This article explores the origins of the 1999 role-playing game Planescape: Torment, tracing its roots from the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop campaign setting of Planescape. It details how developers at Black Isle Studios adapted the rich, philosophical lore of the setting into a video game, focusing on its unique narrative-driven approach and thematic depth.
This article traces the origins of Planescape: Torment by examining the tabletop Dungeons & Dragons settings that inspired it, particularly the Planescape campaign setting and its philosophical themes. It covers how the Infinity Engine games evolved from earlier titles and how the game's focus on story and dialogue diverged from traditional fantasy RPGs.
Simon Tatham closely examines a shell history screenshot from the movie *Tron: Legacy*, identifying plausible and implausible command-line details (e.g., `./cMech`, `make` runs, typos) and using the scene as a fun, educational exercise in realistic versus Hollywood-style terminal use.