Inside ‘Animal Crossing’ Composer Kazumi Totaka's Meticulous Process

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What do Chrissy Teigen, Mark Hoppus and Brie Larson have in common? They’re all obsessed with Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the hit Nintendo Switch game that won millions of hearts just in time for this months-long quarantine.

For those unfamiliar, New Horizons is a game of tasks: fishing, catching bugs, furniture-arranging and playing the stalk market (yes, you can get rich off turnips).

It’s not merely a relaxing escape from these tough times, but a place where you can express your identity and creativity with a virtual island as a canvas.

And in a period where it’s impossible or inadvisable to attend a concert or fly on a plane, Animal Crossing lets you enjoy those freedoms.