You’re sitting there, minding your own business, when the thought hits you. You wait for it to pass, but it lingers, forcing its way to the front of your mind. You try desperately to ignore it, but ...
Do you remember the old Flash-powered website Neopets? Because I do. In the early 2000s, as a kid, I logged on to see my virtual pets, play minigames, and participate in an all-encompassing story that ...
A nasty breakup spurred Maddy to search for comfort — and reclaim her old Neopets account. Back in 2005, the now 28-year-old social media marketer, had been among tens of millions of children ...
For years, Neopets has had a black-market pet problem. Neopets themselves aren’t just digital pets — they’re also currency. When the website, popularized in the 2000s, got a revamp in 2007, its ...
Neopets has been trying to get back its once substantial userbase over the past year by fixing and relaunching its classic games, holding timely events and releasing new features meant to get people ...
It might be time to log in to your Neopets account again. It might be time to log in to your Neopets account again. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in ...
The heyday of Neopets has long gone. But Dominic Law, CEO of Neopets Meta, thinks the two decades-old virtual pet game has all the right ingredients to become a Web3 title. From a base in Hong Kong, ...
Neopets revolutionized the online virtual pet sphere when it first launched in 1999, and since then, its various iterations have placed longtime fans in a nostalgia-fueled chokehold – and the new ...
Neopets has experienced a major data breach (Credit: JumpStart/Neopets) Much-loved virtual pet platform Neopets has asked users to update their passwords after experiencing a major data breach.
Following a shaky few years, Neopets announced that it's under new management alongside plans to revitalize its brand on July 17, with an in-depth statement that has fans excited for the 23-year-old ...
Neopets was one of the hottest destinations on the World Wide Web of the early 2000s, but the audience for its virtual pets has been in decline for years now. Neopets itself has declined, too, admit ...
Remember the good old days when Flash games were at their peak, and it seemed like we had an unlimited free gaming library to choose from, no matter the type of PC you had? While that gilded era is ...