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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Geneseo chapter.

Do you know that one computer game that everyone was obsessed with when you were younger? Or maybe it was just a game you found, enjoyed and kept all to yourself? We were discussing these computer games and felt that we needed to share the games that defined our childhood!

 

Rebecca Williamson:

 

I remember playing some computer games off of websites, but aside from Webkinz—which I used to love—the game I was obsessed with was Sims. I had the old Sims 2 disc that needed to be put into the computer to play. I remember sitting at my desk blasting the very first One Direction album through my headphones while designing my own world. My sims were generally based off of me and my celebrity crushes at the time. I tried to make my Mom buy every expansion pack out there like Sims 2: Pets, Sims 2: University and many more. Maybe it’s time to break out the old disc and start fresh.

 

Victoria Cooke:

 

When I was a kid I was pretty much the target demographic for “girly games.” I did not nor have I ever had any interest in actual videogames; my sole purpose has always been to play virtual makeover flash games (and other relatedly pointless girly games). Some highlights included Barbie Babysits Baby Krissy, MyScene Beauty Studio (my God, I used to have dozens of my makeover creations printed out and hung on my bedroom walls), Bratz Fishtank and Polly Pocket Wacky Wardrobe.

 

Hannah Fahy:

 

Bring. Back. Club. Penguin.

 

Sydney Julien:

 

I was also pretty much what game creators had in mind when they thought “girly games.”  I really loved all the MyScene makeover games. I also really loved “pixie hollow” with all the disney fairies on it. That game was so much fun and I’m sad it’s gone (I went back and checked). I would also play the Disney channel games—the Lilo and Stitch Sandwich Stacker game was a notable fave. I was also such a freaking Webkinz kid. I went back to see if I could still get into my account and it wasn’t there. Seriously considering buying another Webkinz …

 

Jessica Bansbach:

 

Everyday I re-live the pain of my mother nuking my Neopets account because I spent too much time on the forums.

 

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Rebecca was the Campus Correspondent for Her Campus at Geneseo. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English (Creative Writing) and Communication. Rebecca was also the Copy Editor for the student newspaper The Lamron, Co-Managing Editor of Gandy Dancer, a Career Peer Mentor in the Department of Career Development, a Reader for The Masters Review, and a member of OGX dance club on campus. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @Becca_Willie04!
Victoria Cooke

Geneseo '20

Victoria Cooke is a Senior History and Adolescence Education major with a Women's and Gender Studies minor at SUNY Geneseo. Apart from being an editor and the founder of Her Campus at Geneseo, she is also the co-president of Voices for Planned Parenthood and a Curator for TEDxSUNYGeneseo. Her passions include feminism, reading, advocating for social justice, and crafting. In the future, she hopes to inspire the next generation of history nerds and activists.
Hannah Fahy

Geneseo '20

Hannah Fahy is a junior English secondary education major at SUNY Geneseo. She is very involved on campus as the secretary of Circus Club and a general member of Musical Theater Club. She is also the social media coordinator of the Geneseo Her Campus chapter! She is an aspiring unicyclist who enjoys reading, donating blood, and knitting. She is always learning a new skill because she believes that you should never stop learning.
Sydney is a member of the class of 2020 majoring in International Relations and Political Science with a minor in French. She is also Vice President of Geneseo's club figure skating team and coaches local kids in the sport on the weekends. While she's not really sure where life is going to take her yet, she's optimistic about the future.
Jessica Bansbach

Geneseo '20

Jessica Bansbach is a junior psychology major who has more campus club memberships than fingers and toes. In her spare time, if she's forgotten that she's a college student that has more pressing matters to attend to (like, say, studying), she enjoys video games, thrift shopping, and ruminating. She was elected "funniest in group" by her summer camp counselor when she was nine and has since spent the next eleven years trying to live up to the impossible weight of that title.