{"id":22953,"date":"2026-05-04T16:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/the-rise-of-cosy-gaming-is-this-the-closest-many-young-people-will-get-to-home-ownership\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:37:15","slug":"the-rise-of-cosy-gaming-is-this-the-closest-many-young-people-will-get-to-home-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/the-rise-of-cosy-gaming-is-this-the-closest-many-young-people-will-get-to-home-ownership\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of cosy gaming: is this the closest many young people will get to home ownership?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than a quarter of 20- to 34-year-olds still live with their parents. No wonder they are escaping into virtual properties that they can decorate and furnish as they like<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Cosy gaming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> Has its origins in social simulation games such as Harvest Moon (1996) and The Sims (2000).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/may\/04\/the-rise-of-cosy-gaming-is-this-the-closest-many-young-people-will-get-to-home-ownership\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7492e9fa9610268fcc50b26d4dc314b81ae14b9c\/454_0_1350_1080\/master\/1350.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ed5345f986831c00a56b04556614d6db\" title=\"The rise of cosy gaming: is this the closest many young people will get to home ownership?\" \/>More than a quarter of 20- to 34-year-olds still live with their parents. No wonder they are escaping into virtual properties that they can decorate and furnish as they like<br \/>\nName: Cosy gaming.<br \/>\nAge: Has its origins in social simulation games such as Harvest Moon (1996) and The Sims (2000). Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a quarter of 20- to 34-year-olds still live with their parents. No wonder they are escaping into virtual properties that they can decorate and furnish as they like Name: Cosy gaming. Age: Has its origins in social simulation games such as Harvest Moon (1996) and The Sims (2000). Continue reading&#8230; More than a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/the-rise-of-cosy-gaming-is-this-the-closest-many-young-people-will-get-to-home-ownership\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The rise of cosy gaming: is this the closest many young people will get to home ownership?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22953"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}