I've always rather have a PC that can play games.  I can't stand that they're going away from that more and more (heck, that PS4 IS a one-trick PC...).

craigb

I've always rather have a PC that can play games.

I used to, but it got to the point where the hardware couldn't keep up with the games and it was getting too expensive. The other thing was, I got tired of dealing with all the bugs. I thought going to a console would solve that, and it did for the most part, but in reality all it did was limit what games I could afford, and I still had to install patches. I'm still miffed over Red Dead Redemption. 


They never did get that game to work on the PS3. It was the most incredible game I ever played ... when it worked. They say there's nothing wrong with it and that the problems are the discs are scratched or a dying PS3. I went through 3 discs and 2 PS3's trying to get it to work ... never could. 

I can't stand that they're going away from that more and more (heck, that PS4 IS a one-trick PC...).

Yep. And not a very powerful one at that. At least the PS3 used tried with the Mobile CPU and an Nvidia graphics card. This AMD from front to back is not leaving me feeling all warm and fuzzy. I've had nothing but problems with AMD for gaming PC's.

ChuckieEgg was one that I used to go into as a kid. Sharke would probably remember that one. Here is an internet version:

http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx

backwoods


ChuckieEgg was one that I used to go into as a kid. Sharke would probably remember that one. Here is an internet version:

http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx

Oh yeah I remember Chuckie Egg, we used to sneak games of it on the school's BBC Micros. Happy days!

To be honest I kind of lost interest in gaming in direct proportion to the realism which has come about in video games over the last 10-15 years. There was something about that surreal world of 8-bit platformers that I loved. You were really in another world and it was weird and wonderful. I remember the first time I played on a Playstation sometime in 1994(?) or so...the game was Wipeout and I was on magic mushrooms. That was pretty cool, I was amazed at the graphics. But then everything just became so complicated. You actually had to read the manual and learn a huge list of controls in order to play. I hated that and kind of lost interest. 

A friend of mine from those stoner days ended up getting a job as a video games tester, and later worked his way up to a fairly well known video game producer. I think he works for Sega now. 

Another bit of video game name dropping: one of my clients in New York last year was Richard Garriott, who wrote the original Ultima series of games in the 80's. He wrote them in BASIC and made a ton of money. A few years ago him and a couple of other guys funded their own trip into space. There is some serious cash to be made in the business. 

I was disappointed to find out that none of my old games (Quake/Unreal Tournament/Aliens v Predator) wouldn't even install on my newish Win 7 machine

Bristol_Jonesey


I was disappointed to find out that none of my old games (Quake/Unreal Tournament/Aliens v Predator) wouldn't even install on my newish Win 7 machine

Really?  'Cause I've been looking forward to trying some of those eventually...