Starfield: Bethesda's Highly Anticipated Space Opera
With only two months remaining until the highly anticipated release of Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios' upcoming space adventure, fans are buzzing with excitement. However, amidst the anticipation, there are still many unanswered questions surrounding the game.
One particular concern that has been gaining traction within the Starfield subreddit is the absence of spoons. This seemingly trivial matter has sparked passionate discussions and demands for answers from Todd Howard, the director of Bethesda Game Studios.
The initial thread, titled "Forks confirmed, but still no spoons. Guys, I'm worried," has garnered 1.2k upvotes. It originated from a screenshot of a two-year-old post that playfully questioned the inclusion of spoons in Starfield and how they would impact gameplay and immersion.
What started as a joke, however, has now become a serious topic of concern. Fans have meticulously analyzed a screenshot from the recent gameplay deep dive video, where a customer is shown at a restaurant being served a bowl of soup and space pomegranate or pies, but no spoons in sight.
A fan writes, "I thought this was a joke too until I really looked closely at the screenshot. The person's eating, but there's nothing for spoons. Like, what do you do? Do you just pick the spoon up with your hands?"
The fervent group of fans has turned to Todd Howard, demanding answers and expressing their frustration through a range of animated gifs. "Where are the spoons?" one fan asks, accompanied by a gif from Spongebob Squarepants, where Patrick cries, "I'm not ready!" as he realizes he's about to go underwater for the first time.
The absence of spoons has sparked various speculations and theories among fans. Some have even mistakenly identified unrelated items in the game, such as a lit match, as spoons. To delve further into the matter, fans compared Starfield to real-life space missions and discovered that astronauts do, in fact, use knives, forks, and spoons in space.
NASA confirms, "Astronauts also use knives, forks, spoons, and chopsticks (when available) in space." The only unusual eating utensil in space is a pair of scissors, used for opening packages. Astronauts rely on spoons for their meals.
This information raises questions about the decision to exclude spoons from Starfield, despite their practical use in real-life space missions. It is possible that Bethesda has incorporated unique worldbuilding elements, inspired by NASA's technology and style, which resulted in the absence of spoons.
The official NASA website describes the "spoon bowl," a rehydratable plastic bag with a valve, designed to facilitate spoonable meals for astronauts. While this engineering solution is fascinating, the lack of spoons in Starfield may not accurately reflect space dining but rather be a quirk of the game's procedural generation system.
Some fans have suggested that the intentional absence of spoons could offer a challenge to players, adding an extra layer of skill required for eating in the game. Regardless, the mystery of the missing spoons in Starfield continues to captivate fans and has become a topic of lively discussion within the community.
As the release date quickly approaches, fans eagerly await more information from Bethesda to address this curious omission and provide clarity on the role of spoons in the vast universe of Starfield.
