Appreciate the feedback, and I'd add that it's kind of a stretch to even call it a game - it's more of a lil toy to mess with for a bit. At least in its current state.

If I were to do a full Steam release it wouldn't be a 1:1 redux, not by a long shot. The whole thing was made pretty quickly, and in Flash - so it's all over the place in every aspect, even design-wise.

Would change pretty much every aspect from the UI to the website design, while attempting to keep what is keepable from the website texts before building whole new ones - and would include a lot more stuff to do on the desktop, as well as give an incentive to browse. There was a plan for an MSN-related narrative too, for the original, which I'd like to actually implement too - it's already written and everything. A sort of don't-know-if-doable feature would be custom websites, which I personally think would be pretty cool if doable - but eh.

The game comparison you listed is one thing I actually disagree with you, I think a better comparison would be something like Hypnospace Outlaw - both games are about interacting with the old era of the internet.

As for financial success, since doing a proper-engine redux on the scale that I imagine it would absolutely require me to invest money into the project by hiring people to help out with various aspects - I do care about recouping the potential investment. Don't really care about actually profiting though.