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What's your favorite internet "oldie"? (beehaw.org)

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In honor of the death of Reddit (I hope), let's harken back to a simpler time, perhaps when we old-timers were migrating from BBS chatting to Slashdot to Reddit. My favorite "oldie" is "The Website Is Down," from 2009-ish. It perfectly captures what IT support is like.

What's your fave?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I really liked "Freeman's Mind" (link to episode 1 from nine years ago). It was super simple, literally just a first-person perspective playthrough the Half-Life games with narration instead of commentary. The narrator acted like the mind of Gordon Freeman and it was really funny. Sort of harkens back to a simpler time on youtube, when 9 minutes of a guy talking as if he were a fictional character while playing a video game was prime content. I remember watching this and in the comments I was begging Ross (the creator) to do Half-Life 2 when he finished with 1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'd never seen this. Will definitely be watching it all!

[–] Acester47 1 points 2 years ago

Damn I remember this. I can still hear the sound of the beginning of the videos in my head

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ross is still making videos and has even started Freeman's Mind for Half Life 2, but it doesn't seem to be his main thing at the moment. That's fine though, since his reviews of obscure games are some of the best available and he's still a funny and insightful person making quality content. You can find him as Accursed Farms on Youtube.