Meaning of feelie | Babel Free

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
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.

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?”

“One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include⟳ “feelies” and “smellies.””

“TikTok’s endless talent show⟳ is so captivating that members of the intelligence community fear China could use⟳ the platform to spy on Americans or to disseminate propaganda—feelies as a weapon of war.”

“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.”

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