Animal Crossing and Nudity: a re-examination of the 2005 NY Times

Over the last few years, we saw leaders from some of the biggest channels in the video game industry make allegations that the suspect claims that their military, human rights and social progress are not political and have no meaning. As Detroit: Be Human director David Cage put it bluntly, "I don't want to get the message out to the public about the game. I just want to ask questions."

In 2005, New York Times reporter Tom Zeller Jr. investigate the provocative discussion of the canine raconteur in it Animal Crossing: Animal World

. In one scene, Slider distributes his own copies of his music and says, "Those weird cats in the industry are trying to put a load on my music, but you want to be free." Screenshots are currently widely shared on popular music blogs, introducing K.K. The slider as the representative of the mass of music.

Zeller contacted Nintendo for comment, and the response was not disappointing.

In an email message, Nintendo's vice president of marketing and business affairs, Perrin Kaplan, said it was "not intended to be a real public comment."

"People can learn a lot," she said. Kaplan, "but singer K. Slider – a cartoon dog playing guitar – says only that he is a free spirit that cannot be bought and sold at any price."

Ms Kaplan also stated that K.K. he wanted his music to be free in the sense of "being set free from his own guitar, free from any constraints." He added, "As a dog, it is understandable that he would not want to deal with any & # 39; tougher cats."

The story also quotes a reaction from a site called Cheesegod.com, because apparently that was a 2005 Animal Crossing chatter. Here is one of my favorites that appeared later in the report:

"I'll buy & # 39; Animal Crossing & # 39; for this," adds an anonymous poster. And a self-proclaimed “Spooky Girl who loves ice cream” volunteers: “Ah, so good. A good point for Big N, ”referring to Nintendo.

A user called Yams also added "Yams yams yams my yams."

The full story is read, an exciting time-frame from a time when music blogs were traditionally dominant and the density of MP3 was a major concern.

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