My interview with Brie Larson starts with a plane ride to an island—her virtual one on Nintendo Switch’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
On the ride over, we talk on the phone about fruit—our town fruit, specifically. She has pears; I have cherries, which sell for higher on her island than mine."Cherries?
Wait, are you bringing some? I want cherries!" she exclaims."Oh my god, no! I would have grabbed you one. Now I'm flying," I say, immediately filled with low-stakes regret.Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out on Friday, with reviewers lauding it as a much-needed form of escapism and stress relief as much of the world quarantines amid the coronavirus pandemic.