{"id":111454,"date":"2020-04-12T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/361094"},"modified":"2020-04-12T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T15:07:00","slug":"video-game-deep-cuts-the-animal-crossing-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/12\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-animal-crossing-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Deep Cuts: The Animal Crossing Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i><small> The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra\u0092s community.<br \/>The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. <\/small><\/i><\/strong> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7e09bcda-56f2-47da-b7b8-36b36b6ae98b_800x311.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/7e09bcda-56f2-47da-b7b8-36b36b6ae98b_800x311.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:311,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;bytes&quot;:75201,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-animal-crossing-minutes.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>[My&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/\">Gamasutra<\/a>&nbsp;colleagues had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gliitchy\/status\/1247632299463569409\">an editorial meeting in Animal Crossing<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; here\u2019s evidence!]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re back again with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/videogamedeepcuts.substack.com\/\">Video Game Deep Cuts on Substack<\/a>, folks. I got some good feedback on the revamped newsletter, so there\u2019s going to be a couple of tweaks, hurrah.<\/p>\n<p>Since I\u2019m on sabbatical from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdconf.com\/\">the dayjob<\/a>, I could actually make multiple of these \u2018core\u2019 free VGDC newsletters per week. But it\u2019s a slippery slope timewise. So I\u2019ll be keeping it to two newsletters per week (one for free, one for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/videogamedeepcuts.substack.com\/subscribe\">paid subscribers<\/a>!) for now &#8211; enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Simon, curator<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The Current: Recent Games In The Spotlight<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3643fddf-5cc6-463a-a842-e2467e4472f3_800x272.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/3643fddf-5cc6-463a-a842-e2467e4472f3_800x272.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:272,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;bytes&quot;:40672,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-animal-crossing-minutes-1.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Culture: Game Culture &amp; Deep Dives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F756945f9-f71d-47f3-a1d7-1f43008835b1_800x270.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/756945f9-f71d-47f3-a1d7-1f43008835b1_800x270.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:270,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;bytes&quot;:47208,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-animal-crossing-minutes.png\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Past: Game History<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F095f6445-3cb8-481c-8caa-8ea0dab6194e_800x257.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/095f6445-3cb8-481c-8caa-8ea0dab6194e_800x257.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:257,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;bytes&quot;:69855,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-animal-crossing-minutes-2.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Other Goodness<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9fbdfe43-80db-4267-9855-595635ad0cc2_800x278.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/9fbdfe43-80db-4267-9855-595635ad0cc2_800x278.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:278,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;bytes&quot;:63818,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-animal-crossing-minutes-3.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Bonus: Subscriber Game Club.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4910a06-1e04-4fed-9047-9759e0abe821_900x355.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/c4910a06-1e04-4fed-9047-9759e0abe821_900x355.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:355,&quot;width&quot;:900,&quot;bytes&quot;:59532,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-animal-crossing-minutes-4.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those interested in a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/videogamedeepcuts.substack.com\/subscribe\">paid subscription<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to Video Game Deep Cuts, the latest bonus is the debut of our subscriber game club! First up is&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/videogamedeepcuts.substack.com\/p\/vgdc-subscriber-game-club-night-of\">an analysis\/giveaway of PS1-style horror game Night Of The Consumers<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Until next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra\u0092s community.The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. [My&nbsp;Gamasutra&nbsp;colleagues had&nbsp;an editorial meeting in Animal Crossing&nbsp;&#8211; here\u2019s evidence!] We\u2019re back again with&nbsp;Video Game Deep Cuts on Substack, folks. I got some good feedback [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}