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“This is the big reveal that’s mirrored in the game of mahjong. Rachel draws a tile in mahjong. It’s a set-building game; it’s very much like poker, so you can draw a card that gives you the win. So Rachel draws the win, but instead of winning, she lets Eleanor have [the winning tile], and so that mirrors the dialogue because what she tells Eleanor in that moment is, ‘Your son has proposed to me, but because I don’t want him to lose his relationship with his mother, I am going to say no and in the future, when he marries someone you think is appropriate, you’re going to remember that that’s because of me.” ~ Bourree Lam, journalist

Crazy Rich Asians (2018), dir. Jon M. Chu

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Well it’s Animal Crossing’s 15th anniversary, and I feel like I should type something.

By way of my neighbor across the street, I was introduced to Animal Crossing. He let me borrow it and I had no idea what it was. I booted it up that night on the good old cube, was introduced to a dog with a guitar, and no idea why my character had horns, but I fooled around with it for a bit. Before long, minutes turned to hours. I found myself waking up early on Sundays (or Saturdays? Can’t remember) to compete in the fishing tournament. More and more I played. Paying off my house. Getting rare furniture. Digging up fossils. I can remember panicking when Resetti pretended to turn my tv off.

Anyway. Eventually, after a few years I joined an online forum dedicated to Animal Crossing, and quickly learned that a sequel was coming out for the DS. Around this exact time, my grandfather had died and I had to travel a few states away with my family to take care of stuff and go to his funeral. I remember asking my mom if we could please stop by Best Buy and get Wild World. She agreed and I could hardly wait to play.

I didn’t quite know my grandfather very well. What I did know of him was from stories I heard from other people. So, I couldn’t say I was torn over his passing. But I do remember everyone around me being sad and depressed, and the atmosphere somewhat macabre. I didn’t like that, so I just played Wild World. I played it so much.

While this was all happening, I met a friend on that forum and we would communicate via telephone about Wild World and how to meet up via Wi-Fi. We would play together and trade all sorts of items. It was great. I don’t know how I lost touch with him.

Anyway. Over the years I collected every new addition to the franchise and, now I am here. On the 15th Anniversary of it all. I was there when it began. I hope to be there until I end.

So I am writing this for myself to look back on one day. As a reminder. A reminder that in a very big, somewhat subtle way, Animal Crossing was there during some interesting times in my life. It let me escape into its world. My town. My house.