gather round, children, and let meemaw weave you a tale……….
think of neopets, but better. back in the day when every home had one PC if you were lucky, petpet park was a shining star of the internet. i remember not being able to sleep as a child and sneaking down to our clunky dell to redeem my daily spins on the wheels of god knows what. i remember petpet park vividly— my character was a pinixy (image attached below) but green. if i remember correctly, despite being 7, i think her name was dolores (big cranberries house i live in) and she was my goat (before we had such a terminology to use so loosely). i can remember there was little areas in the game; one was a pirate fair, one was a north-pole-polar-express area where you could get little treats…. honestly, i’m 100% sure i’m forgetting more. the map was so beautiful and interactive and even without a membership, the game was insanely fun. BRING IT BACK!!!! who do i have to contact to get petpet park back
Jun 5, 2025
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Honestly the nostalgia is great, almost all of the gameplay (and parts of the ui) are the same as 20 years ago.
It’s got some fun little daily tasks and chores you can do to keep yourself and your pet busy.
And most importantly some crazy shit is about to go down. Neopets has been gearing up for a new event coming and it may really shake things up, as well as bring in older characters from the site.
Apr 18, 2024
I spent so much time on neopets. My mum also saw me playing and got very into the games so she would help me earn neopoints on hassee bounce and sutek's tomb. The world building in this game was so impressive like to name a few things you get a house, a bank account a safety deposit box, the stock market, vacations, marketplaces, personal customisable forums (where I part-taught myself html coding at age idk 10), games, lore, battles... They just don't make em like this anymore
Oct 14, 2024
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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!
Oct 14, 2024
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and liberation to all, of course
May 30, 2025
all of mansour’s works are gorgeous and so beautifully representative of the palestinian condition (pre and post-intifada) but there’s something about 1985’s ”hope” that’s always stuck with me, much like 1993’s “the nazarene” (also attached). i cannot recommend looking further into mansour’s works enough. follow him on instagram @/sliman.mansour 🕊️
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