Rocket League
Headlander is Double Fine’s latest, and it’s a pastiche of 80’s Sci-fi. Expect dorky jokes, inspired visuals, and fun, puzzling gameplay. As well as being a lot of fun, you can imagine that the game is loaded with references to 80’s movies and the literary pillars of Sci-Fi. Even better, it contains a whole host of cute Easter Eggs to other games.
The first one we’re going to touch on is Rocket League. Due to an established partnership (Headlander/Day Of The Tentacle masts are coming to Rocket League Cars later this year) the game contains a few cool references to everyone’s favorite, high-octane, car-battling soccer game. The first is found when you’re talking to the daughters of Lucia-13.
Further, there’s another cool shout out in the Killer Queen portion of the game. A basketball hoop lifted from Rocket League’s latest game mode also features, as well as the games famous ball. You can headland it and shoot hoops for a fun break from the fringe rebellion.
Stacking
Headlander also contains a reference to one of Double Fine’s earlier titles, Stacking. The game is about solving puzzles by jumping into Matryoshka dolls of different people with different powers. Much like Headlander, it’s an inspired game with a brilliant aesthetic. You can spot the games protagonist just behind Headlander in one of the secret tape recording rooms found in the game.
Psychonauts
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The last, and easily the coolest one of the bunch is this reference to Psychonauts. In pretty much every Double Fine game they find a means to implement the ‘Zilch Dance’, a dance inspired by a Schafer anecdote that was first shown in Psychonauts by camp bully, Bobby Zilch. To trigger this future-synth version of the joke, you have to find the body in the video and hit the melee button to trigger the Easter Egg. Happy Hunting!
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