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For 90s kids, there's no need for explanation. For others, well, pokemon was a phenomenon. It was everywhere, on TV, in magazines, toys, stickers. You could trade pokemon at the school excursion on the bus.
You felt alive in this world, pokemon gen 1-2 were the pinnacle of pokemon for me. And in gen2, finishing the game, and lo and behold, there's a whole other region (kanto) waiting for you to explore it. The night cycle in the game blew my mind in ways that I have been chasing ever since.
I know it will never be reached again, but the memory will remain as powerful as it was that evening of the early 00s. What is your greatest gaming high, that you know will never be topped again, and that you have been chasing ever since?
I doubt anybody's gonna actually use it much, but I'm currently setting up a Minetest/Luanti Voxelibre server accessible to friends and fam through TailScale on my home server.
I thought it'd be so neat having a world running whether I was there to see it or not.
But yeah, I know I won't get that community aspect of having a digital third-place the people in my life can just vibe. =\
My wife lost her Minecraft login / key we had since beta, but I really enjoyed playing with her, and personally using Technic mods and stuff.
This open source implementation has come REALLY FAR and feels like discovery again!