Better than nostalgia – there’s genuine affection for how the internet used to be before the forces of social media, ad sales, and consolidation ground everything up into pink Nazi slime. And the affection is clear-eyed, gently suggesting that all we ever did was swap one flavor of bullshit for another. On top of all that, the relentless dedication to its aesthetic goes toe-to-toe with any Kingdom Hearts game you could name. A few puzzles slightly miss the mark towards the end, but whether or not you were around for the AOL days, this shouldn’t be missed. The mods have always been useless tyrants, the teens have always been cringe, and the people running the whole thing have always been dipshits. May the zoomers (and everyone else) forgive us.

Reviewed on Sep 03, 2023


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