Editing Golem (section)

===Tabletop and video games===
* Golems appear in the [[fantasy]] [[role-playing game]] ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (first published in 1974), and the influence of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' has led to the inclusion of golems in other [[Role-playing game (pen and paper)|tabletop role-playing games]], as well as in [[video games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=How Dungeon & Dragons shaped the modern videogame |work=[[PC Gamer]] |date=February 8, 2007 |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=157343&site=pcg |accessdate=April 3, 2007}}</ref> There are many varieties of golems in the game,<ref>{{cite book |editor=[[Doug Stewart (game designer)|Doug Stewart]] |title=[[Monstrous Manual]] |date=June 1993|publisher=[[TSR, Inc.]] |isbn=1-5607-6619-0}}</ref> and ''Backstab'' reviewer Philippe Tessier called the creature a "classic of ''D&D''".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tessier|first=Philippe|date=November 2000|title=Baldur's Gate II|department=Review|language=fr|magazine=Backstab|number=24|pages=90–91}}</ref> The clay golem is based on the golem of Medieval Jewish folklore, though changed from "a cherished defender to an unthinking hulk".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silver |first=Eric |date=2021-01-28 |title=Dungeons & Dragons Has an Antisemitism Problem |url=https://www.heyalma.com/dungeons-dragons-has-an-antisemitism-problem/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Alma}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/rpgs/sources.html |title=Literary Sources of D&D |access-date=December 12, 2019 |last=DeVarque |first=Aardy}}</ref> The flesh golem is related to [[Frankenstein's monster]] as [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]'s [[Frankenstein (1931 film)|1931 film]], seen in e.g. being empowered by electricity,<ref>{{cite book |author-first=Richard W. |author-last=Forest |editor-first=Jeffrey |editor-last=Weinstock |date=2014 |title=The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |chapter=Dungeons & Dragons, Monsters in}}</ref> though again with the difference of being essentially an unthinking machine in the game.<ref name="Dummies">{{cite book |last1=Slavicsek |first1=Bill |author-link=Bill Slavicsek |first2=Rich |last2=Baker |author-link2=Richard Baker (game designer) |first3=Jeff |last3=Grubb |author-link3=Jeff Grubb |title=Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies|publisher=For Dummies |year=2006 |page=373 |isbn=978-0-7645-8459-6}}</ref> ''D&D'''s golems are also rooted in Gothic fiction more generally, and are typical denizens of the [[Ravenloft]] setting.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rangel Jiménez |first=Mauricio |date=2021 |title=Lanzando los dados: aproximaciones académicas a los juegos de rol |language=Spanish |publisher=[[Universidad Iberoamericana]] |isbn=978-607-417-763-3}}</ref> The flesh golem was ranked ninth among the ten best mid-level monsters by the authors of ''Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies'' for both 3rd<ref name="Dummies"/> and 4th edition.<ref name="4EDummies">{{cite book |title=Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies |chapter=31: The Ten Best Mid-Level Monsters |first1=Bill |last1=Slavicsek |author1-link=Bill Slavicsek |first2=Rich |last2=Baker |author-link2=Richard Baker (game designer) |first3=Mike |last3=Mearls |author3-link=Mike Mearls |date=January 2009 |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]}}</ref>
* There is a golem stone enemy in the video game ''[[Dragon Warrior]]'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dragon Warrior game review|website=Honest Gamers |url=https://www.honestgamers.com/3332/nes/dragon-warrior/game.html}}</ref>
* There is a golem character in ''[[Little Samson]]'', a game released on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Sampson game review|website=Honest Gamers |url=https://www.honestgamers.com/10433/nes/little-samson/review.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Little Sampson game review |website=Cousin Gaming |date=23 August 2016 |url=https://www.cousingaming.com/2016/08/23/little-samson-1992-nes/}}</ref>
*Golems are a recurring character in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series of video games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegamer.com/final-fantasy-series-most-recurring-monsters-ranked/#golem|title=Recurring monsters in Final Fantasy|date=11 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Specific instance of a Golem in Final Fantasy |website=gamerant.com |date=3 January 2021 |url=https://www.gamerant.com/final-fantasy-rare-enemies-never-encounter/#iron-golem-final-fantasy}}</ref>
* Games in the ''[[Minecraft (franchise)|''Minecraft'' franchise]]'' contain many different types of golems. In the [[Minecraft|main game]], there are iron and snow golems.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Tom |title=Meet the Iron Golem |url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/meet-iron-golem |access-date=28 April 2023 |date=2017-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lele |first1=Nutan |title=How to Make a Snow Golem in Minecraft |url=https://afkgaming.com/esports/guide/how-to-make-a-snow-golem-in-minecraft |website=AFKGaming |access-date=28 April 2023 |date=21 March 2023}}</ref> In ''[[Minecraft Dungeons]]'', there is the Redstone Golem. In ''[[Minecraft Legends]]'', there are Cobblestone Golems, Plank Golems, Mossy Golems, and Grindstone Golems.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderca |first1=Cristina |title=New Friends: The Golems of Minecraft Legends |url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/new-friends--the-golems-minecraft-legends |access-date=28 April 2023 |date=2022-10-12}}</ref>
*[[List of generation I Pokémon|Golem]] is the name of a [[Pokémon]] whose body is made of rocks. [[List of generation V Pokémon|Golett and Golurk]] are two Pokémon inspired by the Golem of Prague.<ref name="GR_myth">{{cite web|author=Lucas Sullivan|date=February 8, 2014|title=17 Pokemon based on real-world mythology|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/15-pokemon-based-real-world-mythology/|access-date=January 27, 2016|work=[[GamesRadar]]}}</ref>
* A golem features prominently in ''The Ghost and the Golem'', a 2024 Jewish historical fantasy interactive fiction game by [[Benjamin Rosenbaum]], on the [[Choice of Games]] platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ghost and the Golem|url=https://www.choiceofgames.com/ghost-and-the-golem/ |access-date=29 August 2024|website=Choice of Games}}</ref>