Random Gaming Thoughts

[MrPopo]

You old men with your "real lives" that you can't carve out enough time for non handheld games. I look at your lives and pity you.

[TSTR]

I only play handheld games emulated on windows95, emulated in dosbox, emulated in dolphin, emulated in android, emulated on windows 7, emulated in linux. It is the only way to play.

on a phone, right?

[prfsnl_gmr]

I don't think I prefer any experience over another. I can understand people who don't like playing games on PCs but I've been playing games on computers my entire life so sitting at a desk to play games is as naturally to me as sitting on a couch. I love handheld gaming but it fills its own niche and doesn't replaces games on a bigger screen. All three have their uses for me. All three are still video games.

Sadly, I spend most of my work day in front of a PC. I understand the appeal of PC gaming (i.e., there are a ton of games; it looks great; games are drastically less expensive, etc.), but the last thing I want to do at the end of the day is spend more time at a desk with a computer. I would much rather play a portable or console game with one of my children sitting in my lap. (I am anxiously awaiting Valve's Steam-based consoles, however, since I think I would enjoy one of those quite a bit.)

[Luke]

Sadly, I spend most of my work day in front of a PC.

Every time I hear the windows start up theme I sing "This sounds like work". I have to do the PC to TV thing with mlb.tv as sometimes just being in front of a computer starts to feel like work.


And you guys get a gameboy player for the "crube".

[noiseredux]

(I am anxiously awaiting Valve's Steam-based consoles, however, since I think I would enjoy one of those quite a bit.)

why wait for Valve?

http://www.alienware.com/landings/alpha/

[fastbilly1]

I only play handheld games emulated on windows95, emulated in dosbox, emulated in dolphin, emulated in android, emulated on windows 7, emulated in linux. It is the only way to play.

on a phone, right?

That would be rough. Right now, the weakest link in that chain is dolphin on android. The rest of it is solid. Theoretically, it would all work

[prfsnl_gmr]

(I am anxiously awaiting Valve's Steam-based consoles, however, since I think I would enjoy one of those quite a bit.)

why wait for Valve?

http://www.alienware.com/landings/alpha/

I've considered it...

[Exhuminator]

You old men with your "real lives" that you can't carve out enough time for non handheld games. I look at your lives and pity you.

Really what are we thinking with our sex lives and relationships and having children and such?

Every time I hear the windows start up theme I sing "This sounds like work".

Disable the startup theme and make your desktop's background a giant smiling Mario face?

[isiolia]

I've considered it...

Eh, or just build/buy something in a HTPC case. You can get ones that'll fit the typical width of a receiver/etc and still take a standard ATX board and all.

Going the other way, Steam in-home streaming may be better now, and it makes me wonder how decent stuff like an Intel Compute Stick might do with it (or maybe an HP Stream Mini with more RAM).

Not like having a PC on your TV is a horrible thing in general.

[fastbilly1]

I've considered it...

Eh, or just build/buy something in a HTPC case. You can get ones that'll fit the typical width of a receiver/etc and still take a standard ATX board and all.

Going the other way, Steam in-home streaming may be better now, and it makes me wonder how decent stuff like an Intel Compute Stick might do with it (or maybe an HP Stream Mini with more RAM).

Not like having a PC on your TV is a horrible thing in general.

The compute stick has the same guts as the Dell Venue 8 Pro 5000 that both Noise and I have used for steam streaming. I have had good luck with, but noise has done it alot more than I have. I had no luck streaming FROM it though. It just timed out.