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Number One Antidepressant: Animal Crossing?
Inexpressticality | 10:29 PM on 08.04.2008 13 comments




Let me start off by saying that this is my first blog post, and I am in no way an intelligent writer. To anyone who takes the time to read this, thank you. I'll try not to have too many grammatical errors.

I've noticed over the years that life has a sneaky way of creeping up on me. Money that I thought I had yesterday is suddenly gone. I'll open my fridge to fix myself dinner and I'll suddenly realize that there is no food in my fridge. Little things like that.

Sometimes the stress would get so bad that I'd have a sort of, "enlightened week". I'd sit around pretending I knew how to meditate, squeeze stress balls until the little plastic beads fell out, and sometimes I'd just sit and beat things to bloody pulps.

In God of War, of course.

The other day I went by a local game store and told the clerk to find me a game that would help relieve stress. What I got was Animal Crossing.



I hope anyone who's played this gem can understand where I'm coming from when I say that not only did it change my life, it also completely mellowed me out. No more flipping my desk when I lost a LAN session of Quake. No more throwing kittens out of my windows to satiate my rage over dieing on the last level of Raiden II.

The simple tasks of fishing, hunting bugs, expanding my house, playing Super Mario Brothers, and helping out my Animal neighbors completely changed my life.

I recommend that you pick it up as soon as possible, if you have not already done so. It's only been out for seven or so years, so it's understandable.



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CountingConflict's Destructoid Blog
If you would have expanded a bit on the how particular aspects of the game helped you relieved stress, this would have been a grade A post. Keep practicing... that was a great first try.

Also, dying
EarthbounderNess's Destructoid Blog


I just proved you wrong. Now excuse me while I go get a box of tissues.
MrSadistic's Destructoid Blog
Welcome to Destructoid, I love you.
Inexpressticality's Destructoid Blog
Thanks for the criticism guys! Fixed the mis...miss..misss..misspellings. Well I'm about to. In a moment. When I finish writing this.
EarthbounderNess's Destructoid Blog
Oh, how rude of me.

Welcome to Destructoid good sir.
Inexpressticality's Destructoid Blog
Oh bugger.. I think I .. yes. Earthboundness, you just broke my heart. Twice.
Rifter01's Destructoid Blog
I approve of, and prescribe, this message post. ;D
Ludwig Von Robotnick's Destructoid Blog
Curse you EarthbounderNess! That story makes me cry every time!
...... I need to be alone. *sniff*

Also Welcome to Destructoid!
Cyberxion's Destructoid Blog
Well written. Maybe I'll pick up a copy when I get payed. Apparently I could use a stress-reliever. :P
Prince Ghidorah's Destructoid Blog
Where is the little story comic from? I started weeping like a wee lass after I read that.
Inexpressticality's Destructoid Blog
I'm not entirely sure about this, but possibly 4chan.
blehman's Destructoid Blog
Fuck you EarthboundNess. Fuck you to hell.

And AC is like crack, which reminds me OH SHIT I HAVEN'T PICKED IT UP IN TWO WEEKS EVERYONE WILL BE MAD AND THERE'LL BE WEEDS EVERYWHERE AND OH JESUS!!...sorry, sorry.


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