YouTuber Mojo Swoptops builds local landmarks and oddities
Look here, it’s night down the Cowgate, a popular row of nightclubs, on the corner of music venue Sneaky Pete’s (where I’ve seen a few gigs), just up from the sticky-floored stag & student hell of The Three Sisters (where I went once and quickly learned my lesson):
Or hey, here’s theiconic ‘Banana Flats’ in Leith, which went from the childhood home of Trainspotting’s Sick Boy to a listed building:
Or here, a council estate so generic that I feel I know the neighbourhood yet have four different places in mind:
They make plenty of pretties too, mind. Here’s the much-Instagrammed Circus Lane:
Or a spot where you often see people queueing to take the exact same photo:
I feel weird pangs of nostalgia and frustration looking at North Bridge in Far Cry 5 not closed down by endless repairs—and the pavements not blocked by tourists walking three abreast dragging their luggage. I used to cross North Bridge a couple times a week and do miss it, but when I have to go now I am instantly annoyed.
Or why not a post-apocalyptic Parliament:
They do make loads of other real places, like the viaduct made famous by the movieSaving Christmas Spirit:
Loads of unreal places too:
It’s always interesting when someone takes a liking to a tool and repurposes to their own ends. Technically these areFar Crylevels, but they’re not being used as Far Cry levels, they’re little unrelated dioramas built in Ubisoft’s tools with Ubisoft’s assets. It’s quite good. And they’re good.
