Current mood:

shocked

Video Games Are Corrupting Our Youth
So this weekend I gave dorcus her birthday present. A Pink DS Lite chipped in for by many people. I then took her down to Target so she could purchase the game she's really been wanting to play: Animal Crossing.

At one point she asks me if I wanted to try it and created a separate character for me. I'm told that my little character, Gloomy, is moving into a new town. Hurray! The very first thing that happens upon arriving is that I am greeted by this raccoon named Tom Nook. Tom Nook, then proceeds to casually tell me how he has the only shop in town. He follows this by informing me that I owe him a large sum of money. Finally, because I can not pay said money I have to come work in his shop. Upon visiting this town's civic center I inform the clerk there that I would like move. In response he tells me that Tom Nook EXPLICITLY told him not to allow me to move.

So let me review. Upon arriving in this town Mr. Tom Nook casually informs me that he operates a monopoly. He then tries to shake me down as part of some racketeering operation and when I can not pay he ENSLAVES ME. Worse, when I try to leave I discover the ENTIRE TOWN is apparently in Mr. Nook's pocket and will not allow me to move.

In short Animal Crossing makes Dashiell Hammet's Red Harvest look like Disneyland. Where's Jack Thompson when you need him?