The Haunting Beauty of Cities in Games
Channel: The Game Overanalyser
Date: 28/04/2023

We meticulously design cities in games, often for the purposes of entertainment. However, there is a beauty to these digital reconstructions that is both immersive and haunting, something that speaks to our relationship to cities even in the real world.

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Sources

- Invisible Cities , Italo Calvino

- Scale , Geoffrey West 

- Ideology and the Virtual City , Jon Bailes

Additional Footage

Assassin's creed 2 Explore Venice 15th century - Relaxing walk  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLuCHbR6mw

PS4 Assassin's Creed II Venice Free Roam #1   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NFaIuz729o

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 New York City 4K    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFMKJSkcDZ0

Spec Ops: The Line - Chapter #5 - The Edge - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0blIbKfK10

Jerusalem - Assassin's Creed - Part 4 - 4K -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nma685L-6qg