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Reticulating splines actually comes from SimCity 2000 and they then used the idea in The Sims later

Oh, interesting. I thought it came from Don't Starve but they must have been adopting this from SimCity.

Yes, it’s a relatively common SimCity reference, though I could swear I saw “Don’t Starve” say “Reticulating Pines”.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen another game than simcity give it a voiceover...

Ah! That's right! Thanks

Actually, we used that phrase in a deceptive 'loading' progress box in PC/GEOS in 1989

"Doing things you don't want to know about"

Makes me think of the loading screen from Don't Starve