In 2021, play became a way to think about life
If 2020 was the year we bonded via play — stuck at home we strengthened friendships and relationships over our "Animal Crossing" islands or "Among Us" bouts — 2021 is the year that play began to feel like a way of life.
Games gave us an opportunity to not just communicate but shape how we approach our experiences. After two years of collective stress, loss and grief, not to mention a still-divisive political climate, I've come to think of play as crucial to simply getting through the day.
Everywhere we look there are — or can be — games.
What is a couch if not a vessel to build a fort? And what is the metaverse if not the acknowledgment that our lives are increasingly online
