The way me and my friends just turned into apes whilst playing games in the same room together is a feeling I miss.

We all still play online occasionally and still have fun but having the whole room drop laughing when someone hits a bullshit headshot is a hoot.

I feel like we all independently invented the absolute LAN party classic of halo system link:

Hang em high with rocket launchers & plasma grenades only.

Nearly as iconic as blood gulch IMO

What is preventing you from organising that again?

I’m still having LAN parties at +30. The only thing that changed is the frequency and the games.

We are really into Pummel Party at the moment.

Eh, I’ve found highs just as good in many other games since then. Currently getting them in Warframe, started playing a couple of months ago and having an absolute blast. You’ll never find the exact same “high” from something in anything else, let those moments be and welcome new ones. You have that memory, it’ll never go away and you’ll always be able to get some of that feeling from the memory itself.
It’s the same with love, some people spend their whole lives trying to find a specific kind they once had, and by doing so they push away all the new kinds that are able to become just as strong and important.