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Hi. Great article! In my time exploring the backroom lands of Noclip, I've also come across a few scenes with an odd feel:

These are from my Virtual Photography collection: https://robert-what.itch.io/alternative-videogame-screenshot-art-exhibit

While I wouldn't label them as exactly 'liminal', they are often 'off map' - hidden from ordinary gaming view. Whether this is enough to say they form an #AESTHETIC is hard to say:

I do agree however there's often an intense, often ghostly loneliness in these fragmented digital nowheres. Here are some of my fave strange non-spaces:

https://umbrella-isle.itch.io/222am
https://connor-sherlock.itch.io/sanctuary
https://nonoise.itch.io/abyssalsomewhere
https://amon26.itch.io/phobolis
https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/anatomy
https://sodaraptor.itch.io/hypnagogia-boundless-dreams