Architects and game designers have the same job, basically!? In video games like Control, Portal, and Dark Souls, architecture tells you everything that you need to know. Architecture in games — and in real life — can control the way that you move, and the way that you feel. So Simone asked some architects about their favorite uses of architecture in games, to find out how clever design can make games more immersive.

0:00 Architecture and video games
1:24 Space controls your mind
3:53 Construction is environmental storytelling
5:55 Material sensations
8:32 Light ties it all together
10:36 How real architects use games

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