On 3/6/2012 6:45 PM, Darren New wrote:
> But almost every video game has steam pipes too!
>
> Really? Steam pipes on a space ship?
>
> Steam pipes in Black Mesa? WTF are steam pipes for? Distributing heat
> from a central heater, in the middle of a desert?

Perhaps they're installed as safety measures to provide an alternate way 
to get around if the normal halls, passages, rooms, etc. become blocked 
due to some sort of crisis or disaster.  It makes sense too, they sure 
seem to be better at providing emergency access and exit routes than 
anything else in those game worlds.

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