This article explores the tabletop role-playing roots of Planescape: Torment, detailing how the video game drew from the Dungeons & Dragons Planescape campaign setting, its unique factions, and philosophical themes that would later define the 1999 RPG classic.
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.