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Sand Off the Edges and You Lose the Grain: Let's Retire 'Cozy' as a Genre
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Sand Off the Edges and You Lose the Grain: Let's Retire 'Cozy' as a Genre

The word 'cozy' has become the default bin for anything small and hand-drawn, and it is quietly flattening the weirdest, most confrontational work in indie games. A manifesto for roughness, formal strangeness, and glare.