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GribbleGrunger on 16 March 2015
mornelithe said:

Yeah, the only places like that in Vermont are probably the Shelburne Museum, which is entirely old structures...but it's for preservation, so there's a reason for that.  I would imagine much of the US doesn't have such locales, for the obvious reason that the US simply isn't that old.  Definitely something I enjoyed when I visited Europe, way back when, though.

There's something pieceful and timeless about coming across an old stone built wall burried beneath brambles or cloven by an oak tree. I went around a village the other day with a 56 year old woman who spent her childhood there. She showed me her old house, now burried by trees and vines. After a long debate I finally managed to persuade her in through an open window. Can you imagine what that must have felt like for her? We strolled through he old living room, into the pantry and then took a look at a Conker tree where once there was only a seed. She showed me a branch that used to support a swing too. She was quite emotional looking through her past, so I can actually relate really well with what these devs are trying to accomplish.



 

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mornelithe on 16 March 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
mornelithe said:

Yeah, the only places like that in Vermont are probably the Shelburne Museum, which is entirely old structures...but it's for preservation, so there's a reason for that.  I would imagine much of the US doesn't have such locales, for the obvious reason that the US simply isn't that old.  Definitely something I enjoyed when I visited Europe, way back when, though.

There's something pieceful and timeless about coming across an old stone built wall burried beneath brambles or cloven by an oak tree. I went around a village the other day with a 56 year old woman who spent her childhood there. She showed me her old house, now burried by trees and vines. After a long debate I finally managed to persuade her in through an open window. Can you imagine what that must have felt like for her? We strolled through he old living room, into the pantry and then took a look at a Conker tree where once there was only a seed. She showed me a branch that used to support a swing too. She was quite emotional looking through her past, so I can actually relate really well with what these devs are trying to accomplish.

Well, we have overgrown houses, and old stone walls, but none of them have a chance of dating back as far as some of the sites in Europe.  The only serious claim Vermont can lay, with regards to 'age' is the oldest known Corral Reef in the world (Goodsell Ridge Preserve, 81 acre nature and geologic preserve).  Which is pretty cool, in and of itself (always took for granted how many fossils, mostly trilobtes I found as a kid on the shores of Lake Champlain).  But yeah, I do miss the 'age' of the structures in Europe.  Wales was particularly awesome.



Kerotan on 16 March 2015

Yeah this would be a good title for morpheus.



Faxanadu on 16 March 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
mornelithe said:

I would think the first sign of Modernity is the Giant yellow arches :D

Didn't say they were all historical landmarks, but in Stowe's case, they require you to give it somewhat of an apperance of age/fit in with the architectural design of the surrounding buildings/businesses.

LOL. Naaa, the villages I walk through (and the one I lived in for a while) don't have things like McDonalds. They have subtle indications like Sky satalite dishes or double glazing.

And big fat German cars produced after 2000



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GribbleGrunger on 16 March 2015
mornelithe said:

Well, we have overgrown houses, and old stone walls, but none of them have a chance of dating back as far as some of the sites in Europe.  The only serious claim Vermont can lay, with regards to 'age' is the oldest known Corral Reef in the world (Goodsell Ridge Preserve, 81 acre nature and geologic preserve).  Which is pretty cool, in and of itself (always took for granted how many fossils, mostly trilobtes I found as a kid on the shores of Lake Champlain).  But yeah, I do miss the 'age' of the structures in Europe.  Wales was particularly awesome.

You still get the sense that time has passed though. This game is like removing those weeds and vines, removing the satalite dishes and modern cars, and placing you there. Wales is a great place to walk, but if you ever get a chance to visit Britain again, check out the Peak District. Very Tolkeinesque but very real.



 

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mornelithe on 16 March 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
mornelithe said:

Well, we have overgrown houses, and old stone walls, but none of them have a chance of dating back as far as some of the sites in Europe.  The only serious claim Vermont can lay, with regards to 'age' is the oldest known Corral Reef in the world (Goodsell Ridge Preserve, 81 acre nature and geologic preserve).  Which is pretty cool, in and of itself (always took for granted how many fossils, mostly trilobtes I found as a kid on the shores of Lake Champlain).  But yeah, I do miss the 'age' of the structures in Europe.  Wales was particularly awesome.

You still get the sense that time has passed though. This game is like removing those weeds and vines, removing the satalite dishes and modern cars, and placing you there. Wales is a great place to walk, but if you ever get a chance to visit Britain again, check out the Peak District. Very Tolkeinesque but very real.

Will have to do that, I spent much of my time in England in and around the area of Bulwell; Sherwood Forest and the Great Oak were pretty cool (especially as a younger kid, at the time).  Wales was the tale end of the vacation, spent a week in a chalet.  Some breathtaking views, that's for sure.



cfin2987@gmail.com on 16 March 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
mornelithe said:

Basically, he's saying there are many such villages that appear 'stuck in an age long since past'.  Some of these do it naturally, others are actually by law, required to look a certain way.  A town near where I live, Stowe Vermont, requires all commercial businesses to look 'old timey' if you will (Not sure how far it extends though).  There was a big to-do with McDonalds awhile ago, because in order for McD's to open a franchise there, they'd have to (and did) redesign the exterior to fit in the with towns overall aesthetic.

As a keen walker, I can tell you that regardless of how old the buildings are, there are always signs of modernity everywhere. What this game is setting out to do is remove those signs and place you in a specific time.

Visit Wisconsin and you'll see plenty of those towns except they don't mean it. Ridiculous property tax increases for fixing your homes exterior means my drive to work looks likke the hills have eyes.



GribbleGrunger on 16 March 2015
mornelithe said:

Will have to do that, I spent much of my time in England in and around the area of Bulwell; Sherwood Forest and the Great Oak were pretty cool (especially as a younger kid, at the time).  Wales was the tale end of the vacation, spent a week in a chalet.  Some breathtaking views, that's for sure.

I've walked more of central England more than anything else. Take a look at the Peak District. Pictures don't give a very good sense of scale though:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+peak+district+walks&safe=off&biw=1088&bih=549&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UCgHVe7jLIO6afbggaAB&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

DAMN IT! Now I want my Brashers back.

You might also like the Yorkshire dales ... And The Old Man Of Coniston. I had a Cheese sarny and a Mars Bar here:



 

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mornelithe on 16 March 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
mornelithe said:

Will have to do that, I spent much of my time in England in and around the area of Bulwell; Sherwood Forest and the Great Oak were pretty cool (especially as a younger kid, at the time).  Wales was the tale end of the vacation, spent a week in a chalet.  Some breathtaking views, that's for sure.

I've walked more of central England more than anything else. Take a look at the Peak District. Pictures don't give a very good sense of scale though:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+peak+district+walks&safe=off&biw=1088&bih=549&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UCgHVe7jLIO6afbggaAB&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

DAMN IT! Now I want my Brashers back.

You might also like the Yorkshire dales ...

I think the very first place I visit in Europe, before anywhere else, is going to have to be Ireland.   Really want to see the Tara Skryne valley someday, though, it's sad that it now has a highway running straight through it :(



GribbleGrunger on 16 March 2015
mornelithe said:

I think the very first place I visit in Europe, before anywhere else, is going to have to be Ireland.   Really want to see the Tara Skryne valley someday, though, it's sad that it now has a highway running straight through it :(

I always dreamed of going to Ireland but never did.

Anyway ... This game will invoke this for me. LOL (back on topic!)



 

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