History ShoutOut / VisceraCleanupDetail

* ''Overgrowth'' features the aftermath of a team of scientists [[Film/{{Avatar}} mining for “unobtanium” on an alien planet consisting mostly of dense forests]]. Data logs and notes reveal that everyone was hunted down and killed by an alien entity, with some of the scientists being [[Film/{{Predator}} hung from trees after the alien skinned their corpses]].

* Revolutionary Robotics features references to ''Film/IRobot'' and ''Franchise/TheTerminator'' among other robot fiction, and is especially a shout out to Robocop. In addition to multiple robot models bearing resemblance to [[Film/RoboCop ED-209]], you can find a meeting room with Mr. Kinney shot to death, his corpse laying on top of a model city and a note by him complaining about being used for beta testing.

* Cryogenesis contains a digital data pad with a log entry by one "Dr. Jordan Friedmann", a Theoretical Cryogenicist, who with his Dangerous Environment Vest and trusty prying bar is going to get to the facility's armory and fight back against the monsters now stalking the halls in the wake of a failed experiment. [[VideoGame/HalfLife Remind you of anyone?]]
** News stories [[LampshadeHanging mention]] he's a "[[SilentProtagonist man-of-few-words]]".
** Also in Cryogenesis, some of the cryo pods have what look like baby Franchise/{{Cthulhu|Mythos}}s floating inside.

* Almost the entire level of ''Frostbite'' is a reference to ''Film/TheThing1982'' in both plot and the names ([[Creator/KurtRussell Kurt]] and [[Creator/WilfordBrimley Wilford]], and the hero's name [=MacReady=]).
** You can even find the ice sarcophaguses in one of the caves, a small cage/kennel in the underground science lab and a burnt pile of corpses found near the second tunnel entrance.

** To a lesser extent, several of the 'toy' weapons seen in ''Santa's Rampage'' are those from Runestorms' ''Unreal Tournament 2004'' [[https://www.moddb.com/mods/ballistic-weapons mod]], VideoGame/BallisticWeapons.

* Revolutionary Robotics features references to ''Film/IRobot'' and ''Franchise/TheTerminator'' among other robot fiction, and is especially a shout out to Robocop. In addition to multiple robot models bearing resemblance to [[Film/RoboCop ED-209]], you can find a meeting room with Mr. Kinney shot to deat, his corpse laying on top of a model city and a note by him complaining about being used for beta testing.

''Viscera Cleanup Detail'' are based on the questions of "What happened after I left that level of [insert video game]?" or "How does the aftermath of [insert gory movie] play out?".
Unsurprisingly, this means that the game contains a number of shout outs ranging from classic literature, movies (of both horror and sci-fi) to modern video games.

''Viscera Cleanup Detail'' are based on the questions of "What happened after I left that level of [insert video game]?" or "How does the aftermath of [insert gory movie]?".

** In one of the levels, there is a toilet stall with [[Film/DemolitionMan 3 seashells, and the name on a flash drive is John Spartan]].

''Viscera Cleanup Detail'' is based on the question of "What happened after I left that level of [insert video game]?" Unsurprisingly, this means that the game contains a number of shout outs ranging from classic literature to modern video games.

* Revolutionary Robotics features references to I, Robot and Terminator among other robot fiction, and is especially a shout out to Robocop. In addition to multiple robot models bearing resemblance to ED-209, you can find a meeting room with Mr. Kinney shot to death, and a note by him complaining about being used for beta testing.

* The hidden collectibles are all from well-known movies and video games.

** A ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' bolter is in [[spoiler:Bob]]'s hiding place.

* The House of Horror Map is pretty much one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOZTdoN5cTc Horror Movie reference]] after another.

* ''Frostbite'' is a reference to ''Film/TheThing1982'' in both plot and the names ([[Creator/KurtRussell Kurt]] and [[Creator/WilfordBrimley Wilford]], and the hero's name [=MacReady=]).

** In the RobotWar aftermath map you can find a [[TheMatrix set of red and blue pills]].

* ''Frostbite'' is a reference to ''Film/TheThing1982'' in both plot and the names ([[Creator/KurtRussell Kurt]] and [[Creator/WilfordBrimley Wilford]], and the hero's name [=MacReady=]).

* The map from ''The Vulcan Affair'' references numerous secret agent films, most prominently Franchise/JamesBond and Film/AustinPowers.

* The latest "Uprinsing" map features poor [[VideoGame/SpaceQuest Roger Wilco]] with free-flow ventilation in his abdominal cavity after the robots came in to deal with the janitor rebellion.

** In one of the levels, there is a toilet stall with 3 seashells, and the name on a flash drive is [[Film/DemolitionMan John Spartan]].

** In one of the levels, there is a toilet stall with 3 seashells, and the name on the flash drive is [[Film/DemolitionMan John Spartan]].