I don't quite get the first thing (not familiar with that brick/texture), but for the second, perhaps they are using those types of bricks so the lights aren't just one directional?

I think the hinges are being used for texture (not graphic art, but to make it more interesting), to make it more interesting than a block coming out of the wall.

 

The texture does look misapplied, but maybe it was intentional?

 

I wish I owned a Wii U.

I noticed the hinges before the texture. But the big monitor isn't built out of bricks, so you could arguably say that that is worse. Oh well... after so many games using the same exact gameplay mechanics as Lego Star Wars, I can't expect much from TT.

I noticed the hinges before the texture. But the big monitor isn't built out of bricks, so you could arguably say that that is worse. Oh well... after so many games using the same exact gameplay mechanics as Lego Star Wars, I can't expect much from TT.

Mostly the same. More locks, more keys.

Am I the only one who gets that texture must go on a 1x2 flat tile?

Am I the only one who gets that texture must go on a 1x2 flat tile?

That was half the point of this post...

Mostly the same. More locks, more keys.

Deja vu.

I don't quite get the first thing (not familiar with that brick/texture), but for the second, perhaps they are using those types of bricks so the lights aren't just one directional?

The lights are placed on the ground throughout the level leading up to this scene, so they probably just re-used the same model so they didn't have to make a new one. Still, they could have placed it inside the wall so the hinge isn't visible (they did that with another model even earlier in the same level).

The texture does look misapplied, but maybe it was intentional?

Like LUModder said, that texture is meant for 1x2 flat bricks only. This model is a control panel that has to be interacted with to activate the large generator thing you see in the first pic, so they needed a texture for controls, I suppose, but they could have A) used one of the several sloped bricks with controls on them or B) constructed the model in such a way to use the 1x2 flat bricks.

Instead they applied the 1x2 control texture to a 2x3 sloped brick.