Jeff's New Horizons Blog

On Tuesday, Flo the penguin was camping at the campsite. I think she was trying to sell me some insurance. 😉

On Thursday, I really liked the look of the purple clouds behind the purple cat as I gave Bob a sword.

In return, he gave me a maxi shirtdress. Not exactly the best trade for me, but I’m going to spoil Bob regardless. 🙂

It was raining in Forest tonight, and Ankha was enjoying a nice walk. She said she had no idea how refreshing a walk in the rain could be, in a pyramid. Yeah, I guess she wouldn’t even know it was raining from inside a pyramid. 😛 Unless the pyramid had leaks, I suppose.

Static said that a rainy day like today would be a good time to go in Resident Services and work on a DIY project. Yeah, I remember crafting there early in the game…but I thought this dialogue was outdated. I didn’t think there was still a crafting table once Resident Services got a full building, so I went to check it out. To my surprise, there is still a crafting table! Wow.

Poor Punchy was sick tonight, and he made it sound a bit grosser than it needed to be.

I crafted him some medicine, and he started to feel a bit better. He gave me a plain do-rag to say thanks.

K.K. Slider was performing out in the rain tonight, and he played K.K. Ska for me. Three of my shortest villagers joined me for the show.

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• I helped Gulliver on Tuesday, and he sent me a pagoda in the mail.
• I sold 20 bugs to Flick for 117,450 bells Wednesday.
• I sold 25 fish to C.J. for 341,700 bells yesterday.
• Those bug/fish sales pushed my savings balance over 67 million bells.

See you all next time!

Yesterday, Pascal popped up when I found a scallop while diving. His latest words of wisdom were a warning about eating too fast.

Later on, I headed over to Sam’s town of Seattle for another going-away party he was having. I was the first to arrive, but Logan, Jac, Jesse, and Matthew soon joined in as well. We had some net fights, we played around with ocean sunfish (naturally), and we went pole-vaulting around a pond.

Sam then led us up to his obstacle course, which I mentioned back in April. But he made some changes to the rules: The player on the yellow moon has to turn on the red, purple, blue, and 2nd yellow stars, while picking up purple star fragments. The player on the blue moon must turn on the 1st yellow, green, white, and pink stars, while picking up red star fragments. Um…what???

I beat Logan on the first run, but his pockets were full, so Sam called that a technicality…even though I made room in my pockets before the race when I saw my pockets were full and Logan didn’t. 😛 So my win didn’t count, but that was enough for me. 😛 Sam decided to simplify the rules, and he beat Matthew in the next race.

Nicky came over, and most of us turned into King Tut for a while. Once we had our fill of falling on our faces, we headed up to the Roost for some coffee. I was a pirate, for no apparent reason. And of course, they scolded me for drinking too early. 😛

After that, we went outside and gathered for a group photo under the fireworks. Of course, this was the last fireworks festival of 2023.

Shortly after that, Sam ended the session. Thanks for the good time, everyone! And good luck on your adventures, Sam!

Tonight, K.K. Slider was in town, and he performed K.K. Parade for me. Midge, Punchy, and Ankha were also there to enjoy the show.

Even though I (again) forgot to buy turnips yesterday, I at least picked up my 30 free ones from the hospital on Lottie’s HHP island.

When I visited Rio on Thursday, she was telling me about her TV.

She said that even though she watches some programs, her TV is mainly used for video games. Same here, Rio.

I wish there really were playable video games within New Horizons, though.

I helped out Gullivarrr by retrieving his phone, so he sent me a pirate beard in the mail yesterday.

Tonight, I started up the game expecting to find K.K. Slider in the plaza. However, he wasn’t around because there was a Bug-Off today…even though I played too late in the day to compete. Flick was there to tell me about the next Bug-Off in September.

Today’s Bug-Off was on the minds of several of my villagers though, and Midge asked how mine went.

Agent S said she saw a really cute bug during the Bug-Off, but she decided to let it run away and be free. 😛