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The Nintendo Switch's carts have been specifically engineered to taste terrible, to make sure no child swallows one. This was a deliberate decision and outcome, the entire implied process is hilarious to me.This was either specifically in a design doc somewhere, and/or came up in a meeting and invoked very involved discussions about how bad it should taste, how it should be incorporated into the manufacturing process, all that. Presumably, for at least a week, this was somebody's primary job and task. They came to work, every day, to work out--either through meticulous selection or engineering--the specifically worst-tasting substance they could coat the Switch's games in, which was also not dangerous to the console (or presumably for people ingesting it). They probably went through several candidates, in fact.Cleretic, March 03, 2017, 03:41:21 amI like to think that it was done like a clinical drug trial. There were groups of volunteers, each one being made to lick a different tasting cartridge and fill in a questionaire afterwards. "Okay, so the cartridges aren't delicious or harmful to the rats, let's see how the humans react."Eider Duck, March 03, 2017, 11:07:16 am
The Nintendo Switch's carts have been specifically engineered to taste terrible, to make sure no child swallows one. This was a deliberate decision and outcome, the entire implied process is hilarious to me.This was either specifically in a design doc somewhere, and/or came up in a meeting and invoked very involved discussions about how bad it should taste, how it should be incorporated into the manufacturing process, all that. Presumably, for at least a week, this was somebody's primary job and task. They came to work, every day, to work out--either through meticulous selection or engineering--the specifically worst-tasting substance they could coat the Switch's games in, which was also not dangerous to the console (or presumably for people ingesting it). They probably went through several candidates, in fact.Cleretic, March 03, 2017, 03:41:21 am
I wonder if anyone has attached a gopro or similar camera to a kite and then flown it. I bet it would look really cool. I also like the combination of technology from centuries ago with modern recording equipment.bigfangirl, March 04, 2017, 11:27:44 pm