I guess I'm a weird one. I've saved so much money using Game Pass it's not even funny. Throw in the pc version, and I've saved even more. I can try so many different genres I wouldn't typically risk my money for. I have also avoided buying games I thought I would love but then ended up hating.
On the Metallica album St Anger, the drummer Lars decided to use the most obnoxious sounding snare probably ever recorded. Said something to the effect of making it sound like it was recorded in a garage. The rest of the band didn't sound lofi, so it REALLY stuck out.
I was unable to attend, but north texas was way smaller than the last one too.