Post by Banjo on May 7, 2018 13:16:53 GMT
I started this years ago but visiting these forums to check some old posts reminded me of it, so I finished it up today.
This is my attempt to chart the journey the player undertakes in the first Freeway Warrior book (Highway Holocaust) using Google Maps. As a non-American, it was sometimes frustrating to pinpoint some of the landmarks and locations mentioned in the book, especially as some things have surely changed since the 80's when the book was written/researched, but it was a lot of fun for me to follow DC1's route using Google's Street View and see the actual locations and cities along the way, and imagine what it would be like in a post-apocalyptic future.
Freeway Warrior - Highway Holocaust (custom Google Map)
I've never posted one of these before, so I hope it shows up and can be viewed by everyone okay. Let me know if not, and please feel free to give your comments (including those who actually live in Texas who might find a mistake I've made).
PS It's a pipe dream of mine to someday go to the US and do this as a road trip for real!
PPS Looking at that map now, am I the only FW fan that wants a "prequel" adventure of Cal and his family traveling from the mine in Austin to Pop Ewell's ranch? It's rather tempting to write one as a "mini-gamebook"!
This is my attempt to chart the journey the player undertakes in the first Freeway Warrior book (Highway Holocaust) using Google Maps. As a non-American, it was sometimes frustrating to pinpoint some of the landmarks and locations mentioned in the book, especially as some things have surely changed since the 80's when the book was written/researched, but it was a lot of fun for me to follow DC1's route using Google's Street View and see the actual locations and cities along the way, and imagine what it would be like in a post-apocalyptic future.
Freeway Warrior - Highway Holocaust (custom Google Map)
I've never posted one of these before, so I hope it shows up and can be viewed by everyone okay. Let me know if not, and please feel free to give your comments (including those who actually live in Texas who might find a mistake I've made).
PS It's a pipe dream of mine to someday go to the US and do this as a road trip for real!
PPS Looking at that map now, am I the only FW fan that wants a "prequel" adventure of Cal and his family traveling from the mine in Austin to Pop Ewell's ranch? It's rather tempting to write one as a "mini-gamebook"!
