Club Penguin

29Mar07

Neopets was the big thing during the first dot com wave. Now we have Club Penguin (http://clubpenguin.com/) . What can you do on the site? Waddle and make new friends, according to the tagline.

Club Penguin reminds me of neopets, one of the first websites that featured virtual pets that you could feed, play with and entertain. Neopets was successful, so much so that MTV bought site for $160 million.

Buddy is a winged, wide-eyed baby dragon that lives in the online land of Neopia. Tyler “adopted” Buddy five months ago and personalized his color (green) and gender (male). Now he spends two hours a day at Neopets.com, shopping for Vonroo toys and Cornupepper soup to keep Buddy happy and healthy. With frequent exercise, he has pumped Buddy’s strength from “average” to “above average.”

The Neopets Addiction, Wired

Neat Stuff

• Create your own penguin and dress it up
• Get an igloo and do some interior decorations
• Show off your penguin and igloo
• Visit other igloos
• Adopt pets called “puffles”

Dollars and Sense

Creating a penguin is free. You have to pay a monthly subscription fee to really get into it. A portion of the proceeds go to charities worldwide.

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