I\u2019m embarrassed to admit that I grew up entirely on the Internet. My dad got me my first laptop when I was just 4 years old. Of course, he did it in good favor. I had always played games on his laptop so he just decided to get me my own. But instead of using his own laptop for work like he thought he would, he just spent all his time playing Club Penguin and Pixie Hollow with me. Times like that created the best memories I have to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So when I moved to America in 2014, I was (unfortunately) chronically online at the ripe age of 6. I spent every single day on YouTube. Wasting hours of my day with my eyes glued to the screen. But honestly, I look back on those moments fondly. I had fun<\/em> and that\u2019s really all that mattered. I wasn\u2019t doing anything harmful and I think I grew up to be an alright person. Hopefully others think I\u2019m a little more than \u201calright,\u201d though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In my early days of YouTube, I got really<\/em> into indie games (like most people). The first one I remember was Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s but I refuse<\/strong> to talk about that one\u2026 So instead, I\u2019ll discuss the ones that positively impacted me and still affect me to this day – like Undertale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Words actually cannot describe just how much Undertale (and Deltarune!) impacted me as a person. I have 2 huge<\/em> Undertale posters above my bed at home and a Deltarune print on my wall at MSA. I also have more merch on this year\u2019s Christmas list so if anyone wants to get me a little something, you know what to get\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Undertale was a game released in 2015 where you play as a little kid that falls into the \u201cUnderground\u201d and you can either make friends with \u201cMonsters\u201d or kill them. I remember watching Jacksepticeye\u2019s playthrough of it and then scouring <\/em>YouTube to watch as many more playthroughs as little 7-year-old me could. I never actually played it, but I did<\/em> play Deltarune which is kind of an alternate reality to Undertale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sally Face was another game that shook my whole world as a kid. This one was released in 2016, and I remember being obsessed with Gloom\u2019s playthrough of it. It\u2019s about a boy with a prosthetic face that solves mysteries and goes ghost hunting with his friends. I was so confused about the story and it took me so long to figure it out, because I was literally 8-years-old when the first chapters released. When I was a kid, I was really picky about the art styles of the games and shows that I watched, and I remember being somewhat grossed out by the style of Sally Face, but now I love it with my whole entire heart. I also have a giant poster of it in my room back at home (and it\u2019s kind of creepy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stardew Valley actually changed me as a person. I would not be the girl I am today if Stardew Valley did not come out in 2016. Back then, I hated living in Mississippi and I wanted to move to big cities so badly,<\/em> and then this little farming simulator came out and my entire world changed. It\u2019s actually unhealthy. I\u2019ll sit outside and think \u201cthis is just like Stardew Valley.\u201d No girl, this is literally your backyard. I\u2019m embarrassed to admit that I\u2019ve made it my goal to move to the countryside when I\u2019m old just because of Stardew Valley. Y\u2019all wouldn\u2019t get it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m a little worried about how much I\u2019ve bared my soul in these blogs. That doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019ll stop anytime soon. I just love to overshare. I\u2019d love to hear about anyone else\u2019s favorite memories about their early days on the Internet or if they were obsessed with indie games too. Expect my next blog to be about Deltarune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m embarrassed to admit that I grew up entirely on the Internet. My dad got me my first laptop when I was just 4 years old. Of course, he did it in good favor. I had always played games on his laptop so he just decided to get me my own. 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