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* The similarities between ''[[Starcraft]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' are often cited as the source for their comparisons, in truth both were created independent of each other. They did however draw from the same sources, like [[Robert A. Heinlein|Heinlein]] and ''[[Dune]]''.
** It would be more accurate to say that, while WH40K fans frequently accuse Starcraft of ripping their setting off wholesale, they're both much more influenced by [[Starship Troopers]], published in 1959, and both took advantage of the "space marines against insect-like aliens" motif seen in ''Alien'' and ''Aliens'', released in 1979 and 1986 respectively.
* Much confusion has resulted from [[Blizzard Entertainment]]'s popular ''[[Warcraft]]'' franchise being heavily "inspired" by Games Workshop's comparatively obscure ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' tabletop war game. A new round of this ensued when a ''Warhammer'' [[MMORPG]] was announced with, unsurprisingly, more than a few similarities to the mega-popular ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' prompting [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10 this Penny Arcade strip].
** The similarities are so close that there are persistent unfounded rumors that Warcraft started as a Warhammer game, but Blizzard couldn't gain Games Workshop's support and dropped the IP (and Warcraft has moved quite far away from Warhammer Fantasy Battles a while now).
** Naturally, both drew on others as well. ''Warhammer Fantasy'' took from [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] and ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]]''.
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