Software engineer spends over $1 million to create the ultimate LAN party house
For those who used to enjoy them, LAN parties are a fond memory: everyone crowded into one room, wires and empty pizza boxes all over the floor,...
Most tech fans of a certain age have nostalgic memories of carrying their PCs and monitors to friends' houses to partake in multiplayer games in a time before the internet made doing so quick and easy – albeit more impersonal. Maybe you used to think, "if I ever have enough money, I'll make the ultimate LAN party home." Well, one person really has, and it cost at least a million dollars.
Sounds like a dream 🤩
So since I where on my last LAN
For those who used to enjoy them, LAN parties are a fond memory: everyone crowded into one room, wires and empty pizza boxes all over the floor, the smell of snacks, soda, and sweat. Staying up to the small hours of the morning playing the likes of Quake, Starcraft, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Unreal Tournament, and Team Fortress 2. The games depended on your era, of course: this writer enjoyed Duke Nukem 3D and Command and Conquer at LANs in the mid-nineties.
In my day, the wires were a tripping hazard
Software engineer Kenton Varda decided to use the money he earned from his long tech career, including his current position as Cloudflare Workers tech lead, and the sale of his old home to transform his Austin house into a modern version of a LAN party location, filled with 22 machines and a dedicated hardware room. As reported by The Verge, the three-year project cost Varda over $1 million.