Love bytes: how a video game is preparing my boyfriend and me for living together

From separate share-houses in lockdown we tackle shared finances, work-life balance and goal setting - in a farming simulation

I'm going to the mines!" says a voice through my laptop.

It's my partner, Joel - albeit a pixelated version of him. I see him move swiftly out of the screen as I go back to my task of chopping down an oak tree, searching for wood and sap.