It has been said before and will be said again (and again), but 2020 has been a chaotic year for pretty much everyone. Some of the main themes of the year has been uncertainty, instability and sudden, drastic change. Right as the first wave of lockdowns and global fear about COVID-19 was starting to rise, Nintendo released Animal Crossing New Horizons to the public after teasing it for years. In this essay, I want to cover what I like about the game and how that made my experience in lockdown eas