I remember playing this game way back when it was really big. What a great time.
It's been a while, but replaying it now, it's still a lot of fun. Being able to grab the buddy, give it skins relevant to the time like Bush, set it on fire, among other things. It's great, and a good way to relieve some stress.
Now it may seem too simple to some, criticizing the limited graphics, and some other versions of this same concept have come out since then (some being lame copy cats like Kick the Buddy, others being interesting unique takes on the idea).
But no matter what comes by, I will always come back to this one. Even if a much more advanced, better looking, great feeling game of this type came out 10 or 20 years from now, I'd still come back to Interactive Buddy. Despite it's age, to me, it's timeless.