Surviving the Zoombie apocalypse: wellbeing for gamers in a pandemic

The whole world has gone a little bit 'Division', hasn't it? A little bit 'Left for Dead' and 'Far cry-ey'? We're not all facing it in quite the same way, but Covid-19 has made its presence felt around the globe, and although 2020 hasn't yet thrown actual zombies at us (my friends are running a sweepstake on the rest of the year's plot twists, and I am all in on 'aliens before Chrimbo'), we have our own flavour of apocalypse to contend with.

As gaming devotees who visit dangerous places and face cataclysmic events on a daily, we're in many ways better equipped than most for this unfolding world. Still, the effects of this pandemic are continuing longer than we'd hoped for and our minds are either screaming 'Get out and party!' or 'Stay inside. Preferably under this table'.

It's not just the outside world that's changing quicker than your nephew's Minecraft server. The habits and daily routines that defined normal life for many of us are all over the place. I know I've definitely found challenges in keeping an even keel.

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