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The Secret Lives In Animal Crossing
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Zonk
on Thu Apr 20, '06 03:44 PM
from the people-are-weird dept.
from the people-are-weird dept.
1up has an entertaining article visiting some Animal Crossing player towns, and commenting on what life is like in some far away places and personalities. From the article: "Friend No. 3 is a writer, which means that her normal brain functions bombed a long time ago. Regardless, I visited her town to observe what Animal Crossing brings to her surface. Things were off to a great start when No. 3 met me at the town gate and began watering me. Apparently, I 'needed nutrients.' She then bestowed an owl clock on me, though whether through generosity or as a part of my newly prescribed diet, I'm still not sure. The town was clean and well maintained. The glittering constellation of Runner 2046 AD was particularly awesome, but entering No. 3's mansion was like falling into an ocean of junk. " Jeremy Parish comments in his blog about why he enjoys seeing the article on the site.
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My Animal Crossing :)
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.hylobatidae.org/minerva/)
When I play
(Score:2, Funny)(http://wakkah.net/)
On the scottish server...
(Score:3)(http://agh2o.org/ | Last Journal: Tuesday September 19, @02:56PM)
I strut and fret my hours within the world
And then am heard no more: it is a game
designed by an idiot, full of towns and furries,
Signifying nothing.
Awww
(Score:2, Funny)She gets whacked with the bug net for such things.
This usually leads to other, more sensual things. Like bug catching. With sexy results.
review
(Score:2)My mom was addicted to this...
(Score:1)Before I knew it, she was barely getting to work on time, staying up late... all to play Animal Crossing. She wouldn't change the clock settings, instead molding her life around the game. This led to my wife getting involved, then it was all over... In-game events like fishing tournaments and aerobics parties became weird family gathering time where my mom and my wife would pass the controller around and participate. It was like those Indian pipe circles you see on TV, but with controllers...
Of course I got in on the action too... always ready to assert my superiority, I always played to pwn everyone at the fishing contests and catch all the bugs before they did. I even paid off my mortgage, though somehow my mom had several million dollars in the bank when we finally quit playing. Who knew what that game was capable of...
Re:speak english
(Score:1, Flamebait)seriously though, this story is such a load of pants no-one even wants to comment on it. why bother?
Re:speak english
(Score:5, Interesting)(http://westkarana.com/)
Most pieces on games spend half their time telling you why it rots, or in the case of MMOs, that's all they tell you. This article told of enjoyment playing a game, and what the game might say about its players.
Thumbs Up from me!