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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 (April 9 – 15)

April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it RAINS, there is a Fishing Tournament hosted by C.J., and a lot more!

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

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 Quentin H.0

For this week’s Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s column, I buy turnips, drink cups of coffee, and also try to find time to stop and enjoy life.

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (March 26 – April 1)

April 3, 2025April 2, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I track down Brewster, enjoy coffee with Gonzo…and celebrate a birthday!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (March 19-25)

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

I somehow find time to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons while also making all of my GDC 2025 appointments throughout the week!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (March 12 to 18)

March 20, 2025March 19, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I meet Pascal who gives…wisdom. I also see Celeste again and celebrate Pi Day in my own way!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (March 5 to 11)

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 Quentin H.0

My play schedule in Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been all over the place, and I discover what it’s like to play early and late at night!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing New Horizons (February 26 – March 4)

March 5, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I participate in Festivale, meet a new potential islanders, play in the rain, and more!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (February 19 – 25)

February 27, 2025March 6, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Spring comes to the island. On top of that: I introduce a real-life friend to my island.

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (February 12 – 18)

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I pay off a house loan, start a NEW home loan and a new bridge, and more!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (February 5 – 11)

February 12, 2025February 13, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, K.K. Slider finally puts on a cool concert and, and I get a matching flamingo! (And other things)

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (January 29-February 4)

February 5, 2025February 6, 2025 Quentin H.0

This week in Animal Crossing, I become convinced that Gulliver is faking his ‘washing up on shore’ routine and Isabelle tells an ‘odd’ story.

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (January 22-28)

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Quentin H.0

Another week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and I discover fake art, learn a new reaction, and just fish the day away!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (January 15-21)

January 22, 2025January 24, 2025 Quentin H.0

Week three of me playing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons every day. This week: Friends come over, and…a building upgrades?!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (January 8-14)

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

Week Two on my island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons took a slower pace than the week before, and there was still a lot of fun to be had!

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Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year In Animal Crossing: New Horizons (January 1-7)

January 8, 2025January 10, 2025 Quentin H.0

In this new, weekly, Animal Crossing: New Horizons series, I will take one photo a day of my island and talk about my life inside the game.

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Before Gacha: Capsules and Trading Cards

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Marisa Alexander0

Just a good trip down on… very.. very muddled and perhaps tame history lane that led to an explosion of madness that basically impacted the entire industry in storm and drove investors insane.

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Looking Back: Drew’s First Five Years at oprainfall

December 23, 2021December 22, 2021 Drew D.0

Taking a look back at Drew’s first five years at Operation Rainfall.

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Nintendo’s Great Fray: Super Smash Bros. Turns 20 Years Old

January 21, 2019February 4, 2019 Alex Irish0

Keep on smashing!

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Spider-Man – The Amazing Video Game

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 Mitchell Tromans0

Spidey, you da man…….

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FINAL FANTASY XV – Altissia and Venice: Cities on the Sea

January 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Quentin H.0

How does the city of Altissia in FINAL FANTASY XV compare to the real life city of Venice in Italy? I visited Venice in May/June 2017 to find out…and I was surprised at what I found.

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