A stack of sunglasses, each colored crimson, white, or blue, on the left, seen aspect with the aid of Nook Miles Ticket for Sale  side with a QR code inside the right.

The Biden-Harris Campaign’s aviator glasses garden sign in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Players can scan the QR code via the Nintendo Switch online app to add the layout to their recreation. Courtesy of Joe Biden for President

This isn't always the first time Animal Crossing has crossed paths with American politics: In May, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited the Animal Crossing islands of some of her supporters. But the Biden-Harris signal rollout raises crucial questions round how groups that create and operate on line multiplayer games will wrestle with the abuse of  LOLGA those virtual social spaces for less healthful political ends.