches of real ones, such as the "Free Federation of Industrial Workers" a pastiche of the Industrial Workers of the World.
** Averted for government and military entities, which appear with their real names.
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* A rather badly-done example in the ''Robot Wars'' game ''Arenas of Destruction'' (no, [[NamesTheSame not]] ''[[NamesTheSame that]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Robot Wars]]''). In the Robot Builder, some of the motors and batteries you can equip your machine with include "Dosch" and "Yuarta"... except in the preview images for these items, the names and logos of the real-world companies (Bosch and Yuasa) are shown on them instead. Oops.

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* A rather badly-done example in the ''Robot Wars'' game ''Arenas of Destruction'' (no, [[NamesTheSame not]] ''[[NamesTheSame that]] not ''that [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Robot Wars]]''). In the Robot Builder, some of the motors and batteries you can equip your machine with include "Dosch" and "Yuarta"... except in the preview images for these items, the names and logos of the real-world companies (Bosch and Yuasa) are shown on them instead. Oops.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/ToTheRescue To the Rescue!]]'', you can advertise your dog shelter by making Barkbook and [=LeashedIn=] accounts starting on Week 2 in Story Mode.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/ToTheRescue To the Rescue!]]'', ''VideoGame/ToTheRescue'', you can advertise your dog shelter by making Barkbook and [=LeashedIn=] accounts starting on Week 2 in Story Mode.


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* ''VideoGame/TheUniversim'': The sidequest associated with the courier building is about a company called Mammozon, owned by Neff Nuggszos.
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* ''VideoGame/SCPSecretLaboratory'' depicts SCP-207 as a bottle of "Conta-Cola", unlike the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' article which [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-207 depicts it as a regular Coca-Cola bottle]].
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* At the end of ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons Reunion'', Lady Luck tells the dice to follow her on Pentagram (Instagram), and Witch adds that she makes curse reviews there every week.
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* [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Grottos and Gremlins]], board game of choice of the {{Nerd}} clique in ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}''. The devs [[https://archive.is/lfd9 wanted to]] feature it as a [[GameWithinAGame playable arcade game]] in a similar style to ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'', but this was dropped due to time constraints.

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* [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Grottos and Gremlins]], board game of choice of the {{Nerd}} nerd clique in ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}''. The devs [[https://archive.is/lfd9 wanted to]] feature it as a [[GameWithinAGame playable arcade game]] in a similar style to ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'', but this was dropped due to time constraints.
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* ''VideoGame/SpikeOut'' have an area in a mall selling "Kevin Clime" fashion.

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** Danger by Design has a tin of "Pricsy Colors", whose tin closely resembles that of some Prisma color boxes.



** Danger by Design has a tin of "Pricsy Colors", whose tin closely resembles that of some Prisma color boxes.
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* ''VideoGame/NeedyStreamerOverload'' has several of these. Twitter is Tweeter, LINE is JINE, Steam is Esteem, and the list goes on.
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* The actual cars in ''VideoGame/PoliceSimulatorPatrolOfficers'' are fully fictitious brands. Even the police car which is clearly modeled after the Ford Crown Victoria, the most popular American model for police cars, does not show a Ford logo. In addition, everyone has insurance from the fictitious Newton Valley Insurance company.
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* In ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'', the Chunkopop G-Tech Exec collects Chunkopops, which are obviously a riff on [[Toys/FunkoPop Funko Pops]].
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* ''VideoGame/AnimalRestaurant'': Programmer's Dog wears a sweatshirt with the word "Goodle" in the approximate colors of the Website/{{Google}} logo.[[note]]The second 'o' is red instead of yellow.[[/note]]
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* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromTarkov'' has plenty, thanks to heaps of [[VendorTrash barter items and electronics]] you would have to collect in your entire [[PrivateMilitaryContractor PMC career]].

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* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromTarkov'' has plenty, thanks to heaps of [[VendorTrash [[ShopFodder barter items and electronics]] you would have to collect in your entire [[PrivateMilitaryContractor PMC career]].
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', the [[CreatorCameo Crema staff]] in Neoedo mention an engine called Duality (a play on Unity) and a console called the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 GamingStation 5]].
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* ''VideoGame/CookieClicker'' has the "Box of brand biscuits" containing, among other things, "Win Mints", "Dim Dams", and "Loreols" (that last one, as the FlavorText indicates, riffing off both "Oreos" and "L'Oréal").

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