did you know that you can still play webkinz for free even if you don't have a code and it’s adorable and it’s exactly the way it was in 2007. very wholesome way to spend an evening.
kinda basic but truly what a fun game. I dabbled in a lot of those multiplayer websites when I was wayyy too young (parents didn’t care abt internet restriction; I’m the youngest child in my fam) but this was just the best. My brother and I used to wait until midnight on holidays to see what the drops would look like. Learned vaguely about sex and bullying and surfing, as much as the website allowed at least. My friend the other day sent me a meme that had a pic of the lighthouse and I felt genuine nostalgia. When it shut down, I dabbled in the legacy ”mod” and have been thinking about getting back into it 🤔 a trip down memory lane!
I would watch their animations for hourssss, I didn’t even like warrior cats like that but I was hooked
Other heavy hitters were Webkinz, Moshi Monsters, QUIZILLA (💀), Club Penguin, and ofc any kind of dress up game
if the text requires more than 3 sentences it’s a voice memo! the efficiency of just getting to speak! the intimacy of sending your voice and the process of gathering your thoughts in real time! the presence of tone and vocal inflection! i actually aspire to only ever communicate via phone calls and voice memos. texting is such a menace in my life.