this is a game from my childhood that i played from around 2008-2009. i still experience it sometimes; not through playing it (my account has long since become inaccessible to me) but through discourse about it. i had a lot of fun with it back in the day, when it wasn't as well known. it was so cool to be able to design spaces to hang out in and games to play with your friends. i don't doubt it's bad now - we've all heard the stories about child exploitation (when i played, it was not possible to convert robux to real money).

i hope that somehow the kids on that space can still have fun, despite the issues. for me, this game was a reprieve from my first period of deep, deep depression. this also marked the time when my friendships and social life shifted from people i knew from school towards people i met online. it would be a while until i met like-minded friends in the real world. the friends i made on roblox were an eclectic bunch who helped me through everything as i struggled through that time of sadness. i can only hope they are still doing okay now - wherever they are.

my last memory of playing this game is building a house with the last friend i knew who was still active. we both knew this was probably the last thing we'd ever do in roblox. it's still there - saved on my old profile.