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The Architecture Of Computer Games

Posted on Monday, June 29 @ 18:46:00 Eastern by Duke_Ferris

Snooty British magazine, The Architects' Journal, has let their sense of humor briefly out for a jog and published a top ten list of video game architecture reviews.

How can one set foot in the gemutlich Castle Wolfenstein without being transported into a medieval fairytale? This Bavarian gem, with its pretty Romanesque keep, is marred only by the hordes of (sometimes zombified) Nazi stormtroopers. Currently home to a high-security prison, the schloss is situated high on a mountain so access is only via a Where Eagles Dare-style cable car. A glance at the floor plan reveals a curiousity: the medieval architect - thought to be Hans Grosse - committed himself to a near-endless iteration of the swastika motif.

Full article here.

Their tongue-in-cheek approach is fun, but there's a real point to be made here. Level design can have a huge effect on a game, making it feel real and engrossing or linear and fake. Resident Evil: Code Veronica's underwater airport, I'm looking at you.

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  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit - Joined: Mar 15, 2009
    Durned it, I need more haiku practice.

    Congrats to alpine!
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    Posted: Jun 29th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit - Joined: Mar 15, 2009
    Durned it, I need more haiku practice.

    Congrats to alpine!
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    Posted: Jun 29th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
  • Lien
    Lien - Joined: Feb 1, 2008
    hehe. i like the sim city part: "Sim City is the kind of place that could spring up overnight"
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    Posted: Jun 29th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting - Joined: Nov 11, 2006
    Had to go back and
    see what alpine submitted.
    Common curtesy?
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    Posted: Jun 29th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander - Joined: Sep 29, 2006
    Clearly they've never played Assassin's Creed.
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    Posted: Jun 30th, 2009 at 12:19 am

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