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Virtual Cities: An Atlas & Exploration of Video Game Cities bit.ly/gamecitiesbook

Game urbanist Konstantinos Dimopoulos knows a lot about places that don’t exist: he’s consulted on the construction of videogame cities for many years. His new book is a fictional travel guide to some of the most iconic cities in videogames, and testament to a career spent pinning down how the best can feel like real spaces. Among its pages, you’ll set off on guided illustrated tours across a dazzling range of locales, including Half-Life 2’s City 17, the twisted streets of Bloodborne’s Yarnham, Clock Town in The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, A Mind Forever Voyaging’s Rockvil - and Edge’s spiritual home and the true star of Yakuza 0, Kamurocho. Preorder now for its November 10 release - this, at least, is one trip the pandemic can’t spoil.

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