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You can see references to 1984 in any dysotopian/totalitarian fiction in the same way that you can find Christian symbolism in any Western fantasy.
Because Orwell/Tolkien/Lewis/The Simpsons did it first and did it in its most distilled form.
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Yes, as I said, it's probably all just a coincidence; that novel is one of many.
1984 is just one of the things Half-Life 2 brought to mind; I have a friend who is telling me it reminded her of Brave New World but I haven't read that.