No Man’s Sky, the survival-exploration game that first came out for the PC and the PlayStation in 2016, is full of beautiful planets. In every galaxy you can find thousands of vividly coloured paradises, directly inspired by mid-20th-century science-fiction book covers, with fat, backlit moons hanging heavily just over the horizon.
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This video game is no longer new but I love it
I play it every day and it feels like going outside
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For the past six months, Phoebe Bridgers’ music has been an indispensable balm to me in weathering the emotional toll of this cruel and exhaustingly prolonged year. And to think, I might have gone without that small yet essential comfort had it not been for a videogame.
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