I'm sure they could stick in a lot of sci-fi references without having to worry about them becoming dated, but I'd agree that it should be something you encounter only every great once in a while. It shouldn't be, "I wonder what meme this quest is going to reference!"Yea, it was generally overdone. But they had some odd references like Hendrix. WoW didn't release in the 1960s, so I don't know how much it dates your game unless you're just doing internet references like chuck norris jokes.
Yeah as I said I quit a LONG time ago so I got no idea how bad it became. Too much would get old quick.Once in a while, it's fine. It's a, "Hey, remember that thing? Yeah, we all like that thing!"
But WoW took it to the point of being, "Hey, remember that thing? Remember? REMEMBER! REMEMBER THAT THING? HUH? DO YA? DO YA? REMEMBER THAT? YEAH! THAT! REMEMBER?"
To continue on with the earlier discussion about pop-culture references...Very Star Wars like.