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I adore this commercial.

All those people who say that technology is ruining our society are WRONG.

Via: Apple airs new holiday ad “Misunderstood” featuring iPhone 5s and more | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The snow hit my town today and I immediately hated the path in my town. I looked for some new paths to replace them with, but I didn’t like any of them either, so I made my own.

First, I made this Gravel Path.

It was alright, but it looked a little like it was floating on top of things instead of an actual path.

This Earthy Paver is a little better.

It just didn’t work with my new Winter Wonderland, so I created this Snowy Paver and I like it MUCH better.

Now, I have new paths in my town and I can share them with the world so everyone can enjoy them.

If you would like to visit my town, my Dream Address is 4000-2185-7855.

There are some days when you can do everything right and still have bad luck. It’s true in Animal Crossing just as much as it is in real life, but in Animal Crossing, the fortune teller can actually warn you about your impending bad luck.

A visit to Katrina, will start out ominous, so you know right away that it’s a bad luck day.

The Lovely Phone, is more ambiguous, however. It may just say something vaguely unfavorable.

There is little you can do to turn your luck around. If you have the lucky item, you can make yourself about as lucky as a normal day.

If you have your lucky item AND can also wear your Tingle Hood, then you can have a lucky day despite the “misfortune that is attempting to come down on you.”

Arranging the furniture in your house helps, but it really can’t overcome a bad luck day. In Animal Crossing, as in real life, it might be best to just hide in bed on your bad luck days.

I don’t like the mini-game tours on the island. I ONLY do them to earn medals so I can buy the cool stuff from the island shop. The quickest way for me to earn medals is with the Elite Scavenger Tour.

In about two minutes, I can earn 16 medals EVERY time. Here’s how I do it. (Continue Reading…)

My lucky item for the day was the Mint Gingham Skirt and I didn’t have a good shirt to wear with it, so I revamped one of my sweaters to match it and added a sling bag. Here’s the QR Code:

I absolutely LOVE that I can just make a new outfit and share it with the world immediately. I hope you all like it.

If you would like to visit my town, my Dream Address is 4000-2185-7855.

This video is NOT SAFE FOR WORK and is laced with profanity, but it is SO true! Jenna Marbles talks about what video games taught her.

If you feel that video game designers don’t care about what they are teaching kids, you’re right. Granted, some of those games weren’t meant for kids, like Grand Theft Auto, but honestly, the last thirty years of video game design has been dedicated to the lowest common denominator, violence. I really loved what she said,

“Super Mario Bros. taught me that if you see something that you don’t know, that’s not you, you should… kill it. DIE! I don’t wanna befriend you. I don’t wanna get to know you. You’re gettin’ in my path… you’re dead. It’s basically more hardcore than Scarface.”

The lack of friendly fire in gameplay seems like a HUGE problem in games. I was watching Sean play Sklyanders and I was worried, “Watch out, you’re going to kill your other guy.” He just casually replied, “Oh, I can’t hurt him.” He didn’t even worry about hurting his co-player or the innocent wooden bystanders on that level.

What did video games teach me? Adventure taught me how to memorize mazes and directions without being able to see them. Even now, I can navigate the real world better because of it. Animal Crossing taught me how to be a pretty good friend by sending them nice letters and doing favors for them. In my forty years on this planet, no one ever told me that if I send a pleasant note, text or email to my friends every few days that it would make them like me. I also learned the names of several fish and insects because of that game. Tetris taught me how to pack a suitcase really well. Plants Vs. Zombies taught me to multi-task. Dungeon Raid taught me to run AWAY when I see a big bad guy. It’s really the ONLY video game I’ve played that has ever given me that option and taught me that lesson.

On the whole, the video games I’ve loved the most have taught me positive lessons, or perhaps I was willing to overlook the negative lessons and just focus on the positive.

I love to sell my fruit, gems and fossils on the Flea Market pallets at Retail, because I can sell them to the villagers for almost four times what Reese will pay me for them. Unfortunately, I ran into problems. It was hard to get the villagers to LEAVE once they bought something and getting them to come to Retail was just as hard.

With a ton of trial and error, however, I’ve found a pretty good way to efficiently sell all of my high ticket items at Retail for four times the usual price. Here’s how I do it…

Update 12-04-13: I added information about bad luck days. (Continue Reading…)

There is a simple denim jacket in the video game, but it is buttoned up to the throat and makes me feel like a nerd when I wear it.

So I made my own. A simple denim jacket with a white shirt underneath. (Continue Reading…)

I wanted a cool black leather jacket, but there wasn’t anything in the game. I did find a couple of QR codes from other people, like this cute frilly dress: ANIMAL CROSSING QR CODE BLOG

I just wanted a jacket, though. There was a punk rock jacket here that I liked, but it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for: Punk Rock Leather Jacket – Pinterest

So I made my own and I really like how it turned out.

A couple of days ago, Gyroid’s lucky clothing item was “women’s bottoms.” So, I had him wear the red kilt that comes in the game and he looked pretty badass.

He reminded me of this photo of Ewan MacGregor in a kilt:

Or maybe this photo of Wil Wheaton in a kilt:

All this spawned a flurry of QR Code-Making. Here is the red kilt I made:

The blue kilt with a black leather jacket:

And the green kilt with the black leather jacket:

If you notice, the dress designs flare out a bit more at the waist than the kilt design that came in the game, so they don’t look perfect, but I had a bunch of fun making these, so I thought I’d share them with you.

If you would like to visit my town, my Dream Address is 4000-2185-7855.

I made a cute little dress with a denim jacket and a purse. I liked it so much that I made it in EVERY color I could think of.

You can find the QR Codes after the break. (Continue Reading…)