I find the reference to a TNG episode funny
Compared to the references in "Ready player one" (terrible book :teary: ) it was quite easy to detect (with enough knowledge of TNG).
I don't see how quoting Descartes' most famous line is a reference to TNG, just because they also used the same quote? I'm sure the quote has been used in thousands of places, are they also a TNG reference?
The TNG clip that was provided above, where Moriarty uses the same quote, does not equate to the line in the game being a TNG reference, or even being inspired by it? It's nothing more than both of them just happening to be quoting the same line from Descartes. That seems to equate more to being a coincidence, than a reference or an inspiration.
That's like me starting a new business or "enterprise" and calling it a reference to TNG simply because it just so happens to share a word.
Or, by the same logic, my HDD stores "data" so it must be a TNG reference too, right?
Not trying to be funny, I just don't see any relation between the use of the line in the game & the use of the line in the series?
TNG, at least, used it in a relevant & appropriate position. The game does not.
It feels more like the dev discovered the quote recently and just had to force it into the game somehow to make it or himself appear a bit more intellectual.