Re: It's cozy gaming season! Video game updates you may have missed, including Stardew Valley

On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 18:24:05 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

No Man's Sky (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox X/S, PC)

Of all these, "No Man's Sky" seems to least fit the concept of "cozy"
gaming. I mean, can it really be a 'cozy' game when a) its environs
span an entire galaxy, and b) it has combat in it? Sure, the combat
may not be the focus of the game, but whatever you may call a place
where there are aliens out to eat me, 'cozy' is not the word to use.

Then again, it's old-media and they've never really had a good grasp
of what video games are. The article smacks of being one part, "hey
look, we're talking video games, we're still relevant" and one part
advertorial for the aforementioned games. Then again, it's "USA
Today", one of the more fatuous examples of American media.


But that aside... ;-)



I never really cared for so-called 'cozy' games; Stardew Valley,
Harvest Moon, and the rest. I've no problem with them and obviously
they fill the need of a certain segment of the gaming audience, so its
great that they exist, but I'm personally bored to tears by that
genre. I guess that's how other people look at my "Truck Simulator"
addiction. ;-)

Still, I'm fairly certain there are some fans of the genre in this
newsgroup, so reading up on those updates is probably a welcome change
from our usual talk about insects and NFTs.