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Serpentorslair Staff · August 10, 2026

Growing Up in the 80’s Part 4: Danger Zone

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s Arcade Memories, 1980s Childhood Memories, 80s nostalgia, Childhood Danger Zone, Destro Designs Viper Den Studios, Gen X childhood, Gen X nostalgia, growing up in the 1980s, growing up in the 80s, Pac-Man and Galaga1 Comment

By Destro Designs – Viper Den Studios I’m gonna drop a few things we did as kids that wouldn’t fly at all today. A lot of the shit I did just can’t be said in public, but these are good. At the end of my block was a laundromat. A lot happened there. In the winter, a plow would come through and push all the snow into one corner. Naturally, we would sleigh ride the hell out of that bad boy. But a seven- or eight-foot drop wasn’t enough, so…

Growing Up in the ’80s Part 3: True Freedom

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s childhood, 1980s summer memories, 80s kids lifestyle, 80s nostalgia, childhood memories, Destro Designs Viper Den Studios, freedom to be a kid, G.I. Joe childhood memories, G.I. Joe nostalgia, Gen X childhood, Gen X memories, George Carlin childhood freedom, growing up in the 1980s, growing up in the 80s, kids in the 1980s, life before smartphones, nostalgic 80s stories, riding bikes in the 80s, true freedom in the 80s, unsupervised childhood2 Comments

By Destro Designs-Viper Den Studios There was a long stretch of being a kid that I swear, no matter what my friends and I did, we never got caught. Adults left kids alone a bit more back then. Adults weren’t up kids’ asses, making them spend endless hours every week in structured sports, coupled with piano lessons, dance class, and two intramural activities at school. I coach a lot of youth sports, and these kids today don’t have any time to just be kids. George Carlin touched on this, and…

Vacationing in the ’80s With My Parents

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s family vacations, 80s childhood memories, Adirondack Camping Village, Adirondack family vacation, camping with parents, Cape May family vacation, childhood road trips, childhood vacations in the 80s, Destro Designs, family camping memories, family vacation nostalgia, Great Escape theme park, growing up in the 1980s, Lake George memories, Lake George New York, Memorial Day weekend vacation, nostalgic family vacations, parents making sacrifices, vintage vacation memories, Viper Den Studios, Water Slide World1 Comment

By Destro Designs and Viper Den Studios I am currently in Cape May with my wife, twin daughters, and my wife’s entire side of the family. It is an amazing trip that we take every year, and her family has been coming to this same place and staying in the same house for almost 40 years. The house is owned by a former teacher from my high school who also knows my father-in-law. It is a wild, small-world story for sure. Being surrounded by all the luxuries of modern life,…