USING A
VIDEO GAME FOR A MEMORY PALACE
I was
searching around online and found an interesting blog post called Mnemotechnics
And Ultima Underworld II. (The author’s blog is here.)
The author
of the blog post uses a video game to store some of his personal memories:
You knew
this from the beginning but my keep is no physical palace. It’s a Memory
Palace, a mental construct used before computers or even printing. Mine is
based on the first floor of Lord British’s castle from Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth
of Worlds, a game that was the peak of the Western RPG before Morrowind. In
UUII, you play the Avatar, a hero trapped in a castle whilst an enemy invades
his world, and who must explore the maze of the basements to find the way out. Consider
this, then, a retrospective about the sadly-defunct Ultima series, a discussion
of an archaic psychological technique used by mystics since the dawn of time
but curiously in abeyance during the modern era, and a pyx about the potential
for the things we call games to become more than the structural limitations of
engine design.
One of the
most interesting items for me is in the comments: using a level editor to
create memory journeys. Has anyone tried creating custom memory journeys using
a video game level editor?
I’ve never
played UUII, but I did play Ultima IV many years ago. It was very primitive by
today’s standards but highly enjoyable back then.
I’m still
on the road at the moment, but will be posting regularly again once I get back
to California.
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