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I came across a video on Youtube discussing it (there are several), and Kowloon Walled City is just endlessly fascinating. A few notable videos I found on the subject were:

The Densest City on Earth

Kowloon Walled City: Hong Kong's City of Darkness

Inside Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City

There is also a book on the city called City Of Darkness Life In Kowloon Walled City, which I found on archive.org in high resolution. It is full of photographs and detailed accounts of the comings and goings within the enclave.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I most recently encountered this fact from the game, Stray! You know, the recent game with the cat and all the robots. Apparently their city design was heavily inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely love Stray. The world design was fantastic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much the entire game of Shadowrun: Hong Kong revolves around Kowloon Walled city and it's one of my favourite games.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Goddamn, I played and loved the first two Shadowruns by Harebrained, and then left Hong Kong at the start due to lack of time. Reading this makes me want to puck it up immediately!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's definitely my favourite of the 3.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I love this place. I remember the first time ever learning about it, in some book I had as a child. Such an interesting history and fascinating that so many people lived in such cramped density.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wish a game developer would make a realistic representation open world of Kowloon Walled City that I could just explore

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a Digimon game on the switch there's a level called Kowloon. It is represented as what is described here and I'm grateful to have learned the real world connection

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You talking about Cyber Sleuth? It's available on PC, PS4, Vita (which I think is where it first launched), along with the switch you mentioned.

Please be aware that plenty of games on the switch are actually multiplatform. We don't want people not checking out a game because they think it's only on the switch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We don't want people not checking out a game because they think it's only on the switch.

We? Is there some secret Game Reccomendation Governing Body in charge of how to recommend something properly?

If someone wants to play a game, it's on them to research the game and how they can play it on their own consoles. It's unfair to put the responsibility on the recommender for knowing every single possible platform a game could be played on.

I appreciate that you commented and provided extra information for other potential players. But IMO, your tone implies that OP provided this recommendation incorrectly, which I don't think is justified.