I'm wondering what trouble a game developer could get into with making references to other things that served to inspire the dev. Suppose the dev plans to sell the game; would such references possibly cause issues later down the line




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I refer tpo references such as, for example:


* drinking bird (*Alien* movies)
* Glasses with "A. Wesker" written on the side (Resident Evil)
* A brochure that advertises The Overlook (*The Shining*)
* Newspaper talking about a shark killing "Martha Vineyard", aged 75 (*Jaws*)
* One of the lockers has the name "S. Henriksson" (Cry of Fear)
* Book titled something like "The favourite fellow" by Charles L. Ray (Chucky)



I'm working on a game and want to reference some other games and movies. How much trouble could I get in with the examples below?