Your childhood ruined: the disturbing stories behind early-2000s kids websites

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Your childhood ruined: the disturbing stories behind early-2000s kids websites

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All that glitters is not golden, and the websites of our youth are no exception. Baz Macdonald explores the dark underside of not-so-pure browser-based games Neopets and Habbo Hotel. It’s 2001 and your intermediate class are in the computer suite. You’re supposed to be r...

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Article

Date created

08 May 2018

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Hayden Donnell

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https://thespinoff.co.nz/games/08-05-2018/your-childhood-ruined-the-disturbing-stories-behind-ear...

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Featured / Gaming

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