In Video Games
- In Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1987), Zak is approached by a Hare Krishna devotee, and sold a book called, How to Raise Your Consciousness and Lower Your Golf Scores!. This book can later be given to the guard in Katmandu to be allowed to approach a Guru, and then to an airport bum, causing him to become a devotee, himself.
- In Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) (1988), Larry Laffer approaches 2 Hare Krishna devotees in the airport, who are actually KGB agents (said to be "KGB-ishnas"). They leave the scene if Larry gives them a flower.
- In Grand Theft Auto (1997), the text "GOURANGA!" is displayed whenever the player runs over a group of Hare Krishnas, who are occasionally featured as pedestrians. They are again featured in Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) as one of the gangs the player can work for.
- In Man Payne 3 (2012), Max Payne tells his story when he saw the police "These bastards made the NYPD look like the Hare Krishnas"
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Famous quotes containing the words video games, video and/or games:
“I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past—the portrayals of family life on such television programs as “Leave it to Beaver” and “Father Knows Best” and all the rest.”
—Richard Louv (20th century)
“As long as lightly all their livelong sessions,
Like a yardful of schoolboys out at recess
Before their plays and games were organized,
They yelling mix tag, hide-and-seek, hopscotch,
And leapfrog in each other’s way all’s well.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)