31 Design Tricks Behind Famous Video Games (You Can't Unsee)

You're either a video game person, or you aren't. They either bring joy to your life while silently sucking it away, or you just kind of shrug your shoulders and wonder what the big deal is.

But if there's one thing we can all get behind, no matter what side of the coin you're on, it's that some pretty damn cool innovation has gone into making video games. For instance ...

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31 Design Tricks Behind Famous Video Games (You Can't Unsee)

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The Al in such Bethesda games as Elder Scrolls and Fallout can't handle ladders. The developers worked around it by simply omitting functioning ladder

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IN THE MIDST OF TREES AND BUILDINGS IN A GAME, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT 3D. THEY'RE FLAT FACADES THAT REPLACE ENTIRE 3D MODELS. THESE CUTBOARD MODELS ARE

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Iracing(not an Apple product) is an online auto-racing simulator. The racetracks were recreated for the game by using a 3D laser scanner on the actual

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