The Tragic Demise of Virtual Pet Games

Webkinz. Club Penguin. Neopets. Roblox's golden age. And so many more. Today, we're taking a look into what killed these online pet games. Or community games. Or childhood MMOs. Listen, words are hard.
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0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Webkinz
5:31 - Club Penguin
11:19 - Neopets
13:52 - Roblox
17:43 - The Others
18:37 - Conclusion
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Due to many of these sites being taken down or in different states, I used a plethora of footage from TH-cam. Thank you to the following:
Webkinz: Heyitsjustmeh2, BeanieBoosForever123, LovelyKittyKinz, TwoTailedTornado, YuviGames4U
Club Penguin: TheCPFriends, Buckyj99, amilyguyisbetterthe, ClubPenguinTipsGuide, Justindino,
clubpenguindrake6789, CPCOOLFATICE, CPMemoriesVideos, CrzyPengu, TamagoLIVE, Punpun, Drivr3Joe, ThinkingNoodles, Leigh Anne, TechzAmazing, NicoFCFP
Roblox: BloxyNews, John Shedletsky, "old roblox videos roblox gameplay and more", bravo175, Roony, Carvick
Misc: Holocdr, JVDW
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Outro music by PixelTea
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#clubpenguin #webkinz #neopets

[@oskarsodergren7033]

came here from the Webkinz subreddit, great video!! would also like to mention animal jam as another one of these games I spent way too much time with at a way older age than I'd like to admit

[@BasedBag]

will never forget the spiked collar market

[@lepreking]

I went back and played animal jam at 17😂

[@jetza2635]

I loved Animal Jam in the 2010s

[@tittlediddle6899]

Webkinz were actually sold at Walmart!!! That's where I got some of mine, but their selection was always limited.

[@NinjastarCompass]

Roblox did irreparable damage to society, thay being said I had endless fun playing it back in the day

[@theConcernedWyvern]

I hate how they take advantage of their young player base with micro transactions and how they take a cut from their coders revenue, specifically because many of them are likely children just trying to make fun games.
The game also just looks disgusting in general. Even the most beautiful things are there have this unappealing grunge to them, but that's more my personal taste than anything

[@danielq6163]

Some people do actually still play neopets to this day and they will tell you that neopets inflation and neopets stock markets are very much real.

[@TheAverageJoeYT]

The clip selection and topic at 8:06 omg Jeff LMAO

[@GregCubed]

Lol on your point about Webkinz never being at mainstream stores, I still remember I got my first one at CRACKER BARREL 😭 why didn’t they sell them at Walmart lmfao

[@remarkablewomenremembered]

Hey, this video was great! Awesome job putting it together, I enjoyed it a lot and it took me on a little nostalgia trip. Thank you :)

[@JeffCompass]

Yo thank you for the kind words I’m glad you liked it!

[@cruisinagain1698]

i own both point and click club penguin games, i cant say its good, but it ignited my love for point and clicks

[@JumbledBrain]

YOOOOO IM READY FOR THIS NEW VIDEO

[@sIungus]

note: roblox has still not improved their moderation yet

[@iaobilibaomaster7928]

How do you have just 6k if i didnt see your subscriber count i wouldve gest you had 100k or more

[@lepreking]

2:00 I always saw them in Michael's and AC Moore

[@ashleymurphy7614]

I always found webkinz at pharmacies and hallmark stores exclusively xD

[@Miofanon]

i used to love these kinds of games

[@reaganbird5028]

I was a freerealms kid

[@jetza2635]

18:00 it’s Jeff Kinney

[@JeffCompass]

I thought it was a funny flub so I left it in lol

[@jetza2635]

@@JeffCompass oh makes sense lol

[@Kyubeyisbestboy]

greg heffely aka jeff kinney