August 2021
…the impression of parody while in practice reinforcing exploitative values. (Manual captions)
Videogame representations of ‘the natural world’ are the focal point for these next four essays. Maria highlights a bunch of games that indulge in the visual aesthetics of “cottagecore”, before arguing that Minecraft’s combination of survival gameplay, crop growing mechanics, and mods and texture packs, make it the ‘perfect’ cottagecore game. (Manual captions) DimeTree is enthusiastic for forests (and particularly The Great Outdoors
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