I was just talking with a friend, and the subject of Local TV Channels got brought up, which reminded me of my young preteen days when I used to stay up late at night to watch something unlike any of you have probably ever heard of.
Keep in mind, this is before Youtube or even Google was a thing; has to have been more than 24 years ago, we barely even had an internet back then let alone "social media". Back then, our idea of "social media" was the AOL Group Chats, or small community websites with forums or crude chatroom programs.
I was up late flipping through channels one night, something a gamer like me would almost never do, as I always had some kind of great game on hand I could be playing; and I suddenly catch a glimpse of (you may have guessed it) a video game. You see, being a child and growing up with games meant that we gained a sort of superpower; this uncanny ability to recognize when a video game or video game related merch was present in any situation. I'm sure you know what I mean.
It turns out these two guys at the local TV station decided that rather than displaying a blank, black screen during the late evening hours before the local news at 6 AM, they might as well just play video games; and that's what they did. I watched them playing Punch-Out on NES while the guy described Glass Joe and how he was gonna kick his 'glass'. This was better entertainment than anything on the market or internet at the time, and way funnier than anything the Game Grunps or similar Internet Video Clowns put out ever since; my young mind was blown away by the fact I was watching people play video games on TV.
To this day, I've still never found out anything about who those guys were or what they were doing playing video games and making jokes on late night (after 12, before 6 AM) television when hardly anyone is awake and watching; but they were my literal heroes. I used to tune in to them every chance I got, opting to watch them joke about games rather than see the new episode of DBZ or whatever was on Toonami at the time. I loved it. Best show I've ever seen to this day, and it never even had a name or official channel or anything, even the guys remain anonymous. Thank you, gamers.
What are some of your fondest childhood memories? Discuss.
Keep in mind, this is before Youtube or even Google was a thing; has to have been more than 24 years ago, we barely even had an internet back then let alone "social media". Back then, our idea of "social media" was the AOL Group Chats, or small community websites with forums or crude chatroom programs.
I was up late flipping through channels one night, something a gamer like me would almost never do, as I always had some kind of great game on hand I could be playing; and I suddenly catch a glimpse of (you may have guessed it) a video game. You see, being a child and growing up with games meant that we gained a sort of superpower; this uncanny ability to recognize when a video game or video game related merch was present in any situation. I'm sure you know what I mean.
It turns out these two guys at the local TV station decided that rather than displaying a blank, black screen during the late evening hours before the local news at 6 AM, they might as well just play video games; and that's what they did. I watched them playing Punch-Out on NES while the guy described Glass Joe and how he was gonna kick his 'glass'. This was better entertainment than anything on the market or internet at the time, and way funnier than anything the Game Grunps or similar Internet Video Clowns put out ever since; my young mind was blown away by the fact I was watching people play video games on TV.
To this day, I've still never found out anything about who those guys were or what they were doing playing video games and making jokes on late night (after 12, before 6 AM) television when hardly anyone is awake and watching; but they were my literal heroes. I used to tune in to them every chance I got, opting to watch them joke about games rather than see the new episode of DBZ or whatever was on Toonami at the time. I loved it. Best show I've ever seen to this day, and it never even had a name or official channel or anything, even the guys remain anonymous. Thank you, gamers.
What are some of your fondest childhood memories? Discuss.
