![]() It argues that academic perceptions of the early ‘Ndrangheta are, through their reliance on cultural products, impacted by the narratives contained within such texts a phenomenon which merits further investigation. This paper will present a cautionary example of the importance of interrogating literary and journalistic representations of Italian organized crime sensitively and within context, taking an article written by celebrated Calabrian writer Corrado Alvaro as a case study. ![]() By far the least studied of Italy’s ‘big three’ mafias, socio-historical research on the earlier stage of the organisation’s history has tended to make extensive use of literary and journalistic texts as source material (see Arlacchi (1983) Ciconte (1992) Paoli (2003)). ‘Nook = Greedy’ is old and busted, a lazy meme that needs to die.The Calabrian mafia, or ‘Ndrangheta, is a hugely powerful international crime syndicate, with origins that can be traced back to the late nineteenth century. Gone are all the reminders and nagging about debts, and his rewards for effort go beyond fairness (and rationality) into downright absurdly generous. New Horizons shows that no matter how Nook might have behaved in previous entries, his motivations for the island getaway package are nothing but collaborative and more than fair. That raccoon is one of the most generous characters in modern gaming, and trying to claim him as a capitalist manipulator is in direct contradiction to this claim: “The Spiritfarer salesman is capable of feeling shame and correcting course. ![]() Who exactly is compensating Nook Inc for the materials and effort that requires? Nook is clearly digging into his own pockets to thank you at his own expense for having the decency to deign to pay a trifling sum for the a luxury upgraded home. Nevermind the fact that the final loan NEVER needs to be paid off and he doesn’t nag you about it let alone charge interest, and if you pay what you owe for services rendered, ie: a motherfucking HOUSE, you’re then given FREE exterior design upgrades. I LONG to live in a world where a month’s worth of fishing for an hour or two every day could buy me a god damn mansion with near-endless acres of land I have complete freedom to use as I please. But why are his prices so sky-high in the first place?”Īre you kidding me? Sky-high? In New Horizons, Tom Nook builds you a two-storey house with basement for a cost that you can pay off in the space of a few weeks of mild effort, spent doing nothing especially valuable or productive to anyone except yourself or your fellow islanders and possibly whichever mysterious vendor is buying fruit, fish, seashells, even weeds, second-hand clothes/furniture and any other bullshit you offload onto the Nook family for guaranteed compensation, regardless of their usefulness or commercial/resale value. “Some say it’s nice that he doesn’t charge interest on those staggering loans. Gwen has a warning, though: “I’ve run into this cheeky little raccoon once, and his dishonesty was blatant.” Sound like a certain tanooki to you? Raccoon, Inc., is operated by Theodore, a raccoon with shady business principles. There, she says, you’ll be able to purchase the seeds required to grow some plants - including linen, a necessary ingredient for some early constructions - from a shop called Raccoon, Inc., a clear play on Tom Nook’s Nook, Inc, from New Horizons. Read moreĮarly on, one such passenger, Gwen the deer, directs you to the island settlement of Hummingberg. ![]() To play Spiritfarer is to light some candles, make a cup of Chamomile, and curl up under a cashmere throw. I’m only a few hours into this massive, striking game - it’s reportedly 30 to 40 hours long - but those words seem remarkably accurate so far. Spiritfarer, which is described by developer Thunder Lotus Games as a “cosy management game about dying,” came out yesterday for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Spiritfarer Is A Chill, Touching Take On A Stressful Genre
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