Grief can hit you anywhere, even during a relaxing Animal Crossing session.
Grief can hit you anywhere, even during a relaxing Animal Crossing session.
by Andrew WebsterAug 28, 2025, 2:00 PM UTCAndrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.
One of the most devastating parts of grief is how it can strike out of nowhere. There you are, doing a perfectly normal, everyday thing, and then that perfectly normal, everyday thing reminds you of something or someone who is no longer there.
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