Easter eggs

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Game has many Easter eggs, references, homages to various video games, movies, anime and other media content.

- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cataclysm - Reference to existing book named The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Description of ingame book mentions "DON'T PANIC" phrase, which is a phrase located on the cover of fictional book with the same name The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Also there is a profession Hitchhiker, character starts with house coat, slippers, towel, and this book, which is a reference to the book's protagonist Arthur Dent.

- Permanent marker - Description states that writing "Elbereth" probably won't help you. This is a reference to NetHack roguelike, in which you can engrave this word on a tile, and this will prevent monsters from attacking characters while they are standing on that tile.

- Porkpie hat - Description mentions that it is ...still common among [...] people named Heisenberg.. This is a reference to the video series Breaking Bad, which is a name protagonist Walter White has taken for himself to mask his identity. Also there is a Mobile Meth Lab vehicle in which one can found this hat. The vehicle itself is a reference to Heisenberg's secret activity of making methamphetamine.

- Resident Evil - laboratories have a half-flooded room with a fire axe in it.

- Human snail - Reference to the Uzumaki manga by Junji Ito.