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View of the Citadel from the rooftops of City 17. Drawing by the author based on snapshots from the Half-Life 2 video game.

View of the Citadel from the rooftops of City 17. Drawing by the author based on snapshots from the Half-Life 2 video game.

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Fig. 1. View of the Citadel from the City 17 train station's portico...
Fig. 2. View of the Citadel from the rooftops of City 17. Drawing by...
Fig. 3. Photo collage: City 17 (left) and its Eastern European...
Exploring Virtual Dystopias. A study of architectural stagecraft and narrative in video games. Case study: Valve’s Half-Life 2
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This article aims to explore the subject of video games and how architecture works to enrich and complement them. I intend to analyze a particular case study: Valve Studios’s Half-Life 2. Its narrative takes place in a fictional timeline in which an interdimensional alien force invades Earth, conquering it in a brief confrontation called the Seven...
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