This is our basement game room. 12 PCs are built into the walls. These fold up nicely when not in use. Closed station Open station There are DDR pads in the floor. We can game here too. Board games are games, right? The table also transforms to reveal six more game stations. Two sit-stand desks in the back are our personal workstations. (But that's not me in the seat. That's Lester.) Video and USB cables pass into conduits... Which eventually lead to... 20 identical game machines. All game machines netboot from a shared disk image on this server. Our personal desktops Dedicated A/C intakes from behind the machines and supplies cold air here. Door leads to the "hot side". It's actually not that hot. Lots of cat6: All network equipment and cameras are UniFi. 2 Gbps fiber internet This is the hardware before it went into the machines. (Note: This was in 2023.) Intel Core i5-13600 32GB RAM GeForce RTX 4070 An insanely unstable motherboard with 10G ethernet on-board. Don't buy this. :( My (Kenton's) friends from junior high helped assemble the machines and pull the cables. We've been doing LAN parties together for nearly 30 years. Lester Jesse Peter Kenton This house has normal parts, too! (Same room as above, after rotating right.) These shelves are designed for cats to climb. Cat doors lead into kids' bedrooms. Beds are lofted. Hallway to other kid's loft. (With lockable door.) Cat door from living room. 6' closet below loft. Cable conduit to engine room. (For future computer desks, when they're older.) The other kid's room is a mirror image of this. Two call rooms allow taking meetings without bothering other people. Of course, they are also game stations. Exhaust fans Cat doors allow cats access to bedrooms when human doors are closed. Space under stairwells is dedicated to cat litter boxes. We have two guest rooms for out-of-town visitors. My favorite part of the house. 30-mile view Misting fan, great in the heat! Cat We are Kenton Varda and Jade Wang. We've been...

We built our house for LAN parties
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