35. "RE: Hardspace: Shipbreaker"
In response to message #34
> >That's a helluva curve for the devs to throw at us and I'm not sure if >I like it. I mean, if it was on a different class of ship, sure? >Like they came out with, I dunno, the Iguana hull or soemthing, then a >completely different way of going about things makes sense? But this >is a Gecko, which every other variant of behaves the same way. Except >this one. >
Yeah, that sounds like what the Infocom people called an "earless rabbit."
("When a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat, you see the ears first. People should be able to see it coming when you pull a trick on them, or that isn't fair game design." - paraphrased)