Saturday, March 3, 2012

Where in the game 'Deus Ex 1' is there a reference to Isaac Asimov's Foundation series?

I read somewhere that it references foundation, while it does reference many literary works, where specifically does it reference the foundation series?Where in the game 'Deus Ex 1' is there a reference to Isaac Asimov's Foundation series?
A great question for a great game.



Foundation references in Deus Ex are subtle, and rare. Here's ones I know:



In one of the interviews you can find on a terminal in France with Bob Page, one of the things he says is "Intimidation through violence is the last resort of the weak... "



This is a Foundation reference: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent," a famous saying of Salvor Hardin.



An e-mail in the game is also signed by one "Dr. Olivaw," a reference to R. Daneel Olivaw, from Foundation.

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