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Head Back To Hyrule: When This World Is Uncertain, Return To Game Worlds That Aren't

Troubling times can lead you back to wander the hills and valleys of vast videogame worlds you've already beaten — or abandoned.
You could fight enemies and go on quests in <em>Zelda: Breath of the Wild</em> — or you could just explore the vast and comforting world of Hyrule.

When it comes to videogames, I'm no bitter-ender.

If anything, I'm a dilettante. I've played many games with gusto for hours upon hours, to near-completion, only to get distracted by something — work, husband, dog, whatever — that keeps me away from them for a few days. By the time I pick up the controller again, everything about the game in question — my location, my objectives, whatever the hell the L3 button does — has been wiped from memory. I'm a babe in the virtual woods, but my opponents don't know that. They know only that I'm at a relatively high level, that I've unlocked most of the map, and I've secured myself the good armor. They come at me with

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