http://www.slab-mag.com/2008/05/25/feminist-wormhole-geometry/ The Heuristic Journal for Gonzo Blurbanism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:18 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.slab-mag.com/2008/05/25/feminist-wormhole-geometry/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Jimmy Stamp Wed, 28 May 2008 17:49:42 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/2008/05/25/feminist-wormhole-geometry/#comment-1677 Great commentary. I saw a review of this in Wired a while back and it was almost enough to make me buy a video game system. Almost. As far as other games go, I'd say that architecture and urbanism are inseparable from gamplay in the Grand Theft Auto series. Even more so as the series progresses and the in-world cities become larger and larger and increasingly mirror real-world counterparts. For example, there are shot-for-shot comparisons of GTAIV's Liberty city and the real-world New York. Wandering around on a motorcycle up stairs and off rooftops is more fun than actually following the game narrative. Like some sort of virtual urban parkour. Then there's the person who created a game "level" painstakingly modeled after Falling Water. Surely it's only a matter of time before all games merge and we can guide custom avatars through canonical modernist developments with nothing but a portal gun and a motorcycle. Great commentary. I saw a review of this in Wired a while back and it was almost enough to make me buy a video game system. Almost. As far as other games go, I’d say that architecture and urbanism are inseparable from gamplay in the Grand Theft Auto series. Even more so as the series progresses and the in-world cities become larger and larger and increasingly mirror real-world counterparts. For example, there are shot-for-shot comparisons of GTAIV’s Liberty city and the real-world New York. Wandering around on a motorcycle up stairs and off rooftops is more fun than actually following the game narrative. Like some sort of virtual urban parkour. Then there’s the person who created a game “level” painstakingly modeled after Falling Water. Surely it’s only a matter of time before all games merge and we can guide custom avatars through canonical modernist developments with nothing but a portal gun and a motorcycle.

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