the appeal of animal crossing

[hitchhiker]

The Nintendo game "Animal Crossing" is one of the world's most popular video games right now, mostly due to it being the perfect thing to lose yourself in during these anxious times. Here are some nice articles about it:

https://www.wired.com/story/unbearable-lightness-animal-crossing/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/arts/animal-crossing-covid-coronavirus-popularity-millennials.html

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/7/21210219/animal-crossing-new-horizons-twitch-streaming