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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