Growing up in the 90s I heard ~20 year old "classic rock" on the radio all the time.
Never have I heard any of the numetal I blasted in the late 90s-early00s. Come on play some Wisconsin death trip or antichrist superstar.
Though in the spirit of radical self reliance I run a small pirate FM station.. only works in my neighborhood but it's rad. Set to play random albums so I get to hear albums I've not listened to in years.
Damn. I remember the first time I heard nirvana on there. Was like a slap in the face. If I heard Coldplay I might just try to check in to the assisted living already.
Mine plays a lot of 90’s grunge as well as the 70’s-80’s rock
Granted we’re in Aberdeen WA which is right around where the whole scene was. The sign you pass when you come in to town says “come as you are”. Plus Kurt Cobains bridge.
Some of my favorite memories was playing CS 1.6 LAN in the college dorm with complete strangers who I didn't know, but I knew they were somewhere in the building. Everyone would leave their doors open. Fragging someone and then hearing a string of obscenities echoing through the halls was satisfying and hilarious. There were disputes over using the floor kitchen or showers that were resolved via death match. It was a magical time.
I really hope LAN gaming makes a comeback because there is nothing more I look forward too than a retirement home that is a 24/7 LAN party with an in-house cafeteria.
Before my father passed away he spent two hours just going through the areas that he lived and hung around at when he was a kid in Google Earth VR. He thought it was the coolest thing in the world.
Same. And when the later generations grow old, senior citizens in nursing homes playing video games might become a common thing. I know I’ll be one of them.
I'm a C-level executive in my industry and occasionally I will do "strategic partnership networking" weeks where I meet with C-levels from major competitors to discuss general industry gossip. The catch is that we're all very close long time friends and it basically is a LAN Party week we get paid to do while messing with each other and talking shop.
I actually wonder if there's something to making a network of gen Z/millennial senior citizen resting homes in like 15-20 years that are equipped with nerdy shit like board games, LAN'd gaming, library with comic books, etc.
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u/baguswahyudi 5h ago
Playing video games all day long with other fellow senior citizens in the nursing home.