Even though more than 76 percent of Americans play video games, becoming a gamer can seem like a difficult challenge. The range of consoles, peripherals and titles can be feel like an insurmountable obstacle to figuring out just where to begin.
But despite how steep the learning curve may appear (and how many buttons are on the newer controllers), gaming is actually easier to get into today more than ever. Developers are keen on expanding their audience, and many deliberately design games to make them more accessible to new players. Moreover, the wide range of titles means there's pretty much a fun game for everyone.
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Best beginner-friendly video games for your coronavirus quarantine
For better or for worse, social distancing because of coronavirus is turning a lot of you into gamers.
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Basically anyone can enjoy the many fantastic games on this list, even if you barely know how to hold a controller. They're able to be played on a variety of platforms that you very likely already own. Our exhaustive guide into gaming for beginners also spans many genres and interests, so there's something for everyone.
What it is : Listen, I know we all need togetherness, loving thy neighbor and all that to beat this thing. But there's also a lot of reasons to feel angry about what's happening. Untitled Goose Game simply and brilliantly allows you to be a goose with one goal: wreak utter havoc upon an innocent neighborhood . We sorely need the petty satisfaction of the game's now-iconic HONK button more than ever before.
The 34 video games you should be playing to get through the quarantine
From the look of things right now, we’re all going to be confined to our houses for a long, long time.
We’re going to need things to do while we’re stuck at home. One of the things people have started to turn to is gaming — as evidenced by the Animal Crossing craze taking over the internet .
This is a whole new world for some of you. You’re not used to staying in the house, sitting on the couch and picking up the sticks. You have no idea what to do and no idea what to play.
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From my coronavirus quarantine, a love letter to video games - Los Angeles Times
My favorite childhood bedtime stories were not "Charlotte's Web" or "The Hobbit." No, my most treasured nighttime texts were "King's Quest" and "The Secret of Monkey Island."
Guybrush Threepwood, the hero of "Monkey Island," would never be mistaken for a creation of Robert Louis Stevenson, but he was perhaps the first pirate to come equipped with a rubber chicken — a rubber chicken that could be used with an aerial cable as a sort of makeshift zip line. It was an early lesson in looking at every object that surrounds us as an item of potential discovery.
Impact of COVID-19 on consumer spending: Booze buying and video games are up; travel, lodging
A Portland, Ore.-area firm with data on tens of millions of credit and debit card transactions flowing into its system each day published a new report this week that reveals a glimpse of how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing U.S. consumer spending.
Spending on beer, wine and liquor rose 60% the week of March 16 over the same week in 2019. In Washington, the average transaction size at Costco was up 16% across all demographics and 35% among baby boomers as the outbreak intensified during the week of March 9.
A brief guide to writing for video games | GamesIndustry.biz
The panellists all had different paths into the industry, illustrating the many possible options when trying to become a games writer. Rhianna Pratchett and Ed Fear both came from a journalism background.
"I [then] literally went to companies whose games I liked and said: 'Hey, I'm doing this now, do you have any work for me?' I did everything I could to get a little bit of experience, a little bit of credit, and that worked really well."
Fear explained that journalism is a good way to train as a writer, because it forces you to write regularly and consistently.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the virtual escape we need right now - Vox
I've been spending a lot of time on an island lately — fishing, catching bugs, building furniture, doing some amateur interior decorating. My neighbors are a family of raccoons, a monkey, a lion, and a horse; sometimes they're a little needy, asking me to fetch them some fruit from around the island. But sometimes we simply wave to each other while we walk among the nearby pear trees, and then continue on our own paths.
Most of all, the game is pure happiness. New Horizons is the newest entry in the larger Animal Crossing franchise, which launched in 2002; 18 years and many advances in technology later, each edition is still defined by the core values of wholesomeness, creativity, and delight.
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