Post your gaming room

[Thrik]

Seeing as the last rendition of this thread was some time ago I expect most people have vastly different rooms now, so let's see yo' gaming zonez.

I only just moved and put all this furniture up, so naturally in a few weeks the room will be covered in empty coke cans, kleenex tissues, etc.

^ Organised by film/TV, games, and books — all alphabetical. Oh yeaaaaah (until now they've always been in unorganised boxes)

[Buddy]

Closeup on the female please...

nice room!

[Jord]

Looks like you've got a great balcony & view. Pics of balcony plz.

[Nysuatro]

holy fuck, nice apartment

[Taylor Swift]

not gonna lie, not gonna hate, nice apartment

[Taylor Swift]

[Puddy]

nice room man!

but i prefer a pc master race corner (sorry for shitty phone pic though) :

[e-freak]

puddy you need a second monitor. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[-HP-]

puddy you need a second monitor. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I was about to say the same thing, wat!

[selmitto]

Nice portal mug, Puddy!

And don't listen to them. We are good with a single monitor!!

[Beck]

ITT Thrik waves his willy around.

[Puddy]

hehe, i'm actually trying to do my eyes a favor guys by only using one screen.

also, i don't think us non-artists need dual monitors as much tbh

[selmitto]

In my last job I used two monitors, and my work was a little more comfortable because of the "freedom" that they provided.

But in my bedroom's desk there isn't much space to add another one. I once used twice monitors there, but they had different sizes so they messed up with everything. Not that cool. I was considering to replace mine for a full HD monitor, but I dunno if that'd be possible since there's a shelf right above the desk. T_T

[Thrik]

My colleagues always say two screens are better and I'm a dick for having only one but I honestly prefer one big one. I tend to maximise very few applications, everything else is in floaty windows in a mess. I dunno, works for me.

Good speakers Puddy? I'm yet to set up my desktop room yet, at the moment it, uh...

...anyway, I don't have any speakers and literally have no idea where to start with PC speakers. Recommend me plxxx.

[Puddy]

Okay so I did some massive research on this matter a while back.

First, never buy "pc-speakers". They are usually a bad investment (both expensive AND subpar audio quality). Now, with those off the table you can select two approaches: regular hi-fi speakers or studio monitors. Hi-fi speakers are designed to provide "oomphy", enhanced sound while studio monitors are designed to give you accurate, neutral sound without modification.

As I tend to listen a lot to music I chose the studio monitor approach as I want to listen to my music as-is without "enhanced" sound. I bought a pair of Yamaha HS50M's but I was also considering some sort of Genelec speaker. These brands are the ones I recommend. So far I have managed without a woofer but I am considering getting one now. Bands like Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and The Kills sound fantastic even without a woofer as you get crisp, clean audio and the tracks generally don't have a lot of bass, so you're not missing anything really (by bass I don't mean bass guitar). But modern electro and stuff like that kind of requirrs a woofer to be enjoyed fully.

Without woofers the speakers are quite cheap, around 250 quid if I had to guess. But the woofer is an additional 450 or so. I can go into more detail if desired.

Edited June 4, 2013 by Puddy