Lou's Den

Want me to ID or Transcribe something? Just ask! grey/grim/gris/grimself, who/whom, they/them Art Tag: Lou Makes Art DevArt / Insta: Loupgawou

[loupgawou]

I have commissions open! DM me for a quote. Payment upfront.

$30 Headshot

$50 Half-Body

$80 Full Body

In addition to Lion King, I can also draw Neopets, canines, MLP, Kingdom Hearts, and more!

[ot3]

The video game history foundation has just finished scanning every copy of the neopets magazine and added it to their archive. Super cool!

Why we scanned every issue of Neopets The Official Magazine | Video Game History Foundation

It might be a little silly, but Neopets Magazine is an important slice of a different part of gaming culture.

During its four-year run, Neopets Magazine covered the latest news and strategies for the influential 2000s-era web game. It also had a lot of articles about Neopets merchandise and trading cards. In fact, it’s mostly ads for Neopets products. Or long articles about Neopets lore. At best, it is mostly an off-topic magazine. So why did we focus on this magazine of our archive? Simple: it’s about the game’s audience. Neopets was, arguably, the defining girl game of the 2000s. An entire microgeneration of girls got their start in the world of digital entertainment by raising virtual pets and playing Flash games to get Neopoints. [...] Notably, many of the magazine’s articles are about creativity and customization. There’s shades in here of the gameplay styles that have become more popular in the last decade with the rise of cozy games and farming sims. My favorite quirk of Neopets Magazine is in the audience survey that came with some issues. In one survey question, they asked whether readers bought this magazine at a clothing store! That would have reached a completely different audience than we usually associate with game magazines. Can you imagine PC Gamer being sold at a Charlotte Russe? The point is that Neopets The Official Magazine represents a different slice of gaming culture, one that we know matters to researchers and to our extended community.

[starofhisheart]

Happy pride to those 5 seconds where Charlie Swan thought Jacob was coming out to him in the most insane way possible

[pangur-and-grim]

his whiskers have gotten so long!

[pangur-and-grim]

she's starting to look like a stuffed animal that got hugged too much

[peachiecure]

Happy 17th anniversary to Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days!

[wrathofconpics]

Magfest 2026 | Sickos

Cosplayers: Message us and we’ll add your URL!

[mr-deep-downer]

need

[classic-jamie]

Oh also! Both for pride and because I want to post more of my original stuff here, here's a zine I made for my recent screenprinting class! :p It's called Masculine Women and it's about being masculine and a woman! Fun fact, also, when you unfold the real thing, there's a big poster on the back! It looks like this:

[i-am-a-fish]

I hope you get your favorite food this week and your favorite drink and your favorite 2k dollars

[i-am-a-fish]

I'm sorry there's no magic in this post I'm just talking. I hope good stuff happens to people online I hope good things happen to all of us

[roxasboxas]

oh yeah. my vali in quadratum fic from 2022

[waffietato]

Nomura you absolute madman.

[outsidewolves]

[the-eternal-moonshine]

[pissbunn]

“there’s that kingdom hearts stuff again!”

[kenxyro-deactivated20200731]

The Value of Your Life

[prokopetz]

I like how the Kingdom Hearts IV trailer is wall to wall frowning anime boys, then right in the middle for exactly 1.5 seconds Donald and Goofy are just randomly there. They don't even do anything.

[redmoondragon-art]

Greetings, Sora.