Technology
Since travel is off the cards (for now) I’m exploring the vast terrain of video game worlds – The Guardian
The open-ended worlds of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim or Red Dead Redemption 2 can arouse the housebound traveller’s sense of adventure
There is only one entrance to the city of Solitude. Its gates are set in a colossal stone wall that lies across the summit of a steep stone path amid a forest of fir trees. Arriving this way suggests nothing of the grandeur beyond. If you approach via the Karst river to the south or its swampy delta to the east, a mandible of buildings is visible, stretching high across an arching stone bridge. To the right, flashes of sunlight reflect off the windows of the Blue Palace. A cluster of sloped roof…
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