Show us your gaming setup: 2011 Edition
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ShabbadooJr said:
I'm sure you're not alone at all, but hell yes, I play stuff on old systems all the time. Occasionally I even pick up a game I never played before for an old system. Just a couple of weeks ago, I picked up Blackthorne for the SNES. Good game. I beat it within a few days. It held my interest better than any of my recent current-gen purchases.
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Tabris said:
I wouldn't say "easy". I spent 8 hours tieing all the damn wires to the racks for my 16 consoles, and the sheer volume of them (especially any extra length), the fact that they all must end in the same place (switchboxes or power strips), plus the need for enough slack to hook/unhook them still leaves them quite visible.
ShabbadooJr said:
I actually give a lot/most of my stuff away, mostly because I'm not a collector, once a new generation is upon us. When I used to have hundreds upon hundreds of discs I always found myself spending an order of magnitude more time searching for something to play rather than actually playing anything (the "too much choice" conundrum); I also simply don't like the retail store look of having racks and racks of titles be they games or movies. I'm definitely still a fan of older games and thankfully this current generation has offered me a multitude of options for replaying classics/older titles I enjoyed without the need to keep the previous hardware. As an aside, I really hope MSFT has some initiative to re-launch Game Room into something, well, better.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Rufus said:
Thanks.
I really should take pics of my setup, but I'm not even gonna be there for a few months... Oh well... Eventually.
Behold the greatness that is my set up.
It's actually crap, I know -_-
That would be a Wii and 360 both covered in wires, waiting to be stepped on.
The only thing redeemable about this picture is the fact that the Saints helmet on the floor belonged to Archie Manning from back in the day.
It's actually crap, I know -_-
That would be a Wii and 360 both covered in wires, waiting to be stepped on.
The only thing redeemable about this picture is the fact that the Saints helmet on the floor belonged to Archie Manning from back in the day.
HDgaming42
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Leondexter said:
Any pictures of your work? I have two 8' equipment racks and they're both full. Crammed full. What drives me nuts are the proprietary cables and massive power bricks. I have half a mind to just zip-tie them up and run my own cables to the consoles and attach them with barrels. The potential loss in quality would be offset by the banishing of the rat's nest I've created back there...
Stuff like this has always made me envious:
http://www.homeaudiosolutions.com.au/gallery/padd_rack_wiring_large.JPG
That's how you tame cables!
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Yeah, the only time open shelves work is when you have cable ties and enough equipment.
Here's my setup circa 2009:
The receiver is able to hide a lot of the cables, and by stacking stuff appropriately (not saying I had an aesthetically pleasing stack of systems, but you get the idea), you can make the shelves feel more full while hiding yet more cables. It takes a little bit of work, but it's definitely possible with some creativity, and definitely worth it.
Here's my setup circa 2009:
The receiver is able to hide a lot of the cables, and by stacking stuff appropriately (not saying I had an aesthetically pleasing stack of systems, but you get the idea), you can make the shelves feel more full while hiding yet more cables. It takes a little bit of work, but it's definitely possible with some creativity, and definitely worth it.
killamockingbrd
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Sorry about the bad angle. The monitor, is in fact, larger than the keyboard.
Not pictured: PS3 on a 24" Vizio 1080p monitor.
Buckethead
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DCX said:
Is that a Wiimote holding up your Kinect? lol
GraveRobberX
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eXistor
I now know where my Gaming Mecca is , I will make this pilgrimage, I swear, and bow for days @ your footsteps
m(_ _)m < already started
I now know where my Gaming Mecca is , I will make this pilgrimage, I swear, and bow for days @ your footsteps
m(_ _)m < already started
HDgaming42
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Looks like an Algolith Flea from here...Buckethead said:
HDgaming42
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I can't find a cabinet that will fit my receiver (Onkyo 805) without baking it. Part of me would prefer to hide it all away, but another part really enjoys the industrial nature of having things in a rack.Tabris said:
I'm a little IQ obsessed, so I have 2x the gear most setups call for. Makes wiring it all together a major PITA. My wife and I are house-shopping, and we need an undeveloped basement so i can build the racks into a wall, having them flush with the living room's interior.
As it is they sit in the living room, like a pair of obelisks from 2001.
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Peter.Simpson909 said:
Yeah, some people do it much better than I have, but I'm still happy with my effort. I'm just using adjustable DVD/CD metal wireframe racks, with the back supports wrenched off to make level surfaces. I store my games and movies on the same type of racks. Here's what it looks like:
Tabris said:
True, my very open setup surely hurts for visual appeal, but I like it for ventilation. My consoles are basically hovering in midair.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Leondexter said:Yeah, some people do it much better than I have, but I'm still happy with my effort. I'm just using adjustable DVD/CD metal wireframe racks, with the back supports wrenched off to make level surfaces. I store my games and movies on the same type of racks. Here's what it looks like:
True, my very open setup surely hurts for visual appeal, but I like it for ventilation. My consoles are basically hovering in midair.
mmm... but here's the thing: You need ventilation for that receiver, but don't have it. Your consoles (well, most of them) don't need much space to breathe. They're designed for children who are going to just going to beat the shit out of them with toy trucks and shit anyway. Just sayin'.
If I would make a single change to make that whole thing look way nicer, though, it would be to move one of those racks on other side of the TV. Symmetry = Looks way better.
HDgaming42
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If you went down to the hardware store and bought a sheet of black melamine, you could set it behind your racks and the cables would "disappear" in the darkness, while still having your consoles "float". Set it a foot or two behind your racks and you still have your air-flow.Leondexter said:
Just an idea. You've done a good job considering the number of consoles you're dealing with!
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Chacranajxy said:
The receiver's okay, been there for a decade. It does get pretty warm, admittedly, but I don't want it out on the racks where it'll get mistaken for a console.
I agree about the symmetry, and I'd definitely have done it that way, but there's a doorway to the left preventing me from moving the whole setup that direction, and the TV right now is centered in the room across from the couch (which has a full wall). So practicality has to prevail.
That's not a bad idea, and one I think's been suggested to me before. There is a bunch of stuff back there, though. Maybe I should just paint the wall black.
Chittagong
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Tabris said:Well the issue is you are using racks instead of closed cabinets where you can conceal wires with little effort. Here's an example of this, I also have another cabinet on the left I've added for SNES and Genesis. Behind that AV system is a rat nest of cables
hey Tabris, was going to ask, how is the heat in that cabinet? I'm asking because the one I'm getting is not unlike that one in terms of height compared to gear inside. I have instructed our contractors to drill holes to the bottom, but I'm wondering whether I need to play doors open.
I have had my AV Receiver in that closed cabinet for close to 3 years so far. Going on periods with the TV and AV system turned on for up to day (if I forgot to turn it off before I went to bed), otherwise it's on for at least a couple hours each day. No problems at all. I never open my doors unless I need to recharge my xbox controllers or change discs.
It does get very warm though, so much so that my cat sleeps on top of that area due to the heat. Denon makes a good product and I've not had any over-heating issue. Infact, my 360 has had no issues in there and that would fail first.
It does get very warm though, so much so that my cat sleeps on top of that area due to the heat. Denon makes a good product and I've not had any over-heating issue. Infact, my 360 has had no issues in there and that would fail first.
Chittagong
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cool, thanks. looks like I'll be ok then.
FoxMcCloudDS
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Leondexter said:
I remember when this was extremely messy. I was like WTF is going on. You must have been extremely tired after fixing it up this year.. lol
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
busy selling off 95% of my collection and down sizing so i can have my 1/3rd of the gaming floor not feel like a complete dump so i can relax without having mountains of games fall all over me.
Earthquake prompted - it wasn't much fun nearly getting burried in games :/
Earthquake prompted - it wasn't much fun nearly getting burried in games :/
Silicon Knight
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YES! Updated gaming Walhalla pics by eXistor. I'll grab some breakfast and slowly salivate over these.eXistor said:
Nice update ol' buddy!
eXistor
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Thanks dude! How about you, still gaming?Silicon Knight said:YES! Updated gaming Walhalla pics by eXistor. I'll grab some breakfast and slowly salivate over these.
Nice update ol' buddy!
A lot of stuff isn't actually in the pics. If I were to open the little doors with the Zelda and Metroid posters on them, an avalanche of peripherals would come careening down on me, burying me alive (actually that would be a cool way to die). I brought a bunch of older consoles to work so I can play some retro goodness during breaks. Also some other consoles are in my bedroom, but I hardly ever play there.
Space is becoming an issue right now, but I really want to somehow make a nice little retro corner. Also my dad said he had a good idea to create some extra space, so I'll post new pics when that happens.
FoxMcCloudDS
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Finally, my new gaming setup for 2011 is done!
Game Room:
Right Side of the Game Room:
Toys to left:
TV where I do my classic gaming mostly:
DVD/Blu Shelf on other side of room:
Game Collection and Horror Movies:
Living Room Where I play current gen systems mostly:
46" Samsung LCD 1080p 120hz, 360 (original), PS3 (120), Wii, Sony Bravia 5.1 Surround System (perfect for apartments!)
PC and Monitor:
23" 1080p LCD Acer monitor, 2MS refresh. 360 Slim. Next year (I hope) my new PC:
Game Room:
Right Side of the Game Room:
Toys to left:
TV where I do my classic gaming mostly:
DVD/Blu Shelf on other side of room:
Game Collection and Horror Movies:
Living Room Where I play current gen systems mostly:
46" Samsung LCD 1080p 120hz, 360 (original), PS3 (120), Wii, Sony Bravia 5.1 Surround System (perfect for apartments!)
PC and Monitor:
23" 1080p LCD Acer monitor, 2MS refresh. 360 Slim. Next year (I hope) my new PC:
eXistor
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Holy crap dude! I like!FoxMcCloudDS said:
I love gaming rooms that are stuffed to the brim with figurines and stuff. It's a gameroom so it should be as far removed from reality as possible. They always come across as curiosity shops, everywhere you look there's something awesome to be found!
FoxMcCloudDS
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eXistor said:
I love your shrines. Mother & Zelda particularly. Amazing stuff. If I owned enough Zelda stuff, I would steal your idea and do the exact same thing! (well, almost exact). I have always been a huge mario fan, and next trip to Ikea I will bring home a glass display case for my trinkets. haha.
Question for the last few setups I've seen.
You guys have all of these games, so what's the deal here?
Do you buy them brand new, put them on the shelf, and playthrough all of them one by one, or are they just for show?
I think that if I really wanted to play every game in eXistors collection from start to finish, I would have gaming entertainment to last me nearly half a lifetime.
You guys have all of these games, so what's the deal here?
Do you buy them brand new, put them on the shelf, and playthrough all of them one by one, or are they just for show?
I think that if I really wanted to play every game in eXistors collection from start to finish, I would have gaming entertainment to last me nearly half a lifetime.
eXistor
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Well I generally only buy the games I really want to play, but there are exceptions. I have a lot of really good and somewhat uncommon PS2 games (like Project Zero 2 and 3) that I was able to buy for about 1,- each, but I've not played a lot of those yet.Throavium said:
I'll sometimes buy different versions of games purely for the collection though (Mother, Zelda, Final Fantasy) but that's fairly rare these days. The key is just buying games and not selling them. While I usually finish most games I play, I won't replay most of them for quite a while, if ever. When I'm done with a game it's on to the next.
I buy all my games new (and at launch usually), except of course for older games, which I also regularly buy.
Oppo
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I think Tabris has the same couch that i do....?
It's interesting, the disparity between the super-clean and the super-crazy setups.
I look at eXistor's insane gaming shrine with a combination of amazement, respect and... another quality I can't quite put my finger on, but its not positive. It's so... baroque. I don't think I could exist in a room like that for very long. It's like sensory overload. I'd feel like I couldn't touch anything without some sort of insane china-shop domino action. And the stuff under the TV would drive me bonkers.
I mean it's incredible, and so hardcore... but fuuuuuuck.gif
I'm not knocking your room at all. But it feels more like an impressionistic museum, than an actual living space, to my eye.
It's interesting, the disparity between the super-clean and the super-crazy setups.
I look at eXistor's insane gaming shrine with a combination of amazement, respect and... another quality I can't quite put my finger on, but its not positive. It's so... baroque. I don't think I could exist in a room like that for very long. It's like sensory overload. I'd feel like I couldn't touch anything without some sort of insane china-shop domino action. And the stuff under the TV would drive me bonkers.
I mean it's incredible, and so hardcore... but fuuuuuuck.gif
I'm not knocking your room at all. But it feels more like an impressionistic museum, than an actual living space, to my eye.
Melchiah
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PortTwo said:I think Tabris has the same couch that i do....?
It's interesting, the disparity between the super-clean and the super-crazy setups.
I look at eXistor's insane gaming shrine with a combination of amazement, respect and... another quality I can't quite put my finger on, but its not positive. It's so... baroque. I don't think I could exist in a room like that for very long. It's like sensory overload. I'd feel like I couldn't touch anything without some sort of insane china-shop domino action. And the stuff under the TV would drive me bonkers.
I mean it's incredible, and so hardcore... but fuuuuuuck.gif
I'm not knocking your room at all. But it feels more like an impressionistic museum, than an actual living space, to my eye.
How large is your TV exactly? It looks humongous.
I definitely agree with what you said about eXistor's setup, and Fuzzy's comment about dusting. I'd be far too lazy to dust every single small object once or twice a week. That being said, I can appreciate people going overboard with the things they're obsessed with, as I'm in the same boat with them, although I prefer to keep my apartment clean and clinical.
Oppo
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Melchiah said:How large is your TV exactly? It looks humongous.
I definitely agree with what you said about eXistor's setup, and Fuzzy's comment about dusting. I'd be far too lazy to dust every single small object once or twice a week. That being said, I can appreciate people going overboard with the things they're obsessed with, as I'm in the same boat with them, although I prefer to keep my apartment clean and clinical.
It's a 50" screen. I would never have been able to get away with it if I wasn't able to basically dedicate a floor of our house to an AV room. We have a "lounge" upstairs for entertaining without having The Monolith (as my wife terms it) looming over us. Plus I find the setup for talking is often at odds with watching/playing; i.e. couches and chairs in a semicircle as opposed to couch pointed right at TV.
Guys like eXistor, I really appreciate when they post pics though, as I feel I can appreciate and marvel at the dedication without having to dust all of it as you said, heh.
Again I can't help but note the degree in difference; there aren't too many "in the middle" setups. It's almost like a right brain/left brain thing.
Melchiah
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PortTwo said:
Looks far bigger to me. Perhaps it's the angle, or the small size of the TV stand.
I know what you mean. Having guests in the living room, with everyone's face pointed at TV, often leads to people getting distracted from the conversation. Which is why we tend to stay in my kitchen when we're having friends over, as I have a large table with eight chairs there.
The setups definitely seem to fall into those two categories; all tidy and clean with everything tucked away from sight vs. sensory overload. That seems to go along with the colors as well. I wonder how that relates to personal characteristics.
eXistor
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I keep the boxes, but I always open them. I don't really see the point. It's not I'm gonna be selling any of this stuff anytime soon.tiprun said:A quick question eXistor, do you open all your figures or do you leave some boxed? I always find myself torn between opening them and displaying them or just leaving them boxed.
eXistor
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PortTwo said:
Obviously I don't really agree, but I can totally see where you're coming from. I see it like this: the very idea of a dedicated gaming room is pretty nuts as it is so when I partake in my hobby I want it to be as ridiculous as it can be. My living room will never ever look like this though, this needs to be its seperate entity.
vicissitudes
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FoxMcCloudDS said:Finally, my new gaming setup for 2011 is done!
Living Room Where I play current gen systems mostly:
46" Samsung LCD 1080p 120hz, 360 (original), PS3 (120), Wii, Sony Bravia 5.1 Surround System (perfect for apartments!)
Really nice setup and collection. I have been looking for a sound system and I think I might go for the one you have. How do you like it? Do you have wireless rear speakers? I hear I have to buy extra pieces to use wireless