Critical Nostalgia and the Utopian Impulse in UFO 50
Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media
Published online on April 10, 2025
Abstract
Games and Culture, Ahead of Print.
This article offers a political reading of Mossmouth'sUFO 50, a collection of 50 retro-style games that evoke the aesthetics and design principles of 1980s gaming. Drawing on Frederic Jameson's concepts of the ‘nostalgia mode’ and the ‘utopian impulse’, ...
This article offers a political reading of Mossmouth'sUFO 50, a collection of 50 retro-style games that evoke the aesthetics and design principles of 1980s gaming. Drawing on Frederic Jameson's concepts of the ‘nostalgia mode’ and the ‘utopian impulse’, ...