Plus the local veterinarians contact info, just to be safe.

The anticipation has time to build further because calling one of your friends requires dialing their number manually.

If youre using a controller, that means slowly moving the cursor across the screen with a thumb stick.

Collage image of Swann Holloway from Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

This was an extremely nerve-wracking part of my childhood.

By the time I was in high school, most of my friends and I had cell phones.

“It was stupid to try…”

Lost Records recreates this Russian roulette perfectly.

Nora in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

Autumns mom is friendly and kind.

Noras dad is formal, though not unpleasant.

The Mean Older Sibling

But when you call Kat, the bill comes due.

Oblivion Remastered Horse Armour Riding

Dylan being in charge of getting the phone to Kat is like having the Joker delivering Batmans batarangs.

Can we really trust this fiend with such a crucial service?

And yet, thats what the world was like before widespread cell phone use.

Swann looks at her pink phone and notebook in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

It was even worse in my parents generation.

You had to put your best foot forward, and acknowledge that no one came from nowhere.

Whatever you needed, there was always a person at the other end.

Triple-A Games

Don’t Nod captures what it actually looks like to be a teenager.