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# Device 6 devs unravel mysterious references behind one of last year’s best games
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/device-6-code/
- Published: 2014-04-28T15:42:32.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:34:57.000Z
- Description: Over on their blog, Simogo has published a compendium of all the mysterious symbols, obscure allusions, and creepy dolls found in Device 6, the puzzle-y, postmodern fairytale that captured our hearts and the number 13 spot on our best-of-2013 list. The references are all over the place. For example
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, device 6, Literature, Simogo, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Over on their blog, Simogo has published a compendium of all the mysterious symbols, obscure allusions, and creepy dolls found in *Device 6*, the puzzle-y, postmodern fairytale that captured our hearts and the number 13 spot on [our best-of-2013 list](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/articles/high-scores-2013-15-6/?ref=killscreen.com).

The references are all over the place. For example:

> **Rudolph Valentino**  
> Anna accidently runs into a doll that is described to look like the silent movie actor **[Rudolph Valentino](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph%5FValentino?ref=killscreen.com)**.  
>  
> **“That’s Not The Magic Number!”**  
> When you input the wrong password into the password computer, you’ll get a message that reads *“That’s Not The Magic Number!”*. This is a reference to a similiar message in [**Jurassic Park**.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfiQYRn7fBg&ref=killscreen.com)  
>  
> **White Chapel/Black Chapel**  
> A reference to the the [**White and Black Lodge** ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%5Fand%5FWhite%5FLodges?ref=killscreen.com)in Twin Peaks (hence the backwards talking!).

Scrolling down the list I started to think that this is the text adventure James Joyce would have made, though that’s overselling it a bit. Simogo explains the reason they pulled from such a wide and anachronistic selection of stuff was to create a story that felt disconnected from reality, where you couldn’t pinpoint the time and place.

Check out [the skeleton key here](http://simogo.com/2014/04/28/the-complete-guide-to-references-and-inspirations-in-device-6/?ref=killscreen.com).