A luxurious home is known as a mansion . It is a sumptuous construction that usually has a large number of rooms and various ostentatious details.
For example: “The singer bought a new mansion in Miami, where he plans to spend part of the year with his wife and children,” “I don't know who owns the mansion that is in front of the square,” “We feel like "Moving to a bigger house: we don't want a mansion, but we do want something that is more comfortable for us."
A mansion is arguably more pompous than a conventional house, although less so than a palace . These are usually buildings that are located in exclusive neighborhoods or in areas far from the city center.
There are mansions of multiple architectural styles and decorated in different ways. They generally have two floors and a garden in the front area, and they often have a swimming pool, garage and other infrastructure.
For people from the working classes, the concept of a mansion is usually part of a fantasy of purchasing power that motivates them to continue striving to one day lead comfortable lives. Movie and music stars, on the other hand, usually rent or buy this type of home quite normally, even though they do not always need as much space. This is one of the many features of the imbalance that characterizes our species.
The Playboy Mansion is one of the most famous in the world. This building , located in Los Angeles , was the home of Hugh Hefner , the founder and owner of the adult magazine “Playboy” . With twenty-two rooms, a games room, wine cellar, tennis courts, pool area, a waterfall and even a zoo, it housed the great parties organized by Hefner , now deceased.
Haunted mansions , on the other hand, are a common topic in the field of fiction. There are urban legends surrounding large abandoned or deteriorated houses about the supposed presence of spirits in them. Starting from this belief, many horror novels, stories and films have been developed.
In this context we can mention Luigi 's Mansion , a well-known series of video games published by the Japanese company Nintendo. The first title went on sale at the end of 2001, along with the launch of the console called GameCube . The story of the game is quite simple: Mario, Luigi's brother, has not shown any signs of life for a few days after having entered a mansion that the latter believes he has won in a contest; Luigi decides to go rescue his brother, and thus begins a night of ghost hunting that he will never forget.
The mansion that Luigi must tour has three floors, a basement and a roof . As soon as he arrives, he meets a mysterious and peculiar scientist who introduces himself as Professor E. Gadd, who gives him a modified vacuum cleaner to capture ghosts and teaches him different techniques that will be very useful. Throughout the adventure, increasingly challenging enemies appear, although the game never becomes horror, but rather a kind of satire of this genre.
The second title in the series takes us to visit not one but five mansions, each one with a very different design from the rest. It was released for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console, and the pace of the adventure is very different from the first, as it is tailored to short sessions of play. The third is set in a haunted hotel, where each floor is practically a different world. It is available for the Nintendo Switch console.