1996. I'm 14 years old. My best friend and I are obsessed with the new big game, Descent. My city suffers a massive freezing rain storm that coats everything in ice. Power is out almost everywhere. School is cancelled. My neighborhood, with underground power lines, is one of the few that still has power.
My best friend and I load up his computer -- CRT, peripherals and all -- in a plastic toboggan, and haul it (On foot! We were't driving yet!) about a mile over to my house, dodging foot long icicles falling from power lines all the way.
The glory that was a couple of junior high nerds turning a snow day into a LAN party.
My best friend and I load up his computer -- CRT, peripherals and all -- in a plastic toboggan, and haul it (On foot! We were't driving yet!) about a mile over to my house, dodging foot long icicles falling from power lines all the way.
The glory that was a couple of junior high nerds turning a snow day into a LAN party.