If we superimpose a map of Ireland onto Skyrim’s map, Riften becomes Cork, the home of Franciscan Well ales and possibly the county in which Sir Walter Raleigh planted Ireland’s first potato ...

Gaming cartography: 24 beautiful gaming maps. Jeff Grubb @jeffgrubb. ... That includes mulitplayer stages from various Call of Duty games as well as towns from single-player adventures like Skyrim.

We take a top-down look at the complex maps from some of gaming's biggest releases.