This week, Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update drops, I buy the DLC and the Nintendo Switch 2 Update Pack, and I hang out with Resetti!
Author: Quentin H.
I have been a journalist for oprainfall since 2015, and I have loved every moment of it.
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Second Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (January 8 – 14)
The last week before Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 comes out, and changes this game forever in (hopefully) the best way!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A 2nd Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (January 1 – 7)
With 2026 starting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I do what anyone else does: a lot of shopping and coffee drinking!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (December 24 – 31)
One year of playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons will end after this week’s column: tune in to see what happens!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (December 17 – 23)
This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I finish preparing for Toy Day, help Label out, buy a DIY for a Robot Hero, and more!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (December 10 – 16)
This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons: more Toy Day preparations, I discover a new insect that can destroy my fruit trees, and more!
Cooking Eorzea Week 63: Princess Pudding (FINAL FANTASY XIV Online)
This week in Cooking Eorzea, I make FFXIV’s Princess Pudding dessert…and it unfortunately does not go at all like I hoped it would.
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (December 3 – 9)
This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I start buying a ton of toys for the upcoming Toy Day and I save Gulliver AGAIN.
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (November 26 – December 2)
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons this week, I participate in Turkey Day and Nook Friday, and I get ready for Toy Day!
REVIEW: FINAL FANTASY VII’s Seventh Heaven Experience at Boba Bear (Koreatown, Los Angeles)
I visit the pop-up Seventh Heaven experience in Los Angeles, and I found a place with massive, delicious drinks and fun decor.
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (November 19 – 25)
This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons , I buy art, talk to old friends, and run into new friends, try on goth clothes, and more!
Concert Review: DEATH STRANDING: Strands of Harmony (11/22/2025)
I attended the DEATH STRANDING: Strands of Harmony concert in Los Angeles, and it was a delightful, albeit shorter than expected, experience.
INTERVIEW: Ryuichi Nishizawa Talks Milano’s Odd Job Collection (XSEED)
I interview Ryuichi Nishizawa about Milano’s Odd Job Collection, a formerly Japan-exclusive game that is now being released in English!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (November 12 – 18)
This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, your author is sick and so has to make plans on how to play each day as column hijinks ensue!
Cooking Eorzea Week 62: Papanași (FINAL FANTASY XIV Online)
This week in Cooking Eorzea, I make Papanași with freshly-made deep-fried doughnuts, rolanberry jam, and sour cream sauce!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (November 5 – 11)
This week, I have coffee with Sable, dig up flowers, buy wallpaper, and more in Animal Crossing: New Horizons!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (October 29 – November 4)
This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Gulliver washes up on shore, I buy art, and of course…THIS IS HALLOWEEN, THIS IS HALLOWEEN!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (October 22 – 28)
This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I finally come around on Saharah, celebrate a birthday, and meet Cranston!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (October 15 – 21)
This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I find Wisp again, put up a lighthouse, buy and sell turnips, and more!
Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (October 8 – 14)
Everyone seems to want to visit my island this week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons…and I finally start planting those starters!