Wasteland 2 - The Red Button Mystery

[Myrthos]

Kotaku investigated what pressing the red button on the computer in Wasteland 2 does. The computer with the button is behind a cracked waal in the Hollywood sewers, when pressed, the gorund shakes, but that is about it. Does something else happen? Kotaku finds the answer.

My hard work of casually writing an email paid off; Wasteland 2 project lead Chris Keenan was willing to talk. Fortunately, I didn’t have to yell at him.

“It’s very funny that he [the Kotaku reader] keyed in on the red button,” said Keenan. “We have a bunch of deliberate non-sequiturs like that all over the game. Some have rewards (like following the turtle in Rail Nomads for 25 minutes), others are there for flavor and richness, or our amusement. The Provost (also in Nomads) is our illuminati Latin speaking companion that is probably one of the biggest creepers in video games.”

When the player presses the red button and the screen shakes, nothing in the game indicates anything’s different. But the world has changed, and that becomes clear if you head back to the game’s world map.

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[rjshae]

"Don't touch it, you idiot!"

It almost sounds like a Far Side easter egg.