I bought a Switch 2 in the middle of 2025 (my previous games console was, and I keep having to double-check this, the original NES), and finally picked up No Man’s Sky, a mere decade after it launched, looking for a chill space-themed exploration sandbox.
Every time I dip into this thing it accidentally generates cover art for never-written sci-fi novels that teenage me would have devoured.
Must try to dust-off the writing pen in the new year.
A little space doodad flies far above the surface of a gas giant, over dramatic rivers of red and brown clouds.The same little space doodad flies very much below the surface of a gas giant, a hazy electric-blue storm of lightning and rocks.The little space doodad is parked just above the surface of a planet with visible water, vegetation and misty hills below. Winged somethings have come over to play.A shot from just outside the space doodad looking through to the cockpit, showing a very ’79-era-Alien aesthetic interior with industrial white walls and blinking lights.
