Backlog Quick Takes By Gavin Craig • May 17th, 2018 Gavin reveals a perhaps troubling obsession with mobile games in a short survey of what he’s been playing lately.
Pocket Camp: An Exercise in Capitalist Banality By Khee Hoon Chan • December 7th, 2017 And if you’re a bourgeoisie Whale—what videogame companies call their biggest spenders who are willing to drop at least $100 per month on freemium games—well, you’ve exactly the corporate wet dream Nintendo wants to hook in.
Trading Cards with a Fierce Bite By Jose Cardoso • February 24th, 2017 “The [amiibo card] system feels like DLC schemes used in the mobile environment.”
Animal Crossing is a Cracked Mirror By Steven Messner • September 3rd, 2015 “Cinders became more than a village. It was a canvas for Brittany and I to paint on together.” Steven Messner and his wife escape with Animal Crossing.
How Videogames Taught Me to Travel By Michael Fraiman • August 19th, 2013 Michael Fraiman credits his love of travel to his journeys through digital lands.
Giving Back By Jane Riley • July 15th, 2013 Jane Riley argues the constructive points of Animal Crossing‘s idyllic, community-driven experience.
From the Journal of an Accidental Mayor: Day 24 By Jacob Siegal • June 28th, 2013 Jacob Siegal uncovers the surreal horror of being a public servant in Animal Crossing.
