You may be asking: how can one video game help you escape the realities of COVID-19 and quarantine? Well as an avid 'simmer' myself, allow me to explain. This place, my friend, is the video game, Sims 4.Ī place where children and teenagers could go back to school in the fall, where young adults who applied for college could go off to university for their fall semester, where adults could enjoy their summer by the pool, go to their favorite restaurants, or hit the bowling alley with their family and friends, where elders could enjoy nature and take walks in their neighborhood parks. This world took me to a place with no COVID-19 and no quarantine, a world without masks or social distancing. However, a few days into quarantine, I remembered about an expansive world that awaited me on my laptop. Those first months of quarantine left me focused on finishing off my spring semester, But once my freshman year was over, I found myself with little to do and stuck in the house with my family.
It thrusted society into a new realm of virtual learning, remote working/interning, and reduced our access to activities.
COVID-19 and quarantine have ripped us from the grips of the world we were once accustomed to.
