Posted 17 October 2016 - 09:50 AM
The space race is on, and the Russians and the Americans want something they can write with on the orbit in zero gravity.
The Americans build a lab, attract NASA grants and produce a robotic AI-balanced self-refilling nano-ink antigrav pen.
The Russians use a pencil.
Now why does the modding scene for the Infinity Engine make me think of that old joke?
Posted 17 October 2016 - 11:18 AM
The dreamer in myself is inspired by the pen, although the pragmatist in myself sees the valuable efficiency with the pencil.
Edited by WithinAmnesia, 17 October 2016 - 11:21 AM.
Posted 17 October 2016 - 12:42 PM
The Old Gold - v0.2 WIP (mod for BGT/BWP/BWS)
most garbage person
Posted 19 October 2016 - 01:09 AM
The joke is that much like the Russian space-pencil, the IE modding code gets conductive graphite particles everywhere shortcircuiting extremely important machinery, that is unable to be fixed cuz everything's outdated already
Actual stuff: Almateria's Restoration Project | Icewind Dale 2 Fixpack + Restorations
Skips: Hell Recollection | Fake Import Mod
Assorted tweaks from when I was 14: Alma Tweaks (macOS)
most garbage person
Posted 19 October 2016 - 01:11 AM
Now the secondary joke is that the Russians bought a shipment of space pens from the Americans, despite the cold war going on, which could be a cool parallel of Enhanced Editions' development
Actual stuff: Almateria's Restoration Project | Icewind Dale 2 Fixpack + Restorations
Skips: Hell Recollection | Fake Import Mod
Assorted tweaks from when I was 14: Alma Tweaks (macOS)
Posted 19 October 2016 - 11:09 AM
Yes, but they couldn't afford the proprietary nano-crumbs to feed the nanobots, so they went back to pencils. Made in China, probably.
