this is a really interesting piece that facilitates nostalgia to anyone who grew up in the early 2000s, and/or has experience with being an otaku using windows xp/98 of that time. you both really nailed the aesthetics of that era. despite the game being set in the (sort of?) distant future, it has a lot of commentary regarding the time period it was released in (the 2020s). i laughed when the stuff regarding genAI came up. very topical lol.
robot stories always like to touch on the subject of "what it means to be human", and terminal shell is no different. the way it handles this subject is nearly erotically unique, which had me grinning from ear to ear.
an all around enjoyable read, thank you very much for sharing :)