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The decision by Okafor represents a significant recruiting win for the Longhorns coaching staff.

One of the most experienced offensive linemen on the Texas Longhorns roster will remain on the Forty Acres for his final season, as senior Denzel Okafor has removed his name from the NCAA transfer portal, according to Anwar Richardson of Orangebloods.

Horns247 and Inside Texas confirmed the report.

Okafor entered the transfer portal in late March with the intention to become a graduate transfer, but as a projected starter at right tackle in 2020 who has appeared in 39 games and started five in his career, he’s a key piece of Herb Hand’s position group.

So it’s not a surprise that head coach Tom Herman and his staff talked Okafor out of leaving. In that regard, it’s one of the more important recruiting jobs that Texas will undertake this spring with limited experience beyond Okafor and the three returning starters.

It’s a necessary reality in the college football world with the portal, too — expect one to two players per year to enter the portal and then remove their names as a result of the staff recruiting them back into the program.

That scenario already happened once earlier this year with linebacker Juwan Mitchell and it happened last year with quarterback Casey Thompson. Some players will enter the portal and leave the program with little if any effort from the coaching staff to get them to stay, but talented players at need positions will get recruited again by the staff.

While Okafor profiles more as a serviceable player rather than a potential All-Conference performer, the lack of proven depth along the offensive line is a concern that Herman raised in the absence of spring practice, and that increases Okafor’s value.

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Hiding on rocks, between flowers and in the trees, is a whole tiny world of bugs to collect in Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Get your net at the ready, here’s when and where you can find each and every bug and arachnid, along with when they unlock and a list of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons bug prices so you know which to prioritise in your inventory. We’ve updated the month-to-month tables to include the prices of every bug too.

Insects, mini-beasts, creepy-crawlies. Whatever you call them, collecting arachnids and bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons makes up an important part of your island experience. Whether you’re snagging bugs to sell at Nook’s Cranny or to gift to Blathers at the museum, it’s not always about where you look, but when.

January is a quiet time for bugs in the northern hemisphere. With no new critters arriving in the game this month (and no Bug-Off Events to plan for until the far-off days of June), it’s a good time to catch up with any entries to your Critterpedia that you might have missed out on in previous months.

Highlights this month include the beautiful (and very valuable) emperor butterfly; the dung beetle, which is coaxed out of hiding by the presence of snowballs on your wintry island; and the tarantula, which is all too happy to menace you if you venture onto your island after 7pm.

In a brutal turn of events for those of us who can only play when we get home from work, many of the bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons only appear at certain times of day. Even then, some are a lot rarer than others and don’t always spawn.

What’s more, there’s a rotating calendar of scurrying creatures that only appear during specific months of the year.

Click the links below to skip to different sections in this page:

• How to catch Bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Prices List
• January Bug Prices
• February Bug Prices
• March Bug Prices
• April Bug Prices
• May Bug Prices
• June Bug Prices
• July Bug Prices
• August Bug Prices
• September Bug Prices
• October Bug Prices
• November Bug Prices
• December Bug Prices

How to catch bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons:

With your net – flimsy or otherwise – equipped, you need to sneak up on bugs to catch them. If you hold down the A button, you will ready your net and walk extra-slowly towards your target. Releasing the A button will drop the net on the unsuspecting bug.

There are several types of insectoid critter to find. They can buzz and fly around in the air, crawl along the floor, appear nestled in flowers, under rocks, on the side of different kinds of trees, fall out of trees when you shake them, on tree stumps when you cut them, and even – in the case of the flea – be seen jumping around on villager’s heads.

To aid in your quest in becoming the ultimate entomologist, we’ve collected a table of when, where, and in which month you can find every single bug in Animal Crossing: New Horizons – as well as the prices you can sell the bugs for at Nook’s Cranny.

Special Villager: Flick

Sometimes on your island, a special visitor – Flick the Chameleon – can show up on your island decked out in his finest goth clobber. If you save your bugs for Flick, he’ll pay a 50% higher price than Timmy and Tommy at Nook’s Cranny.

We’ve focused on where we live in the northern hemisphere, if you live in the southern hemisphere add six months for which bugs are currently infesting your island!

For a visual representation, this data comes from the following video by YouTuber BeardBear courtesy of some hard-core time travel, we’re sure.

Give the video a watch and their channel a click. It also includes every fish, so to avoid spoilers, start at 2:02 and go until 6:41.

The additional price and location data comes from the Animal Crossing wiki community under CC-BY-SA license, which means you’re also free to use and remix the data as you like. It’s not quite complete yet, but we’ll fill in the blanks as we play.

According to the Animal Crossing Official Companion, some creepy crawlies only unlock after you’ve caught a certain amount of other bugs. We’ve updated the main table to reflect this.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Prices List

Below is a full list of the months and times of day that you can find all 80 bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Bugs List:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug list:	Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Prices:	Animal Crossing: New Horizons Months Available:	Animal Crossing: New Horizons Active Hours:	Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Locations:	Unlocks after catching X other bugs:
Common Butterfly	160	All except Jul & Aug	4AM-7PM	Flying around	0
Yellow Butterfly	160	March, April, May, June, September, October	4AM-7PM	Flying around	0
Tiger Butterfly	240	March, April, May, June, July, August, September	4AM-7PM	Flying around	0
Peacock Butterfly	2500	March, April, May, June	4AM-7PM	Flying around "rare flowers"	20
Common Bluebottle	300	April, May, June, July, Aug	4AM-7PM	Flying around	0
Paper Kite Butterfly	1000	All	8AM-7PM	Flying around	0
Great Purple Emperor	3000	May, June, July, Aug	4AM-7PM	Flying around	50
Monarch Butterfly	140	September, October, November	N/A	Flying around	0
Emperor Butterfly	4000	January, February, March, June, July, August, September, December	5PM-8AM	Flying around	20
Agrias Butterfly	3000	April, May, June, July, August, September	8AM-5PM	Flying around	20
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	2500	All except March, October, November	8AM-5PM	Flying around	20
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing	4000	May, June, July, August, September	8AM-4PM	Flying around	50
Moth	130	All	7PM-4AM	Buzzing around lamps and lights outside (there's usually one next to Residential Services)	0
Atlas Moth	3000	April, May, June, July, August, September	7PM-4AM	On the side of trees	20
Madagascan Sunset Moth	2500	April, May, June, July, August, September	8AM-4PM	Flying around	20
Long Locust	200	April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November	8AM-7PM	Hopping on the floor	0
Migratory Locust	600	August, September, October, November	8AM-7PM	Hopping on the floor	20
Rice Grasshopper	160	August, September, October, November	8AM-7PM	Hopping on the floor	0
Grasshopper	160	July, August, September	8AM-5PM	Hopping on the floor	0
Cricket	130	September, October, November	5PM-8AM	Hopping on the floor	0
Bell Cricket	430	September, October	5PM-8AM	Hopping on the floor	0
Mantis	430	All except January, February, December	8AM-5PM	Praying on flowers	0
Orchid Mantis	2400	All except January, February, December	8AM-5PM	Praying on white flowers	20
Honeybee	200	March, April, May, June, July	8AM-5PM	Flying around	0
Wasp	2500	All	All	Catch in net when they attack you after shaking or chopping a tree	0
Brown Cicada	250	July, August	8AM-5PM	On the side of trees	0
Robust Cicada	300	July, August	8AM-5PM	On the side of trees	0
Giant Cicada	500	July, August	8AM-5PM	On the side of trees	20
Walker Cicada	400	August, September	8AM-5PM	On the side of trees	0
Evening Cicada	550	July, August	4AM-8AM, 4PM-7PM	On the side of trees	0
Cicada Shell	10	July, August	All	On the side of trees	50
Red Dragonfly	180	September, October	8AM-7PM	Flying around	0
Darner Dragonfly	230	April, May, June, July, August, September, October	8AM-5PM	Flying around	0
Banded Dragonfly	4500	May, June, July, August, September, October	8AM-5PM	Flying around	50
Damselfly	500	January, February, November, December	All	Flying around	0
Firefly	300	June	7PM-4AM	Flying around	0
Mole Cricket	500	January, February, March, April, May, November, December	All	Dig underground	0
Pondskater	130	May, June, July, August, September	8AM-7PM	Scooting on the top of rivers and ponds	0
Diving Beetle	800	May, June, July, August, September	8AM-7PM	Scooting on the top of rivers and ponds	0
Giant Water Bug	2000	April, May, June, July, August, September	7PM-8AM	Scooting on the top of rivers and ponds	50
Stinkbug	120	All except January, February, November, December	All	In bunches of flowers	0
Man-faced Stink Bug	1000	All except January, February, November, December	7PM-8AM	In bunches of flowers	20
Ladybug	200	March, April, May, June, October	8AM-5PM	In bunches of flowers	0
Tiger Beetle	1500	All except January, November, Decemeber	All	Crawling on the floor	20
Jewel Bettle	2400	April, May, June, July, August	All	Spawns on chopped tree stumps (use axe, not stone axe, to chop down)	20
Violin Beetle	450	May, June, September, October, November	All	Spawns on chopped tree stumps (use axe, not stone axe, to chop down)	0
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	350	All	All	Spawns on chopped tree stumps (use axe, not stone axe, to chop down)	0
Rosalia Batesi Beetle	3000	May, June, July, August, September	All	Spawns on chopped tree stumps (use axe, not stone axe, to chop down)	20
Blue Weevil Beetle	800	July, August	All		0
Earth-boring Dung Beetle	300	July, August, September	All	Rolling balls of dung around	0
Dung Beetle	3000	January, February, December	All	Rolling balls of dung around	0
Scarab Beetle	10000	July, August	11PM-8AM	On the side of trees	50
Drone Beetle	200	June, July, August	All	On the side of trees	0
Goliath Beetle	8000	June, July, August, September	5PM-8AM	On the side of palm trees	100
Saw Stag	2000	July, August	All	On the side of trees	0
Miyama Stag	1000	July, August	All	On the side of trees	0
Giant Stag	10000	July, August	11PM-8AM	On the side of trees	50
Rainbow Stag	6000	June, July, August, September	7PM-8AM	On the side of trees	50
Cyclommatus Stag	8000	July, August	5PM-8AM	On the side of coconut trees	100
Golden Stag	12000	July, August	5PM-8AM	On the side of coconut trees	100
Giraffe Stag	12000	July, August	5PM-8AM	On the side of trees	100
Horned Dynastid	1350	July, August	5PM-8AM	On the side of trees	0
Horned Atlas	8000	July, August	5PM-8AM	On the side of trees	100
Horned Elephant	8000	July, August	5PM-8AM	On the side of trees	100
Horned Hercules	12000	July, August	5PM-8AM	On the side of trees	100
Walking Stick	600	July, August, September, October, November	4AM-8AM, 5PM-7PM	Falls out of shaken trees	20
Walking Leaf	600	July, August, September	All	Underneath trees	20
Bagworm	600	All	All	Falls out of shaken trees	0
Ant	80	All	All	On rotten food like rotten turnips on the floor	0
Hermit Crab	1000	All	7PM-8AM	Looks like a shell but runs away when you get close	0
Wharf Roach	200	All	All	On rocks on the beach	0
Fly	60	All	All	Buzzing around "trash items" like tires if you leave them on the ground.	0
Mosquito	130	June, July, August, September	5PM-4AM	Flying around	0
Flea	70	All except January, February, March, December	All	Bouncing on certain villager's heads	0
Snail	250	All	All	On rocks when it's raining	0
Pill Bug	250	All except July, August	11PM-4PM	Crawls from under rocks when you hit them	0
Centipede	300	All except July, August	4PM-11PM	Crawls from under rocks when you hit them	0
Spider	480	All	7PM-8AM	Shake trees at night	0
Tarantula	8000	January, February, March, April, November, December	7PM-4AM	Scurrying around the floor at night - attacks you	0
Scorpion	8000	May, June, July, August, September, October,	7PM-4AM	Scurrying around the floor at night - attacks you	0

Below are some smaller tables of which bugs are available every month in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, so you have a better idea of what’s available right now.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in January

The start of the year is still winter, and features a few bugs you can only see in this season.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons January Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Emperor Butterfly	5PM-8AM	4000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Wasp	All	2500
Damselfly	All	500
Mole Cricket	All	500
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Dung Beetle	All	3000
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4PM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Tarantula	7PM-4AM	8000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in February

Like the previous month, February features some specifically cold-weather critters.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons February Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Emperor Butterfly	5PM-8AM	4000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Moth	7PM-4PM	130
Wasp	All	2500
Damselfly	All	500
Mole Cricket	All	500
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Dung Beetle	All	3000
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4PM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Tarantula	7PM-4AM	8000
Tiger Beetle	All	1500

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in March

As the weather starts to change for March, we lose some bugs but gain new varieties to take their place.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons March Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Yellow Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Tiger Butterfly	4AM-7PM	240
Peacock Butterfly	4AM-7PM	2500
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Emperor Butterfly	5PM-8AM	4000
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Honeybee	8AM-5PM	200
Wasp	All	2500
Mole Cricket	All	500
Stinkbug	All	120
Man-faced Stink Bug	7PM-8AM	1000
Tiger Beetle	All	1500
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4PM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Tarantula	7PM-4AM	8000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in April

It’s spring in April, so you’ll start to see different types of bugs with the new growth.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons April Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Yellow Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Tiger Butterfly	4AM-7PM	240
Peacock Butterfly	4AM-7PM	2500
Common Bluebottle	4AM-7PM	300
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Agrias Butterfly	8AM-5PM	3000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Atlas Moth	7PM-4AM	3000
Madagascan Sunset Moth	8AM-4PM	2500
Long Locust	8AM-7PM	200
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Honeybee	8AM-5PM	200
Wasp	All	2500
Darner Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	230
Giant Water Bug	7PM-8AM	2000
Man-faced Stink Bug	7PM-8AM	1000
Ladybug	8AM-5PM	200
Tiger Beetle	All	1500
Jewel Beetle	All	2400
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Flea	All	70
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4PM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Tarantula	7PM-4AM	8000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in May

May is another transitional month, but still features a good selection of insects to sell.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons May Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Yellow Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Tiger Butterfly	4AM-7PM	240
Peacock Butterfly	4AM-7PM	2500
Common Bluebottle	4AM-7PM	300
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Great Purple Emperor	4AM-7PM	3000
Agrias Butterfly	8AM-5PM	3000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing	8AM-4PM	4000
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Atlas Moth	7PM-4AM	3000
Madagascan Sunset Moth	8AM-4PM	2500
Long Locust	8AM-7PM	200
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Honeybee	8AM-5PM	200
Wasp	All	2500
Darner Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	230
Banded Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	4500
Mole Cricket	All	500
Pondskater	8AM-7PM	130
Diving Beetle	8AM-7PM	800
Giant Water Bug	7PM-8AM	2000
Stinkbug	All	120
Man-faced Stink Bug	7PM-8AM	1000
Ladybug	8AM-5PM	200
Tiger Beetle	All	1500
Jewel Bettle	All	2400
Violin Beetle	All	450
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Rosalia Batesi Beetle	All	3000
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Flea	All	70
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4PM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Scorpion	7PM-4AM	8000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in June

As summer starts to kick off in June, we see a unique bug: the firefly.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons June Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Yellow Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Tiger Butterfly	4AM-7PM	240
Peacock Butterfly	4AM-7PM	2500
Common Bluebottle	4AM-7PM	300
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Great Purple Emperor	4AM-7PM	3000
Emperor Butterfly	5PM-8AM	4000
Agrias Butterfly	8AM-5PM	3000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing	8AM-4PM	4000
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Atlas Moth	7PM-4AM	3000
Madagascan Sunset Moth	8AM-4PM	2500
Long Locust	8AM-7PM	200
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Honeybee	8AM-5PM	200
Wasp	All	2500
Darner Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	230
Banded Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	4500
Firefly	7PM-4AM	300
Pondskater	8AM-7PM	130
Diving Beetle	8AM-7PM	800
Giant Water Bug	7PM-8AM	2000
Stinkbug	All	120
Man-faced Stink Bug	7PM-8AM	1000
Ladybug	8AM-5PM	200
Tiger Beetle	All	1500
Jewel Bettle	All	2400
Violin Beetle	All	450
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Rosalia Batesi Beetle	All	3000
Drone Beetle	All	200
Goliath Beetle	5PM-8AM	8000
Rainbow Stag	7PM-8AM	6000
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Mosquito	5PM-4AM	130
Flea	All	70
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4AM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Scorpion	7PM-4AM	8000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in July

From July, you will hopefully start to see expensive and exotic beetles on beach palm trees.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons July Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Tiger Butterfly	4AM-7PM	240
Common Bluebottle	4AM-7PM	300
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Great Purple Emperor	4AM-7PM	3000
Emperor Butterfly	5PM-8AM	4000
Agrias Butterfly	8AM-5PM	3000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing	8AM-4PM	4000
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Atlas Moth	7PM-4AM	3000
Madagascan Sunset Moth	8AM-4PM	2500
Long Locust	8AM-7PM	200
Grasshopper	8AM-5PM	160
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Honeybee	8AM-5PM	200
Wasp	All	2500
Brown Cicada	8AM-5PM	250
Robust Cicada	8AM-5PM	300
Giant Cicada	8AM-5PM	500
Evening Cicada	8AM-5PM	550
Cicada Shell	8AM-5PM	10
Darner Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	230
Banded Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	4500
Pondskater	8AM-7PM	130
Diving Beetle	8AM-7PM	800
Giant Water Bug	7PM-8AM	2000
Stinkbug	All	120
Man-faced Stink Bug	7PM-8AM	1000
Tiger Beetle	All	1500
Jewel Bettle	All	2400
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Rosalia Batesi Beetle	All	3000
Blue Weevil Beetle	All	800
Earth-boring Dung Beetle	All	300
Scarab Beetle	11PM-8AM	10000
Drone Beetle	All	200
Goliath Beetle	5PM-8AM	8000
Saw Stag	All	2000
Miyama Stag	All	1000
Giant Stag	11PM-8AM	10000
Rainbow Stag	7PM-8AM	6000
Cyclommatus Stag	5PM-8AM	8000
Golden Stag	5PM-8AM	12000
Giraffe Stag	5PM-8AM	12000
Horned Dynastid	5PM-8AM	1350
Horned Atlas	5PM-8AM	8000
Horned Elephant	5PM-8AM	8000
Horned Hercules	5PM-8AM	12000
Walking Stick	4AM-8AM, 5PM-7PM	600
Walking Leaf	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Mosquito	5PM-4AM	130
Flea	All	70
Snail	All	250
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Scorpion	7PM-4AM	8000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in August

Beetle-mania continues in August, so make the most of it!

Animal Crossing: New Horizons August Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Tiger Butterfly	4AM-7PM	240
Common Bluebottle	4AM-7PM	300
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Great Purple Emperor	4AM-7PM	3000
Emperor Butterfly	5PM-8AM	4000
Agrias Butterfly	8AM-5PM	3000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing	8AM-4PM	4000
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Atlas Moth	7PM-4AM	3000
Madagascan Sunset Moth	8AM-4PM	2500
Long Locust	8AM-7PM	200
Grasshopper	8AM-5PM	160
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Wasp	All	2500
Brown Cicada	8AM-5PM	250
Robust Cicada	8AM-5PM	300
Giant Cicada	8AM-5PM	500
Evening Cicada	8AM-5PM	550
Cicada Shell	8AM-5PM	10
Darner Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	230
Banded Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	4500
Pondskater	8AM-7PM	130
Diving Beetle	8AM-7PM	800
Giant Water Bug	7PM-8AM	2000
Stinkbug	All	120
Man-faced Stink Bug	7PM-8AM	1000
Tiger Beetle	All	1500
Jewel Bettle	All	2400
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Rosalia Batesi Beetle	All	3000
Blue Weevil Beetle	All	800
Earth-boring Dung Beetle	All	300
Scarab Beetle	11PM-8AM	10000
Drone Beetle	All	200
Goliath Beetle	5PM-8AM	8000
Saw Stag	All	2000
Miyama Stag	All	1000
Giant Stag	11PM-8AM	10000
Rainbow Stag	7PM-8AM	6000
Cyclommatus Stag	5PM-8AM	8000
Golden Stag	5PM-8AM	12000
Giraffe Stag	5PM-8AM	12000
Horned Dynastid	5PM-8AM	1350
Horned Atlas	5PM-8AM	8000
Horned Elephant	5PM-8AM	8000
Horned Hercules	5PM-8AM	12000
Walking Stick	4AM-8AM, 5PM-7PM	600
Walking Leaf	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Mosquito	5PM-4AM	130
Flea	All	70
Snail	All	250
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Scorpion	7PM-4AM	8000
Migratory Locust	8AM-7PM	600
Rice Grasshopper	8AM-7PM	400
Walker Cicada	8AM-5PM	400
Bagworm	All	600

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in September

The transitional month of September still has a good variety of bugs to collect.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons September Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Yellow Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Tiger Butterfly	4AM-7PM	240
Monarch Butterfly	N/A	140
Emperor Butterfly	5PM-8AM	4000
Agrias Butterfly	8AM-5PM	3000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing	8AM-4PM	4000
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Atlas Moth	7PM-4AM	3000
Madagascan Sunset Moth	8AM-4PM	2500
Long Locust	8AM-7PM	200
Migratory Locust	8AM-7PM	600
Rice Grasshopper	8AM-7PM	400
Grasshopper	8AM-5PM	160
Cricket	5PM-8AM	130
Bell Cricket	5PM-8AM	430
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Wasp	All	2500
Walker Cicada	8AM-5PM	400
Red Dragonfly	8AM-7PM	180
Darner Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	230
Banded Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	4500
Pondskater	8AM-7PM	130
Diving Beetle	8AM-7PM	800
Giant Water Bug	7PM-8AM	2000
Stinkbug	All	120
Man-faced Stink Bug	7PM-8AM	1000
Violin Beetle	All	450
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Rosalia Batesi Beetle	All	3000
Earth-boring Dung Beetle	All	300
Goliath Beetle	5PM-8AM	8000
Rainbow Stag	7PM-8AM	6000
Walking Stick	4AM-8AM, 5PM-7PM	600
Walking Leaf	All	600
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Mosquito	5PM-4AM	130
Flea	All	70
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4PM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Scorpion	7PM-4AM	8000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in October

As winter starts to close in again from October, we lose a lot of the pricier bugs from the summer – but there are still some good ones to find.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons October Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Yellow Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Monarch Butterfly	N/A	140
Moth	All	130
Long Locust	8AM-7PM	200
Migratory Locust	8AM-7PM	600
Rice Grasshopper	8AM-7PM	400
Cricket	5PM-8AM	130
Bell Cricket	5PM-8AM	430
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Wasp	All	2500
Red Dragonfly	8AM-7PM	180
Darner Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	230
Banded Dragonfly	8AM-5PM	4500
Ladybug	8AM-5PM	200
Violin Beetle	All	450
Walking Stick	4AM-8AM, 5PM-7PM	600
Scorpion	7PM-4AM	8000
Stinkbug	All	120
Man-faced Stink bug	7PM-8AM	1000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in November

November sees some bugs from earlier in the year start to return, so it’s a good time to round out your collection.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons November Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Monarch Butterfly	N/A	140
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Long Locust	8AM-7PM	200
Migratory Locust	8AM-7PM	600
Rice Grasshopper	8AM-7PM	400
Cricket	5PM-8AM	130
Mantis	8AM-5PM	430
Orchid Mantis	8AM-5PM	2400
Wasp	All	2500
Damselfly	All	500
Mole Cricket	All	500
Violin Beetle	All	450
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Walking Stick	4AM-8AM, 5PM-7PM	600
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Flea	All	70
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4PM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Tarantula	7PM-4AM	8000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bugs in December

In December, some critters from the start of the year make their way back into the game. Take your chance this time!

Animal Crossing: New Horizons December Bugs
Name:	Active Hours:	Bug Price:
Common Butterfly	4AM-7PM	160
Paper Kite Butterfly	8AM-7PM	1000
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	8AM-5PM	2500
Moth	7PM-4AM	130
Wasp	All	2500
Damselfly	All	500
Mole Cricket	All	500
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	All	350
Dung Beetle	All	3000
Bagworm	All	600
Ant	All	80
Hermit Crab	7PM-8AM	1000
Wharf Roach	All	200
Fly	All	60
Snail	All	250
Pill Bug	11PM-4PM	250
Centipede	4PM-11PM	300
Spider	7PM-8AM	600
Tarantula	7PM-4AM	8000

For more on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, check out our full guide.

The post Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Prices – when and where to find every bug appeared first on VG247.

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— pinky 🍑 (@avacnl) March 21, 2020

Most creative #acnh post I've seen. Genius https://t.co/5bHd5wb8De pic.twitter.com/HD8FzSdxin

— Rob Brammeld (@bobuk1973) March 22, 2020

lol @ashleyfeinberg showed up to my island in a fucking mask pic.twitter.com/ViJVwc4vmh

— Veronica de Souza (@HeyVeronica) March 22, 2020

my pandemic Vault #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/ysbRHnLR9F

— Gene Park BFG Edition (@GenePark) March 22, 2020

having a normal one pic.twitter.com/btdqzqTE7J

— Leigh Alexander 💿✨ (@leighalexander) March 22, 2020

this is my new favorite out of context animal crossing screenshot pic.twitter.com/NpW2Sx4Qy7

— 𝖘 𝖊 𝖓 𝖘 𝖊 𝖎 (@seupo) March 21, 2020

#동물의숲 #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch
스톰트루퍼! 재밌엌ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/vP1IAvHJdk

— 으뉴뉴 (@beavererer) March 21, 2020

i got stung by wasps and my wife took this picture pic.twitter.com/WGKpPCqAOs

— Ryan North (@ryanqnorth) March 21, 2020

This is fine. #AnimalCrossing pic.twitter.com/q5amQJN2r4

— Luis Yang (@SuscrofaD) March 22, 2020

OK, these seem real for sure:

when i tell you i SCREAMED #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/0gBEL9YkRO

— vic regis ✨ (@TheDamnThinGuy) March 21, 2020

I did NOT know that this could happen pic.twitter.com/is0Vdnnwh3

— Sean Bell (@CaptainToss) March 22, 2020

Finally:

You are in her DMs, i’m on her Animal Crossing island. We are not the same.

— Andrien Gbinigie (@EscoBlades) March 21, 2020

*Buy Animal Crossing at Amazon.

I have a PhD, and I cannot for the life of me figure out what you're supposed to do on this kindergarten worksheet. pic.twitter.com/ZBCDph3uvs

— Nissa Ren Cannon (@noxrosa) March 20, 2020

Happy #Caturdaypic.twitter.com/lw9OXCqE5t

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) March 21, 2020

Please enjoy this top quality wifely side-eye. #arthelps pic.twitter.com/1iYa6VOzVx

— Sybil Disobedience (@PaolaOeste) March 21, 2020

Omg Bryn Celyn Care Home in south Wales does self isolation human hungry hippos 🥰 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 pic.twitter.com/PJvSyZVwAw

— Catrin Nye (@CatrinNye) March 20, 2020

"NOTICE: Midnight porn-watching neighbor: Please delete our bluetooth speaker from your phone. Here are the instructions..." pic.twitter.com/znBAkiqU2l

— Tanner Brown (@luoshanji) March 21, 2020

She hates me pic.twitter.com/OMOQc5n3Mz

— Jenn Ravenna - Kickstarter LIVE! (@JennRavenna) March 19, 2020

動かないから顔に落書きしちゃう pic.twitter.com/OerMjeO5pq

— もふもふ動画 (@ru_ruru831) March 20, 2020

he ate ALL the jam! pic.twitter.com/kjyD5xIGJF

— Bond 🍸 (@CozyBond) March 20, 2020

wowww u mispronounce paprika ONE TIME and your friends sing “i bless the rains down in paaaaaprika” for YEARS

— Rebecca F. Kuang (@kuangrf) March 21, 2020

Platypus playtime!! pic.twitter.com/Ws48okNe7x

— David Hamilton (@davidghamilton1) March 21, 2020

*More funny posts.

Denver, Colorado-based doomed heavy metal quartet KHEMMIS will release their new EP, "Doomed Heavy Metal", digitally on April 17 via Nuclear Blast. "Doomed Heavy Metal" is a unique collection of songs from the quartet. Side A includes a brand new cover of DIO's "Rainbow In The Dark" as well as a pair of rare singles — "A Conversation With Death" from the band's seven-inch split with SPIRIT ADRIFT and "Empty Throne" from the Decibel Magazine Flexi Series. Side B highlights the power and emotional intensity the group wields onstage with a selection of live recordings from 2018's "Two Nights Of Doomed Heavy Metal" showcasing one song from each of KHEMMIS's albums. In celebration of the announcement, the band has unveiled a video for its cover of "Rainbow In The Dark". Watch the video below. KHEMMIS comments: "As lifelong fans of ZZ TOP, 'Fandango' has been a consistent source of inspiration for the four of us. The combination of high-octane live cuts and rare studio recordings make the release stand out in the band's discography. In that tradition, we are thrilled to announce 'Doomed Heavy Metal'. This mini-album is similarly unique, combining sought-after singles and live cuts together on one record. We've topped it all off with a newly recorded version of DIO's immortal 'Rainbow In The Dark'. For those who have clamoured for the re-release of the long-out-of-print 'Empty Throne' and 'Conversation With Death', your calls have been answered. We hope new and old fans alike will pick up the album, pour a tall glass of their favourite beverage, and party with us!" "Doomed Heavy Metal" track listing: 01. Rainbow In The Dark (DIO Cover) 02. A Conversation With Death 03. Empty Throne 04. Bloodletting (Live) 05. Three Gates (Live) 06. The Bereaved (Live)

Please enjoy this sheep pic.twitter.com/IX3pswVCiD

— Julia Métraux (@metraux_julia) March 14, 2020

Baby wombat and baby kangaroo BFFs 😍 pic.twitter.com/DF40o8f5eO

— The Dodo (@dodo) January 22, 2020

송충이 관찰하는 고릴라가 너무 귀엽다
🐛…… (◐□◐ pic.twitter.com/yapdqvV1qy

— Bell𓆙 (@wnrrhtlvek_tlqk) March 13, 2020

Had a random cat run in the library today and get stuck on the projector screen, so...yeah. pic.twitter.com/E1r86oujCS

— Just a small town school librarian (@bookcase_lady) March 10, 2020

I went to the Museum of Illusion in NYC by myself. Unbeknownst to me I couldn’t execute a lot of the illusions by myself. So one of the workers followed me around and filled in lmaooo pic.twitter.com/3ezOVFzPPv

— Bando Calrissian (@its_micAh) March 14, 2020

ハムハムハム pic.twitter.com/NXTozZDhBo

— もふもふ動画館 (@mohu_Movie) February 2, 2020

When you want to be a good cat parent and give them everything pic.twitter.com/0n0fTGGvCp

— Sally Kuchar💅🏼🤷🏻‍♀️💋📚 (@sallykuchar) March 15, 2020

"They laughed at him, but little did they know, thirty years from then he would be a Nobel Laureate." pic.twitter.com/CXHrf9IwSb

— Andrew Heaton 🎩 (@MightyHeaton) March 13, 2020

Snow day! pic.twitter.com/MjV08RAQCn

— Oregon Zoo (@OregonZoo) March 14, 2020

内臓を食い破るタイプの猫。。。#猫動画 pic.twitter.com/EKhJ4S4yRJ

— えるぼー (@erubodayo) March 13, 2020

*More funny posts.

maybethereissomething:

Carl D’Alvia, Ghost, 2011

Before you jet off to your Animal Crossing: New Horizons deserted island, you’ll be faced with a choice: which island should you choose? Tom Nook has plenty of options for you.

You’ll be pressented with four different choices of island by the Nook travel agency, though there are actually more options than the four you’ll see, as you’ll see in the screenshot below. The islands you’re given to choose between are based on the questions you answer previously and seemingly a random element, but you can ‘reroll’ your island choice by restarting the process if you wish. Here’s all the possible island types we know of, as disseminated by the Animal Crossing community pre-launch.

As you can see, the island layouts vary in a number of ways. It’s important to note that all islands will have the same basic resources – trees, stones, natural flowers and basic starter buildings like Resident Services and the Airport are always present. What differs is placement – these buildings and resources will appear in different places.

Resident Services and the area that will eventually develop into your town square is marked on the map with the Animal Crossing leaf symbol, and the airport will be on the grey, rocky area directly below it, or near enough to it. Rivers will follow different routes and raised areas of land will be in different places, however. For what it’s worth, we picked the island layout in the very bottom right of the image above. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily the best one for you, however.

Which is the Best Island Layout?

Okay, so, here comes the kicker, the thing that in your heart of hearts you probably know is coming: in Animal Crossing New Horizons there is no ‘best’ island layout that you absolutely must choose. In fact, pretty much every island is equal. This isn’t a cop-out; let us explain.

As we say above, every island layout has the same basic setup. So that means initially you’ll have access to a chunk of the island that features the town square and resident services tent, the airport, a good amount of beach, a bunch of trees and some rocks. This means you’ll have everything you need to gather resources to do some crafting. Pretty quickly you’ll craft a means to cross over the rivers to unlock another chunk of the island which will give you access to more of the same. Then, later, you’ll unlock the means to create a ladder to clamber the inclines.

This is a new sort of ‘gated’ progression to the earliest stages of Animal Crossing New Horizons, but each island layout has access to the same basic things at each stage, meaning – we reiterate – that there is no ‘best’ island style. Don’t worry about things like the location of rocks, as every few days rocks will shatter under your shovel or axe, at which point a new one will spawn in a new location the next day.

Every island type has everything you need at every stage of the game. We recommend you pick a layout you like and not worry too much about min/maxing your island choice.

Things to consider when choosing an island shape

Okay, so – you understand the above disclaimers. But you still aren’t sure what to do with your first island pick. That’s okay! Here’s what to think about first and foremost.

The main thing you should worry about is the location of Resident Services and the airport; make sure the layout has them in a position where you’ll be comfortable with their location in relation to where you might place your tent, which will later become the plot of your house. That’s different for everyone – some might want resident services as close to the middle of the island as possible. Others may want it out of the way. Just be aware that it’ll become the central hub of your island life once it becomes more bustling and busy.

Next, consider the river placement when compared to your long term plans. If you want the vast majority of your island’s buildings on one landmass rather than several, you’ll probably want an island design where the rivers are less intrusive. Others might welcome the ability to break their island up, especially as you can eventually build bridges and reshape rivers – so, again, it’s a personal choice.

The good news is that almost everything that you manually place – houses, shops, items and so on – can be moved later on, albeit as a cost. So if you make a mistake, or your priorities change, you can rejig. Simple. Similarly, you can also change ledges and rivers when you unlock terraforming tools later on. The bad news is you cannot change the name of your island and it is strictly one island per Nintendo Switch, even if more than one player is playing the game. You’ll share that one island – so choose carefully.

Things that won’t be impacted by your island choice, but will differ anyway

There are some elements of your island that are random. If you care about them, you can re-roll – by which we mean, you can start over and delete your save to have another shot at what you want. This will take time, however.

The type of fruit that appears on your island is random, for instance, and there will only ever be one kind at the start. That can be remedied by spending Nook Miles to get a plane ticket to visit a randomly-generated island. Get foreign fruit from there, then plant it locally to implant another type of fruit. This is well worth doing, as selling foreign fruit is an easy way to make a lot of money quickly in New Horizons. You can also co-ordinate with friends and visit their islands to nab some fruit samples to transplant, and swap that way.

Similarly, your island adventure will begin with two animals joining you with tents of their own. Who this is will be random and unique to you, but later in the game you will have an opportunity to recruit other new animals to the island via elements like the campsite and tapping amiibo.

The post Animal Crossing New Horizons: which island layout to choose appeared first on VG247.

fleshaesthetic:

Carolein Smit | Tranen, 2009

My favorite episodes are
7.4 "The Conspirators"
7.2 "Make Me a Perfect Murder
7.1 "Murder Under Glass"
4.3 "By Dawn's Early Light"
3.7 "Swan Song"
5.2 "A Case of Immunity"
5.1 "Forgotten Lady"
6.3 "The Bye-bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case"
3.3 "Candidate for Crime"

(I didn't realize until now that my favorites were almost all from the last season.)

Also, The Black Monday Murders by Hickman and Coker is 60% off again.

And A Short Hike, which got some good reviews, is free in the Epic Games store.

A new study reports that iron rain likely falls through the thick, turbulent air of WASP-76 b, a bizarre "ultrahot Jupiter" that lies about 640 light-years from the sun, in the constellation Pisces. Space.com reports: WASP-76 b zips around its host star once every 1.8 Earth days, an orbit so tight that the gaseous planet is "tidally locked," always showing the star the same face. Temperatures on this dayside climb above 4,350 degrees Fahrenheit (2,400 degrees Celsius) -- hot enough to vaporize metals -- whereas the nightside is a much cooler (but still ridiculous) 2,730 F (1,500 C), researchers said. WASP-76 b was discovered in 2013. The alien planet is about as massive as Jupiter but nearly twice as wide, likely because the massive radiation loads the exoplanet receives from its host star puff up its atmosphere considerably. (And one quick note about the object's distance: Some sources say that WASP-76 b is about 390 light-years away, but that number is inaccurate, Ehrenreich said. He and his colleagues calculated WASP-76 b's distance using data from Europe's ultraprecise star-mapping spacecraft Gaia.)

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Sending out good vibes with Fiona Apple's pure love for Peter Falk and Columbo reruns pic.twitter.com/KpGLeE771N

— John Frankensteiner (@JFrankensteiner) March 11, 2020

The Misfits are a great band. Danzig is a great band. Glenn Danzig is a huge musical talent and an icon in the punk and metal scenes. Based on his directorial debut Verotika, I’m not so sure those talents translate to filmmaking.

It’s fitting that the record label he started way back in the day was called Plan 9 records, because there are a number of moments in Verotika that recall the filmmaking style of Plan 9 from Outer Space director Ed Wood. I’m not sure the tribute is intentional.

Verotika, which just made its world premiere at the opening night of Chicago’s Cinepocalypse festival, is a horror anthology with its origins in the pages of Danzig’s own Verotik comic book. “Hosted” by a woman named Morella (Kayden Kross), there are three stories contained within the film, which Danzig described as his tribute to anthologies he loves like Trilogy of Terror and Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath. The first segment, set in Paris (meaning every actor speaks in totally different but equally cartoonish French accent), tells the story of a woman with eyeballs for nipples who conjures a giant, murderous albino man-spider every time she falls asleep. In the second story, a disfigured dancer collects other women’s faces. The third and final segment is a take on the Elizabeth Bathory legend, about a countess who bathes in the blood of virgins in order to remain youthful.

The stories themselves are not the problem in Verotika, though calling them “stories” seems a bit generous. Each one presents a premise and then simply repeats that idea four or five times before coming to a conclusion. The ideas presented within the segments are fine for a horror anthology: weird and dark and gory and right out of a horror comic book. It’s the execution that dooms Verotika, from its interminable editing to its uneven performances to its multiple instances of unintentional laughter – to the opening night Cinepocalypse crowd, the movie played like a comedy (and not on purpose). Actors are left stranded, vamping endlessly when the scene should be cutting away. The special effects work well at times and other times betray the movie’s super low-budget roots in a way that stops the film cold.

Making any movie is hard, and I can see what Danzig is going for with Verotika. There’s a definite European flair to the proceedings, which is deliberate, from the Fulci-inspired eye gouge that opens the film to the Bava-inspired lighting and set design of the third story. There is the occasional striking visual (Danzig worked as his own DP) and the score is effective (Danzig worked as his own composer), but these brief glimpses into what the movie could have been aren’t enough to erase what the movie actually is. It’s a catastrophe.

On the bright side, the audience reaction at Cinepocalypse suggests that Verotika has a future as a midnight movie in the same vein as The Room. There’s plenty of entertainment and plenty of laughs to be had, even if I’m not sure it’s what director Danzig originally intended. Creating a new horror cult favorite might just be the most punk rock thing he could have done.

Plus, maybe now people will start being kinder to the movies of Rob Zombie…

Editor’s Note: This Cinepocalypse review was originally published on June 14, 2019.

Verotika is now streaming.

alanspazzaliartist:

Jason Briggs’ Bizarre Eroticism in Surrealist Porcelain Objects

Jason Briggs’ work is reminiscent of a William Borough’s novel. His figurative and surrealist objects elicit familiarity, intrigue and perhaps a smidgen of WTF. With their strong eroticism, the objects suggestively invite a primal response from viewers to touch the biological and flesh-like forms.

fleshaesthetic:

Sonja Baumel | Crocheted membrane, 2008/09

I’ve been waiting for this one. I’d guess most of Picard’s audience was. When we started getting preview material for the series, there were photos of Picard reconnecting with his former Number One—images of Riker, looking older but cheerful, living the good life. For all that the show has nodded towards events in the…

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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has been sneaking onto online chess sites using stupid pseudonyms and taunting his opponents by using pointless maneuvers with names like "the Bongcloud." One YouTube commenter calls it "a revolution in the history of chess." Slate documents the antics in an article titled "DrDrunkenstein's Reign of Terror." "DrDrunkenstein" is one of many aliases Magnus Carlsen has played under during the past two years, when he went on a killing spree across the speed chess tournaments of the internet. Since winter 2017, Carlsen has taken to livestreaming his games on a variety of platforms, which has provided a surprisingly entertaining window into the mind of an all-time great. Lichess.org is a free, ad-less web platform for chess players, a favorite in the online chess community... Carlsen appeared incognito as "DannyTheDonkey" and won, donating his small prize money back to the website. Carlsen's first showing as DrDrunkenstein was in Lichess' second Titled Arena the following month... Carlsen streamed the games on Twitch, where he lived up to his username, pounding Coronas while bantering in Norwegian with his friends. Chess fans were astonished. There's something hypnotizing about watching a guy known as "the Mozart of chess" — a player who is quantifiably better than Bobby Fischer — taking a big gulp of beer, announcing his position as "completely winning," then singing along to Dr. Dre saying "motherfuck the police" while coasting into another quick checkmate... In an interview with a Norwegian newspaper in October, Carlsen admits he quit drinking for his health. "I wouldn't say I was an alcoholic exactly," he said, "but I found out this year, if I'm going to travel and play a lot... I need to prioritize differently...." On the eve of his world championship defense, Carlsen appeared in the next tournament as "manwithavan," playing a large chunk of his games on a phone from a minivan, where the touch screen presented a massive handicap. He again earned the adoration of spectators, this time for riskily walking his king into the center of the board against one of the most dangerous players in the tournament. He came in third... As DrNykterstein, he alternated between two ways of wasting his early, important opening moves. Sometimes, he'd take his queen on a four-move tour of the board before swapping her home square with the king's, letting his opponent develop their pieces while he showboated... Other times, he'd fidget his knights back and forth from their starting squares, offering his challenger a six-move time advantage. In this tournament he filled with gags, he came in first again... One of the sweetest benefits of watching these matches is enjoying Carlsen's dry, self-deprecating sense of humor — something no chess prodigy has any right to have. In December, Magnus also reached the #1 spot, beating seven million other players, on a fantasy football table.

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Sonos has restocked its certified refurbished sale. While supplies last, you can get a Sonos Play:1 speaker for $99. And you can snag the Sonos Playbar for $499. That's $200 less than the recommended retail price.

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HQ Trivia, which was once a popular mobile game where you can earn a few dollars, is no more. CNN has obtained an internal memo from CEO and co-founder Rus Yusupov, terminating 25 full-time employees and all contractors because the company has to cease operations immediately. Apparently, HQ Trivia hired a banker to find additional investors and received an offer to be acquired by an "established business." For "reasons [the company] is still investigating," though, the acquisition fell through. And since its current investors are no longer willing to fund the company, it has to shut down.

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Announced out of Toy Fair this weekend, Hasbro has resurrected the classic Kenner toy line for the animated series “The Real Ghostbusters,” with re-releases coming this Spring.

The “Kenner Classics” figures assortment includes Peter, Ray, Winston, Egon, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and Slimer, and they’ll be available exclusively at Walmart.

Each Ghostbuster comes with accessories inspired by the classic animated series that the movie spawned in the ’80s: a ghost, proton pack, and proton blaster with stream.

“With original Kenner deco and card backs influenced by the iconic look from the 80s cartoon series, these retro figures are a must have for any Ghostbusters fan.”