Oh God, I'm an Introvert in Animal Crossing, Too?

I’m still picking away at Animal Crossing: New Horizons every so often. I’m not, nor will I ever, aim to be a person who can utilize all the game’s tools to create things as elaborate as...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fake Art Guide - How to Spot Fake Art

The world of fine art has arrived in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Part of the latest update, players can buy and donate pieces of art purchased from a new vendor, Redd. However, unlocking t...

8 Path Borders for Your Default Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island Paths

There are a ton of custom paths created by the Animal Crossing: New Horizons community. The problem is you’re limited in the number of designs you can have at any given time. Because of this,...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Trees Guide - All Tree & Wood Types, Bamboo Tree Info

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, every day is Arbor Day. Trees are vital to the economy and life of your island, so it’s important to get to know their inner workings. How do they work? What’s...

I Reunited with My Best Friend in Animal Crossing: New Horizons After 15 Years

“If you take good care of them, flowers reward you with blooms,” tells me Olive on the first day after she moves into my island. “They can’t talk to us in words, but I feel like our hearts can commune...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nook's Cranny Guide - How to Get Nook's Cranny

Great news, villagers! Animal Crossing is back! With Animal Crossing: New Horizons it’s time, once again, to gather materials, build your house, and learn the ins and...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Has Better LGBT Representation than the MCU

Some might not agree, but I personally think it’s a fairly lukewarm take: Animal Crossing: New Horizons seems to have better LGBT representation than the Marvel Cinematic Universe thus far.

Gamestop Cancelling Midnight Launch Events Indefinitely

It seems that even the capitalists on the bridge of the S.S. Gamestop are willing to concede the dangers of cramming 50 or more people into tiny strip mall suites, as cities nationwide continue shutti...

Turn Friends Into Data With This AC: New Horizons Stalk Market Tracker

In keeping with centuries-old tradition, Animal Crossing: New Horizons features an economics mini-game known as the Sow Jones Stalk Market, wherein turnips are bought and sold in the pursuit...

Friendly Traders Fight Seedy Scammers in the Animal Crossing Turnip Community

Animal Crossing: New Horizons provides a number of ways to hustle in its Bell-based economy if you want to get rich quick and pay off Tom Nook’s endless loans. One of the best is...

How to Move Your Tent or House in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Great news, villagers! Animal Crossing is back! With Animal Crossing: New Horizons it’s time, once again, to gather materials, build your house, and learn the ins and...

The 6 Truly Worst Things You Need to Do on Your Animal Crossing Island

While we’re all stuck at home like responsible social-distancing adults, it’s time to agree on one universal truth: there’s nothing more forlornly arresting than looking at Instagram throwback ph...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Iron Nuggets Guide - How to Get Iron

Mining in Animal Crossing: New Horizons — particularly when you need those all-important Iron Nuggets early on — is a lot more complicated than it seems. Whereas wood, sticks, and fruit basic...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Flowers Guide - How to Get All Flower Breeds

It’s safe to say the flower system in Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a major source of confusion. What possible flower combinations are there? What exactly are the requirements for th...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Marks Nintendo's Next Step Toward Inclusivity

In the 1940s, psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark conducted the Doll Test to observe the racial biases in children aged three to seven years old and, ultimately, demystify the notion of “separate bu...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Wisp Guide - How to Find Spirit Pieces

Grab your shotgun and get the hell out there. Island’s haunted. Okay, maybe don’t get a gun but the island is legitimately haunted. There’s a ghost named Wisp who roams your Animal Crossing: New H...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nook Miles Ticket Guide - Visiting Deserted Islands

Great news, villagers! Animal Crossing is back! With Animal Crossing: New Horizons it’s time, once again, to gather materials, build your house, and learn the ins and...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Tips Guide - 9 Things the Game Doesn't Tell You

Animal Crossing might be a super relaxing game, but that doesn’t stop it from obscuring some important things that you’d have no way of knowing otherwise. Thankfully, they aren’t super hard t...

The Real Japanese Culture Behind 10 Animal Crossing References

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a game with untold global appeal. Millions worldwide are spending hours building bridges, collecting fish, trading turnips, and trapping so m...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Shooting Stars Guide - How to Mine Star Fragments

Even though most of us (who aren’t playing with time manipulation, that is) are only on day four of our Animal Crossing: New Horizons adventures, there’s a cool secret to mini...