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Brief Context & History of the Gin Drinkers Line

Brief Context & History of the Gin Drinkers Line

The Gin Drinkers Line(GDL) was built as part of a trend in fortification leading up to the Second World War. Wary of the rise of Fascism in Italy and Germany, the French built fortifications along their Eastern border, known as the Maginot Line. Nearby European nations followed suit, building defensive structures along national borders and throughout their colonies (Lowry ,61). The purpose of these lines as military tacticians learned from the First World War, were not meant

How We Made a Real Life Accurate Virtual Environment in CS:GO

How We Made a Real Life Accurate Virtual Environment in CS:GO

Unlike many other artistic mediums, computer games often mask the complexity of research and decision making behind the interface of rendered sights and sounds. In the spirit of the online modding community that helped us along, we are sharing some of our behind the scenes process in how we accurately transferred a geographical location into a game, and how we responded to the sensitivity and controversy of putting such sites into a game like Counter-Strike. After hiking thro

Introduction - Autosave