Description

• Title:
  Looking for Cosy in All the Wrong Places. Cosiness and Tamed Sublime of "No Man’s Sky"
• Creator:
  Gnat, Tomasz
• Contributor:
  University of Silesia in Katowice;
  tomasz.gnat@us.edu.pl
• Description:
  In this article, I argue that some games may elicit cosy sentiments even if they are centred on a premise not usually associated with cosiness – for example the infinity of the universe. They do so not by a fluke, and cosy spaces in these games do not only appear as designated spaces apart. Evoking a cosy feeling is done by specific game mechanics or design choices, “taming” the sublime premise of the game discussed. The architecture and mechanics of this unexpected cosiness may offer a new look at the fringe cases of cosy aesthetics, perhaps broadening the understanding of this phenomenon.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2024.12.09;
  2024.11.29
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  Replay. The Polish Journal of Game Studies;1;
  12
• Subject:
  game studies;
  cosy;
  sublime;
  retrofuturism;
  spatial aesthetic
• Identifier:
  2391-8551;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/53935 ;
  2449-8394;
  10.18778/2391-8551.12.03
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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