Haken: An Animal Crossing Podcast

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Ep. 237: Best Item Winner and Why We Stop Playing Animal Crossing May 31, 2022

Show notes

It is the end of May Mayhem and it's time to announce the best item in Animal Crossing New Horizons. This week, Nina and I open with our ice breakers. After that, we go over the results of the Best Item Bracket and tell you the items that came in 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st place. From there, we discuss the different reasons we stopped playing some Animal Crossing games. Finally, we ask our patrons when they feel their islands in New Horizons are done.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

1:50 - Ice Breakers

13:09 - The Best Item In New Horizons

28:02 - Why We Stop Playing Animal Crossing

1:09:36 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:19:34 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Poqu

Website: https://poqu-a-doodle.com/art/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/poqu_a_doodle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poqu_a_doodle/

Tumblr: https://poqu.tumblr.com/

Print Shop: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/poqu/

Commissions: https://poqu.carrd.co/#commission

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Ep. 236: The 2 Best Items Battle with Squee and Quantrell May 24, 2022

Show notes

We're going to find out the best item in Animal Crossing New Horizons incredibly soon. This week, we will announce the two items battling it out in the final round. In order to do so, we're joined by Squee and Quantrell. We start with some ice breakers. After that, we reveal the two items that will be moving on to the final round. Finally, Squee and Quantrell fight for the items they want to see win the entire bracket. Finally, we end the show by asking our patrons if they'd rather have no control over who moves in and where or no control over who moves out.

VOTING ROUND 4 (FINALS): https://forms.gle/ryVQsz4usJJDeNeN6

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

1:31 - Ice Breakers

8:54 - Top 4 Results

31:17 - Squee and Quantrell Fight

45:42 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:02:30 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Poqu

Website: https://poqu-a-doodle.com/art/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/poqu_a_doodle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poqu_a_doodle/

Tumblr: https://poqu.tumblr.com/

Print Shop: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/poqu/

Commissions: https://poqu.carrd.co/#commission

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Ep. 235: Items We Don't Like and Tumeg and Nebula's Votes May 17, 2022

Show notes

This week, a couple of our Patreon supporters join us on a call to discuss their picks for the Best Item Bracket. Tumeg and Nebula are wonderful creators who bring their thoughts on the remaining items of the bracket. We are working hard to find what the absolute best item in Animal Crossing New Horizons is and it's getting cut down to the final 4 today. That's right, we will know the 4 best items in the game! After that, Nina and I discuss some of the items we don't like and why. We also ask our Patrons what items they were rooting against in the bracket.

VOTING ROUND 3: https://forms.gle/bpDPHUY9QoWNZxFQ8

SEE THE BRACKET: (Image Coming Soon)

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

1:15 - Tumeg Call In

13:14 - Nebula Call In

24:35 - Round 2 Results

45:30 - Our Least Favorite Items

56:36 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:06:32 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Poqu

Website: https://poqu-a-doodle.com/art/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/poqu_a_doodle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poqu_a_doodle/

Tumblr: https://poqu.tumblr.com/

Print Shop: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/poqu/

Commissions: https://poqu.carrd.co/#commission

Tumeg:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tumeg142

Etsy:

Tumeg Graphics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TumegGraphics?coupon=HAKEN

Boscos Printables: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BoscosPrintables?coupon=HAKEN

Nebula:

Pokemonization: https://anchor.fm/pokemonization

The Pikachu Project Project: https://anchor.fm/pikachu-project-project

Support your local library! -Nebula

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Ep. 234: Best Item Bracket Round 2 May 10, 2022

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After a week of voting, the first round of the best item bracket is complete and it's time to announce which items are still in the fight to be the very best in New Horizons. Before we get to the results, we discuss the items we were sad didn't make it into the bracket. After that, we reveal some of the items that just fell short of the bracket. Finally, we tell you who won each round and will be moving into the top 8 items in the game. Voting is now open for round 2 so be sure to check the link below. Finally, we end our show by asking our patrons what items they were sad didn't make it.

VOTING ROUND 2: https://forms.gle/4dXQE5pp2HUywDaR8

SEE THE BRACKET: https://twitter.com/ChuyPlaysNTDO/status/1523904334890561536

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

1:37 - Ice Breakers

6:28 - Items We're Sad Missed the Bracket

26:34 - Items that Fell Short of the Bracket

32:17 - Best Item Bracket Round 1 Results

1:03:11 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:13:59 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Poqu

Website: https://poqu-a-doodle.com/art/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/poqu_a_doodle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poqu_a_doodle/

Tumblr: https://poqu.tumblr.com/

Print Shop: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/poqu/

Commissions: https://poqu.carrd.co/#commission

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Ep. 233: Our Top 10 Items and Best Item Bracket Round 1 May 03, 2022

Show notes

It's time to find the absolute best item in Animal Crossing New Horizons! In this episode, we start off by debuting the wonderful new art from Poqu. Links to support Poqu can be seen below the time stamps! After that, Nina and I discuss our top 10 favorite items in the game. From there, we get into the best item bracket for May Mayhem. We talk about which items got entered into the top 16 bracket and show what items will be facing each other. Nina also provides us with some fun facts about the votes we received for the bracket.

VOTING ROUND 1: https://forms.gle/q3xQPf6Uo6QszBKQ7

SEE THE BRACKET: https://twitter.com/ChuyPlaysNTDO/status/1521361205507477504?t=fjDInhE991PTOoXd-9MOiw&s=19

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

1:17 - New Haken Art

6:36 - Our Top 10 Items

48:35 - Best Item Bracket Top 16

1:10:47 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:25:44 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Poqu

Website: https://poqu-a-doodle.com/art/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/poqu_a_doodle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poqu_a_doodle/

Tumblr: https://poqu.tumblr.com/

Print Shop: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/poqu/

Commissions: https://poqu.carrd.co/#commission

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Ep. 232: Rover Deep Dive and Best Item Bracket Apr 26, 2022

Show notes

With May Day around the corner, we're going to be able to visit Rover once again. To celebrate, we take a look at Rover throughout the series and give a nice background to his history and different jobs within the game. But before we get to that, we tell you all about the Best Item Bracket. We are going to spend the month of May trying to find the absolute best item in Animal Crossing. Find the link to the poll just below this paragraph. At the end of the show, we discuss all of Nintendo's upcoming releases and the new release dates they've given. Finally, we ask our patrons what holidays they'd like to return to the game.

Best Item Bracket: https://forms.gle/gm9nBrqEC6pV2ajg8

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

2:10 - Ice Breakers

10:15 - Best Item Bracket

24:29 - Rover Deep Dive

43:41 - Upcoming Nintendo Games

1:00:17 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:08:07 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Tumeg

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tumeg142

Etsy:

Tumeg Graphics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TumegGraphics?coupon=HAKEN

Boscos Printables: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BoscosPrintables?coupon=HAKEN

**Use code HAKEN for 10%off**

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Ep. 231: Forgotten Holidays of Animal Crossing Apr 19, 2022

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It's Bunny Day season this week in Animal Crossing New Horizons. To celebrate, we do a deep dive into the bunny villagers in Animal Crossing. Afterwards, we talk about why Bunny Day is actually the best holiday in Animal Crossing. From there, we talk about what we'd like holidays to do in the future Animal Crossing games. Finally, we ask our patrons what they would like added to the game to improve accessibility.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

3:03 - Ice Breakers

8:05 - Forgotten Holidays of Animal Crossing

57:58 - Best Item Bracket

1:06:51 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:17:27 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Tumeg

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tumeg142

Etsy:

Tumeg Graphics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TumegGraphics?coupon=HAKEN

Boscos Printables: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BoscosPrintables?coupon=HAKEN

**Use code HAKEN for 10%off**

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Ep. 230: Bunny Day Is Actually the Best Holiday Apr 12, 2022

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Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

1:18 - Aquarium Stamp Rally

7:50 - Bunny Villager Deep Dive

46:58 - Why Bunny Day is the Best

55:04 - What We Want From Holidays

1:08:44 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:15:35 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Tumeg

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tumeg142

Etsy:

Tumeg Graphics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TumegGraphics?coupon=HAKEN

Boscos Printables: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BoscosPrintables?coupon=HAKEN

**Use code HAKEN for 10%off**

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Ep. 229: How Accessibility Can Improve Animal Crossing Apr 05, 2022

Show notes

This is an incredibly important episode of Haken. Sergio will be taking a break from the show for an undetermined amount of time. We see him off with a special guest, a ton of great topics, and our love. We understand his need to take time off and focus on his mental health. This week, Tumeg joins us to discuss her art for the show. From there, we get to know her a bit and her background in Animal Crossing. We talk about the new Animal Crossing icons that are available on Switch. Finally, we get into how Animal Crossing can improve through additional accessibility features. After that, we get a special message from Sergio. We close out the show by asking our patrons what they find fun about Animal Crossing.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

1:21 - New Haken Art

4:09 - Art Timelapse (On YouTube)

9:46 - Interview with Tumeg

18:50 - AC Switch Icons

25:57 - How Accessibility Can Improve Animal Crossing

1:15:33 - An Important Message from Sergio

1:17:50 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:26:38 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Tumeg

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tumeg142

Etsy:

Tumeg Graphics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TumegGraphics?coupon=HAKEN

Boscos Printables: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BoscosPrintables?coupon=HAKEN

**Use code HAKEN for 10%off**

Accessibility Articles:

The Fight To Make Games Accessible For Everyone:

https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/05/15/the-fight-to-make-games-accessible-for-everyone

Accessibility in Sea of Thieves:

https://www.seaofthieves.com/accessibility

For physically disabled gamers, the Switch is incredibly accessible. Here’s why.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/04/21/accessibility-gaming-nintendo-switch/

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Ep. 228: Why Is Animal Crossing Fun? Mar 29, 2022

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Why is Animal Crossing fun? It's a concept that is hard to grasp from the outside. Today, Nina, Sergio and I discuss the different aspects of Animal Crossing that make it a fun game. I go over what I liked about the game in the past and what I enjoy now. Sergio does the same but also includes some aspects that have remained true throughout the series. Nina talks about how she enjoys a lot of the same things she enjoyed when she first started. Finally, we ask our patrons about their favorite memories in year two of New Horizons.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Theme

0:06 - Intro + Casual Chat

1:12 - Ice Breakers

6:44 - Why Is Animal Crossing Fun?

46:56 - Haken's Islander Corner

55:39 - Outro Announcements

Featured Artist: Hyacinthe Gioanni

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hyacinthe_illustration

Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/HyacintheGioanni

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