The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Animal Crossing, edited by George Farmer and Bethany Thomas. Animal Crossing is a widely beloved video game franchise published by Nintendo. Known for its relaxed atmosphere and at-your-own-pace core gameplay loop, each game centres on your human character moving to a small town, village, or remote island. While there is no fixed ‘goal’ of the game beyond paying off a house-building loan given to the player by Tom Nook, the resident entrepreneur (or capitalist overlord), the player is encouraged to complete tasks to make the best use of their time as a new resident and...
Call for Proposals! The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Animal Crossing