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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]'' was released just as the lockdowns were hitting North America, with much of the fandom spending far more time in the game then they would have been able to otherwise. There were a number of social meetups held through the game, up to and including political campaigning. Much of the fandom content about the game originates from this time, including a budding [[Friendly Fandoms|Friendly Fandom]] with ''[[Doom (series)|DOOM]]''.
* In ''[[Hitman 3]]'', Carl Ingram, one of 47's targets in the Dubai level, makes mention of the pandemic. [https://kotaku.com/hitman-3-is-the-latest-game-to-acknowledge-covid-19-1846125441 This article by] [[Kotaku]] takes note of the apparent complacency of people in-game towards the pandemic, with next to no effort done towards social distancing and vaccination especially in levels such as Berlin and the aforementioned Dubai.
* ''[[Postal 4: No Regerts]]'' parodies COVID with the "Pigeona" virus, a pigeon spread disease with roughly similar symptoms. This is also why many pedestrians are masked - true to the game and its [[True Art Is Offensive]] roots, you can even use "Pigeon Mines" to attack people with clouds of disease-carrying pigeons.
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