Quest for Cozy: Falling in & out of love with video games
What first drew you to video games?
This one started out as an attempt to delineate my tastes before life events mid-draft steered it into a more introspective place. I break down my criteria for a cozy experience, how games (dis)respect your time, and why I've found myself drifting away from the hobby in the past few years. This is not a "games are bad now" take, but rather an "I'm old and think I need something else" assessment.
00:00 - Intro / Defining Cozy
04:54 - Maintaining the Balance
11:56 - Rejecting the Epic
17:25 - The Economy of Time
21:24 - Stimulation over Simulation
24:37 - This must be the place
28:53 - Conclusion
Sources
In order of usage:
・ Documentary of Alliance Alive #4 | Scenario writer Yoshitaka Murayama (Japanese)
• RPG好き必見『アライアンス・アライブ』開発ドキュメンタリー #4 群像劇シナリオが...
・ Shmuplations: Dragon Quest III - 1988 Roundtable Interview
https://shmuplations.com/dq3roundtable/
・ December 2, 2024 Bloomington City Council Meeting
• December 2, 2024 Bloomington City Council ...
・ “Space Pilot 3000” Futurama, Season 1 Episode 1, Fox, 1999
・ “New Kid on the Block” The Simpsons, Season 4, Episode 8, Fox, 1992
・ “The Frogger” Seinfeld, Season 9 Episode 18, NBC, 1998
・ Galloping Ghost Arcade footage courtesy of Adam Pasion
/ @ferretsensei
・ With Gourley & Rust
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
・ Movie review: Roger Ebert, “Unforgiven,” RogerEbert.com, July 21, 2002
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gr...
・ Some Satisfactory footage taken from official trailer.
・ All other game footage recorded locally.
Music
"Cipher", "Fig Leaf Times Two", "George Street Shuffle", "Who Likes to Party"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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