and exploring the website’s vast online world where a giant dinosaur egg omelet exists. Within a few years, however, Law’s virtual pets, like millions of others, were forgotten as he got busy with school exams.
“Neopets is one of the first online games that introduced the world of the internet to its players. That’s what we’re trying to replicate with Neopets Metaverse,” says Law. “We want to be one of the first fun games to introduce the world of Web3 to our previous user base and to users who are new to Neopets.
“It’s actually no different from any Web2 games or Web1 games in which people genuinely enjoy spending time and having the desire to spend money inside the game,” Law says. “That should still be the model for Web3 gaming.” “I’m only staying along for the ride because I want Neopets Meta to be more than that—a Neopets metaverse that is both fun and well-executed would be an incredible addition to Web3,” said @jaywilly, another veteran Neopets player, who also claimed to be a NFT investor. “But I have a lot of doubts about whether that will ever happen.”