Video Games · 1998
You must construct additional pylons.
— Game message • StarCraft
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The repeated instruction tells a Protoss player that further growth needs more supply capacity. Its practical purpose is simple, but hearing it throughout a match turns a rule into a familiar refrain. A piece of resource management becomes part of the game's voice.
- PolygonEntry 33: the repeated Protoss resource instruction in StarCraft (1998).Reference checked
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