Pinball.lockdown.rar May 2026

: How screens became our primary interface for joy, frustration, and accomplishment when physical touch was removed.

: During the height of the 2020 lockdowns, Crosley finds herself trapped in a small New York apartment. To cope with the "rar" (a compressed, claustrophobic feeling) of quarantine, she turns to a digital pinball app on her phone. Pinball.Lockdown.rar

"Pinball.Lockdown.rar" appears to be the title of an essay or personal narrative by , originally published in The New York Review of Books (or featured in her collection Look Alive Out There ). : How screens became our primary interface for