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Musings

Musings is a series by Editor-in-Chief Jeff Neuenschwander where he talks about a number of interesting and pertinent issues with the community. The series is meant as the beginning of an open dialog with all of you, so feel free to discuss your own opinion in the comments of each musing.

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (October 1 – 7)

October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 Quentin H.0

Halloween is coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and I am here for it in this week’s Tom Nook’s Snapshots!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (September 24 – 30)

October 4, 2025October 6, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I meet a ghost, I participate in the last Bug-Off of the year, and a lot more!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (September 17 – 23)

September 25, 2025September 24, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it is going to rain a LOT, and I mean a LOT A LOT.

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (September 10 – 16)

September 19, 2025September 19, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I attend another birthday party, work more on my outdoor gym, and pay off another home loan!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year In Animal Crossing: New Horizons (September 3 – 9)

September 15, 2025September 16, 2025 Quentin H.0

In this week’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons column, I hear a new story from Celeste, rescue Gulliver again, and shake trees for stuff!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (August 27 – September 2)

September 8, 2025September 8, 2025 Quentin H.0

Even though I am covering Dragon Con, I still somehow find time to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons each day as autumn comes!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (August 20-26)

August 31, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Goose pumps iron on the beach, I play the stalk market, and Cephalobot tells a CREEPY story.

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Tom Nooks Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (August 13-19)

August 24, 2025August 23, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I get stung by a scorpion, celebrate fireworks, and travel to Pokémon World Championships!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (August 6-12)

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I get a new islander pushed onto me, I design fireworks (sort of), and I look up at the stars…

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (July 30 – August 5)

August 9, 2025August 9, 2025 Quentin H.0

Fireworks, polyglot greetings, saying goodbye to an islander, and more happens in this week’s installment of Animal Crossing: New Horizons!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (July 23-29)

August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 Quentin H.0

From dawn to midnight, there is always something for me to do in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in this week’s Tom Nook’s Snapshots!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (July 16 – 22)

July 27, 2025July 26, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I catch bugs and work on making money…and Celphalobot has dreams about me eating Bibimbap?

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (July 9 – 15)

July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I strive to pay off my latest home loan, catch everything I can, and more!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (July 2 – 8)

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Tom Nook’s Snapshots, I dig up flowers and work on paying down my home loan debt in Animal Crossing: New Horizons!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (June 25 – July 1)

July 4, 2025July 4, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I help Gullivarrr, miss an in-game event, hang out with islanders, and…have a sharp realization.

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (June 18 – 24)

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I get a gift from Brewster, celebrate my character’s in-world birthday, and more!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (June 11 – 17)

June 21, 2025 Quentin H.0

This is an extremely light week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons due to my traveling out of state, but I pay down part of my home loan!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (June 4 – 10)

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I juggle playing while attending Pokémon GO Fest: Jersey City and catch insects for Flick!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (May 28 – June 3)

June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week, summer rolls into Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and I hear some really weird advice from Cephalobot about heartbreak.

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (May 21 – 27)

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons: I wish on stars, argue with others, get a letter from a fellow oprainfall contributor, and more!

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October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Cooking Eorzea, I make Kupo Nuts and talk about how I decorate my home with small pieces from my FFXIV collection.

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (October 1 – 7)

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