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Animal Crossing and the Japanese Concept of "Ma"

"Who needs someone telling you what to do all the time? You can do what you want, when you want, where you want. Yeah, living on your own, being free. It feels great.

You can’t help but giggle at first. A super-deformed dog called K.K. Slider introduces you to the world of Animal Crossing by muttering navel-gazing nonsense about freedom and getting out into the world. Slap a guitar in his hands and you’ve got a recipe for an obnoxious musician spouting platitudes. Your eyes glaze over because what he’s saying is linked to an unattainable dream: the life of a carefree artist who only lives to create. If you look a little deeper though, K.K. Slider is really talking about the Japanese spatial concept of Ma.

In Japanese, Ma roughly translates to “pause”. Ma suggests interval. The rough approximation of Ma in English is Negative Space, a restrictive term typically used in painting and photography. Ma refers to an awareness of space dependent on the human imagination, it’s about th...

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Is Disney Dreamlight Valley Like Animal Crossing? Biggest Differences

Is Disney Dreamlight Valley like Animal Crossing? Life sim fans will find some big differences between the two alongside core parallels.

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Animal Crossing At 20: Setting The Bar For Social Simulation Games

In the 20 years since its worldwide debut, the Animal Crossing franchise has conquered the world with creativity and cozy vibes.

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Nintendo is streaming two concerts from Japan this weekend

From VGC: "Nintendo will be live-streaming two concerts from its Nintendo Live event in Japan this weekend.

Nintendo Live is a physical event taking place in Tokyo on September 8-9, but some of the show will be broadcast on YouTube.

Specifically, two concerts based on Animal Crossing and Splatoon will be streamed for viewers to watch worldwide."

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