[mikestew]

Who says video games can’t be educational? I first learned about the Kowloon Walled City from the Call of Duty: Black Ops map. I was fascinated with exploring the map of a dystopian future resulting from poor social policies. Chicken coops twelve stories up, hole-the-wall convenience stores and makeshift restaurants. And for some reason the map designers put it next to an airport, so there airliners flying right above your head. What? This place actually exists? Man, what a Wikipedia rabbit hole that turned out to be.

I’m kind of sad to see it gone because it was like having a small version of Blade Runner in our time. But more important, actual humans lived there, and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.