Feelie
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A proposed future entertainment, akin to a film/movie, where the audience can physically feel what happens to the characters. in-plural, often
"Seven and a half hours of mild, unexhausting labour, and then the soma ration and games and unrestricted copulation and the feelies. What more can they ask for?"
- 2 An additional physical item packaged with a game (usually interactive fiction) to immerse the player in the game world and provide hints to solving the game.
"The company also gained fame for its inclusion of “feelies,” small tangible items directly related to the game. The feelies for Infocom's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984), for example, included papers representing “Destruction Orders for Your Home and Planet,” an empty bag representing “Microscopic Space Fleet,” and a “Don't Panic” button, among other items."
Example
More examples"Seven and a half hours of mild, unexhausting labour, and then the soma ration and games and unrestricted copulation and the feelies. What more can they ask for?"
Etymology
From feel + -ie. In the video game sense, introduced by the game publisher Infocom in the 1980s.
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