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Games, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence
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Jacob Geller's video essay examines how architecture in schools and in video games, such as cover shooters, is shaped by violence. It touches on brutalism, campus policing and protests.
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HN recommends it as an informed look at architecture in games and at how school design relates to shooter maps and Columbine.
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For a more informed analysis of architecture in games, Jacob Geller has done several video essays on the topic: The Shape of Infinity [LINK] Games, Schools, and Worlds designed for Violence [VIDEO] Control, Anatomy, and the Legacy of the Haunted House [LINK] Gaming's Harshest Architecture [LINK] The Architecture of Fumito Ueda [LINK]
Read original comment ↗Jacob Geller has an excellent video essay about how incidents like Columbine might have contributed to this trend (if only post-90s, obviously). [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Jacob Geller did a really interesting video essay [1] about the parallels that can be drawn between modern school architecture and maps from shooter games - on top of whatever other context or functionality they provide, they are fundamentally spaces that are designed around the question "what happens if violence occurs here?" [1] [VIDEO]
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