The allure of Animal Crossing? You get to play God | Rohit Thawani
The video game fulfills a yearning during lockdown – an escape into a perfect world
If you haven’t yet heard, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the best-selling video game of 2020. In the two months since its debut on the Nintendo Switch console, ACNH has sold over 13m copies and cemented itself as the game of the moment, and probably the entertainment title of the coronavirus era.
In Animal Crossing you’ll find pop culture coming to life in an alternate adorable reality. Elijah Wood and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are playing the game and visiting virtual fan islands. There’s a late-night talkshow, complete with studio set,
