Trivia
As in the original Deus Ex. It's sequel Deus Ex: Invisible War, has references from classic literature. The coffee shops, Pequod's, and QueeQueg's are from Moby Dick. The Pequod, was the name of the ship. QueeQueg is the Indian harpooner.
What no Ahab? Or Ishmael? ;)
The Tarsus Academy shares a name with the city that was the birthplace of Paul, the apostle. Paul Denton acts as the apostle for J.C. Denton.
Contributed by
Santa
(847) on Jan 06, 2007.
In the abandoned curio shop over the 9 World Taverns, you can find a book containing text on the care and cleaning of Ohio State Bobbleheads. Chris Carollo, the lead programmer for Invisible War is an Ohio State alumni.
Go Bucks!
Contributed by
Santa
(847) on Jan 01, 2007.
...Pequod and QueeQueg coffee shops are referenced from Moby-Dick as well a certain "Starbucks" franchise.
Contributed by
Santa
(847) on Dec 26, 2006.
In order to bring popstar NG Resonance's music to life, Eidos licensed a few tracks from the industrial/techno band "Kidney Thieves". Said tracks can be found in their "Trickstereprocess" album.
The original soundtrack for the game on the other hand, can be downloaded for free on Eidos's site.
Contributed by
Zovni (9139) on Jul 21, 2006.
Ion Storm licensed the Unreal engine and heavily modified it for this game. Its a inhouse engine with a tiny bit of Epic's Unreal code left in.
Contributed by
Santa
(847) on May 21, 2004.
Continuing the Warren Spector tradition, Invisible War features a basketball court (see Deus Ex and games developed by Looking Glass). It's right at the beginning of the game and there's no missing it; one of your mandatory objectives will send you through there.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Dec 29, 2003.