> Quake was a blast, but we weren't all in the same room, let alone the same couch. I have fond memories of my Quake LAN parties and meeting to fight/exchange

> Quake was a blast, but we weren't all in the same room, let alone the same couch. I have fond memories of my Quake LAN parties and meeting to fight/exchange Pokémon on the Gameboy. Playing GoldenEye on my friend's N64? I hated it. Found it pretty boring, and so did everyone else (except the N64 owner). YMMV of course, circumstances are different, which I think is what OP was pointing at. E.g.: if you're on the USA PC gaming isn't (wasn't?) as ingrained in your culture as in Europe.