Top 10: The Architecture of Computer Games

Rex Kramer wrote:I'm very suprised that Bioshock isn't in there, you would imagine it would have been an architect's dream to create something like that.

Dual wrote:

Rex Kramer wrote:I'm very suprised that Bioshock isn't in there, you would imagine it would have been an architect's dream to create something like that.

You're right. The 50's art-deco and the fact that Rapture is a city under strawberry floating water, is quite a wonder to behold. It would have been a health and safety minefield during construction though.

TheTurnipKing wrote:

Dual wrote:

Rex Kramer wrote:I'm very suprised that Bioshock isn't in there, you would imagine it would have been an architect's dream to create something like that.

You're right. The 50's art-deco and the fact that Rapture is a city under strawberry floating water, is quite a wonder to behold. It would have been a health and safety minefield during construction though.

Rapture doesn't strike me as the kind of place that would have been overly worried about existing societal regulation, what with the rampant, out of control bio-engineering and everything.

HSE Officer: Why aren't you using scaffolding?

Rapture Roofing Foreman: We...er.... we're working under water?

HSE Officer: Not gonna wash with me mate, you need scaffolding to access anything over 3 stories. You know the rules. Now where's your high-visibilty clothing?

Rapture Roofing Foreman: Well we're using these plasmids see..

HSE Officer: (Interrupts) No, no, no. I want all of your lads wearing the correct PPE by tomorrow morning, otherwise you're all of the site.

Dual wrote:

TheTurnipKing wrote:

Dual wrote:

Rex Kramer wrote:I'm very suprised that Bioshock isn't in there, you would imagine it would have been an architect's dream to create something like that.

You're right. The 50's art-deco and the fact that Rapture is a city under strawberry floating water, is quite a wonder to behold. It would have been a health and safety minefield during construction though.

Rapture doesn't strike me as the kind of place that would have been overly worried about existing societal regulation, what with the rampant, out of control bio-engineering and everything.

They would once they've met a HSE officer

HSE Officer: Why aren't you using scaffolding?

Rapture Roofing Foreman: We...er.... we're working under water?

HSE Officer: Not gonna wash with me mate, you need scaffolding to access anything over 3 stories. You know the rules. Now where's your high-visibilty clothing?

Rapture Roofing Foreman: Well we're using these plasmids see..

HSE Officer: (Interrupts) No, no, no. I want all of your lads wearing the correct PPE by tomorrow morning, otherwise you're all of the site.

Dual wrote:They would once they've met a HSE officer

HSE Officer: Why aren't you using scaffolding?

Rapture Roofing Foreman: We...er.... we're working under water?

HSE Officer: Not gonna wash with me mate, you need scaffolding to access anything over 3 stories. You know the rules. Now where's your high-visibilty clothing?

Rapture Roofing Foreman: Well we're using these plasmids see..

HSE Officer: (Interrupts) No, no, no. I want all of your lads wearing the correct PPE by tomorrow morning, otherwise you're all of the site.

TheTurnipKing wrote:

Dalagonash wrote:Really good to see the shoutout for Warcraft, the world really is a place that has to be seen to be believed.

With Wow, one of the things that Blizzard really did right with the game was craft a place. There's a small rise near the ocean in Westfall. It's basically just a field, but I can actually find it whenever I go back. In most other MMOs, all the terrain looks identical.