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* In Creator/LyndonHardy's 1988 novel ''Literature/RiddleOfTheSevenRealms'', a character creates a dimension that operates under these rules, even calling it "the realm of the conways."
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* ''VideoGame/Yume2kki'' has a room in Data Stream that references the game.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{ADOM}}'', herbs grow this way. [[spoiler:[[GameBreaker With the right preparations, you can grow an near-infinite number of herbs in the "Big Room" of the Caverns of Chaos.]]]]
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* In ''VideoGame/{{ADOM}}'', ''VideoGame/AncientDomainsOfMystery'', herbs grow this way. [[spoiler:[[GameBreaker With the right preparations, you can grow an a near-infinite number of herbs in the "Big Room" of the Caverns of Chaos.]]]]
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* The WebOriginal/OrionsArm Project has, among artifacts of unclear origin, a [[https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/46412766e34ef planet sized Life field]]. Apparently, it's been played long enough for life to evolve in the game.
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* The WebOriginal/OrionsArm Website/OrionsArm Project has, among artifacts of unclear origin, a [[https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/46412766e34ef planet sized Life field]]. Apparently, it's been played long enough for life to evolve in the game.
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For references to [[TabletopGame/GameOfLife the board game]], see [[ReferencedBy/GameOfLife this page]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{qxlkbh}}'' has the glider [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 make a cameo]] for the purpose of comedic philosophical musings about consciousness and reality.
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* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'': "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears, as [[InMemoriam a memorial]] to the recently-deceased Conway.
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** In "[[https://xkcd.com/696/ Strip Games]]", the author Website/{{Google}} searches "[[StripPoker Strip]] Conway's Game of Life". Unsurprisingly, there were no results.
** "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears, as [[InMemoriam a memorial]] to the recently-deceased Conway.
** In "[[https://xkcd.com/696/ Strip Games]]", the author Website/{{Google}} searches "[[StripPoker Strip]] Conway's Game of Life". Unsurprisingly, there were no results.
** "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears, as [[InMemoriam a memorial]] to the recently-deceased Conway.
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* ''[[{{Webcomic/Mezzacotta}} Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'''s "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=448 Garfield, Infinite Canvas, and The Game of Life]]", in which a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comic about not having a life is used as the starting state for the Game of Life.
* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'': "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears, as [[InMemorial a memorial]] to the recently-deceased Conway.
* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'': "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears, as [[InMemorial a memorial]] to the recently-deceased Conway.
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* ''[[{{Webcomic/Mezzacotta}} Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'''s ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'''s "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=448 Garfield, Infinite Canvas, and The Game of Life]]", in which a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comic about not having a life is used as the starting state for the Game of Life.
* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'': "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears, as[[InMemorial [[InMemoriam a memorial]] to the recently-deceased Conway.
* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'': "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears, as
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* ''0Ⅹ'', the third and last book in Creator/PiersAnthony's ''Of Man and Manta'' series, features a reference to the Game of Life in the form of a race of EnergyBeings operating according to cellular automata rules.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': As Winston [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01122.htm describes terraforming with "dots" of life which either die or spread]], the background shows a series of Life patterns.[[note]]From top to bottom: the glider in all of its phases, part of the evolution of a honey farm, and two phases of a lightweight spaceship.[[/note]]
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* The first trailer of ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontlineProjectNeuralCloud'' features heavy ''Game of Life'' imagery, reflecting the story's theme of artificial intelligence [[GrowBeyondTheirProgramming doing things beyond their initial parameters]]. Game of Life is also the name of Persicaria's passive skill.
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* The first trailer of ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontlineProjectNeuralCloud'' ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloud'' features heavy ''Game of Life'' imagery, reflecting the story's theme of artificial intelligence [[GrowBeyondTheirProgramming doing things beyond their initial parameters]]. Game of Life is also the name of Persicaria's passive skill.
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* In [[Creator/TheHuangTwins Cary Huang]]'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28U6EwfKois&t=257s AI LIP READING]]" video, his animated stick figure persona places down a Gosper glider gun on the table.
* In [[Creator/TheHuangTwins Cary Huang]]'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28U6EwfKois&t=257s AI LIP READING]]" video, his animated stick figure persona places down a Gosper glider gun on the table.
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* Revival "Game of Life" is a spellcard used by Eirin Yagokoro in ''Franchise/TouhouProject 8: Imperishable Night.'' WordOfGod [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Spell_Cards/Stage_6A commentary]] makes reference to the bullet patterns being inspired by those found in Conway's Game of Life.
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* Revival "Game of Life" is a spellcard used by Eirin Yagokoro in ''Franchise/TouhouProject ''[[VideoGame/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight Touhou Project 8: Imperishable Night.'' Night]]''. WordOfGod [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Spell_Cards/Stage_6A commentary]] makes reference to the bullet patterns being inspired by those found in Conway's Game of Life.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "Bloo Tube", Mac and the imaginary friends try to cheer Bloo up when their trip to the Monsoon Lagoon water park gets cancelled due to a rainstorm. One of their attempts is with a board game mishmash called "For-Rat-Trap-O-Life", which among other games, features elements from a board game called ''Family Life''. During their game, Eduardo lands on [[TableTopGame/{{Monopoly}} Moorpark Gardens]], and has to give Mac either $500 or his first-born son. [[TakeAThirdOption Eduardo instead gives Mac his last "Forgive Me!" card]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': A sketch from "Werewolf vs. Unicorn" involves a little pink Peg (voiced by Creator/MilaKunis) having a Humiliation Conga which has her being rejected from college, mistakenly getting pregnant in a one night stand with her boss (which she only did to keep her lousy BurgerFool job) and killing him in self-defense.
-->"Fucking Spinner."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The CouchGag for "Pay Pal" involves the titular family as pawns in ''The Game of Life''. A young Homer takes the "No College" path and goes through several misfortunes, including three unexpected pregnancies, a bad job, losing his hair, gaining weight, and eventually getting his car repossessed. The gag ends with the Simpson family sitting on the couch, only for Homer to freak out upon seeing the Grim Reaper. "The Kids are All Fight" features the same couch gag but with a different ending, where Homer freaks out upon seeing Grampa holding up a sign that says "Don't forget me".
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* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "Bloo Tube", Mac and the imaginary friends try to cheer Bloo up when their trip to the Monsoon Lagoon water park gets cancelled due to a rainstorm. One of their attempts is with a board game mishmash called "For-Rat-Trap-O-Life", which among other games, features elements from a board game called ''Family Life''. During their game, Eduardo lands on [[TableTopGame/{{Monopoly}} Moorpark Gardens]], and has to give Mac either $500 or his first-born son. [[TakeAThirdOption Eduardo instead gives Mac his last "Forgive Me!" card]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': A sketch from "Werewolf vs. Unicorn" involves a little pink Peg (voiced by Creator/MilaKunis) having a Humiliation Conga which has her being rejected from college, mistakenly getting pregnant in a one night stand with her boss (which she only did to keep her lousy BurgerFool job) and killing him in self-defense.
-->"Fucking Spinner."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The CouchGag for "Pay Pal" involves the titular family as pawns in ''The Game of Life''. A young Homer takes the "No College" path and goes through several misfortunes, including three unexpected pregnancies, a bad job, losing his hair, gaining weight, and eventually getting his car repossessed. The gag ends with the Simpson family sitting on the couch, only for Homer to freak out upon seeing the Grim Reaper. "The Kids are All Fight" features the same couch gag but with a different ending, where Homer freaks out upon seeing Grampa holding up a sign that says "Don't forget me".
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* On Website/Google, if one searches "game of life" or related terms the Game of Life will play out in the background of the site.
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* ''Glory Season'' by Creator/DavidBrin features this game with the variation of being played as a contest, with each side getting part of the board to use, with the goal being eliminating the other side.
* In Creator/LyndonHardy's 1988 novel ''Literature/RiddleOfTheSevenRealms'', a character creates a dimension that operates under these rules, even calling it "the realm of the conways."
* ''Literature/TeaWithTheBlackDragon'' by Creator/RAMacAvoy has a metaphorically-significant scene in which the protagonist is introduced to the game.
* The ''Literature/WWWTrilogy'''s first book has Caitlin seeing cellular automata in the background of her "websight;" Dr. Kuroda brings up the Game of Life as an example of cellular automata while explaining it.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{ADOM}}'', herbs grow this way. [[spoiler:[[GameBreaker With the right preparations, you can grow an near-infinite number of herbs in the "Big Room" of the Caverns of Chaos.]]]]
* One of the intro cinematics for ''VideoGame/{{Darwinia}}'' is a simulation of Life, with the added caveats that the grid is confined to a finite space and each Darwinian will die after a set number of years no matter what. As it's incredibly difficult not to get attached to the little guys while playing Darwinia, seeing the last "block" and "spaceship" formations settle, flicker, and die can be [[TearJerker very haunting]]. In-universe, it was given to the Darwinians to teach them mortality.
* The first trailer of ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontlineProjectNeuralCloud'' features heavy ''Game of Life'' imagery, reflecting the story's theme of artificial intelligence [[GrowBeyondTheirProgramming doing things beyond their initial parameters]]. Game of Life is also the name of Persicaria's passive skill.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a mushroom farming minigame that follows the same rules (although with more than one kind of mushroom), but the board is only 4x4, making it impossible to create any particularly interesting patterns.
* An element in ''VideoGame/RocksNDiamonds'', a ''VideoGame/BoulderDash'' clone.
* Entering the cheat "gol" in ''[[VideoGame/SimCity SimCity 4]]'' plays the Game of Life using ''[=SimCity=] 4'''s grid-based lot system.
* In ''VideoGame/SystemShock'', the walls, floors and ceilings of the virtual CyberSpace environment are square grids that light up in patterns that are seemingly arbitrary, until you realize they're following rules from the Game of Life.
* Revival "Game of Life" is a spellcard used by Eirin Yagokoro in ''Franchise/TouhouProject 8: Imperishable Night.'' WordOfGod [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Spell_Cards/Stage_6A commentary]] makes reference to the bullet patterns being inspired by those found in Conway's Game of Life.
-->'''ZUN:''' You might not understand this if you didn't study at a technical college.
* ''VideoGame/ThePowderToy'' has a particle that follows Game of Life rules, along with a few other similar particles that follow slight modifications of the rules, such as HLIF (High Life) which replicates when 3 or 6 cells are alive next to a space, rather than just 3.
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* ''[[{{Webcomic/Mezzacotta}} Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'''s "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=448 Garfield, Infinite Canvas, and The Game of Life]]", in which a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comic about not having a life is used as the starting state for the Game of Life.
* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'': "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears.
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* The WebOriginal/OrionsArm Project has, among artifacts of unclear origin, a [[https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/46412766e34ef planet sized Life field]]. Apparently, it's been played long enough for life to evolve in the game.
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* ''Glory Season'' by Creator/DavidBrin features this game with the variation of being played as a contest, with each side getting part of the board to use, with the goal being eliminating the other side.
* In Creator/LyndonHardy's 1988 novel ''Literature/RiddleOfTheSevenRealms'', a character creates a dimension that operates under these rules, even calling it "the realm of the conways."
* ''Literature/TeaWithTheBlackDragon'' by Creator/RAMacAvoy has a metaphorically-significant scene in which the protagonist is introduced to the game.
* The ''Literature/WWWTrilogy'''s first book has Caitlin seeing cellular automata in the background of her "websight;" Dr. Kuroda brings up the Game of Life as an example of cellular automata while explaining it.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{ADOM}}'', herbs grow this way. [[spoiler:[[GameBreaker With the right preparations, you can grow an near-infinite number of herbs in the "Big Room" of the Caverns of Chaos.]]]]
* One of the intro cinematics for ''VideoGame/{{Darwinia}}'' is a simulation of Life, with the added caveats that the grid is confined to a finite space and each Darwinian will die after a set number of years no matter what. As it's incredibly difficult not to get attached to the little guys while playing Darwinia, seeing the last "block" and "spaceship" formations settle, flicker, and die can be [[TearJerker very haunting]]. In-universe, it was given to the Darwinians to teach them mortality.
* The first trailer of ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontlineProjectNeuralCloud'' features heavy ''Game of Life'' imagery, reflecting the story's theme of artificial intelligence [[GrowBeyondTheirProgramming doing things beyond their initial parameters]]. Game of Life is also the name of Persicaria's passive skill.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a mushroom farming minigame that follows the same rules (although with more than one kind of mushroom), but the board is only 4x4, making it impossible to create any particularly interesting patterns.
* An element in ''VideoGame/RocksNDiamonds'', a ''VideoGame/BoulderDash'' clone.
* Entering the cheat "gol" in ''[[VideoGame/SimCity SimCity 4]]'' plays the Game of Life using ''[=SimCity=] 4'''s grid-based lot system.
* In ''VideoGame/SystemShock'', the walls, floors and ceilings of the virtual CyberSpace environment are square grids that light up in patterns that are seemingly arbitrary, until you realize they're following rules from the Game of Life.
* Revival "Game of Life" is a spellcard used by Eirin Yagokoro in ''Franchise/TouhouProject 8: Imperishable Night.'' WordOfGod [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Spell_Cards/Stage_6A commentary]] makes reference to the bullet patterns being inspired by those found in Conway's Game of Life.
-->'''ZUN:''' You might not understand this if you didn't study at a technical college.
* ''VideoGame/ThePowderToy'' has a particle that follows Game of Life rules, along with a few other similar particles that follow slight modifications of the rules, such as HLIF (High Life) which replicates when 3 or 6 cells are alive next to a space, rather than just 3.
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* ''[[{{Webcomic/Mezzacotta}} Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'''s "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=448 Garfield, Infinite Canvas, and The Game of Life]]", in which a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comic about not having a life is used as the starting state for the Game of Life.
* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'': "[[https://xkcd.com/2293/ RIP John Conway]]" is an animation in which a cell pattern resembling a human stick figure develops into a single glider, which travels off the edge of the grid and disappears.
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* The WebOriginal/OrionsArm Project has, among artifacts of unclear origin, a [[https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/46412766e34ef planet sized Life field]]. Apparently, it's been played long enough for life to evolve in the game.
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