Tie the sound to the collision avoidance systems that seem to be a part of more modern cars. When it first detects pedestrians, possibly even before it chimes at the driver, it starts up a noisemaker to let the pedestrian (Or, for that matter, the suicidal deer out of nowhere that you always encounter on dark country…

We do something similar with truckers in the U.S. To let a trucker who has a signal flashing, the cars behind him in the lane he wants into will flash their headlights to let the truck know that there’s clearance for him to come over. They’ll flash their tail lights at you to say thanks for letting them in.

Disney has a long term reputation for doing this to games. They shut down the servers, screw the players, and then squat on the copyrights so that nobody can run it on their own private servers. Anyone remember City of Heroes? Yeah, they’re still squatting on the name, refusing to sell it, and cease and desisting…

Howl’s Moving Castle is one of my favorites. Not only beautiful animation, but captures the spirit of the book as well.