That reminds me: There was the one game, where you died in a certain spot, it would make fun of the way Sierra games handled death, right down to the "Try Again" "Load" "Quit" screen. I, for the life of me, can't remember the name of it now.
I remembered it now. It was Secret Of Monkey Island.
"I am a cipher, wrapped in an enigma, smothered in secret sauce."