i have always been fascinated by the idea of virtual spaces, 3d ones in particular

games like doom create 3d spaces that exist only as 1s and 0s, but our credulous brains grant them the benefit of the doubt, interacting with these spaces as if they were real

a single hard drive can contain countless square miles of these virtual places. untold expanses

as time goes by fewer and fewer people visit, until places that may have been bustling once are akin to forgotten ghost towns

we create more and more of these spaces every year. there are so many to explore. so many sights to see

i remember the ones that strike me, as if it was a place i'd really been

@alyx Descent is my favorite virtual space

@Zeether i am perhaps not as fond but i returned to it a few months ago via the dxx-rebirth source port. tried to get a good control setup using the steam controller's gyro. to be continued

i was kind of shocked how much harder i found smooth, skilled multi-axis movement compared to how good i remembered being, and with the keyboard at that

i never played d2 or d3 and want to poke around