Opinion | Ani Bundel: 'The game has taken a homebound nation by storm, thanks to an accidentally perfectly timed arrival and a soothing all-ages scenario.' - NBCNewsTHINK
Not that the game is completely free of violence – wasp nests fall out of trees and attack you for disturbing their home, tarantulas will openly rear back and charge you if you pull out a net within their line of sight. But “Animal Crossing” is a world where there is no run on medicines that heal you, or lack of food to eat. In that, it is a safe retreat from the current reality we all face.
In this time of social distancing, it turns out that a trip to a calming island, where there are no demands on your time other than building a few houses and planting some trees in a virtual paradise is exactly what many of us need. And the arrival couldn’t have been timed more perfectly, arriving amid shelter-in-place orders in states around the U.S.
On March 21, an attempt to buy a Switch here in the Washington, D.C., area failed, with Amazon sold out and most stores claiming not to have them in stock within a 250-mile radius. Only Best Buy had any, and a manager claimed even these had sold out online within minutes. Buyer demand like that isn’t new, but it’s usually tied to hyped new releases or frantic holiday shopping.
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