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Inspiration & Reference
I just wanted to know if people had any links to good websites for either level design inspiration (photos, paintings, concept art, etc.) or just for architectural reference. We had a thread like this on the old qmap, but we know how much good that does us.
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yeah, hope it's cool, i'm going to see it in october. 
Wow 
that was amazing :) and he's coming to London! (if London hasn't torn itself apart by then :( ) 
 
Spirit 
These shots are awesome, despite they look like giant flying jellyfish... :P http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01446/jellyfish_1446980c.jpg 
Doom And Architecture 
Came across this, figured might interest some here, not sure if its been posted before, too lazy to search :

http://thefunambulist.net/2011/07/26/guest-writers-essays-05-learning-from-doom-by-viktor-timofeev/ 
I've Seen That Elsewhere 
I skimmed over that but remember zero valuable information in the article, is there anything in there? 
 
yeah... i remember that article too. He went to a lot of effort to document stuff that he basically doesn't understand, so there's not much insight to be had. 
Playing Through Painkiller: Overdose 
Which isn't a very good game, but it is very pretty. I've been taking screenshots as I go through for my own reference, but if anyone else is interested here's my Steam folder. I haven't uploaded all of them yet.

My Steam Screenshots

Teaser 
PCF 
Should just hire Necros and be done with it. 
 
i wouldn't even make it to the first milestone on a commercial team. 
 
also, those screens are beautiful. never played the expack. 
 
I have a load more shots btw will upload them soon. The game stresses the engine and crashes quite a bit (and load times are immense) :E

Also for some reason it stops taking screenshots after a while. Kinda annoying. The last level is pretty awesome though :) 
 
Been Watching And Looking At Big Mountains A Lot Recently 
I watched Everest B.T.L series 1, 2 and 3, Touching the Void, K2 the Ultimate High, Alive. During reading on google I found this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Annapurna_from_west.jpg

Meant to be the most dangerous mountain of all. A lot of mountains are known in local folklore to be the homes of gods and evil spirits.

This is not the best reference, but it contains a load of names for Mount Everest, and their meanings:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080501034357AAuxrt3

Could be a good theme for a map - evil mountain spirit. Although I think Necros probably already won that one! 
Also 
Apparently 1 in 3 climbers to set foot on K2 die. 
Touching The Void 
complete madness! 
 
Ricky I would bet that 3/3 climbers to set foot on K2 die. Everything dies. :( 
Haha 
I mean they die on their expedition. They go onto the mountain in that instance, and perish the very same trip. 1 in 3. That's a lot. The mortality rate for females climbing everest is (or was anyway) 100%. Something like five women atleast, all died. 
Not Everest, Sorry 
I meant to say K2. 
 
Sounds like they were dying to get up. 
Spirit... 
... wins the honorary top-voted-Reddit-comment of the day 
High Altitude Mounaineering Is Crazy Shit 
At least the people doing it usually know the risks though. 
Starbuck 
You mean I
PUTS ON SUNGLASSES
made it to the top? 
Yeah But The Top Is Only The Half Way Mark 
80% of accidents happen during descent. 
... 
Sigh...

*Tries to click upvote button* 
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