TITLE
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a time capsule full of 2020 anxiety
AUTHOR
Giovanni Colantonio
PUBLICATION
Polygon
YEAR
2026
ARTICLE TYPE
Article
FROM THE ARTICLE
“What in the world was I thinking when I did this?”If you’ve ever returned to a game like The Sims 4 or Stardew Valley after putting it down for a long time, you’ve probably found yourself asking a question like this at least once. Maybe you stopped playing Cities: Skyline in the middle of a convoluted construction project and returned to it with no memory of what you were thinking. Maybe you seriously messed up your Minecraft server as a kid and left the world in a state of chaos. Only you can solve the mystery of your own brain.
Ahead of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ big 3.0 update, which launched on Wednesday, I fired up my save file for the first time in over four years, and my “What have I done?” moment came fast. I started by reacquainting myself with my quaint island, patting myself on the back for making such cute yards for all my villagers. I caught up with a few familiar faces who were still in town living their lives. Everything was just as I remembered it.
And then I stepped into my house’s basement.
GAMES MENTIONED
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
TOPICS MENTIONED
COVID-19
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