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GAME WORLDS DAVE MORRIS &, LEO HARTAS

I L E X

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INTRODUCTION 006

ONE RING TO RULE | ^ THEM ALL Fantasy Kingdoms and

Dreamlands Beyond the Fields we Know Minor, Mirror... Insider Secrets: A Shire Thing

058 060 064 072

Hands On: Floating Palaces 074

ARENAS 8.AMUSI ET rfEI 4T PARKS Locations Designed

Purely for Play 132 A Nice Place to Visit 134 Insider Secrets: Sandbox Play 140

BIRTH OFA NATION The Essential Ingredients

of Imagined Worlds 008 In the Beginning 010 So Many Worlds 012 Surely You're Joking, Mr Bond 018 Hands On: Fiat Lux! 020

THE FINAL FRONTIER The Icy Reaches of Outer Space 078 When Worlds Collide 080 Insider Secrets: Schwarzenberg 086 Hands On: Designing Science 090

THE DARKSIDE Places of Unease and Horror 144 Bad Dreams 146 Don't Look Under the Bed! 150 Insider Secrets: Scare Tactics 156

CONTENTS

LESSI5 MORE Minimalist Game Environments 022 Driven to Abstraction 024 Insider Secrets: Working Methods 028 Hands On: Dressing the Set 032

CITIES WITHOUT LIMITS The Metropolis from Fritz Lang

to Clark Kent Civilised Pursuits Insider Secrets: Final FantasyX-2 Hands On: ConcreteJungle

092 094 098 104

HI FUNKYTOWN Art, Music and the Birth of Cool The Food of Love Insider Secrets: UnlimitedSaga Sonorous Expeditions

160 162 164 166

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JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT OurDistantPast 034 Digital Epics 036 Insider Secrets: Et in Arcadia Ego 042 Hands On: The Living Rock 044

Theatres of Mechanised Warfare 106 The Bleeding Edge of Realism 108 Insider Secrets: War on a Budget 110. Hands On: Painting with Light 11 £

OUTLANDS The Weird, the Wacky and the

Downright Surreal Way-out Worlds Hands On: Feats of Clay Insider Secrets: Real Style

THE PASTISA FOREIGN COUNTRY Historical Vistas from the

Medieval Period Onwards Serf'n'Turf Century Duty Facing Your Demons Hands On: From Cottars'

HutstoCathedrals

046 048 050 054

KEEPINGIT REAL Realistic Contemporary Settings 120 Familiarity Breeds 122 Insider Secrets: Hollyworlds 126 Hands On: Eye Candy 130

170 172 174 180

Index Glossary Acknowledgements

188 191 192