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Ep. 3 – Firewatch and the National Forest Service

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Firewatch game cover art
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Osborne Fire Finder device in Firewatch

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Above: WPA National Park Service advertising posters
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Spruce Mountain Fire Lookout, Wyoming
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Wapiti Ranger Station, Shoshone National Forest
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Groben’s plan guidelines
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Groben’s building orientation diagram

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Atmospheric background music in this episode is credited to Chris Remo. Bandcamp link to Firewatch game original score, composed by Chris Remo: https://camposantogames.bandcamp.com/album/firewatch-original-score

New Deal Era WPA National Parks Posters – Public Domain Library of Congress

“The Art of Firewatch” Jane Ng, Campo Santo, at GDC 2015: http://gdcvault.com/play/1022295/The-Art-of

“A History of the Architecture of the USDA Forest Service”: http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Publications/architecture/contents.htm

Spuce Mountain Fire Lookout: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mbr/recarea/?recid=22888

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Ep. 2 – BioShock and the Underwater Utopian Enclave of Rapture

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Referenced in the show:

Rapture Metro and the Bathysphere

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Rapture Metro Timetable
Bathysphere Metro Map
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First anthropomorphic deep-sea diving suit by Carmagnolle, patented in 1882. Photo: Myrabella/Wikimedia Commons
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BioShock’s “Big Daddy” suit — see the resemblance?

For more on the real-world bathysphere, check out the 99% Invisible Podcast and their blog post here: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/bathysphere/

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Art & Architecture

BioShock Lighthouse
BioShock Concept Art
Umberto Boccioni’s “Development of a Bottle in Space” 1913
“Tower of Babel” from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, 1921
Grand Rex Paris, 1931

IGN interview with Ken Levine and Shawn Robertson where they mention the use of Art Deco/low-poly art design. (Note this interview contains content about the sequel BioShock Infinite, which Worlds of Gamespace will cover in a later podcast episode). http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/19/comparing-bioshock-to-bioshock-infinite

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Miscellaneous Gameplay Screenshots 

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