If you were gaming on Xbox in the mid-2000s, I'm sure you remember the prevalence of voice chat messages that were frequently exchanged between players on the Xbox 360. That console introduced the ability to record a short audio clip and then send it to a fellow gamer of your choosing — either someone on your friends list, or someone you ran across in an online multiplayer match.
The younger players of today probably don't think much about those voice mail messages, but those of us who lived through that era remember how novel and fun they were to engage with. I have many nostalgic memories of sending other players everything from polite "GGs" to spiteful, rage-filled tirades of trash talk in my teenage years, and I'm sure many of you do, too.
