Being a kid making games in the early 2000s (jaytholen.net)

32 points by farmerbb 6 hours ago

5 comments:

by sandrae 13 minutes ago

The website and the theme of the website are perfect for each other. Jay, if you are reading this, please don't change a thing.

by erdemo 24 minutes ago

Whoever maintains this blog website should definitely improve the site's nostalgia theme to make the content more readable.

It could represent how the web was in the 90s, but it doesn't represent what readers like these days. I sent this post to my friend and said to just open it in reader mode. Our eyes are not as sharp as in the 90s my friend.

by glimshe an hour ago

Frames and patterned background... And to think this was once cutting edge <sigh>

On a phone, they make a really poor reading experience.

by maybewhenthesun an hour ago

But it perfectly captures what the site is about. ;-)

by QuantumNomad_ 33 minutes ago

Exactly! I read it on the phone and I enjoyed the nostalgic look of the page.

I was even thinking, this is what the web used to be.

If instead of this it was written on another Medium blog or as a bunch of tweets, it wouldn’t have had the same impact that it does for me. It is the way that it should be, for the story it is telling.

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