Li SpeaksGirlsense was a one-of-a-kind social and gaming experience that left a big hole in the hearts of its several million users when it shuttered in 2012. Today, I take a look back at what made it so special, featuring a site flyover, a tutorial of the incredible Fashion Design Studio, an inspection of the site's darker underbelly, and finally some speculation about how the site would work best if it was ever brought back.
This video covers a topic originally marketed toward children, but is not a work of children's media. This video is intended for adults and contains mild language. Statements other than the official statement provided by Starnet Interactive as to the closure of the website are speculation and represent my personal opinion.
The Glorious Reign of GirlsenseLi Speaks2022-10-23 | Girlsense was a one-of-a-kind social and gaming experience that left a big hole in the hearts of its several million users when it shuttered in 2012. Today, I take a look back at what made it so special, featuring a site flyover, a tutorial of the incredible Fashion Design Studio, an inspection of the site's darker underbelly, and finally some speculation about how the site would work best if it was ever brought back.
This video covers a topic originally marketed toward children, but is not a work of children's media. This video is intended for adults and contains mild language. Statements other than the official statement provided by Starnet Interactive as to the closure of the website are speculation and represent my personal opinion.
I make videos for sleep and relaxation at Gentle Li ASMR: www.youtube.com/GentleLiASMR Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πBunny Maloney Is The Most Bizarre Cartoon Ive Ever SeenLi Speaks2024-09-29 | Bunny Maloney was a 3D animated cartoon about a group of furry superheroes and genuinely one of the most strange pieces of media Iβve ever seen. With immaculate animation, extremely raunchy humor for a show rated Y-7, and 20 episodes of the English dub having fallen into the void, this show is truly a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Join me in this recap-review as I attempt to answer the question βwho on earth was this show made for?β (Spoiler: I still donβt really know.)
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Time stamps: Intro - 0:00 Characters and Setting - 1:33 Episode Recap (Part 1) - 7:58 Facts We Know About the Bunny Maloney Universe (Part 1) - 38:26 Episode Recap (Part 2) - 40:31 Facts We Know About the Bunny Maloney Universe (Part 2) - 40:30 Episode Recap (Part 3) - 1:16:51 Pitch Presentation - 1:50:27 Design and Animation - 1:57:03 Writing Review - 2:04:29 Improvement Suggestions - 2:17:26 Credits - 2:22:25
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πA Comprehensive Categorization of Reddit RagebaitLi Speaks2024-06-30 | Reddit, the world's largest roleplaying community. What once was a niche community for unpleasant nerds has blossomed into a beautiful place where people post the fakest stories that you've ever seen in your life. In this video I aim to give a category to every type of ragebait post that I come across on subreddits like r/AmITheAsshole, r/amiwrong, r/relationship_advice, and other hubs for ostensibly nonfictional posts.
Whether you knew it or not, if you played a lot of flash games back in the day, you probably ran into one of PETA's many strange parody games. This video attempts to take a balanced look at these games by analyzing the quality of their gameplay and rhetorical value; did these games deserve all the hate? Is it okay to expose kids to gore to prove a point? And just why is the background music so weirdly good?
I was struggling with some audio equipment issues during this recording so the audio is a bit more peaky than usual; I did my best to fix it up in post but apologies in advance.
Time stamps: Intro - 0:00 Background info for PETA - 2:10 Super Chick Sisters - 4:25 New Super Chick Sisters - 8:46 Twisted Cooking Mama - 13:21 Miscellaneous games part 1 - 15:42 Pokemon Black and Blue - 20:10 Pokemon Red White and Blue - 22:40 Miscellaneous games part 2 - 24:48 Super Tofu Boy - 28:52 Closing thoughts - 30:31 Credits - 35:26
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A game where you just shop and wear your newly bought clothes... Now THAT'S what I call gaming. In this video I take a look at Spil's smash hit series, the Shopaholic games, exploring their context in the history of GirlsGoGames, playing each of the games in order, and then discussing the merits and drawbacks of this game formula.
Time stamps: Intro: 0:00 Daily Games: 2:55 First releases (Shopaholic Paris - New York): 7:55 Middle era (Shopaholic Models - Milan): 15:39 Party gameplay era (Shopaholic Hollywood-Beach Models): 20:13 HTML5 Games (Shopaholic Wedding Models - Rio): 25:36 Shopaholic Apps: 29:19 Tutorial, How to Edit Save Data: 32:03 Copycats (or lack thereof): 34:34 Educational value and dark pattern analysis: 36:17 My dream Shopaholic game: 46:34 Credits: 50:20
Li Speaks videos are made for an adult audience; this video contains some adult language.
Copyrighted materials in this video are used under the Fair Use provision for commentary, review, and education. GirlsGoGames and the Shopaholic series are property of Spil Games.
Where do you go when you run out of games to play on GirlsGoGames? None other than the wild west of the website: the MMO tab, the home of the most bizarre, most confusing, and most potentially dangerous links on the site. Join me on this more-depressing-than-I-expected walk down memory lane where we look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the virtual worlds and online games of our past.
Thank you to eievui on Discord for making the Miley Cyrus face SwitchIn edit!
β° Time stamps β° Intro: 0:00 Maid Marian MMOs: 3:10 SwitchIn MMOs: 12:02 Panfu: 14:43 Audition Online: 17:02 Non-Defunct MMOs: 18:27 Misc. MMO Games: 21:24 Facebook-style games: 23:16 SuperSecret: 26:15 Ourworld: 27:46 Woozworld: 30:06 The Dark Side of Virtual Worlds (Trigger Warning): 31:42 Conclusion: 39:14 Credits: 39:57
Li Speaks videos are made for an adult audience; this video contains subject matter that may be disturbing for young viewers as well as strong language. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, itβs time to watch some Cartoon Network Christmas Specials. In this video, I recap and rank (nearly) every CN Christmas Special made from 1999-2000 on my merry Ranking Tree, and then pick one special to be the shining star at the top of the tree. Is Olive the other reindeer an enemy of the working class? Is Tweety Bird dead? Is Grandpa going to sue the pants off of Santa? Letβs find out together!
Time stamps: Intro- 0:00 What makes a good Christmas special?- 1:59 Ranking- 4:48 End of Adventure Time spoilers- 1:15:47 Picking the star- 1:25:51 Credits- 1:29:15
Li Speaks videos are intended for an adult audience. This video contains some strong language and references to adult topics. Copyrighted materials in this video are used under the Fair Use provision for commentary, review, and education.
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πDo You Remember the Groovy Girls Virtual World?Li Speaks2023-11-30 | Remember Groovy Girls' short-lived virtual world, Groovy Girls Groovy Party? I was crazy for this game when it was still active, but unfortunately there's so little remaining media of it that it would be impossible to make a full-length retrospective.My Scene: Barbies Hard-Partying Parallel UniverseLi Speaks2023-11-25 | Get Surfshark VPN at https://Surfshark.deals/LISPEAKS and enter promo code LISPEAKS for a Black Friday special offer of 5 extra months for free with the Surfshark One package!
Itβs My Scene, My Scene! You know what I mean? In the throes of agony over losing ground in the fashion doll industry to MGAβs Bratz, Mattel tried to use the Bratz formula to their own benefit, with the glam, trendy, nightclub-loving My Scene.
Did they succeed in establishing a unique and viable competitor, or did they just make a shameless ripoff? How old are they, anyways? And why is Harvey Weinstein there? This video will take a look at the history of the dolls, their excellent presence on Mattelβs website, the CD ROM games, the original and reboot english webisodes, and all three direct to DVD movies.
-Time stamps- Intro: 0:00 History part 1, early years: 5:38 History part 2, post-Bling Bling: 13:15 History part 2, later years: 18:55 Doll line popularity contest: 23:45 Website: 25:41 CD ROM games: 33:47 Original webisodes: 38:11 Jammin in Jamaica: 46:14 Masquerade Madness: 52:24 My Scene Goes Hollywood: 56:20 Movies review: 1:03:36 Character popularity contest: 1:06:21 2008 Webisodes: 1:08:15 Conclusion: 1:13:47
Li Speaks videos are intended for an adult audience. This video uses some inappropriate language and adult themes. Copyrighted materials in this video are used under the Fair Use provision for commentary, review, and education.
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πHorseland Did Not Age WellLi Speaks2023-09-18 | LET'S GO TO HORSELAND! YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH! From the ancient online game to the just plain bizarre cartoon series, in this video we take a look at the Horseland franchise as a whole, including a recap of all 39 episodes and wrapped up with a review of the series. Get saddled up for some Horse Peril (and some oddly off-color depictions of racism, ableism, and a horse with an eating disorder). Presented in the style of a crappy DVD rip for the y2k of it all.
Time stamps: Horseland Games - 0:00 Horseland TV Show - 3:28 Recap (season 1) - 4:38 Recap (season 2) - 28:36 Recap (season 3) - 47:15 Review - 1:11:08 Conclusion - 1:21:52
Li Speaks is intended for teen and adult audiences; this video contains some adult language. Under section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act, "fair use" applies to works for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Horseland and related indicia are property of Horseland LLC and Wildbrain Ltd.
Neopets... Oh, Neopets.... What happened to you? What ravages has time wrought? A lot of people's reaction to Neopets nowadays is "What? Neopets still exists?" or, "Neopets is back?" Well, in truth, it never left. But it sure doesn't look like the Neopets that many of us know and love.
In this video I discuss the current state of Neopets, its many issues within and without, the frankly goofy drama that has erupted in the past few months, and the unexpected ownership handoff that leaves Neopets fans both cautiously optimistic and wringing their hands with worry.
Time stamps: Intro - 0:00 The Website Is Very Broken - 3:32 The New Layout Is Lousy - 7:22 Hackers and Cheaters - 9:33 Whaling - 12:56 Missing and Unsupported Features - 16:44 Neopets Crypto - 21:33 The Adam Incident - 24:14 Under New Management - 29:22 Suggestions for Improvement - 33:54 How to Play it Anyways - 36:24 Conclusion - 43:31
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Flash is dead... Or is it? Turns out, the death of this type of game has been greatly exaggerated. You can still play most of your beloved flash games with a couple simple workarounds; in this video I detail three of them, as well as how to find your favorite old web games that may not be as easy to find as they once were.
Time stamps: Intro: 0:00 Method 1, Ruffle: 2:36 Method 2, Flashpoint + Other Game Aggregators: 4:42 Method 3, Flash Player: 8:15 Flash Game Sites That Still Exist (& How To Find Ones That Don't): 10:55
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Polly Pocket; she's rich beyond your wildest dreams and no taller than 5 inches. In this video I take a look at every generation of Polly we've seen yet, but with an intense focus on the 2002-2010 era that I grew up with, including the toys, and flash games, and three movie releases; Lunar Eclipse, 2 Cool at the Pocket Plaza, and Pollyworld.
This video is intended for adult audiences and contains some adult language. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Grace, Gwen, and Gabriella; the mascots of GirlsGoGames. Who are these mysterious girls? You may have never known them as anything more than a header image that observed you as you played dress-up games, but these girls had dozens of flash games of their own; letβs take a look at all of these games and figure out what their deal is.
Time stamps: 0:00 - πΏπ· 0:52 - Intro to Gwen Grace and Gabriella 2:57 - Generation 1 5:32 - Generation 2 22:01 - Generation 3 (Shopaholic) 27:49 - Who are these girls to each other? 32:49 - The Flash Girl Gaming Trio Multiverse 37:03: Where could they go next?
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πThe Flash Games of Build A Bear.comLi Speaks2023-03-31 | Originally titled "Build A Bear Games Used To Be Great," changed because that was just a lie. Lately Iβve found myself longing for the old Build A Bear websiteβ¦ The modern day website is fine, I guess. But itβs just missing that certain spark that only Flash could lend. Well, it was a great experience for kids, at least. Revisiting the games on the Numuki browser today, the reality is more of a mixed bag that I remembered.
Letβs revisit the good, the bad, and the fuzzy. Build A Bear Ville video coming eventually.
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!! TW Racist language onscreen at 12:10; the slur is contained within a direct quote from Mark Twain that I did not catch and am unfortunately not able to remove at this point.
Welcome to part 2 of the Disney's Virtual Worlds series, this time all about Virtual Magic Kingdom and its several recreations. This highly unique virtual world had hours of operation, a tremendous, exceptionally inaccessible class barrier (despite being 100% free to play,) a history of exceptionally tumultuous rewritten projects, and more.
This is a bizarro virtual world that truly only a mashup of Disney and the creators of Habbo Hotel could ever hope to whip up; get your lap bar in place and get ready for a ride!
- Time Stamps - Intro: 0:00 Development: 1:49 Beginning of Game Overview: 5:26 Closure: 23:38 Rewritten Projects + Related Games: 26:08 Conclusion: 35:37 Credits: 26:39
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πTier Ranking My Dumb Childhood FearsLi Speaks2023-03-02 | While I'm still working on finishing the Disney Virtual Worlds series, I wanted to take a little break to talk about something that's been on my mind lately: the bizarre, mundane things that used to fill me with unreasonable levels of terror. From Austin Powers, to dying tamagotchis, to automatic flush toilets, there were no limits to what my young mind could be convinced was a lethal threat. In this video I take a trek down the weird side of nostalgia and rank my dumbest childhood fears by level of validity.
Let me know if you like this kind of video! I'll be back next time with my usual video essay content.
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πThe Strange Case of Kissing and Flirting GamesLi Speaks2023-02-12 | It's the pink-and-reddest time of year, and so what better time to talk about the champions of Valentine's Day gaming on GirlsGoGames, Office Kissing, Romance Academy: Heartbeart of Love (also known as School Flirting Game, Festival Flirting Game and Beach Flirting Game), and their many, many, many spinoffs!
From their humble beginnings as a couple of high-quality Japanese flash games to the behemoth of smooching shovelware that the genre eventually became, let's take a look at these peculiar game genres and how they came to be; and why? Just, why?
Time stamps: Intro: 0:00 Office Kissing: 3:30 Romance Academy Series: 6:56 Romance Academy Theories: 12:00 Copycats: 17:16 Conclusion: 29:42 Credits: 32:04
This video is intended for an adult audience and contains mild inappropriate language.
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πThe Downfall of Disneys Virtual Worlds (PART ONE) Toontown, Club Penguin, and Pixie HollowLi Speaks2023-01-27 | So, you know how I said I was going to make a video with all of Disneyβs virtual worlds? Well, youβre still getting that, but in two parts. This first video tackles the three biggest players of the Disney virtual world sphere, Toontown Online, Club Penguin, and Pixie Hollow Online. In this video, I detail what these games were, why people loved them, why people didnβt-so-love them, and why they ultimately all kicked the bucket. and And one of them is somethingβ¦. A little different.
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Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the Disney corporation; this video has been created for the purposes of historical education and entertainment. This video is intended for an adult audience and contains mild language and references to adult themes.
Keywords: Toontown Online, Toontown Rewritten, Club Penguin, Club Penguin Rewritten, Pixie Hollow Online, We The Pixies, Disney, Virtual Worlds, 2000s nostalgia, 2010s nostalgia
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πThe Zodiac Girlz: The Lost It-Girls of AstrologyLi Speaks2022-12-31 | The Zodiac Girlz: The mysterious flash mascots that got a whole generation primed to be addicted to astrology in young adulthood. What information can we find about them? A lot more than I expected to find, that's for sure! Join me as I explore the full Zodiac girlz franchise; the website, the dolls, the forum, theβ¦ tv show?!
This video covers a property that was originally intended for children, but this is a video for an adult audience and contains mild adult language.
Keywords: Zodiac Girlz, astrology, horoscope, zodiac, Y2K nostalgia, flash, defunct, 2000's kidcore, video essay, retrospective, deep dive, documentaryUntangling the Lore of Devilish HairdresserLi Speaks2022-12-09 | Devilish Hairdresser, a series of 10 games released on GirlsGoGames and associated websites from the years of 2009 to 2013... Do they have lore? In this video, I dive into the enigmatic Angel and Devil flash characters, looking for every nugget of information that I can find. After that, I thoroughly explore the reasoning behind a popular interpretation of their dynamic.
Time stamps: Intro: 0:00 Who Made the Devilish Games?: 1:40 All of the Devilish Flash Games: 6:28 The Devilish Games: A Shipping Re-Analysis: 19:58 Devilish Epilogue: 34:20 Conclusion: 37:58 Credits: 40:37
This video documents a topic that was originally released for a child audience, but is intended to be viewed by adults and contains mild adult language.
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πFast Food Virtual Worlds: A Deep DiveLi Speaks2022-11-18 | Today, I set out to answer the question "why the heck were there so many virtual worlds operated by fast food franchises from about 2008-2011?" Truly, the phenomenon of late-aughts corporations frantically copying each others' social MMOs sprouted some bizarre and memorable games. In this retrospective, I cover the defunct kids' virtual worlds McWorld, McDonald's Happy Studio, and Club BK, as well as the single player successor apps McPlay, the Happy Meal App, and Burger King Jr. Club.
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πtutorial: how to play flash games from GirlsGoGames againLi Speaks2022-11-06 | your favorite games from GGG probably aren't lost, and may be easier to find than you expected! written tutorial with pictures here: tinyurl.com/yc5j9mthAn Exploration of the Avata Star Sue-niverseLi Speaks2022-11-04 | Shubaddi doo di doo di sha-la-la la! This video is all about demystifying the enigmatic figure, Avata Star Sue, for audiences outside South Korea. This highly recognizable flash character's games were hosted on many girls' gaming websites, embedding herself in the minds of 2000's kids across the globe, despite the inaccessibility of the language to many. In this video I thoroughly investigate the Avata Star Sue franchise; all the games, all the webisodes, and everything else I can get my hands on. Full disclosure: s*** gets weird.
!!! The webisodes section contains the following content warnings: Restrictive eating (33:50), racial caricatures (41:10), inappropriate/leering depiction of fictional minors (I'm not time stamping that).
Time stamps: Intro - 0:00 How do I know Sue? 1:53 What does English-language internet have to tell me about Sue? 3:15 What does Korean-language internet have to tell me about Sue? 4:49 Every Sue game on Flashpoint - 7:37 (detailed time stamps in pinned comment) Is Starsue.net related to Avata Star Sue? 19:10 Avata Star Sue: The Web Series - 20:25 Sue Merch - 49:34 The spin-off, Little Patissier Sue - 51:09 Conclusion: Who was Sue? 52:57 Credits 56:09
Avata Star Sue webisodes (If you leave a comment, please be mindful that these are works of childrens' media and don't be weird.): youtube.com/c/SueAvataStar
Join the Li Speaks community! Discord π discord.gg/EMU5mRuD2z π Patreon π patreon.com/lispeaks πBarbiegirls.com Was A Scam and I Miss It More Than AnythingLi Speaks2022-10-03 | Barbiegirls.com, the girl's fashion MMO with associated hybrid-doll-MP3 players, truly embodied all the glory and grime of late 2000's girl gaming. Defunct for over 10 years by now, this website is still fondly remembered by those who got to experience it. In this video I take a nostalgic deep dive into Barbie Girls; the history, downfall, and even the potential revival.
Thanks to izzzyzzz for inspiring me with their deep dives into defunct kid's media.
This video covers a topic originally marketed toward children, but is not a work of children's media. This video is intended for adults and contains mild language. Barbiegirls.com and related properties belong to Mattel Inc; this video makes use of copyrighted material in a transformative capacity to document the history of this website. Statements other than the official statement provided by Mattel as to the closure of the website are speculation and represent my personal opinion.
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Intro: 0:00 History: 2:33 MP3 Players: 14:59 Site Closure: 17:35 Problems: 19:25 Why it was incredible anyways: 26:19 Possible revival: 29:59 Conclusion: 34:03 Credits: 35:41
And now for some perfectly legitimate, non-SEO-influenced sentences: barbiegirls.com is so webcore and retro toys and defunct and games for girls. because of this i have made a video essay documentary retrospective deep dive, all about barbie and barbie girls. this gaming flash game created by mattel is so throwback and 2000s and millennial and zillennial and kidcore and girly aesthetic and lost media