6/29/2023 0 Comments Latest version animal crossingI'll post reviews for both big AAA releases and indie games, showcase interesting people in the gaming industry, and dig into the ways we play. So this is the beginning of a new, biweekly column called Join the Game, where I will talk about (can you guess?) video games and gaming culture from the perspective of a lifelong gamer and former gaming YouTuber. A lot of our normal coping mechanisms are cut off - but video games can bring us joy, escape, and connection. But right now, a lot of us are stuck indoors, scared and uncertain about the future. It might seem like a strange time to be talking about video games. I went home and begged my parents for the game. That was my first encounter with Nintendo's Animal Crossing. He was playing a game - piloting a cute little character through a bubbly, dreamy cartoon town filled with randomly selected animal villagers, flowers and fruit trees (that occasionally yielded money bags). It was 2003, and I was in the second grade. I remember, I was sitting on the floor of my friend's bedroom, staring up at his tiny silver box of a TV. The multiplayer function in Animal Crossing: New Horizons means up to eight people can be on the same island.
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