In the video game Wild Arms 2, there is a gang of bandits called Cocytus, the members of which are named Caina, Antenora, Ptolomea, and Judecca.
Learn more about Media.Vision’s 1999 video game Wild Arms 2 here.
Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
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In the video game Wild Arms 2, there is a gang of bandits called Cocytus, the members of which are named Caina, Antenora, Ptolomea, and Judecca.
Learn more about Media.Vision’s 1999 video game Wild Arms 2 here.
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“Draghignazzo is an enemy in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. He is one of the guardians of the dungeons of Hell. He is quite the pessimist.” —Wikivania: Encyclopedia of Darkness, August 20, 2019
Learn more about Konami’s 2005 video game Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow here.
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“The Gates of Hell is the name of Rodin’s bar that doubles as a demonic weapons market. It is here that Rodin sells many objects, such as healing items and various techniques for Bayonetta, as well as accessories and ‘treasures.'” —Bayonetta Wiki, August 7, 2020
Learn more about PlatinumGames’ 2009 video game Bayonetta here.
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Kefka, entrapped in ice at the waist, is the final boss in Square’s 1994 video game Final Fantasy VI.
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“Vergil was a subroutine built into the larger Superintendent artificial intelligence construct of New Mombasa. It later merged with Quick to Adjust, a renegade Covenant Huragok who would subsequently be known as ‘Vergil’ among many humans.
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The name Vergil itself is likely a reference to the Divine Comedy, specifically to Virgil, the poet that guides fellow poet Dante through the nine circles of hell and purgatory, much in the same way the Rookie is guided through a metaphorical hell-on-earth, a destroyed New Mombasa, and also through the nine ‘circles’ of audio logs, a reference to the nine circles of hell.” —Halopedia, August 5, 2019
Learn more about Bungie’s 2009 video game Halo 3: ODST here.