In Popular Culture
| Bruegel's Tower of Babel, Smarthistory |
| The "Little" Tower of Babel, ARTtube |
The painting appears as the main element on one box art design of the video game Civilization III.
They are briefly mentioned in Shadowman, where Jaunty explains that Bruegel was shocked at how The Asylum resembled his paintings.
The painting also makes an appearance in the 2012 video game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, in the zombie survival mode in the map, 'Green Run' on a wall in a section of the map (Town). There is also a side-quest for players to complete named 'The Tower of Babble'; Babble, referring to the voices in a playable character's (Samuel J. Stuhlinger) head whom guide him throughout the optional side-quest by talking to the character in his head.
Read more about this topic: The Tower Of Babel (Bruegel)
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