I'm only 28 and my favorite childhood websites have already disappeared

Jimmy Simpson for BI

When I was 9 and first ventured online in 2005, the internet was my playhouse. Every evening after school, I would jump into my online cartoon world where I could choose between dozens of websites made for kids my age. At Club Penguin, I adopted colorful pets called puffles and purchased kitsch furniture for my virtual igloo. In the Neopets haven of Neopia, I visited the money tree to collect items others had discarded. On Pony Island, I dressed up my herd of colorful horses (despite my aversion to the animal...