I fondly recalled the head-to-head games I played with my brothers and neighbors as a younger buck, and the campaign mode that I never really got around to finishing. That was the case when I stumbled upon a decently scratched PlayStation 2 copy of Blitz: The League in a binder of old games (remember those!?). In lieu of getting stuck in a 35-minute three-person line at a local retailer loaded with pressure for additional warranty costs, many of us have spared ourselves of that agony by social distancing and revisiting old titles that we simply forgot we had lying around the house. Whether that’s flocking to “essentials” distributor GameStop and panic-buying whatever console they have left, or finally getting around to backlogged titles that we’ve had for ages, the impact that video games will have on us during this situation is momentous. As we all roll with the haymakers and below-the-belt shots that 2020 hurls at us, the adjustment to quarantined existence has either rekindled or laser-focused our love for video games.
