Adam Peterson

Adam Peterson is a dishwasher, a surfer and the drummer of the Nightmareden band and the main love interest in his story route. He is also Colin Spencer's best friend and Owen Hobbad's roommate and secretly the leader of Safeplanet a small group who were opposed against bigger companies like Carter Corp by making a cyber attack through hacking. He is also the rebellious son of the Peterson family who owned the Peterson Industries rallied by various activists.

Prior to becoming the main love interest in his own route, he serves as the second love interest in Colin’s route.

Appearance

With his surfer appearance, Adam is a young and attractive boy who catches the attention of any girl along with Colin to be the battery of Nightmereden. His hair is dark blond below the ears, green eyes and tan skin due to his frequent surfing on the beach away from New York City. He also has a black angel tattoo on his right arm.

In both Colin and his story route, Adam wears three outfits within his portrait. His first outfit is his casual outfit; a white short sleeved loose fitted shirt, pale blue torn-up jeans with a brown belt around his waist and black sneakers with white laces and white soles. Beneath his jeans which it was shown on one of the secret scenes, he wore a pair of light gray boxers with a black trim and an imprinted brand of "RIPCURL" and the word "Sharkinnd" on his waistline while in Chapter 9, he wore another white boxers and the white trim was branded "Le POPULAIRE". He also accessorized with a black leather bracelet along with a matching watch on his left wrists and another matching bracelet along with a red and white flannel bangle to the right.

His second and most well known outfit is his rocker outfit; a black leather collared jacket with a white short sleeved button shirt, matching blue jeans and boots. He also wears a black hat on his head. In one of the secret scenes in Chapter 4, he is not seen without his collared jacket when he treats the player's sprained ankle at her apartment.

When he surfboards at the beach and during one of his secret scenes, Adam wears a black and medium blue openly wet suit. In both his and Colin's story, he was seen wearing white swim shorts.

In some of the secret scenes where he frequently had sex with the player at her apartment, in Colin's garage or in the group's van, he was always naked. When he spends time with the player at his apartment after getting boozed with whiskey and had drunken sex with the player, Adam wears only a pair of white boxers.

Personality

According to Owen, Adam is actually a sensitive boy who fears for the opinions of others behind the mask of a fun and optimistic boy. In Colin's story, he is responsible for many of the discussions of his dear friend and the paparazzi scandal that ensued when he and the player kissed in a nightclub after Colin had broken up with her, and it is he who carries the blame so that the player does not get hurt by the violent and jealous attitudes that Colin has about it. It is not known how they have solved the conflict, but it is suspected that Colin should no longer trust Adam in the same way he had before regarding the player.

The times that both Doris and the player are facing, he is the person that must get in means to stop the impulsive behavior of his partner and that she does not tear the player's head.

Actually, all Adam wants is a person who understands him as he is and morally supports him so that he stops being so timid and more optimistic with the things he thinks, just as the player meets him for the first time.

However during Chapter 3, Adam shows his manipulative streak which is a contrast to his fun and optimistic personality when Derrick Tremblay shows up to see them. The player was unaware that Adam and his friends are the members of a tiny organization called Safeplanet that were behind the cyber attack at Carter Corp as Adam was secretly their leader until Owen reveals his true face to her as the man in the white mask in Chapter 5 causing Adam to snap in rage leading both to have a fist-fight. But at the same time, he feels extremely guilty for his actions when the player finally broke away from him due to his involvement in the cyber attack.

In Chapter 6, Adam reveals to the player that he was the leader of Safeplanet as his own group that he claimed as a facade and he was up against bigger companies like Carter Corp. and using the player as their bait to lure them out to make a cyber attack by hacking their main site.

Despite his manipulative actions, he was desperately in love with her which leads him to convince her to have sex with him while he was in a drunken state after they broke up. But in Chapter 7, Colin reveals his obsession in ecology which is why he created a small group who were up against bigger companies (Like Carter Corp. for example) to save their planet. As the leader of Safeplanet and as mentioned by Fiona in Chapter 5, Adam is portrayed as a manipulative activist who uses the player’s crush on him as a way to gain entry into the Carter Corporation building to plant a computer virus in order to steal information about other bigger companies that opposed against them and watching other activists from small organizations who were rallying against the Peterson Industries which it was currently owned by his family. Adam and his group were also involved in a riot between the cops and the activists which resulted in him getting jailed and released. It is also revealed that Adam was very rebellious towards his father Mr. Peterson and shows his full resentment against him when he explains to the player that his main reasons on why he disliked his father were because of money matters. Adam also had his reasons on why he and his group made a cyber attack at Carter Corp. were because of his father who is also the business partner of Ryan Carter. Both of them had an intense argument between father and son when they talk to their respective cellphones especially about family matters.

Like both Matt and Drogo Bartholy in particular, Adam has a tragic side when he and his group accidentally killed his high school sweetheart Lucy prior to his main story route while working in the Peterson Industries. But unlike both who showed their guilt and remorseful, Adam shows his vengeful side towards his father for Lucy's accidental death which he wanted to destroy their family's own company.

In the final chapter of his story since Colin had caught him and Derrick for making another cyber attack at Carter Corp., Adam now shows his serious and icy tone particularly when they were currently pursued by the FBI for their recent crimes involved on cybercrime, which he makes his own decision to break up with the player but was still unaware that she now works at his family business until Ryan reveals to him about his collaboration with his group when he explains to him everything regarding about his father and their family business. In his limited extra love scene shows Adam his expertise in crafting when he crafts a prototype surfboard made of cardboard and it was a recycling type of cardboard which he uses to test along with the player to surf on the waves of the beach. But it was broken in half when Adam had a deeper sex with the player during the entire scene.

In Colin's story, he has an interest to the player that leads to a conflict within him and Colin. Since Colin is always with the player due to their current relationship, Adam remains friends with her. At the second season, his wishes was fulfilled to have a surf business as both he and Owen owned an aquatic sports shop named the Green Surf Lodge at Montauk and as a surf instructor to find new students to learn surfing. Adam is revealed to suffer drug addiction since Chapter 4 where he keeps drinking prescription medication such as opiates because of the gunshot wound on his right shoulder and suffers more pain. This further displays his drug addiction on Chapter 8 where he shows both his mood swings and his violent tendencies, leading to his massive fall out with Owen. His personal actions for in taking medication drugs and his angrier mood caused him to break his business partnership with Owen who now decided to move elsewhere to have a surf business on his own. His drug addiction also caused him to collapsed from drug overdose, leading Owen to take him to the hospital immediately for treatment and was currently in stable. In Chapter 9, he finally recovers from his drug overdose and finally apologizes to both Colin and the player for his awful actions and later he senses of how Josh acted differently within their shop who finally decided to resign his post and Owen gives him the return money after he sold the surfboards to his customers on his own surf business. In Chapter 10, Adam continues to suffer his drug addiction, leading him to vomit as the player managed to text Colin about Adam's condition. Although when Adam goes to get his meds, the player had managed to found out Josh's true motives where he's main responsible for making the robbery set-up with the Creep. With that, Colin and the player had take Adam back to the hospital for rehabilitation.

In Ryan's story as he appears in the second season, Adam also participates in the beach volleyball game during the company's vacation trip in Maldives before the player's marriage with Ryan at their actual wedding venue which the player convinces both him and Colin to participate in while waiting for one of their band members to arrive. In season 3 however, he seems to be uncomfortable around Ryan and the player and it was also revealed that he had a fling with Lisa Parker.

Season 1

Adam Peterson is the rebellious son of Mr and Mrs. Peterson and partially owns (through the inheritance given to him by his late grandfather) a petroleum company called Peterson Industries. He now uses his shares as a way of controlling his father’s actions in the company as best he can. When Adam was 15, he instantly begins a relationship with his high school sweetheart named Lucy until she works in the Peterson Industries under the direct orders of his father where Adam begins to rebel against him where he joined Safeplanet. Three years later, Adam became the leader of Safeplanet as he orders Derrick Tremblay to put the electronic box inside the helicopter where Lucy and other secret documents of his family business were kept. But due to the shock circuit on the electronic box, the helicopter crashed and Lucy was killed while the secret documents were burned during the crash. Adam became extremely doubted for his actions and Derrick didn't activate the box while they were inside the helicopter. Due to the death of his girlfriend, Adam begins to despise his father even more and became more violent and raged for what he had done as his actions were witnessed by his mother. When Adam decided to move to New York City, his parents disapproved. Adam has a profession with music when he plays drums and always surfing at the beach. He and his best friend Owen Hobbad decided to launch their surf brand while waiting to make his dream come true and at the same time, Adam also works as a dishwasher at the downtown restaurant to earn money.

Seven years after Lucy's untimely death, Adam became the percussionist of Nightmareden along with Colin Spencer and Doris as they performed at the night concert and this is how he moves on with his life and to forget all the tragic past. Matt Ortega takes the player to watch the concert and she became attracted to Adam. Adam soon befriends the player after their first meeting. Upon meeting Adam, he introduces both Owen and Fiona to the player as well as they start their relationship. Throughout the chapters, it is revealed that Adam manipulates the player and distracts her by making out with her in Colin’s office when she authorizes his and Derrick's entry into the Carter Corp. building under the ruse of needing to pick up some music scores for band rehearsal to gain entry to the IT floor and hack the main site. He is also secretly the leader of a tiny organization called Safeplanet who were up against bigger companies by making a cyber attack. Their hacking is later to be found by Colin after fixing most of the computers crashed by Adam and his friends from Safeplanet.

In Chapter 4, Gabriel tries to calm his colleagues down following their cyber attack, telling them to get some break until the entire company was blacked out. At Starlite, Colin reveals to both Matt and the player about Safeplanet's true motives where they made a large scale cyber attack and the reason why he was worked up on his IT room and was immediately stressed. As the player and Matt are joking together, they were found by Adam who thinks that she onto someone else causing him to become cold and distant and Colin knew who is responsible and he wasn't fooled about his actions. The player simply dislikes Adam's current actions as well and decided to leave him behind. Adam tries to stop her and knowing that he had no intention of hurting her but the player knew he really did it due to his manipulation. She then continues to leave him. Despite running in barefoot back to her apartment, Adam just made it first by riding a cab and the player tries to shove him away to get out and was scolded by one of her neighbors at the apartment. While continuing their argument over Adam's actions despite he apologies her pet macau spoke about her love to him, much to the player's anger and annoyance. After lighting up the mood, Adam noticed her sore feet since she had ran in barefoot to get away from him, he decided to treat her by first aid. The player pointed out to the bathroom to get the antiseptic. With this, Adam treats her sore feet with first aid and the player got hurt. After that he finally put bandages on her feet. They continued joking each other about her pet macau and it's gender being male and Adam jokes about it for being gay due to its affection to him making the player gives him a soft kick.

The next day at Carter Corp, where Ryan held a meeting with his employees at the meeting room regarding about the cyber attack yesterday and was angered for what they had done. Ryan decided to find the real culprits behind it for tarnishing the company. After the meeting, they return to the respective cubicles in the office as both Matt and the player are talking about Ryan and Adam which he teases her for getting interested over blond men. She soon receives a text message to Adam to invite her to a beach fashion show with Owen at Montauk. As soon as Adam messages her with many text messages, Gabriel arrives to see them and he shows the same distaste as Ryan for what the culprits have done in the cyber attack. He then tells the player to get back to work. Due to her stresses on work, she replies to Adam by a text message that she thanked him for his invitation, implying that she decided to come with him. In Saturday, Adam takes her to their van where Owen is behind the wheel. This reveals that both Adam and Owen are childhood friends and Adam was the one who lent his surfboard to Owen when they were little. Also, Owen shows his dislike of rock music and loves country music as well as showing his disgust when both Adam and the player are whispering themselves in a flirtatious manner, telling them to do that without him. Arriving at Montauk as the player sees the lighthouse, they went to see the fashion show and she was a bit jealous to see the girls in different swimsuits. Then meeting up with fellow surfers who were men and women alike. The player is see with either Owen or Adam whenever they watch the show they had been made. That night, Adam takes her to his upcoming shop which the Green Surf Lodge and it was still under construction just to see about his dreams to have a surf shop and having business partners with Owen. Despite the player's refusal to get Adam kiss her, he does, leading them to make out. Just as the two of them wanted to continue their romantic sessions, it was disrupted by a phone call which Owen calls Adam who is frowning over him. He decided to go to the party. As Adam goes with Owen in the party, Fiona eventually warns the player of Adam's other personality for being manipulative which the player's naivety gets the better of her not to know about his other personality. As Adam returns to see her, Fiona berates her that Adam has another woman on his side before leaving in a smirk. The player was grieving over Adam's actions whether she was manipulated or what Fiona is saying is true, causing her to run away in a grief. Adam calls her name but she continues to run away from him.

The mysterious “man in the white mask” who threatens Ryan Carter and all of his employees is revealed to be Owen after the player picks up on the hints Owen has been telling her out of jealousy to convince her to break up with Adam so that he will have a chance to seduce her. As soon as the player recognizes that Owen is the one hiding behind the white mask, she realizes that Adam is behind the cyber attack and is mortified that she was used by him all along, Adam then punches Owen for telling the player that they were the ones who hacked Carter Corp while Owen refuses to fight back. Due to his manipulations, the player decided to break up with him. In Chapter 6, it was revealed that Adam dislikes rejection when he violently plays the drums inside Colin's garage while in a drunken state, leading him to have a drunken sex with the player inside the garage. After Adam recovers from his alcoholism, he reveals to the player that he was the leader of Safeplanet and his small organization was just a facade to fight against bigger companies such as Carter Corp. The player noticed Adam's actions were more than just a crime that he committed but she can't say to Colin who is after the small organization because his bandmate Adam was the mastermind behind the cyber attack. In Chapter 7, Owen reveals his feelings towards the player but the player still loves Adam. Owen’s plan to further drive a wedge between Adam and the player by having her call Adam and inform him that she is having dinner with Owen at her apartment backfires, as Adam shows up unannounced at the apartment to talk with her, leading to her forgiving him and spending the night together making love.

Afterwards, Adam invites her with Owen and Fiona to watch and observe some various activists who were rallying towards the Peterson Industries which it was currently owned by his family as his father Mr. Peterson who looked upon Adam and his group before it caused a riot between cops and the activists. Adam soon explains to the player why he is up against the bigger companies because of his rebelliousness towards his father due to money matters as the player was surprised that Adam was a rich guy all along but Adam disliked the fact that he's not a rich guy knowing that he dislikes his father's money. Adam also explains his reasons of making a cyber attack on Carter Corp. were because his father is one of Ryan's business partners before he has sex with the player inside the van. Soon after, both meet up with Owen and Fiona.

The player was soon invited to the organization party made by Derrick and is greeted with distrust due to her employment at Carter Corporation but Adam defends her. He later discovers the player and Fiona having a catfight inside the bathroom which he tries to break up, knowing that Fiona won't stop lashing the player out because of her feelings for him.

Later at the party, the group is threatened by Colin who hacks Derrick's computer to flush them out for making a cyber attack at Carter Corp, much to Derrick's fury. Adam also discovers Owen and the player kissing as a farewell gift after she had told him that she loves Adam, which makes Adam jealous and he breaks up with her as he had misinterpreted the situation he walked in on. When she gets home, the player calls Matt for advice and he takes her to the Nightmareden concert, where she finally apologizes to Adam backstage which he gladly accepts and the two soon make love inside the dressing room only to be disrupted by a phone call coming from his father. Mr. Peterson offers an invitation for Adam and the player (who is now officially his girlfriend) by meeting them at their home for a weekend vacation which Adam angrily refuses.

The two continue to have passionate encounters together at the beach or at her apartment until Adam has an intense fall out with his father while they were talking to their respective cellphones and the player noticed how rebellious he was towards his family. Adam then finds out that the player had suddenly met with his father who visited her at Carter Corp. after work just to know more about the player. Later, Adam comes home to find the player and Owen talking about his father which results in Owen leaving abruptly. After talking it over with the player, Adam soon takes her to his family villa where he introduces the player to his mother Mrs. Peterson. The family meeting became worse when Mr. Peterson disapproves of Adam's current lifestyle which enrages the latter to the disappointment of his mother. At the family lunch, Mrs. Peterson explains to her that Adam's relationship with his father became soured due to their family business. Adam takes the player to his old room and to her surprise his room is different than the room he lives at in his apartment as Adam happily makes love to her privately inside of his room. After dinner, Mrs. Peterson witnessed Adam making out with the player causing her to cry in embarrassment. Just as Adam finally calmed his mother down, he finally explained to her about Lucy and her tragic death by accident knowing that it was his fault while trying to move on by joining Colin's band as a percussionist. He professes that he felt alive again after he had first met the player from the beginning. As she waits for Adam to finish talking with his father, she keeps thinking about all of his secrets he had revealed to her. Mrs. Peterson arrives to see her and she gives her an apology for crying in embarrassment. She also explains to the player about Adam and Lucy and the main reason why Adam angrily blamed his father was because of Lucy who had currently worked at the company before her death as well as the difference between Adam's relationship with Lucy and the player herself. Afterwards, the player and Adam spend time together on a swing in the night.

After the family weekend, Matt, Colin, Adam and player are spending time at Starlite as Colin personally confronts Adam knowing he was the real culprit behind the cyber attack which he was directly ordered by Ryan to do so. The player looked on their confrontation as Adam is good at lying when Colin frequently questions him because he almost caught them through hacking but not knowing Derrick's identity. As the two are about to whisper, Adam tells her that he will smear Ryan's company causing the player to question him to make him mad due to his rebelliousness to his father. The player knows Adam would be caught and imprisoned once Colin finds out their true motives within Adam's group Safeplanet. She grabs Adam on his wrist realizing that she was afraid to get him arrested once their motives were revealed. The player soon noticed that Adam attempts to make love to her in the car but soon changes his mind by making out inside the taxi before getting to her apartment. After making love with the player, Adam also reveals to her that Lucy also works at Safeplanet in the sidelines. Still not mourning over her loss and get revenge on his father, the player knows that their relationship was running wild to make him feel relieved.

Back on her work duties in Carter Corp, the player was given a promotional task by Gabriel Simons by working within Peterson Industries much to her horror and became panicked as Adam gives her a text message, knowing that she met the same fate as Lucy's. The player encounters Ryan and noticed he was still working late hours. Ryan also explains to her that Peterson Industries wants to make things change and its values and the reason why he chose her to work for them. As soon as they parted at the elevator, the player knows how wrong Adam is until she encounters him and Derrick in the parking lot. As both were attempting to sabotage Carter Corp by making another cyber attack, Adam manages to distract the player by making out with her inside Colin's office not knowing that the player was afraid of him getting caught. Suddenly, someone caused a black out while Derrick is unable to download twice while hacking the computers which were all repelled, Adam became tense upon seeing their plans will backfire until the lights were on. The player noticed it was Colin from behind who worked late to trap both Adam and Derrick for their attempt to sabotage their company as Colin angrily confronts Adam for perpetrating the cyber attack.

In the final chapter of the story, Colin eventually knows Adam's true motives against his father Mr. Peterson for revenge especially using the player as it means putting her in danger in a similar manner to that of Lucy's by hacking Derrick's computer since Chapter 8. The player initially dislikes Adam for using her for the second time but Adam refused to let himself get brokenhearted. Colin spares Adam from getting arrested due to him being his best friend and allows him and the player to leave before the CCTV camera went on which they did.

After staying with the player at her apartment in a romantic situation, Adam decides to leave when Owen arrived to pick him up realizing that the authorities are after them. Despite the player's pleas, Adam breaks up with her and leaves with Owen due to being pursued by the FBI, causing the player to cry remorsefully for being heartbroken. However, Adam returns to kiss her again before leaving as he feels guilty about leaving her. Later that night, he texts the player in order to sever all ties with her and tells her that she should move on with her life and that he will never forget her.

The next day, she visits Colin's office as Colin informs her about Adam and his group who were currently pursued by the FBI and being on the run was truly painful for his best friend especially to her. She later spoke to Matt about the entire truth. As Matt spends time at her apartment, both were unexpectedly visited by Owen who informs the player that Adam was safe and he reveals that he sacrificed himself for the group to not to get arrested and became very concerned towards her. Owen tells the player that Adam is luckier than he is and he tells her to call him when she was about to be questioned by the authorities before leaving. When Matt leaves the apartment, she unexpectedly received a message by Adam to meet him at Colin's garage. As the two meet, the player saw Adam playing the drums as he stopped when he finally kissed her leading them to have sex, knowing that Adam missed her so much and he couldn't stop loving her as their sex became much more brutal passion. Unfortunately, it was interrupted by the FBI from them busting through the garage and arresting Adam.

As Adam was finally serving time in prison for his crimes, the chief of police interrogates the player which she replies that she was Adam's girlfriend until she was released many hours later. She was later called by Owen as she blames herself for being naive as Owen informs her that Adam was an idiot to show his recklessness because of his love for her. Therefore, she was called by Ryan to meet him in his office. Upon meeting with Ryan, Adam was present who remained handcuffed. Ryan finally explains to Adam about everything in Carter Corp, as well as his business partner who happens to be his father Mr. Peterson and their projects given to the player as she was about to work in the Peterson Industries. Ryan also spares Adam from getting arrested from the FBI due to Colin's efforts much to his surprise and gave him and Safeplanet a chance to work for him which Adam gladly accepts Ryan's job offer after negotiating that the player not get punished for his acts. After being given a new job, Adam and the player are last seen spending time together at the beach waters while he surfs as they confess their love for each other.

The bad ending takes place after Adam was arrested and serving time in prison for his crimes. Ryan calls her to his office after her work duties in the office. He finally informs her about Safeplanet where he collaborates with them much to their surprise and was also unimpressed for what Adam did with his group to hack his company. As Matt spends time with the player, she was unexpectedly visited by Owen which the player disapproves of for making a trash talk at her. Despite her warnings, Owen kisses her due to his feelings for her. However, Adam decided to free the player from their relationship and move on with their normal lives. As the player moves on from Adam, she was frequently watched by Owen when she leaves Carter Corp. Or going with Matt and Lisa to Starlite. As she visits Adam's apartment, she meets up with Owen and asks him if she and him can become friends which he gladly accepts as he smiles at her for visiting him.

Allies

Enemies

Mr. Peterson
Samuel
Colin Spencer (sometimes)
Owen Hobbad (sometimes)
Ryan Carter (sometimes)
Ashley (sometimes)
Creep

Relationships

Gallery

Adam Peterson/Gallery

Walkthrough

Adam Peterson/Choices

Trivia

Adam has the most intimate scenes throughout his story route.
He bears a slight resemblance to real life actor, Alex Pettyfer and Canadian professional wrestler and WWE superstar, Adam Copeland, mostly known as Edge, who he also shares the same forename with.
His role in the band is similar to drummer Tommy Lee's from popular 80s rock band 'Motley Crue' . Much like how Colin is similar to fellow Motley Crue band mate Nikki Sixx. With Adam being the wild, hyper and talkative drummer like Tommy, and Colin being the calm and collected band leader, songwriter and spokesperson like Nikki.
- Tommy Lee is currently married to actress and internet personality Brittany Furlan, who bears a resemblance to the player in Adam's story route.
It is suspected that he and Derrick Tremblay were the ones who hacked Colin's CRA group in Colin's route.
Despite being the leader of Safeplanet and a hacker, he is terrible with computers in contrast to Colin.
He has received many complaints from fans about the behavior he has towards the player and actions in his story route.
His long blond hair could have been inspired by Kurt Cobain, a very well known rock musician.
Adam could possible be named after Claire Zamora's real life son, Adam Zamora.
- Adam also looks like an older version of Claire's son since he has long blond hair and fair skin. It's safe to say that Adam was probably based on Adam Zamora. Ryan Carter even said that he always thought that he would call his son Adam.
Although he seems uncomfortable around Ryan Carter and the player, he is not hostile or rude to them in Ryan's season 3, unlike his friends.
Adam is actually mentioned in Matt Ortega's season 1 when the player went to a Nightmareden concert and meets him, but he is unseen. This means that he was either planned from the start to be the second love interest in Colin's route or the writers decided to go with it and give him a bigger role and or name him Adam to align Matt and Colin's stories.
Adam is more talented in drumming than it seems. It's been said that Colin is all over the place with his guitar and Adam has to speed up his rhythm and pace to keep up with Colin's to make it sound good, Adam fixes Colin's mistakes by hemming him in and giving him the right tempo.
The player has stated that Adam looks like a charming mix of Chris Hemsworth and Justin Zabinski.
Adam has an alternate body stance where he rests his left hand on his head, it used to be seen when he would be on the phone with the player but that was later changed to his current pose in updates. It's unknown why this stance was changed in the first place or why they decided to scrap his alternate pose from being seen in storylines.
- Adam is one of the few characters to have 2 different stances.
Adam seems to be right handed as he does more hand dominated activates with his right hand.
- Like punching, patching up a foot and holding his surf board.
He is one of the 6 love interests that has a book adaptation.
In Chapter 3 in the second season of Colin's route, due to his right shoulder injury from getting shot by the Creep, Adam references the professional drummer Rick Allen who is one of the members of the English rock band Def Leppard and is known to play drums in one hand due to his left arm being amputated in an accident at 1984.
- Adam also tells the player that he maybe a good drummer, Rick is a professional drummer by just using his right arm, wanting to act similarly as him.
- In Chapter 4, Adam's role is similar to Rick's when he suffers from getting amputated as he tells both Colin and the player that his injured right shoulder went bad. Unlike Rick however, Adam has many contacts of fellow drummers to replace him in their band.
Due to Adam suffering from drug addiction leading him to collapse from an overdose in Chapter 8, referencing various musicians from the band who also suffers the same drug addiction which led them to commit suicide. Unlike Adam who is a percussionist to the band, most musicians who suffer from these addictions are the vocalists and front men of the band, most notably Chris Cornell in both Audioslave and Soundgarden who also takes prescription medications due to his struggles from depression, isolation and suicidal tendencies.
- Singer and rapper, Aaron Carter, the younger brother of Backstreet Boys member, Nick Carter who also suffered the same drug addiction as Adam but on his case, huffing while suffering from multiple mental illnesses and disorders and taking prescription medications similarly to Chris Cornell's because of his struggles from depression and isolation.
Adam bears some resemblances to the character Geoff from the hit TV show Total Drama Island.
- Both have neck length blond hair, abs, like surfing, a laid back and easygoing personality and both like to constantly make out with their girlfriends and overcome their arguments in order to stay in their relationships.
Although Adam was not the first 2nd love interest to kiss the main character in the main love interest's respective route, he was the first 2nd love interest to have a secret image dedicated to their kiss.