From the pixel-art graphics to the real whirring and humming sounds our Windows 98 processors used to make - this game captures it all. One thing I like about the game is the authentic elements of being on a web-based chatroom. Come, let jiĕjie bring you to a time when telling a girl you like Snow Patrol meant more than a dick pic. It’s an apropos game to come out at a time when a teenager is going on a rampage about the unreal life of social media or reports of the rise of ‘sexting’ in Singapore teenagers. You can choose to try and date her, or simply be her friend. Ah, that was a time when the crux of teenage communications lay in MSN Messenger/AIM.Īnd Emily Is Away will bring back all the nostalgia of those awkward days when teenagers learnt to deal with stuff online. It’s a text-based, narrative-driven and interactive simulation game involving a girl named Emily. “Hello!” was the nervous girl replying to a crush. “Hiiiiiii” was the loving cry of two best friends who hadn’t spoken to each other in… three hours. “Hey sup” showed that you’re unflustered about communicating online and had a dozen live chats going on simultaneously - you like talking to people but hey, it’s important to stay chill. There was a time when there were many ways to say ‘hello’. Unless you’re more into the cutesy stuff aka There was a time when we used song lyrics or lines from Shakespeare’s plays as screen names.
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