References

This is a list of references to other media found in Tacoma.

Gone Home
Gone Home was the first and previous game developed by Tacoma developers Fullbright. It is implied that Tacoma and Gone Home take place in the same universe, which continues a loose and completely unenforced "Fullbright Expanded Universe" that's been tied together by references sprinkled throughout various games that had been worked on by people at Fullbright or friends of theirs.

Good Ol' Christmas Duck
In Natali Kuroshenko's unused bunk, a Christmas Duck can be found near other holiday decorations hidden under a hat. Reminiscent of the Christmas Duck owned by the Greenbriars in Gone Home, this is a completely different Christmas Duck however; it can light up and play you a little song if you turn it on.

Jazz Mug
A jazz mug can be found on the table in the Garden inside the Botany module. This is a callback to the jazz mug that can be found on Terrence Greenbriar's desk in the garden in Gone Home. The style of the design on the mugs are different, and the mug in Gone Home is a black coffee mug while the mug in Tacoma is a grey travel mug.

Practical Indoor Gardening
In Andrew Dagyab's bunk, a copy of the 2079 sixth edition of Practical Indoor Gardening by Janice Greenbriar can be found. Janice Greenbriar was a wildlife conservationist and gardening enthusiast who was the mother of ithe player character and protagonist, Kaitlin Greenbriar and Samantha Greenbriar respectively, in Gone Home. Note that Practical Indoor Gardening was first printed in 2008, thirteen years after Gone Home, and could be considered a nod to Janice Greenbriar's life after the events of Gone Home.

Nelson Co., Nelson's
In 2088, various food products found on Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma are produced by Nelson Co., a.k.a. Nelson's, with their logo prominently displayed on their products. This could be seen as an expanded role for the company, as ninety three years earlier in 1995 during the events of Gone Home, the company is mentioned offhandedly on the back of the store-brand soda they produced for the supermarket chain Aumann's as well as on the back of the cans of St. Clair brand canned beans they distributed.