Episode 96 - Animal Crossing

Nate, Sebastian, and Kari are joined by special guest Rebekah
Valentine to discuss Nintendo's 2001 "social simulator" ANIMAL
CROSSING. Become indebted to a raccoon! Make friends with a
penguin! Get life advice from a musical dog! We discuss the
game's curious development history, the bizarre premise, and the
wholesome outcome. Nate gets excited about retrogaming within
retrogaming, Reb gets misty-eyed at K.K. Slider's folksy wisdom,
and Sebastian has a crisis about the futility of all human
endeavor. Also discussed: "The Real World," "Fignuts," and
villager theft. There is a special interview with William, age 5.