Animal Crossing Horizons - Noah Wardrip-Fruin

A Moving, Personal Exploration Of What We Looked For, And Found, In The Gaming Sensation Animal Crossing During And After The Pandemianimal Crossing: Horizons Was Released On March 20, 2020just As A Pandemic Kept Many From Family, Work, Restaurants, And The Rest Of Their Regularly Scheduled Lives. At Its Height, The Game Averaged One Million Copies Sold Per Day, As Players Sought Comfort, Escape, And A Virtual Means Of Connection. In This Book, Game Scholar Noah Wardrip-fruin, Isolated With His Family By Both Lockdown And Disability, Explores The Power Of This Game And The Mixed Emotions Of A Player And A Parent Trying To Make It From One Day To The Nextwhile His Kids Obsession With Animal Crossing Creates Conflicts Between Them And Pushback Against Family Rules.