Somewhere out there right now an aspiring architecture critic is writing _the_ thesis about the intersection between patriarchal societies, the architecture of authoritarianism and shooter level design, and if you're the person writing that thesis, I want to read it.
This is a $43M estate somewhere in Utah, and... look at it. Convince me I'm not looking at a level map for a first person shooter. Tell me you'd be surprised to find this at the far end of Blood Gulch.
@mhoye @at it’s more tasteful than most mega mansions you see for sale, but it still has the problem of being 80% liminal space, a place where you’re welcome for an hour but not for a life, like a hotel lobby — which is both what gives it Quake vibes and what I think may be a nontrivial factor in rich people losing their marbles
@0xabad1dea @mhoye @at if the climbing walls are anything to go by I can only assume they don’t *do* any of the various activities they’ve built into that house because why would you have four walls of the most beginner beginner routes in your house if you actually climbed seriously?
@0xabad1dea @mhoye @at the more I look at that picture the less convinced I am. None of those holds have any chalk on them, they’ve basically never been used (or they got people out to strip the wall, clean all the holds, then set some shit routes for the photo shoot I guess).
@jon @0xabad1dea @at Homes like this aren't place people live, they're a pageant of the impressions you're supposed to leave with.
