I’ve always been fascinated by the engineering behind historical weapons like the Gatling gun. The way the rotating barrels solved the problem of overheating and misfires back in the 19th century is brilliant. Interestingly, the same principle of multiple instances working in parallel pops up in gaming technology too – for example private servers that run multiple shards of a game world.

For anyone who’s into classic MMORPGs such as RuneScape, there’s actually a comprehensive RSPS list online that tracks active RuneScape private servers. It’s a nice resource if you enjoy exploring different communities or seeing how people recreate and modify older game mechanics, much like how we study old weapon mechanisms today.