The Coronavirus lockdown feels like one long, extended vacation, and not necessarily in a good way all the time. After all, normally during a vacation I wouldn’t be staying home all day, worrying about wearing a mask every time I step out of the house, and sanitising every package I receive like a paranoid person. Alas, that’s where we are these days. No going out further than is absolutely necessary, and definitely no traveling.

But then I stumbled upon a video showing some glitches in Zelda, and how to exploit them to essentially give yourself more things to work with. See, BoTW is a lot like life. You don’t get an excess of any resource, and when you do, you have to work quite hard to get them. There are also no cheat codes to get an unlimited amount of arrows or hearts or anything else, really. What’s more, even the weapons you do collect, break quite frequently. Glitches however, offer some fun ways to pass the time.

I’m still nowhere close to finishing Legend of Zelda. I have only unlocked two of the four Divine Beasts that I need before I can take the fight to big bad guy Ganon. But I’m in no hurry. Because walking, horse-riding, swimming, or even gliding around this map is just so much fun, I would rather do that instead. Plus, who doesn’t like foraging in the woods for random mushrooms that give you extra defence, or that particular blue bunny that I am yet to catch even once? All the mushrooms are legal here, and they are all magic