Videogame Atlas: Mapping Interactive Worlds

Pearson, Luke Caspar; Youkhana, Sandra

ISBN 10: 0500024235 / ISBN 13: 9780500024232

Published by Thames & Hudson, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Videogame Atlas: Mapping Interactive Worlds
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500024235
• ISBN 13: 9780500024232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A dazzling look at modern videogame worlds seen through an architectural lens, utilizing maps, diagrams, and graphic illustrations to take readers inside the art of virtual world building. 

A dazzling look at modern videogame worlds seen through an architectural lens, utilizing maps, diagrams, and graphic illustrations to offer new perspectives on the art of virtual world building. Videogame Atlas presents a journey through twelve well-known videogame worlds via panoramic maps, intricate exploded diagrams, and detailed illustrations. The book offers a playful new way of seeing these beloved virtual worlds using the practices and academic rigor that underpins real-world architectural theory.  

Titles such as Minecraft, Assassin's Creed Unity, and Final Fantasy VII are explored in exhaustive detail through over 200 detailed illustrations of the micro and macro, each with supporting commentary and architectural theory. Taking influence from high-end architectural monographs, the book is carefully designed to the smallest of details and its production is intricately executed. 

This book, printed in five colors, with neon ink throughout, is a culmination of Luke and Sandra’s work, which includes founding the Videogame Urbanism studio at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL that promotes the use of game technologies in architectural education.  

250 color illustrations

About the Authors

Luke Caspar Pearson is an architectural designers who co-runs the studio, You + Pea. His work explores the integration of videogame technologies into architectural design, leading conversations on how games can engage new participants in the design of cities.

Sandra Youkhana is an architectural designer who co-runs the studio, You + Pea. Her work explores the integration of videogame technologies into architectural design, leading conversations on how games can engage new participants in the design of cities.