neopets

The Surprisingly Complex Virtual Economies of Browser-Based Pet Sims

Online animal avatar games may have been meant for children, but their in-game currencies and markets have a lot going on.…

August 20, 2021

Illustration of a penguin from Club Penguin and its puffle

Your Favorite Childhood Game, Club Penguin, Is Making a Comeback

Mirella Gonzales, Texas Tech University

Say goodbye to any spare time you had left because Club Penguin Rewritten is the perfect recreation of your favorite childhood game.…

April 21, 2020

5 Classic Gaming Sites from Your Childhood That Still Exist

Christina Vazquez, University of Central Florida

Warning: This article may cause you to spend hours trying to hack into your old Neopet account.…

August 16, 2017

Confessions of a Former Neopets Owner

Michelle Criqui, James Madison University

"It also didn’t take my 10-year old self long to realize that the world of Neopets, much like the society I would one day enter into, was run by money."…

March 28, 2016