Truly, I'm just as surprised as you to find myself returning to a recurring blog topic, but here we are. We'll head straight to the question, "If you haven't played a ton of Animal Crossing, have you even Quarantined?" I answer with a resounding, "Yes!" I have played so much Animal Crossing.
I even tried to come up to lyrics to the K.K. Slider hit, "Steep Hill," but worry not, I had no success. It is my favorite song of his. What? Like I'm the only one to attempt to pen lyrics to a song by a video game cartoon dog? Next you're going to find something wrong with me for admitting to having teared up a bit on a Saturday night as he sang it.
Animal Crossing New Horizons is a great game for Quarantimes. It is gentle, it follows along with the hours of the day and seasons of the year. It is not a game of winning or losing. You can play for hours on end, fishing, swimming netting bugs, designing, decorating, building, shopping, and interacting with a range of animal characters. Your island is a wonderful home you can transform in countless ways.
You can connect with others near and far. Many people in the family played, some of us much more than others (ahem, me, Mom). We occasionally traveled to each others' islands. We sent in-game gifts and notes. It gave us something to talk about when nothing else was happening.
Besides playing with family, I played with strangers (and one time talked on the phone with a niece and brought her along on a memorable journey to randos' islands). I traveled via Dodocode to see the amazing way people designed, to experience the seasons on the opposite hemisphere, and to buy and sell turnips.
While I'm playing far less than I used to, I don't know that I'll ever stop, and it will probably forever hold a special place in my heart and memories.
How about you? Have you played Animal Crossing for fun and for coping with a global pandemic? What's your favorite K.K. Slider song?
