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GAME · 2007 · SWEDEN

The Darkness

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The Darkness is a 2007 game.

8 Interesting Facts About The Darkness

Interesting Facts (3)

  1. #001

    The graffiti in the game was made by working Swedish graffiti artists. Over a long session they painted pieces on a plain gray or white wall, which were then photographed and scanned in as game textures.

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  2. #002

    If you sit down with Jenny in her apartment, she and Jackie watch "To Kill a Mockingbird" on TV.

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  3. #003

    While roaming the subway in search of Jenny's place, you pass a homeless man asleep on a bench with a TV in his shopping cart showing the news. Wait long enough and a heavy metal video show follows, playing real clips by real artists at a surprisingly watchable, if tiny, screen quality: Sparanza, El Caco, Closer and others.

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Characters & Cast (1)

  1. #004

    The game begins and ends with the line "wake up." Tomahawk's "Captain Midnight," which plays as the end credits open, starts with the same words.

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Easter Eggs & References (4)

  1. #005

    A subway poster advertises a film titled "Bon apetít," with a snake-like monster gazing upward beneath the title. It is a clear nod to the 1990 movie "Tremors," starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward.

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  2. #006

    A subway poster advertises an orange soda called "Sulo," a nod to the real Norwegian orange soda Solo.

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  3. #007

    A poster in the subway advertises a novel titled "Chakra Assassin." It shows a bald man with a tattoo on the nape of his neck, gripping two butcher knives — a nod to the popular "Hitman" game series.

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  4. #008

    The movie poster "Jimmy Eriksson: Man-At-Arms" seen in the game pays tribute to the level designer of the same name.

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