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Those of you who have burned up years of your life playing Car Wars will recall that the cars are electric, with a motor in every wheel.
I wrote that because I am a brilliant engineer and can see the future. Bzzzzzzt. No, actually, I wrote that because it justified a low-speed turning rule that was easy to explain and made the cars maneuverable and fun.
Nevertheless, real brilliant engineers have now built a car that works that way. And I bet it's maneuverable and fun. Can I have one?
-- Steve Jackson
Warehouse 23 News: Dead People Got No Reason To Live
And yet, as Exalted: The Underworld shows, they very clearly do not let their lack of a heartbeat stop them from walking around and bothering those of us still above room temperature. Oh well. You know what they say: if you can't beat 'em . . . Uh, y'know what? Maybe not in this case.
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