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It seems more and more of us are not only casually playing a game, but are actually living for them. When we get a new game, we sit couped up in our houses/rooms for hours, with a bright screen and a dimly lit room, a couple of cans of beer/coke (the latter is you take gaming real seriously, plus for the caffiene) and a large mound of food, not really mattering what type, just something random to consume to keep nutrients in the body. This sort of compulsive gaming is all good and well until it becomes a habit, an obsession. Some 'gamers' never reach this level, and many that do only do with one or two games. Only the true gamer can be so dedicated to complete so many games in such an enviroment.
This topic is about the perfect gaming environment. Please feel free to comment on or add to the enviroments, or even create your own. Remember, money is no limitation! Just use infinite money cheat......
The Perfect Gaming Environment ©
Many people have vision of a perfect gaming environment. Some gamers even have the resources to create it. Others stick with the stereotype, no matter how hard they try to switch from when they switch on the console. The lights will go off, the cans will be opened, the food unveiled, and we're back to square one. So what IS a perfect (not health, but experience) gaming environment? Well it depend on genre.
Racing
You definitely need two large racing style chairs. It is essential to the set-up. Add to this a rumble feature (or even better, a full rotation unit) inside the chairs for the perfect simulator. You shall also need a GT game, for it is the Real Driving Simulator. Add to that the most powerful speakers and bass, plus surround sound, a 40" projection TV (which can withstand the flickering of games) and the obvious steering wheel, pedals and gearbox, you really can have the most lifelike experience. For this enviroment, you may want to switch all lights off and put glow-stars on your roof, if you like night riding, or yellow flourescent tubes, for day (or just install your system in a sunny place!)
Average Cost ::
Chairs @ 500 x 2
PS2 @ 200
GT3 @ 20
Sound System @ 500
Projection TV @ 1050
Glowstars @ 5
Total :: 2775 pounds
System Rating :: 4/5 :: Pretty good, but slightly boring (;))
RPG (Role Playing Game)
The RPG set-up is very much different to the racing set-up. Essentially, you shall need a VR headset. You can get them cheap, but the better are more expensive. And these really add to the experience of the game. You shall also probably need sound support for the headset, so that's another must. With RPG's on various consoles you should also invest in all 3 nex-gen consoles (use TV for SNES/PS1 RPG's) Perhaps you should also invest in a network (if a PC RPG) or a modem/broadband adapter (console) for multiple gaming.
Average Cost ::
VR Units @ 500 x 2
Sound Support @ 50 x 2
Consoles @ 530
PC @ 1000
Network @ 150
Adapters @ 100
Console Total :: 1730 pounds
PC Total :: 2250 pounds
System Rating :: 4.5/5 :: Pretty darn good, but not much in sound
First Person Shooter
The final in the gaming set-up's, and probably one of the most fun to develop. First get yourself a very dark room, a projector, and a white screen. Link the projector to the console of your choice (I'd say PS2 or Xbox for FPS's, though I am a Nintendo fan). Once you have the game loaded, your certainly going to need surround sound, so you can hear *that* guard or *those* evil-flesh-eating-monsters. With the atmosphere sorted and the visuals pretty good, you may want to invest in 3 more of these sets. Goldeneye was a good single but great multiplayer, as we all remember. So now you'll need a real big room and a really big wallet. Got all this? Finish off the set with your top-o'-the-range light guns, superb sensors and a lil self-developed network for multiplayer to become multiplayer and we're starting to talk business....
Average Cost ::
Projector @ 1000 (x4) (x8)
Screen @ 75 (x4) (x8)
Console @ 200 (x2) (x4)
Surround Sound @ 500 (x4) (x8)
Self-Developed network @ 750
Single Total :: 1775 pounds
(Bracket 1) Multi 4 Total :: 6700 pounds
(Bracket 2) Multi Network :: 14150 pounds
System Rating :: 5/5 :: Welcome to gaming perfection....please drive carefully.
Could we ever afford these? No, probably not. But we can dream. If some can believe Spira may be real, that Max Payne is actually a living character and there is a place called Kongo Jungle then I'm sure we can dream just a little on where we play our games.
Thanks for reading
PH
This topic is about the perfect gaming environment. Please feel free to comment on or add to the enviroments, or even create your own. Remember, money is no limitation! Just use infinite money cheat......
The Perfect Gaming Environment ©
Many people have vision of a perfect gaming environment. Some gamers even have the resources to create it. Others stick with the stereotype, no matter how hard they try to switch from when they switch on the console. The lights will go off, the cans will be opened, the food unveiled, and we're back to square one. So what IS a perfect (not health, but experience) gaming environment? Well it depend on genre.
Racing
You definitely need two large racing style chairs. It is essential to the set-up. Add to this a rumble feature (or even better, a full rotation unit) inside the chairs for the perfect simulator. You shall also need a GT game, for it is the Real Driving Simulator. Add to that the most powerful speakers and bass, plus surround sound, a 40" projection TV (which can withstand the flickering of games) and the obvious steering wheel, pedals and gearbox, you really can have the most lifelike experience. For this enviroment, you may want to switch all lights off and put glow-stars on your roof, if you like night riding, or yellow flourescent tubes, for day (or just install your system in a sunny place!)
Average Cost ::
Chairs @ 500 x 2
PS2 @ 200
GT3 @ 20
Sound System @ 500
Projection TV @ 1050
Glowstars @ 5
Total :: 2775 pounds
System Rating :: 4/5 :: Pretty good, but slightly boring (;))
RPG (Role Playing Game)
The RPG set-up is very much different to the racing set-up. Essentially, you shall need a VR headset. You can get them cheap, but the better are more expensive. And these really add to the experience of the game. You shall also probably need sound support for the headset, so that's another must. With RPG's on various consoles you should also invest in all 3 nex-gen consoles (use TV for SNES/PS1 RPG's) Perhaps you should also invest in a network (if a PC RPG) or a modem/broadband adapter (console) for multiple gaming.
Average Cost ::
VR Units @ 500 x 2
Sound Support @ 50 x 2
Consoles @ 530
PC @ 1000
Network @ 150
Adapters @ 100
Console Total :: 1730 pounds
PC Total :: 2250 pounds
System Rating :: 4.5/5 :: Pretty darn good, but not much in sound
First Person Shooter
The final in the gaming set-up's, and probably one of the most fun to develop. First get yourself a very dark room, a projector, and a white screen. Link the projector to the console of your choice (I'd say PS2 or Xbox for FPS's, though I am a Nintendo fan). Once you have the game loaded, your certainly going to need surround sound, so you can hear *that* guard or *those* evil-flesh-eating-monsters. With the atmosphere sorted and the visuals pretty good, you may want to invest in 3 more of these sets. Goldeneye was a good single but great multiplayer, as we all remember. So now you'll need a real big room and a really big wallet. Got all this? Finish off the set with your top-o'-the-range light guns, superb sensors and a lil self-developed network for multiplayer to become multiplayer and we're starting to talk business....
Average Cost ::
Projector @ 1000 (x4) (x8)
Screen @ 75 (x4) (x8)
Console @ 200 (x2) (x4)
Surround Sound @ 500 (x4) (x8)
Self-Developed network @ 750
Single Total :: 1775 pounds
(Bracket 1) Multi 4 Total :: 6700 pounds
(Bracket 2) Multi Network :: 14150 pounds
System Rating :: 5/5 :: Welcome to gaming perfection....please drive carefully.
Could we ever afford these? No, probably not. But we can dream. If some can believe Spira may be real, that Max Payne is actually a living character and there is a place called Kongo Jungle then I'm sure we can dream just a little on where we play our games.
Thanks for reading
PH
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It seems more and more of us are not only casually playing a game, but are actually living for them. When we get a new game, we sit couped up in our houses/rooms for hours, with a bright screen and a dimly lit room, a couple of cans of beer/coke (the latter is you take gaming real seriously, plus for the caffiene) and a large mound of food, not really mattering what type, just something random to consume to keep nutrients in the body. This sort of compulsive gaming is all good and well until it becomes a habit, an obsession. Some 'gamers' never reach this level, and many that do only do with one or two games. Only the true gamer can be so dedicated to complete so many games in such an enviroment.
This topic is about the perfect gaming environment. Please feel free to comment on or add to the enviroments, or even create your own. Remember, money is no limitation! Just use infinite money cheat......
The Perfect Gaming Environment ©
Many people have vision of a perfect gaming environment. Some gamers even have the resources to create it. Others stick with the stereotype, no matter how hard they try to switch from when they switch on the console. The lights will go off, the cans will be opened, the food unveiled, and we're back to square one. So what IS a perfect (not health, but experience) gaming environment? Well it depend on genre.
Racing
You definitely need two large racing style chairs. It is essential to the set-up. Add to this a rumble feature (or even better, a full rotation unit) inside the chairs for the perfect simulator. You shall also need a GT game, for it is the Real Driving Simulator. Add to that the most powerful speakers and bass, plus surround sound, a 40" projection TV (which can withstand the flickering of games) and the obvious steering wheel, pedals and gearbox, you really can have the most lifelike experience. For this enviroment, you may want to switch all lights off and put glow-stars on your roof, if you like night riding, or yellow flourescent tubes, for day (or just install your system in a sunny place!)
Average Cost ::
Chairs @ 500 x 2
PS2 @ 200
GT3 @ 20
Sound System @ 500
Projection TV @ 1050
Glowstars @ 5
Total :: 2775 pounds
System Rating :: 4/5 :: Pretty good, but slightly boring (;))
RPG (Role Playing Game)
The RPG set-up is very much different to the racing set-up. Essentially, you shall need a VR headset. You can get them cheap, but the better are more expensive. And these really add to the experience of the game. You shall also probably need sound support for the headset, so that's another must. With RPG's on various consoles you should also invest in all 3 nex-gen consoles (use TV for SNES/PS1 RPG's) Perhaps you should also invest in a network (if a PC RPG) or a modem/broadband adapter (console) for multiple gaming.
Average Cost ::
VR Units @ 500 x 2
Sound Support @ 50 x 2
Consoles @ 530
PC @ 1000
Network @ 150
Adapters @ 100
Console Total :: 1730 pounds
PC Total :: 2250 pounds
System Rating :: 4.5/5 :: Pretty darn good, but not much in sound
First Person Shooter
The final in the gaming set-up's, and probably one of the most fun to develop. First get yourself a very dark room, a projector, and a white screen. Link the projector to the console of your choice (I'd say PS2 or Xbox for FPS's, though I am a Nintendo fan). Once you have the game loaded, your certainly going to need surround sound, so you can hear *that* guard or *those* evil-flesh-eating-monsters. With the atmosphere sorted and the visuals pretty good, you may want to invest in 3 more of these sets. Goldeneye was a good single but great multiplayer, as we all remember. So now you'll need a real big room and a really big wallet. Got all this? Finish off the set with your top-o'-the-range light guns, superb sensors and a lil self-developed network for multiplayer to become multiplayer and we're starting to talk business....
Average Cost ::
Projector @ 1000 (x4) (x8)
Screen @ 75 (x4) (x8)
Console @ 200 (x2) (x4)
Surround Sound @ 500 (x4) (x8)
Self-Developed network @ 750
Single Total :: 1775 pounds
(Bracket 1) Multi 4 Total :: 6700 pounds
(Bracket 2) Multi Network :: 14150 pounds
System Rating :: 5/5 :: Welcome to gaming perfection....please drive carefully.
Could we ever afford these? No, probably not. But we can dream. If some can believe Spira may be real, that Max Payne is actually a living character and there is a place called Kongo Jungle then I'm sure we can dream just a little on where we play our games.
Thanks for reading
PH
This topic is about the perfect gaming environment. Please feel free to comment on or add to the enviroments, or even create your own. Remember, money is no limitation! Just use infinite money cheat......
The Perfect Gaming Environment ©
Many people have vision of a perfect gaming environment. Some gamers even have the resources to create it. Others stick with the stereotype, no matter how hard they try to switch from when they switch on the console. The lights will go off, the cans will be opened, the food unveiled, and we're back to square one. So what IS a perfect (not health, but experience) gaming environment? Well it depend on genre.
Racing
You definitely need two large racing style chairs. It is essential to the set-up. Add to this a rumble feature (or even better, a full rotation unit) inside the chairs for the perfect simulator. You shall also need a GT game, for it is the Real Driving Simulator. Add to that the most powerful speakers and bass, plus surround sound, a 40" projection TV (which can withstand the flickering of games) and the obvious steering wheel, pedals and gearbox, you really can have the most lifelike experience. For this enviroment, you may want to switch all lights off and put glow-stars on your roof, if you like night riding, or yellow flourescent tubes, for day (or just install your system in a sunny place!)
Average Cost ::
Chairs @ 500 x 2
PS2 @ 200
GT3 @ 20
Sound System @ 500
Projection TV @ 1050
Glowstars @ 5
Total :: 2775 pounds
System Rating :: 4/5 :: Pretty good, but slightly boring (;))
RPG (Role Playing Game)
The RPG set-up is very much different to the racing set-up. Essentially, you shall need a VR headset. You can get them cheap, but the better are more expensive. And these really add to the experience of the game. You shall also probably need sound support for the headset, so that's another must. With RPG's on various consoles you should also invest in all 3 nex-gen consoles (use TV for SNES/PS1 RPG's) Perhaps you should also invest in a network (if a PC RPG) or a modem/broadband adapter (console) for multiple gaming.
Average Cost ::
VR Units @ 500 x 2
Sound Support @ 50 x 2
Consoles @ 530
PC @ 1000
Network @ 150
Adapters @ 100
Console Total :: 1730 pounds
PC Total :: 2250 pounds
System Rating :: 4.5/5 :: Pretty darn good, but not much in sound
First Person Shooter
The final in the gaming set-up's, and probably one of the most fun to develop. First get yourself a very dark room, a projector, and a white screen. Link the projector to the console of your choice (I'd say PS2 or Xbox for FPS's, though I am a Nintendo fan). Once you have the game loaded, your certainly going to need surround sound, so you can hear *that* guard or *those* evil-flesh-eating-monsters. With the atmosphere sorted and the visuals pretty good, you may want to invest in 3 more of these sets. Goldeneye was a good single but great multiplayer, as we all remember. So now you'll need a real big room and a really big wallet. Got all this? Finish off the set with your top-o'-the-range light guns, superb sensors and a lil self-developed network for multiplayer to become multiplayer and we're starting to talk business....
Average Cost ::
Projector @ 1000 (x4) (x8)
Screen @ 75 (x4) (x8)
Console @ 200 (x2) (x4)
Surround Sound @ 500 (x4) (x8)
Self-Developed network @ 750
Single Total :: 1775 pounds
(Bracket 1) Multi 4 Total :: 6700 pounds
(Bracket 2) Multi Network :: 14150 pounds
System Rating :: 5/5 :: Welcome to gaming perfection....please drive carefully.
Could we ever afford these? No, probably not. But we can dream. If some can believe Spira may be real, that Max Payne is actually a living character and there is a place called Kongo Jungle then I'm sure we can dream just a little on where we play our games.
Thanks for reading
PH