Games
In Fallout 2, if Lt. Col. Dr. Charles Curling is convinced that his research, if used as others plan, will result in genocide, he recites "The Tyger".
The online game Lost Souls uses the Proverbs of Hell as magical control phrases for a kind of enchanted wand created by the Aligned, a group of artist-philosopher-magicians.
The RuneScape character Bill Blakey, a musician and poet, is a William Blake homage.
The art for the Yu-Gi-Oh! card "Red Dragon Archfiend" appears to be an intentional homage to the Great Red Dragon Paintings.
Assets for the game Dante's Inferno draw upon Blake's illustrations to Dante as well as those by Gustave Doré and Auguste Rodin.
David Axelrod's "Holy Thursday", from his album Songs of Innocence (inspired by Blake's work of the same name), is included on the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto IV.
Read more about this topic: William Blake In Popular Culture
Famous quotes containing the word games:
“In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”
—Philippe Ariés (20th century)
“Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)