Animal Crossing teaches us about loneliness and community

Any other playing feeling lonely? I don't have any friend irl on acnh, this community is amazing and I feel I'm missing out! Let me know if you want to be friends!

Frontiers New Social Horizons: Anxiety, Isolation, and Animal Crossing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

I don't play Animal Crossing: New Horizons anymore, but it still does one thing for me every year that no other game can

Meet Nintendo develop Katsuya Eguchi who created Animal Crossing after being inspired by the loneliness of moving to a new city, making it the perfect social distancing companion

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Animal Crossing, the Pandemic, and How to Cope With Loneliness, by Amy Rose, thehhmheartbeat

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