insert_link Tech Made Simple Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ 2.0 update is now Live A big (and FREE) update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now available for the Nintendo Switch life simulation game. The update was originally scheduled for release last Friday, November 5, alongside a substantial paid add-on called Happy Home Paradise, which will introduce all-new activities and items to New Horizons, Nintendo decided to make it available for download earlier to give fans an early Christmas present. But the point is, Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ […] todayNovember 8, 2021
insert_link Tech Made Simple There’s now an official Biden HQ in Animal Crossing with poll booths, ice cream, and “no malarkey” With only 2 weeks left until the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s campaign has just launched a virtual field office for voters to visit in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. “We are continuing to reach out to voters across the country wherever they are — including on Animal Crossing,” Christian Tom, director of digital partnerships for the Biden-Harris campaign, told The Verge in a statement. “We are launching Biden HQ, an entire island […] todayOctober 19, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Halloween is coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons Animal Crossing’s next big update will help make your island a little spookier. Today, Nintendo detailed New Horizon’s Halloween-themed fall update, which adds a few new features to the game, including the option to grow pumpkins (which can then be harvested and used for DIY projects) and the ability to collect candy for the big day and purchase new costumes. And since most of us won’t be able to actually go […] todayOctober 1, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple In the age of Coronavirus, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing is a Viral Phenomenon Animal Crossing has recently gone what, in a less awful time, we might have called viral. Released on Friday, March 20, after weeks of fans clamoring unsuccessfully for an early release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold a record-shattering 1.88 million physical copies in Japan in its opening weekend, the biggest-ever launch for a title on the Nintendo Switch console. Stateside, it has become a genuine crossover phenomenon: social media-clogging fan […] todayMay 14, 2020
insert_link Fashion Now the fashion world is getting in on the Animal Crossing: New Horizons action Animal Crossing: New Horizons has, largely by virtue of being exactly the right form of escapism at exactly the right time, become something of a cultural phenomenon as players use it to live out some semblance of a surrogate existence during lockdown. It's been used to build capitalist empires, to host weddings, birthdays, romantic dinners, even protests. And as it's gone mainstream, everyone wants in on the action: be they […] todayMay 14, 2020
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