![]() The working contents of the book is below, offering the current gardens, landscapes, and natural environments and spaces that Geniu Loci will examine, analyse and appreciate: Genius Loci will see all of this, and more, explored through dozens of places and games - some which feature more than one beautiful landscape or garden. Real-life garden design features and approaches now feature in game design accurate portrayal, use, and combination of plants finish landscapes to a beautiful degree of detail, environment design has deeper levels of meaning and narrative importance than ever, and even the most prominent and high-profile games can see players engage in horticulture. The landscapes, gardens, and horticulture found within video games have come on such leaps and bounds in the past few decades, that there is much to talk about, look at, and get lost in. Supported by high-quality, in-game screenshots taken by the author to ensure every detail is captured, Rob will shed light on the background, history, typology, horticulture and botany, and landscape and garden design features, and reveal what real-world traits and approaches can be found in each place to give a thorough journey across a multitude of games and places. Visiting games such as the Dishonored series, Dragon Age Inquisition, the Elder Scrolls and Assassin’s Creed, this grand tour will be an evocative journey for fans of video games and landscapes alike. Much like the 17th and 18th-century tradition of undertaking a european grand tour to visit cultural landmarks, gardens, and cities, in Genius Loci writer and award-winning landscape designer Rob Dwiar, will guide readers on a journey across video game histories, geographies, and stories, offering detailed appreciation and analysis along the way. From rigorously designed palace gardens, to expansive natural lands, and from alien planets with weird and wonderful plants, to terrains imbued with meaning and symbolism, an expansive range of landscapes can be explored, traversed, and enjoyed in games. ![]() Among the many incredible places that video games take us, it is some of the virtual landscapes, gardens, and natural environments that are the best. ![]()
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