Everybody shutup, the ghost astronaut invoking holographic waves on a distant moon with his cyber flag is cool.
Everybody shutup, the ghost astronaut invoking holographic waves on a distant moon with his cyber flag is cool.
Either some hardware designer at Xbox is on a Dieter Rams kick, or those holes are a compromise to deal with the heat issues. But if it costs about the same as the (now) legacy console, and effectively becomes the new baseline hardware, it’ll be a good idea.
I highly recommend the book “Digital Apollo” - it’s an in depth look at the computer systems on the Apollo program, and discusses the relationship between automated spacecraft and the astronaut’s role as pilots.
Probably very well known, but there’s a reference to The Cask of Amontillado when you retake The Castle - in one of the last rooms there is a skeleton partially bricked up in the wall, and nearby are bottles of “Amontillado Wine”.