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First of all, it might be somewhat useful to understand my gaming experience
from the computer gaming and console gaming worlds. My first console gaming
system (actually my brother's unit) was the Atari 5200. My memories of that
box were that it was a very fun console machine that had very fun playable
games. I remember loving to play Joust, Baseball, and some Space Dungeon game
of which I cannot recall the exact name. My first computer gaming system
(actually my father's work computer) was a IBM PS/2 Model 50. Oh I actually
got an odd kick out of reading IBM Dos manuals. I guess it was then that I
started to get into computers as a hobby.
On to the types of computer games I played in the past as well as what I play now. In the beginning I played many Sierra games including the Quest series such as Kings Quest, Space Quest, and Police Quest. Bard's Tale was the first RPG (Role Playing Game) that I played and thoroughly enjoyed. I think I played it over and over 9 times so my characters became practically invincible. Haha! I remember one AD&D classic called Pools of Radiance. It was such a classic that I even bought a new remake of it! With regard to Strategy and Auto Racing genres...I loved Sim City and Test Drive 2. The games that I most recently enjoy playing are Half Life 2, Need For Speed series, and Red Alert style Strategy games. Where I see console gaming to flourish is in the mainstream market. Where I see computer gaming to flourish is in the extreme gaming segment. Here, ultimate graphics are realized on very high resolution screens on desktops instead of a 36" or larger size TV. Currently, what I have found is that until we see 36" or greater size televisions sets having greater than 1080i resolution in the main stream we will continue to see the computer gaming world own the high resolution extreme gaming market. I do think it is a matter of time that console gaming takes over this space. The main stream console gaming market turns out to be a place where you can stress a lot less though. This is a huge selling point! You do not expect to run into viruses and security breaches on a Sony Playstation do you? Do you have to run updates for Windows, updates for AntiVirus Programs, updates for AntiSpyWare Programs on your console gaming systems? Talk about taking some fun out of gaming! ;) So, around a year ago I built a computer gaming system to display out to my TV. It was a fun project and I love the unit! Now I am thinking that buying a great console unit to connect to my TV is more desirable. There is such less administrative overhead with console gaming units and maybe I'm just getting tired of administering Windows boxes to play games. :) Maybe for gaming I can resort to a PS2 or the up and coming PS3 and leave my tech hobby to try and convert my computer gaming box to a Linux/Solaris TIVO-like box! Ahhhh. Yeah, that's it! :) Alright...enough blabbing by me for now. Have Fun and Play Hard! |