In the film, there's a poster of the video game Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000), and a pinball machine of Cuentos de la cripta (1989).
In the background of the office, there are many game boxes including the popular MMORPG Everquest. Two of the games, Baldur's Gate & Baldur's Gate 2, had several characters and items voiced by Jason Marsden-Bug.
One of the images on the computer that is downloading violent images from the internet onto the artificial intelligence chip is a photo of Kacey Ruegsegger, who was one of the people injured during the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999.
In the scene where Hardcore is looking around for the Capture Suit, he wields two swords. The sword he carries in his right hand, with the spiked hand guard, is a replica of the sword Julie Strain uses in "Heavy Metal:2000".
The minor demons in the fabricated game "Evilution" greatly resemble Pikachu from the popular Pokemon franchise with their yellow color, red cheeks, zig-zag tails, and long, pointed ears.