I was in school so when that was put on hold I essentially played video games like it was a job. I remember vividly playing Grand Theft Auto IV in one sitting for the Liberty City Minute achievement and I’m pretty sure I played through Master Chief Collection.

Do you look back on any aspects of it nostalgically?

  • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    One thing I miss is the flood of people producing games. A lot of them were lewd Ren’py games but I feel like itch.io had a lot of gems around that time.

    I’m trying to think of developers that started during COVID and really took after that but I’m drawing a blank.

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    I mostly worked from home, and this allowed me to spend more time and bond more closely with my two young boys, and I also improved my cooking skills.

    For me, the pandemic was a catalyst to improve my life.

      • m-p{3}@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I didn’t go with really difficult recipes, so I can’t really say. I know I do enjoy it more than before so that’s a win.

  • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    9 months ago

    I kept going to work at a so-called “essential” job until they laid me off, and spent the rest of it with my amazing spouse. It turns out we are one of those couples who genuinely enjoy being together 24/7 while the world outside goes to shit.

    • other_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Same hat. Now on the rare occasion my husband has to go somewhere for his job, I’m like “Damn the apartment’s so empty.”

  • HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    Essential worker but not in the way you think, still had a lot of free time. We have a three year old now. Child of the Quarn born in December 2020.

  • Lenny@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Animal crossing, gardening, zoom happy hours, ukulele. I work from home anyway so it was life as usual in my career, I just picked up way more hobbies.

  • Lemonparty@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    I got married, then got fat, then got sick of being fat and got unfat, then got married again. Two anniversaries wooooooo!

  • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    I kept working from home like I did before and after and kept wishing I had more time to do all the cool shit some other folks got to do.

  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    Work, and watch some clients die (especially old, rude and stubborn ones).

    iT iS noThinG, THe GoVernMent mAdE tHis uP.

  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    I didn’t experience any quarantines. I only read about them happening in other countries in the news. I kept going to work normally like all the other people I work with. Wearing a mask and washing my hands a bit more freguently was pretty much the only thing covid changed in my life at the time.

    • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Do you mind me asking what country that is? God the lockdowns were brutal but our health service was put under tremendous strain each time there was a spike so everyone just ate it.

      I think the collective mental health of the country took a serious hit as a result though.

  • SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.ukEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Worked mainly. Me and my partner both worked alternative shifts at a supermarket. We also parented a toddler who turned two just as COVID hit.

    So yeah. Great fun. Constant risk of bringing home COVID, no time to see each other and a toddler who was suddenly told she wasn’t even allowed to go to a park or spend time with people outside our own bubble.

  • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    The week evening shut down:

    Finished a vacation and was about to start a new job and then told not to come in for a while. They eventually mailed me a laptop but got like two weeks being paid to do nothing.

    Matched with some lady on a dating app and were planning to meet but had to switch to a virtual date. We’re married now.