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Anyone wanting to relive some of the vibe of the BBS era should try out this free indie game, Digital: A Love Story: https://scoutshonour.com/digital/ https://scoutshonour.com/digital/ I've forgotten more than I remember, but the constraints are all important to how the experience was: fixed width screens, chunky graphics, async communication, locked phone lines, whiffs of the larger Internet coming. The biggest unique aspect was the geographical focus. Phone calls out of your area code used to be EXPENSIVE, so most people only ever called nearby BBSes. This provided psuedo-anonymity that could be bridged with in-person meetups. It was an amazing space to experiment with identity, especially growing up in a small town, pre-Internet.