Games getting us through COVID-19—blocks, roguelites, whatever Death Stranding is
Like much of the world, we took have a love/hate relationship with Tom Nook at this point..
While it's hard to see much upside in our current COVID-19 pandemic, there's at least one group for whom maybe quarantine life isn't all that bad-gamers. Maybe you finally have the time (and nothing else to do) to work your way through some 100-hour plus campaign or to retrieve every star in Mario 64. Or, as someone with a partner/roommate/kid, maybe you suddenly never get a chance to game by yourself and have newly been embracing the joys of co-op and multiplayer more than you ever imagined. (Alternatively, maybe you're sticking to whatever handheld isolation you can find instead under such circumstance.) Heck, maybe you're just so bored you decided to finally torture yourself through Dwarf Fortress' initial learning curve.
No matter how you slice it, video games have been one of the most reliable forms of at-home entertainment in both the best of times and the worst of times. So although sheltering-in-place has altered many aspects of life in unquestionably negative ways, around Ars we've stumbled into some gaming silver linings over the last month-plus. Here's what's been keeping our thumbs active in these quartan-times when the work keyboards have retired for the day.
Srsly, how can you say no?
Transporting back to 1994My name is Nathan, I'm one of the fools who waffled on acquiring a Switch and now lacks any modern gaming device mid-quarantine. I've forever been a console player, and over the years as consoles gained connectivity they've become one of the easiest ways to regularly connect with my younger siblings. But here we are. I guess we'll have to... talk? Scattergories works over video chat, at least.
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