Quote Originally Posted by Edmond Dantes View Post
You'd have to ask Will Wright. All I know is that 2000 likes to declare "reticulating splines" whenever you start a new city, so I can only assume its some amazing godly technology that for some reason is exclusive to 2000
Supposedly someone did ask him, as there are a ton of references out there to Will Wright saying in an interview that it was just a joke and a phrase he came up with because it sounds cool. However, I can't find the interview anywhere, or no reference to the actual interview, only people rehashing the same claim that it was in an interview.