• cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    I play Animal Crossing. My character has been going for 3 months as of yesterday. She has more clothes than people who live on the mainland, and a two-storey house with a basement and several rooms. She’s paid off the racoon (or tanuki if you prefer) so she has no debt. As far as food, it sucks because AC is a vegan fantasy game in which meat and meat byproducts simply do not exist, but hey, the trees and crops grow every 3 days and put out more than enough food for me, the racoon/tanuki and his two nephews, his girlfriend, his ex-girlfriend and her sister, and the museum curator… oh and the ten villagers I have… to survive and thrive.

    Oh, you mean a real deserted island? I couldn’t. But I’m about to get off the computer and go cross some animals because they won’t cross themselves! (I know that makes no sense, but neither does the name, which it’s a play on. FWIW, the game’s original Japanese name means something like “animals in the forest.” The English name, I think, is a play on “Railroad Crossing,” but it’s still kind of nonsensical. Just like our reasons for playing this game…

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      20 hours ago

      meat and meat byproducts simply do not exist

      There was an update with a bunch of food items, including sushi, roasted fish, clam chowder etc

      Luncheon Plate Meal and Shio Ramen appear to include ham

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        15 hours ago

        Good point. I think the Luncheon Plate Meal is the one with the sandwich? That does appear to have cold cuts.

        But sushi, roasted fish, and clam chowder are seafood and are considered by some vegans/vegetarians to be okay for whatever reason. I’m not one or the other — I eat meat, and possibly more than most. I’m good with veggies, but I pretty much main protein and avoid carbs and sugar. It’s a struggle. Anyway, what I meant was that they don’t typically have food made from the kinds of animals that would be your villagers. Oddly there are octopus villagers, so seafood becomes somewhat unethical if you have any.

        Also, glad to see some fellow AC fans on Lemmy. Just need to find a good community.

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          10 hours ago

          I think the logic there is that on an island, seafood is much more readily available, hence its abundance in the food items. Some of the food items can be cooked using caught fish, harvested veggies etc. You can’t go kill Agnes to make pork chops (my wife would riot)