
Seriously, start up the first level and check it out the New York City skyline in Deus Ex shows no signs of the World Trade Center’s iconic twin towers, despite being part of a PC game published during the summer of 2000. The Liberty Island Skyline Foretold the Future For example, did you know there was a Deus Ex stage play that was to be performed in 2002, but the German theater troupe who was to perform it lost the rights to do so just weeks before opening night? How about the hidden rave at the end of the game? No? Then how about…ġ. There’s nothing I can tell you about the actual plot of Deus Ex that will surprise you, but I thought it might be fun (and hangover-friendly) to dig through the old developer diaries and bring back a few choice nuggets of goofy trivia to tide us over until Human Revolution is published this summer. I don’t know what it is about sustained debauchery that causes me to regress back to 2001, but after demolishing Liberty Island (ALWAYS GO GEP GUN) and Battery Park I’m finding this dystopian blast from my PC gaming past a pleasant place to sit a spell, kick up my aching feet and lose myself for a moment in the familiar sights and sounds of childhood. When I got home, I immediately drank two cans of grape soda and started reinstalling Deus Ex on my laptop.

I spent all weekend drinking and playing games with friends, then I ran eight miles.
