Faraday City

The MMORPG City of Heroes was pretty obviously a big inspiration. Although Faraday City is loosely inspired by Paragon City in the game, the main thing they have in common (apart from superheroes) is the usage of the Superhero Registration System, which requires all heroes to have a unique name. Trying to find an unused name was such a singularly frustrating experience in the game that it became the premise of my story Identity Crisis, which shows it from the hero's perspective.

However, since CoH has returned and the game remains a source of inspiration, you'll notice that I often use screenshots from the game to create graphics for the stories.