Nielo Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I just stumbled across this Rolling Stone article about Neopets. It's an interesting read, and they're mostly positive about the game, but they only ever talk about it in the past tense, making it seem as though it's completely disappeared. Still, finding any Neopets-related article at all is quite miraculous these days, so I figured I should share it here. acmerasta, charelan, hpb63094 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acmerasta Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 So did I! Was about to post it too so good thing I did a check before I did. Imagine Rolling Stone doing an article on Neopets!! And how inspiring Neo was/is for girls in tech! Nielo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayahtik Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 That is interesting, thanks for sharing! It's really cool to see someone publicly acknowledge that playing on Neo was a formative experience for them, and not just laugh it off as a silly kid's game. That's the reason that there are still many adult players on the site--it offers a lot more than just caring for virtual pets. Maybe not all of us made a career out of what we learned there, but I know personally that it played a big role in shaping the way I interact with the digital world as an adult. jellysundae and acmerasta 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 It's really nice for Neo to get some positive publicity. Not great that the article does make it sound like the site no longer exists, but an article in Rolling Stone will SURELY get some people checking the site out, and draw a few oldbies back, so it's all good. Nielo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Quote "I would build profiles for people with HTML and CSS and exchange that for goods and supplies," Kanna says. isn't this against the rules ? pretty sure u're not allowed to exchanged coding for NP / items jellysundae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acmerasta Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 If nothing else, Neopets is/was an excellent platform for also developing capitalists lol jellysundae and kayahtik 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 The article is showing as trending on Rolling Stone right now, I wonder if that's just because I'm looking at it. xD I was hoping for more comments, but there's only 9 so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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