The word “debt” has always had a profound effect on me – the kind you hear when a small child is stabbed with the keys to a grand piano that hadn’t been shaped in two decades. This is exactly a term it makes me cricket. Whether it was student loans or student loans, the thought of being in debt scared me out of my childhood. Growing up I came up with the idea that debt was totally scary, and to have anything put on top of me except that maybe a house apartment would put me in financial trouble for the rest of my adult life. I think I have my parents to be thankful for lighting that kind of fire under my ass, but I also can appreciate a little game called Animal Crossing in favor of a flame of debt concern that has become a perpetual lamp.
My relationship with Animal Crossing he is one of hatred and love. It is an innocent game in which you mimic a cartoon utopia where your only job is to write and harvest plants and get paid while growing your home and community circle. The goals were simple, the mechanics were even easier. But the real challenges of the game have been in its complex financial environment. Living in this costly animal habitat, and hidden beneath its surface of beautiful anthropomorphized NPCs is a terrible plot to snatch a player of their escapism and get them involved in hard work, anxiety and hard work.
I was first notified Animal Crossing GameCube at the age of 10, at one point in my life when I was already saving every manager I had in a dream of one day buying my first car. At the same time, the game put me in a similar situation, without finding a spectacular way: At the start of the game, you, the player, are given a house and a piece of land that belongs to you – and in the same breath, we are told that you owe $ 20,000 in real estate loans. My ten-year-old was very impressed. I didn't ask for this land. Can I choose a cheaper property? Is the whole world like this? Whos the Tom Nook, and why Do I give him all my money just to be here? What the hell are we“Metals?” What was Should I pay for this?
Although I immediately got my credit from my annoying new rfishon owner, I persisted. Although my average credit was not real, and I was able to use my actual spending habits in my gameplay, the amount of anxiety I received from playing the game was very real. I've saved my money (in this case the "bells") left and right. My avatar stayed in the same clothes I started for months until I paid off my first mortgage. I didn't even buy the same sets for my house or any other unnecessary gadgets for me to climb. In the back of my head, I can't play game until I owe nothing to Mr Nook.
It turns out, fishing with a smooth wooden stick and shaking a few apples in the trees was the best business plan for this physical health. So I did just that – for hours I vanished. As an American dreamer, my player can get up, buy fruit, go to the town market, empty whatever they have in their pockets that day to deal with renting my rent. After that I stick all the money they earn into a savings account just to do the same thing the next day in hopes that one day I will get out from under the mountains of debt the game keeps on hurting me.
Things get even more complicated when the Wii Animal Crossing: City Hall introduces the concept of taxation in this country with pastel color. Of course, it's only accepted as payment sent to players as part of the DLC package, but still: Taxes? I don't even have a job. Why the hell are these animals paying taxes? In addition to all the headaches, this game has given me a lot, to play for hours with my friends. But as they went out to buy new clothes, hairstyles, and the availability of beautiful furniture, I increased my belongings and saved every last piece I could. Or to put it another way: While my friends really enjoyed the game, I made my avatar a slave to digital money. In hindsight, it led to the end, because by the time they started getting bored buying and buying the same things all the time, I was just getting out of my debt mindset and focusing on all the inventory of stores and comparing used items. My weird financial habits happened to stretch my real fun of the game, surpassing my friends – at least, depending on how it defines "fun."
With all that in mind, you can only imagine how I unjustly attacked my $ 50,000 worth of money in a new Swart Crossing the Animals: New Horizons. Not always easy with Nooks: In the meantime, the payer / player is presented with another first payment option to lose again., in the form of Nook Miles. From the jump, the game brings you ways you can become a premium Nook Mileage member, as well as better ways to financially support your house after moving to its unique island. And while I think life in the middle of the ocean can be a lot easier than in previous games, Tom Nook somehow found a way to make me pay for living outside the tent. More After years of finding a relationship that I hate love for this happy little capital, I'm back again, playing with two money options and living in Animal Crossing-the association of homeowners association (Happy Home Academy funny) can do no opt for opt-in. If it's something else, Animal Crossing it has helped me in confirming my complete disdain for HOAs, and I am confident refrain from living with one until my dying day.
Animal Crossing it was my introduction to the facts of how the world works. The same thinking also consumed my gaming tips in any other video game going forward: I kept resources and money out of style, always waiting to pay off the next loan to begin – and showing the same behavior in real life. I'm saving my money as if I have a tent to pay, even now. My parents played a big part in my spending habits, I'm sure. B.when I was growing up, I didn't want to be kept under the thumb of the “man” (raccoon, whatever) that was preventing me from spending the money I had, and not only myself, but my wallet. It may not always have been good for my well-being, but te game me kept the horrifying assumption of debt accumulation in the bay. I would be happy to say that I passed mine Animal Crossing games are on to the younger brothers, so that the next generation will understand the true struggle of having a financial debt to a mogul of tangible assets.